Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-15
WHEELING srEs
And Othsr. who WIN, Row at Conseaai
To-day.

And Others who WIN, Row at Consesai
To-day.
To-day the great aquatic sporting event
comes of at Connssut Lake and our Fatty
weisgerber viii participate. The dispatch
es say nothing Of George, in advance, bat
the REGISTER believes he will be heard
+ ON to day. The dispatches OF last night
say:
Pr, paratious for the regatta al Couneaut
Lake on Tuesday are being ma6c upon a
grand scale All the banks and most Of
The business houses viii close their doors at
NJ on in order that aE may attend the re
satl. From 5000 TO 10000 people are
exi ected and every hotel and boarding
hoI ses will be filed to OEerhowing. The
following oarsmea have entered, and
the ma jority have been practicing all
day on the lake: Albert HaDm, New Bed
ford, Conn; John Teemer, MeKeesport, Pa;
J. Riley Saratoga, n. Y; j. Mckay, Hall
fax, n. Y; p. n Hamm, New Bedford,
Conn.,, G. H. Hosmer, Boston, Mass; G:
". Lee, Newark, n. j.; James Ten EyCk,-
Peekskill, n Y; FL Layberger, Boston; J:
Gauc aur, St Louis, Mo-; Jerry SextonI
Charlotte, n Y; Moniger, Pitssburg; J.
BREMEN. Pittsburg; G. Priddy, Pitts
burg; J. Gang, West Virginia. A silver
.ouTernal will be presented to ever oars
man in the race The gold medal to be
gwen to the winner of the race has been
received. and is on exhibition. Hamm,
Hosmer, Biley. Gang and BrenneIs go Ia
tie mr. st heat; Gaudaur, Mckay Eeemer,
l. yb, rger and Sexton in the second heat;
lenEytk. Lee, Priddy, p. Hamm and
Moniger in the third heat; +. B. Rankin,
sporting editor of the Boston Her
aid. will act as referee. In the
pools tonight Gaudaur is selling first
with Teemer and Hamm second. The
manager, Mr.. Conyers, and Mr.. Hamm,
both say that the fastest time on record will
be made on Conneaut lake. The services
of the veteran oarsman, James TaylOH OF
Pittsburg. have beep obtained TO lay out the
course at the lake. He is famous as
member of the old Taylor-Winship crew,
which made such reputation in England
and this country. Conneaut lake is Gne
of the prettiest sheets of inland water
in the country, and at the same time
time one Of the best adapted for Aquatic
events. The railroad station of the Mead
vile and Linesville railroad at Evansburg
is within stone throw of the lake. The
distance from Meadville is but eight miles,.
and the lake with an average width of half
It mile, affords perfectly land-lOcked and
aind-Shcltered course long enough for
raightaway race ofthree and half miles.
There are four steamers on the lake
ard gOod hotel accommodations at three
IT four diferen, points The management
have offered 81 800 in money and gold
medal divided as follows: lst prize, $6O0
and geld medal I'd prize, $500; Sd prize
S2C0; It'll prize, 500. In addition to the
above there will be consolation race with
the first prize at $Ij, the second at SOi and
the thid at So.
THE OARSNEN KICK.
A late Associated Press dispatch last
night saws:
"A kick has been made on the arrange
memt of prizes. A paper has been circu
lated, and it is reported signed by all the
entries ut Teemer asking that the pre-
miums aggregating 81 1850, be divided int"
six pl1zes and a consolation purse Of $500
The men say they will not row il the sug
sestion is not accepted, as By the present
arrangement it will be a one man race.