Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-19

not have the assurance to say it was a good
one, after the time made, which was about
"a minutes. Layberger showed up in poor
form and rowed in worse and Clator did
the Hanlan plsying act with grace and TO
perfection. There was nothing to show
that the race was not square, but the
usual doubling Thomases were there to
grumble and say it was cot.
To one who attended the Weisgerber.
Briceland race at Wellsourg, last season,
THE HIPPoDRoAE OF YESTERDAY
seemed of little interest. Toe crowd from
Wheeling Was Insignificant in comparison.
The early afternoon train had an extra car
and brought perhaps fifty passengers from
Wheeling and the later tram carried up q
few more. They did not find Wellsourg
as torn up with free flowing enthusiasm rs
might have been expected. Toe town has.
settled dow 10 manufacturing AMI has no
time TO give TO such trivial affairs as boat
races. The principal object of the good
people seemed TO be to preserve
the town pure from the c~ontsminat.
ing touch OF the invading rough and
sport and to see that not a particle Of re-
ireshing beer poured down q single
parched throat. In this they were emily
partially successful as-but, however, let
that go. The town was decidedly dull.
Not over a score of the Pittsburg Fancy
came DOWN and those few came, not TO risk
money by the precarious pool.boX, but TO
rake in the soap OF the unsusDectlng oy
such devices as wheels Of fortune aud the
like. They pitched their tents at the coal
chute below the town and made the air
musical with their fascinating accounts OF
the money to be gained in an encounter
with their game. But about half after
two o'clock
SHERIFF COOPER MADE A RAID
on them and compelled them to close up.
] The gaudy wheels of forum were taken
down and the hazard table and shuttle
board were sadly packed away. Charlie
Helmbright, OF this city, was selling poOls
at the same place and the sheriff requested
him to desist, Charlie laughed ut the
officials ignorance OF the law and kindly
accompanied him to Wellsburg to enilghten
him. An attorney was consulted, AFTER
which Sheriff Cooper apo'ogized and set up
the cigars, and Charlie went back to his w
cation. This was the OILY diversion which
preceded the race, except an exciting hand
car race between two gangs of workmen on
the p, w. Il Ky. rOad-a sport which scat
tered the crowd on the track ami even en-
dspgered a few lives on the bridge, as the
trucks rushed across.
THE BETTING.
The amount of money that change hands
wouldn't have made anyone independent
ly wealthy. Betting was decidedly slow.
Clator was favorite throughout aud would
have shown a strong front had the wd
felt any confidence in his integrity. They
felt he could beat Layberger, but WHITTIER
he would it do seemed an open question
Bets were made in We l<burg, two to one
on Clator, but p o went at $40 to IS and It
was tough WORK. Tue auctiontr howlen
himself hoarse, but few fools were sold.
When the second train came from Wheel.
ing an impetus was given the selling, but
il never amounted to much. A few outside
and private bets were made, but the gross
amount Of money that changed hands was
decidedly small.
THE MEN.
Clator had his boat. house moored on the
Ohio shore, opposite the mouth of Buffalo
creek, and has lived in it and slept in it.
! Leyberger got his feed at the Granite House,
where he also kept his shell, dumping it in
at the wharf when he went out to row. His
trainer was Jim Taylor, a beefy English.
man, who has had no little experience on
the water.
The boats used were muck alike and were
both paper shells made by Waters, o fTroy.
Gators ColOrs were red and blue and Lay.
berger pulled in an abbreviated white gar
ment.
TIE COURSE.
was the same as was rowed over, last sea
son, by Weisgerber and Briceland. 1t be
gins at the coal chute and runs a mile and
a half down stream. 1t is a pretty stretch
of water and the river, at its low ebb, l.
almost without a current. At noon a stitf
breeze was careening up the river, curling
the surface into deep and foamv white
caps, which would have been dangerous:
but at four o'clock the wind dropped anu
an hour later found the water as sill as 3
mirror and smooth as could be desired
The live or six hundred people clustered
along the bank, looked Town on a stretch
of river without a ripple to mar its calm
In striking contrast 10 most races, scarcely
a boat was to be seen and only the two
stake boats at one end of the course, and
the buOys at the other broke the surface OF
the stream.
CALLING THE MEN.
At $50 o'clock Referee Adams gave the
signal TO the men to appear. Layberger's
boat was lowered from its perch on the
back porch of the Granite House and Mich
was the first to come Swimming down tn,
river. Not a sound greeted his approach
anu u ltSDlt DuTTdn W6UI up lTOul Iul
aCEerS and clacquers of Clator, when tina
worthy made his appearance, a miDut'
later. The men hooked on to their starting
boats and Referee Adams perched in tn,
stem OF a skill between them aud delivered
u moral lecture on the wrongs OF fouling
during q race. He then asked the men i
they were ready and Layberger made Il
freak and started down the course. Clato'
followed, but a shout from Adams broughi
them back to hear another lecture. Then
THE WORD IA GIVEN
snd the light shells shot off down the river
Gator sunk bis spruCes first and took b
half length lead, put LayDerger made r
wild break and closed up and with bowso Oh
a line the boats kept on their way. From
a high roost on the stern of the Prince, the
REGISTER critic got q good view and saw
the race throughout. Lsyberger's spur:
seemed TO take the wine out of him anO
Clator forged ahead when less than a mile
had been traversed. Then he pulled east
ly, merely maintaining his lead. Clator
bad the Ohio shore, but turned first and
when both bOats crawlei up and Rugged
the West Virginia mud on their return
trip, he was fully three lengths in the lead
Within a mile Of the stake boats, he had
slightly increased it and then he began his
HANLAN TACTICS,
stopping to look around and to remove the
red fez from his head. He pulled leisurely a
little and then stopped again, keeping this
up until within two hundred yards Of the
line, when he inside a squirt and crossed,
winning by about four lengths, in the re-
nrarkably rapid time OF % minutes and A.
seconds!
Then the crowd got tired, forgot to cheer
when the men shook hands, aud went
home.
"MSSsic and Fair Women.
The hop given Friday evening at Maen.
nerchor Hall by the Social Dancing Club,
was one that will always hold a place in the
memory of those fortunate enough to b.
present, and most certainly added another