Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
FIELD Day EVENTS
GIVEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BY
ROUGH RIDERS ON THE
FAIR GROUNDS.
GREETINGS FROM M'KINLEY
Carried BY ReIayists From Canton
to Wheeling and Announced by
Frank w. Nesbitt-ResuIts of the
Bicycle Races, Foo Ball Game
and Competitive DriII-Other Fea-
lures of the Day.

Field Day exercises under tue au-
spices of the First West Virginia Reg
iment of Rough Riders were given yes
terday afternoon at the State fair
grounds in the presence of a good-sized
audience. The programme opened at
2 O'Clock and was of a political and
athletic character. The chief feature
was the relay race, in charge of Can
ton and Wheeling parties.
The regiment of Rough Riders,
the Six-Foot club and the Mark
Hanna and j. j. Gill clubs of Mar
tins Ferry, accompanied by Meister's
band and the several drum corps,
arrived shortly before three o'clock,
having marched from the rem
devious at Twenty-fourth and
Chapline streets. After the organ
izatlons had paraded around the race
track, Frank w. Nesbitt stepped to the
front Of the a~hnouncers' stand and read
to the audience President McKinley's
message, which had been carried by the
relayists from Canton, O., to this city.
CANTON, O., October 13, 1900.
l have learned with much pleasure of the
programme arranged for to-day by the
people Of West Virginia in support of the
cause OF honest money, a protective tariff
and national honor. The interest that is
being manifested by the people of your
State IN these important questions is most
gratifying.
Please convey to all assembleda at the ex-
ercises OF the Republican Field Day my
congratulations ana best wishes.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
r. Mather Archer,
Wheeling I~ntelIigencer.
In reading the message, MI. Nesbitt
substituted the words message to the
people of West Virginia" for the salu-
tation Dear Sir" The greetings were
followed by three cheers for Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Nesbitt.
Edward Nicoll, who carried the mes
sage from Colerain to Wheeling, ar
rived at 2:15 p. m. The distance was
ninety-two miles, and the time six hours
and fifteen minutes, making an average
CT about fifteen miles an hour.
The only accident reported occurred
a short distance outside of Cadiz, where
Miller's wheel was punctured.
The relays were assigned as follows:
Miles.
Canton to Massillon, ". H. Hug and
+. O. Shrake. of s
Massillon to Navarro, c. H. Snyder
and G.. E. Blackburn, of Canton.... 5
Navarro to Beech City, Charles Weld
man and Edwin Carver, of Navarro. 6
Beech City 70 Straussburg, Harry Bal
sley ana Harvey AK, OF Beech City,
and Kuhn Bros, OF Canal Dover. 6
Strausburg TO Canal Dover, Fred Leh-
man and A. J. Cape, of Canton, and
Grey and Evans, OF Canal Dover. 6
Canal Dover to New Philadelphia,
Grant and Halstead ................. 4lz
New Philadelphia TO Midvale, While
Brothers .
Midvale to Dennison, Taylor and
Dennison to Philadelphia Cross Roads,
Philadelphia Cross Roa TO Smith
dale. John Whisman and Bate Cope
land $3.50. III
Smlthdale to Cadiz, Ora McGill and
j. w. White ~
Cadiz to Georgetown, Will J. Miller,
OF Wheeling ,......,.: .:..-........ 3
Georgetown to Harrisville, Herman
Friedrich, of Wheeling ..........r.. 5
Harrisville TO Colerain, Eld. White
head, of Wheeling b
Colerain to Wheeling, Edward Mic
oil, of Wheeling o
The Bicycle Races.
There were three closely contested
bicycle races. The officials were VIII
Stevenson referee. Jason C. StamD