The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-14
THEY ARE THE PEOPLE.
The Wheeling Butchers Entertain
the Populace Royalty.
A GREAT ClLF-KlLLING CONTEST.
A Fine Parade in the Morning by the
Knights the clcayer-BIcycle and
Horse Racing on the Fair Grounds.
The Biggest Picnic Yet.

| The BUTCHERS cOulQ NOT nave hsheu
for more beautiful day for their parade
and picnic. Beginning at an early hour
in the morning the outside delegations
began to come in, and were received By
the committees appointed by the local
butchers. The neighboring towns fur
nished a large number, and the Etna-
Vile band headed the delegation from
that town. The men were not
long in getting in line for the
parade. At about o'clock the
procession started in the order and
along the same route as printed in
Wednesdays IxrELuoENcER. The par
Elephants were all in uniform, and the
carriages in the line were handsomely
decorated. The older members rode in
carriages, while the young men and
others who thought themselves young,
rode on horseback. About four hun
drcd were in line, aud were loudly
cheered and applauded for their hand
some appearance. The first carriage in
the parade was occupied by Mayor Z.
w. Seabright, Sheriff Louis Steenrod,
President Charles LoefFler, OF the Butch-
ers Association, and President Charles
Hoffman, OF The Hide and Tallow Asso-
citation.
Arrived at the Fair grounds the pa
rade disbaRded and the grounds we're
thrown open. The people entered the
place in d steady stream for several
hours, Dinner WIS eaten on tire
grounds about twelve o'clock, and at
about four over 1900 people had en-
tered the gates.
The races began about half past two
o'clock. There were four contestants
TIE BICYCLE RACE,
which was the first on the programme,
R. II. Maulde, Oscar Smith, Charles
schaub and Alvin Low, The heats were
a half mile dash each, and the first two
in succession were won by Maulke, his
time being ! :37 and l:35. Mau.ke got
the first prize. Smith the second and
Schaub the third. The two first were
gold medals, the third n silver one.
The time had now arrived when the
quality OF the horseilesh belongingtothe
butchers was to be tested. The pacing
to sulky race was the first to come off,
the entries being Nellie, Topsy May
and Charley, for a $50 prize. The first
heat, one mile, was won by Charley,
Topsy coming in second, Nellie third.
Time, 1920. In the second heat Nellie
came in first on the homestretch, Char
ley second, Topsy third. Time, S:lS.
Third heat-Charley came IN first,
Nellie second and Topsy was drawn.
Time 3:04, Charley winning first and
Nellie second money.
The next race was mile trot, the en-
tries being Henry Burkle's Jim, John
Wenzel's Ell Roy and G. A. Heil's Tracy.
Two heats were run, Tracy coming in
first on both heats. Time 1898 and 1892.
The Judges were Jacob Ehni, r. Llnde-
Inuth and William Burke. John Nc
Cannon was the starter, doing his work
first-rate, and not giving the ord'go"
until good even start was obtained by
all the contestants.
The time had now arrived for, the
main event of the day, the calf-killing
contest, between Charley Dannenberg,
Of Wheeling, and John A. Born, OF ALLIE
gheny, Pa.
RAPID WORK ny BOTH.
A platform about FIVE feet high had
been built north of the judges stand.
No one was allowed on the platform but
the contestants and the judges, each
mans judge being allowed to hand
him his tools and lift the calves on the
hooks. The first two calves were
brought in in wagon and laid on the
platform, having already been BUTCH
cred.
BY this time the grand stand was
packed, and the space between the plat
form and the stand was crowded
with sightseers. Dannenberg was the
first to start, and skinned his calves in
II minutes and $50 seconds. The Pitts
burgh mans friends had been very
quiet while the dressing was going on,
but when the time was announced they
cheered as much as Dannenberg's
friends. They had claimed that the
Allegheny man could dress his meat in
nine minutes, and were elated with the
prospect.
Some time elapsed before Born's
calves were brought, and in the mean
time few bets were made. The ALE.
gheny man started in on his work about
fifteen minutes after Danuenberg had
finished. While his work was progress
ing good deal OF bowling and some
jeering was going on, which only be-
came stronger when his Judge asked the.
crowd to cease in order not to excite
him. When he finished and time was
called Timekeeper William Bader, Of
Allegheny, announced his time as 0
minutes, and Timekeeper j. g. Hoge
announced the time us 10 minutes.
Others who held ordinary watches
agreed with Mr.. Bader. The judges ex-
amined the dressed calves, and added
30 seconds to Born's time on account OF
the rough way in which his calves were
dressed, thus making his time minutes
| and so seconds, 2minutes and 81 seconds
faster than Dannenberg's. lfMr. Hoge's
time is taken as official Mr.. Dannenberg
only fell minute and 8 seconds short.
Everybody agreed that Dannenberg's
calves were dressed the best, being
ready for tn e market Just MS thew hung.
There was considerable dissatisfaction,
many contending that the contest
should at least have been declared q
dead heat, owing to the superiority OF
Dannenberg's work. Everything was
amicably settled in the end and the
money was paid over.
TIE SPECIAL FBATUREs
of the day were now ended, and the
crowd repaired to. the other end OF the
grounds. where the LIQUID refreshments