The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-22
~ 81 nc Grand q complete.
rne spoRT1Ne WORLD.
liens About oar,men, Isaeers, Isipks and
BiCJcifsts.

BlgSellhs
The New England Lacrosse Association
has six clubs this year in place OF three
last season. 9 &
Maud s. Is now being logged. dailyie1pon
Belmont Park track, which IL in excellent
condition.
Otto oleson, OF Brainarl, Mimi, skated
Ina miles in ten hours April "a. Ihatis
rink measurements
J.L, Alexander skated two miles while
John Cox walked little oyera nile, ~
Cincinnati recently.
tits predicted by some prophetic turf
men that the coming season u 70 pe Y, one ~
in which many brilliant records VIII DC
eclipsed.
81 Paul, Stinp., has Just Witnessed g,
t.balEmile heat race between the bicyclists
Prince and Morgan and the horse King
fisher. Il was won by the bicycllsts.
The Bicycle season Is now fairly opened:
and wherever there is q good piece Of
road there the riders otttc silent steed
gather.
The West Virginia Exposition and State
Fair Association has provided S0,V V0 lor
purses for It's iall exhibition commencing
September OH and closing the l2th.
Etiquette Is feature Of The skating
Kinks Id Bridgeport, and gentlemen are
| NOT psrmitted TO address ladies to whom
| they have not had a formal Introduction.
Jay.Ese.see, Phallas and the balance
OF j. /, Gases stable Of trbtters will prob
ably leave Chester Park, Cincinnati, this
week for the East. Whether their destina.
lion will be New York or Philadelphia is
uncertain. .3asl 3e-3
1 A shrewd and able lawyer Of Columbia,
Is. q, has written to Fox to let the Sullt-
van and Ryan match take place in South
/ Carolina, where there 10 10 law toprohibit
such things. This man also guarantees
police protection. ~
An English tricyclist has succeeded IL
making and electric lamp, connected with
q small dynamo, Illuminating bis way by
conyerting his muscular energy into
electricity. The disadvantage is that
whgn the machine stops the light goes
out, while variation In speed causes it-
regularity in the light. 1t is hoped to
avoid these defects by new appliances.
From Castleton, Rutland county, VT,
comes report Of the greatest petortnance
ever made In harness. The Bo!ger
Brothers, slate quarrymen Of that ptacs,
own a brown horse named Hiram Hanil.
ton, that was bred by Hiram Hamilton, OF
Fa;rhaYen, VI, On Thursday, I'd inst,
he is said 10 have paced a mile to -snlky,
on the leo on B9m6szine Lake, In 2:0l.
At meeting Of the yirEinia Association
of Amateur 0llsnen, held at Richmond,
April 8, il was decided to have the next
annual regatta OF the association OF Fred.
ericksburg, July 18th. The next regatta
will I've the most attractive the association
has ever held. Crews from the following
points will enter: Baltimore, Washing.
ton, Norfolk, Petersburg, Fredericksburg,
University OF Virginia and Richmond.
Fredericksburg is considered by boating
men TO be the best and most desirable
water course in the Slate. ~
Isaac Walton has many disciples in the
upper house OF the National Legislature.
Senator Edmunds Is most ssillful angler,
and can cast a liy withths best oil fisher
men. Wade Hampton has made cast
that sent the end Of tho line twonty.four
yards out, and is thoroughly yersed in
every branch Of the sport. Among the
best anglers OF Senatorial dignity are
Messrs. Frye, Vest, Mcpherson, Piatt,
Kenna, Miller, Garland, Williams, Vance,
Ransom, Riddleberger, sIaxey and Beck,
The following arc the single sculi en-.
tries to theSt. John regatta, 10 be rowed
at New Orleans in May: James Griffin,
q years old, l67 pounds, 5feet II inches;
jake Gaudaur, 90 years old, 170 pounds,
5feet; George Hosmcr, 27ycars old, 100
pounds, s feet inches; Fred A. plaisted,
IS years old, ls8pounds, . leet III inches.
Gaudaur, stroke, and hosmer, bow, have
entered Tor the double. The Galveston
Club has entered q four in the amateur
contest. Courtney's manager expresses
willingness to enter his man, or, II OBJ.
jected to, desires to row against the fastest
time ever made.