The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-10-19

allowed to win the Lynn race, and Temples
turn came at Hartford Rowe, anxious fol
the championship, went In and won, and Their
got out Of Charter Oak park before the swim
died gamblers could ''take 1t out OF his hide
Rowe's manager, Alley, shoulders the 70
sponhbility for the fraud, saying that he DO
lieved Temple and his manager, Morgan
meant to deprive Rowe Of victory by hook or
crook and the only thing he could do was tc
cheat them at their own game.
Alleys fear was no doubt well grounded,
but Rowe Is no chicken. He has raced
against blacklegs before and knew how to
take care of himself. There was no need OF
entering into dishonorable bargain.
fear that Rowe will not command high
salary in the bicycling business hencefor-
ward.
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Temples credit went below zero at the
Buffalo tournament. He was disqualified
there on the charge that he SO crowded out
Rowe on the homestretch that he not only
forced him to slacken speed on the finish, but
even endangered his life, Rowe being driven
close to the sideboards, where header would
have killed him.
As for Temples manager, Morgan, he 10
one of the smartest men engaged In hippo
droming, and believes in the virtues OF dare
devil pluck and whiskyfled trickery ON the
track. Woodside says Temples victories In
England were mostly shams, and Woodside
| knows all about 1t.
Woodside says: "Morgan's idea was to do
Rowe and all his friends and get the cham
pionship, then run Temple through the west
and south and.to Australia"
| -.
These are not the only cyclists of shady re-.
pute. w. F. Knapp and Crocker are two
plucky "free lances" who did gallant work at
Buffalo As they shared their earnings, it
made little difference which won. Each took
turns in helping the other to victory, and
each came in once or twice at the head OF
procession which included Rowe, Temple and
other flyers
( saw Knapp impose on the French cham
pion, Dubois, in way that was sinful and
bland In tandem bicycle race Knapp and
Dubois were pitted as partners against
| Croker and Nelson and another couple who
were practically out of the race. The French
man had been butt all through the tourna-
ment because he did not speak English. In
the tandem race Knapp had the rear seat
and allowed Dubois to do good deal of dom
key work while he Knapp took his ease and
guyed him. As they rounded the
last turn Knapp looked back and
saw that Croker and Nelson were hundred
feet behind. The latter mad no possible
chance of winning fairly. But Knapp sud-
denly became very tired, allowed the French
man to do all the pumping, and their rivals
went by like shot. Even Knapp's trainer
blushed at the sight
Don't look for fair sport among the men
who race for money. The boys who race for
medals and glory are still as honest as human
flesh in general, and there are generally SO
many of them in a race that it is hard to
accomplish a ''fake."
Talking of fair riders, you should see the
actress, Pauline Hall, on her bicycle She
uses the Washington style of machine, whose
backbone is curved SO low between the wheels
that the rider may wear ordinary skirts
reaching below the ankle For escorts on the
road about 500 wheelmen stand ready to do
duty.
The promptness of the base ball directors
in negotiating for heavy batters from the
Detroit team is probably all that prevents
the establishment of an American associa-
ton nine here, as the Cincinnatis are for sale.
Boston has made more money than any club
on the diamond this year, and can afford to
pay heavy sums for the players needed.
m**
The arrest and filming of twenty five young
men who were rafting off watch, and the
overlooking of the attempt to raise money to
pay for $500 church parsonage by selling
$4,000 worth of chances, is one of the eccen-
tricities of "justice as she is administered" in
Boston. Church fair lotteries are SO plenty
as to cause no surprise, but no one has yet
been prosecuted for completely.
**s
Apothecary Bradbury, who is the boldest
''anti-popery" agitator in town, tells me he has
sold over 10000 of Rev. j. D. Fulton's flame
covered books himself, and the number sold
by others must run the figures up to over 3d.
900.
The school committee are in ridiculous
plight over the new worlds history which
they have put in the schools instead of Swim
TOMS Leading educators declare it one of
the dullest books in the market, and it turns
out that it is on the expurgated list of the
church. although it sights or ignores most of
the unpleasant events Of medieval history
Rev. DIR. Duryea, the Congregational min
lister on the committee who is SO literally de-
nounced for his ''treason" by the public
school agitators, doubtless wishes he could
qualify his remark that there was nothing
behind the agitation but crank partisan, re-
ligious, bigoted political prejudice and pas
sion." The men to whose action he thus re-
fers include Rev. D. H. Ella, lately presiding
elder of the Methodists of this district, Rev.
George A. Gordon, whom some consider the
leading Congregational preacher of the city,
Rev. P. s. Moxom, perhaps the mos influ-
ential Baptist, Rev. A. A. Miner, a Unitarian
of wide fame, and dozen others almost |
equally distinguished in their denominations
A curious instance of the tendency of prop |
ty to decrease at times in value and then |
again increase is most forcibly illustrated by |
what has taken place at the North End. |
There was time in the city's history when
land there was considered to be almost the
most valuable in the city; but as years went |
by and the people dumped into the city at |
the Cunard and Allan docks took possession |
of the quarter the land became the cheapest |
pricad in the city