Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-31

weather The Turner's and others who
took part in the parade were pretty
well tired out with their long tramp and
the rest and GOODNESS the shade OF the
trees afforded was most grateful and
refreshing, and they took good adyan-
tage Of il.
Hunger was also an uppcrmoSt feel
ing. and soon the dinner tables were
filled with people with large appetites
and good digestions, and the way they
made the food disappear was caution.
Many families took their dinners with
them, and the scene of n good, old
fashioned picnic was presented TO the
spectator.
The visiting societies established
themselves under certain trees and kept
open house TO their members and friends
who called, each being provided with 4
keg of beer, topped off with a cake of
ice, which kept it nice and cool.
At 2:3O o'clock the individual turning
contests. which were postponed from
Tuesday on account Of the rain, COM
Inenced, under direction of Prof Krogh,
assisted by \. BuckholZ, the district
turn master. They continued until
about 1870 o'clock, those taking part in
the general contests, including parallel
bars. horses. horizontal bar and four
kinds of lcaping and vaulting, were:
4. f. Schubert, Christ Schambra and
Herman Schambra, Wheeling; John
Brenn, Lawrenceville; ii. Conrad,
Christ IIauch, Arthur Pannier, Harry
Noll and A. Axthelm, Central Pitts
burg; VIM. FeiSt, Edwin FeiSt, Conrad
Hetterly, VIM. Reckc, George Leo and
O. Fcist. Steubenville; Charles Geber,
Henry Doris, Henry Fuchs, VIM.
Koch, Henry Oppcrman and John
Raab, Johnstown; Eugene Meyer, Geo.
Hucbner and Fred Koch. Birmingham;
Carl Ammon, Gottfried Scmmen, Con-
rad Auel, Frederick Semmcn, Joseph
Oreschler and August Fernan. South
side, PittSburg.
The following turner's took part only
in the folks turning. such as horse eX-
crciSeS, rope climbing, weight lifting
and several others:
VIM. +. Sadler, Wheeling; Jacob RoeS-
ser, Jr., South Side. PittSburg; Carl Al
baneSius, l.. Wolf, X. WenZel and John
Kugel, of the Central, PittSburg.
MeSSrS. w. A. Schambra aud Christ.
Schambra, OF Wheeling, and William
Fest and O. FeiSt, of Stcubenvillc,
were the only contestants for the fenc-
ing prize. 1t was case Of brothers
against brothers, and while Christ.
Scbambra got the best of William FeiSt,
O, Feist came out ahead of William
Schambra. This contest was very in
teresting indeed.
Even McClelland, of Steubenvile,
and A. c. Snyder, Of Wheeling, were the
only entries in the club swinging con
test, and they acquitted themselves in
most creditable manner.
This ended the contests for the day
and fest. following which the wand eX-
ercise of 100 Turner's was repeated by
request. and as usual. it was fine dis
play, the graceful movements being
cheercd loudly by the several thousand
people present.
The bicycle races were feature OF
the afternoon interesting to many. In
the large wheel race there were four
entries, MessrS Walter WorlS, Will
Stevenson. Henry Mahlke and Bert
IlltludufIs III ut0AN M'l' 4A4A ii4ANf
two best In three. The first was won
by RiheldaiTcr IN 1885, remarkably good
time: Mahlke second, WorlS third and
Stevenson fourth. The second heat
was taken by WorlS in 1884, with Rihel-
daifer second, Stevenson third, Mahlke
fourth Stevenson took the third
in 1875, with Mahlke second, Worls
third and RhieldafTcr fourth. The
fourth and last heat was won by WorlS
in 1875, with Stevenson not half wheel
behind. The prize was a handsome
gold medal. The time made was the
best ever made ON that track.
The safety race was somewhat mixed |
up, and It was won byC i. Goethe, the
prize being geld badge. The judges I.
were McsSrS. Hess. Snyder and Sid Sar-
YER