Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-16
GENERAL SPORTS.

johnny Meehan, the sprlnter, VINO was
reported dead some time ago, has turned
up in PHILADELPHIA. During the period OF
his supposed absence FROM this terrestlai
sphere he was masquerading under
pseudcuym, doirg up sll the LEGAL sprinters
in the western Pennsylvania coal region.
He is still claseed among the good 'urs.
The Maditon Square Garden was Leased
on Tuesday for 24.hour go-as-you please
race, to commence at II p m. on Dec "a
and closing at the same hour on Christmas
day. Eight hundred and fifty dollars VIII
be offered as prizes, and it is expected tna'
Guerrero. Herty, Noremsc, Mason, SIN
clair, HegelmaD, Hart and other we'll
known runners will compete.
Steve Brcdie is planning another des-
perate feat. He is determined to go over
Genesse Falls in his swimming suit TINS
winter when the water i5 high. Steve
thinks the feat can be accomplished IN
safety, and says there is $500 for him II ne
does it. His trial for inshgatlng the prize
fight between Billy Gsbig and Mike BOoen
is set for January 3, at Albany.
Preliminary arrangements are now IN
progress among the pool players OF ms
city and its vicinity LOT hit5en-oalI con
tinuous pool tournament, to be played In
New York next month, under the new
code of national rules. The tournament
will be for purse of 81, 600 and the cnam-
pionship of America. Among the contest
ants will De Frey, Balbo, Malone, Clear
water and Lawler.
It is reported that Archie Sinclair and
George Mason, the two English pedestrl-
ans who iourneyed to this country &c
gether 10 participate in the Iecsnt Blk
days wax, are quite jealous OF one
another. Archie has Eesn aching TO TEST
the merits of his legs agsl0ss those OF
Mason for some time. Ga Tuesday las!
they met, and when Mason treated Archie &
proposition to race with contempt, Inc
latter became indignant and SAID notIy
"Tll walk You, run you, yes, ana ngnt
you, and two to one I'll bstyou." mutual
| friends prevented hostilities.
When Mr.. John A. Morris was asked
Yesterday, at his residence on Throgg s
Neck, whether he had purchased O'monde
he replied that he did not suppose he had,
as he mad received 70 information TO that
kueCG lEOn E0Slauu. liz PAODaDt'tJ ~
said Mr. Morris, that he has been sold 10 q
syndicate of South Americans, who were
in England last summer while he was
there. The report that the horse had been
sold to an American gentleman probably
grew ont Of the fact that in England many
/ think South America is part of the Uni
ted States, possibly not long distance be-
yond Long Island.-Nelr York Sun.
| Whsn the three.year Old stallion Bell
Boy was sold at auction, some months ago,
Ior the sum of $4,000, there were few
horsemen in the East who believed that
such an amount was actually paid for him
His performance at Loss Angeles on Taes-
day last, however, gees far to show that
even at that immense price his purchaser
did not make poor investment A dis
patch from California states that in race
against time, Bell Boy lowered his form er
record of 2:2G as a two-year-eld to 2:2O,
trottirg the last quarter in 81. Bell Boys
new record stands second among stations
to the performance of Sable Wilkes, an
other Cal forniap, who trotted in 2:lS last
year as q three year-old. Bell Boy was
bred at Palo Alto in 1885, and was sired
By Electioneer.