Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-15
SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER L, L
AFOOT RACE
In Which Weston Sports Do Up Their
ClsrksburG Brethren In Fine styie'
sr..,o, T.l-ornr1 TO the Sunday Regtster.

sp.cial Tsieordna to the Sunday Regsster.
wrsrov w. VA, November H.-There
are many instances of tables being turned
and scemers caught at their own game, put
perhaps none are more Significant or note
worthy than the fortunate and very sue
cessful consummasion OF deep ialu plol
Whicn was developed here To-Day.
II was one of the most diabolical schemes
m outrage the people of Weston that has
eyer been attempted and the effectual man
ner in which il was frustrated is not with
ont its interest. In the language OF Boooy
Rurns s9The best laid plans OF mice ana
men gang aft aglee" and certainly
the local sports of Clarksburg who favored
the hospital city with their presence anu
freely dispensed their currency, can 1ully
appreciated the truth of 1t. after the occur
renee of to-day; moreover d9ey sy,ers wors ooni'
burned child always keeps away from
the fire and there is no lesson soimpressive
as that which experience teaches In days
that are now numbered with the past Wes-
ton has triumphed over Clarksburg IN
every friendly sport in which the two towns
have mutually engaged, In base ball games
the historical city Of Harrison has oeen
completely varquished; in band tourna-
ments they never won victory anu III
plain. old fashioned draw poker, tney al
Ways recognized freeze out:
They never were in it, which doubtless
accounts for the rabd jealousy That mas al
last manifested itself in such an obnoxious
manner They became desperate, as IL
were and determined to try thelr luck
once more. but alas for the rarity or true
human charity, the boat left them in deep
,yater In the fertile minds OF two or
| three of the old towns proudest sons, d
happy plan was conceived, ana awaited
| oniy successful execution TO replenlsn tnelr
pocketbooks and enable them to scream
! In the victorious words of the famous
| American rooster "Cock-a-doodte-do.
They wanted to arrange for a foot race at
Weston and their first action was to cor
respond with professional runner aI
| Pittsburg
He ard another man were to come mere,
Clarksburg was TO bet heavily on the flttS,
burger and his colleague was to De oacKeu
| by Weston. A victory for Clarksourg was
to be understood and an lgnomlnlous oelea'
for Weston part Oh the prosrauiuie a,,s
Those here to participate in the affair sus-
pected something wrong and did not pro-
nose TO get left, and they did not, either
They would not put up their money unless
they were assured of victory, which was
| done Yesterday mornings train brought
a goodlv number of Clarksburgers mere
whose financial resources seemed TO De IN
| eXhaustable. They came 10 WIN anu oeI
their money freely. This morning few
minutes before twelve o'clock, at Riverside
track. quite crowd of anxious spectators
assembled.
II was decided that the contest should be
run AT a distance of 100 Yards. One heat
was to determine the race. The Clarks-
burg people backed their man vallantiy,
and in Imagination saw their money
doubled, while the Weston men took mat
ters cooily and awaited results. In lew
minutes William Henry, of Pennsylvania,
attired in the tights with which nature
provided him, pranced forth to the applause
of Clarksburg. and was followed by w. u
Ross, of New York, on whom the weston
people had placed their money
They started at the firing OF revolver,
Gietahce n thd from me time on9l4 sec.
onds Tue We gttSs??:s.,iris were declared win
ners and the stakeholder told to hand over
the money The Clarksburg sports, disap
pointed and woe-begone, scratched their
heads in utter astonishment at the result.
They were beaten at their own game One
of the crowd, a prominent young attorney,
who had advanced 800 to complete thepur-
pose, upon the assurance that he was TO re-
ceive $50 after the race, and thought his
chances poor, went before magistrate and
had the man on whom he bet arrested for
obtaining money under false pretenses,
but upon his failure TO prosecute the COM
planant, the proceeding was dismissed at
his cost.