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HURLEY. 341 HUKTADO. Xorthwestern railroads (Map: Wisconsin, C 2). It is in the productive Gogebic iron-mining district, several large mines being in the vicinity, and is engaged to some extent also in lumbering, farming, and stock-raising. Population, about 2000. HURLING. A field sport, akin to the more modern game of hockey ( qv. ) . It is played to- day on a field 140 X 84 yards, with goals at each end, the posts of which are 21 feet apart and a oross-bar 8 feet high, and two point-posts 21 feet on each side of the goal-posts. The field is lined across, parallel with the goals, at 21 and 50 yards, and half way down. The hurley-stick approxi- mates to the ice-hockey stick in shape, but is held with the left hand below the right. The tall, or 'stiller,' is of cork, wound round with woolen threads and covered with leather. It is 5 inches in diameter and weighs 7 ounces. Play is begun by the 14 players on each side facing each other in the centre of the field. The referee then throws the ball between the two lines of players, who thereupon scatter to their respective positions in the field. The object of the players is to drive the ball through the space between their opponents' goal-posts. If the ball passes over the side line, previously appointed sidesmen throw it back into play. The use of the hands is barred, though in a scrimmage a moderate use of the feet is tolerated. There are some very pretty strokes made with the hurley, notably that where the ball is raised in the air with the piijnt and hit forward as it falls. HURLOTHRUMBO. An operatic burlesque, written by one Samuel .Johnson, a Cheshire danc- ing-master, in 1"2.'5, and produced at the H»y- market. April. 1729, the author himself taking the part of Lord Flame. Its prologue was writ- ten by Amos Meredith, and the epilogue by John Byrom. It was published by subscription, with a dedication to Lady Delves, in 1730. .and a second edition, addressed to Lord Walpole. ap- peared the ensuing year. It was bitterly satirized by Fielding's The Author's Farce (1729). HURON, hu'ron. A city and the county-seat of Beadle County, S. D.. 120 miles east of Pierre: on the Great Northern and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads (Map: South Dakota. G 5). It is a division headquarters of the Chi- cago and Northwestern Railroad, with niachine- shops. roundhouses, etc.. and has flour-mills and grain-elevators, carriage and wagon shops, a briek-vard. a creamerv. and other industries. Pnpul'atinii. in 1800. .3038: in 1900. 2793. HURON. An Indian tribe. See Wyaxdot. HURON. The name of certain animals of the family Mustelidie. See Gbisox. HURON. L.^KE. One of the five Great Lakes on the northern frontier of the United States, lying between Lake Superior on the northwest and Lake Erie on the southeast, connected with Lake Michigan on the west, and bounded on the southwest by Michigan and on the north, east, and south by the Province of Ontario (Map: United States. .1 2). It is the tliird in ^izc of the Great Lakes, having a total area of 22..322 square miles, and being about 2.^0 miles loner and 190 miles wide. A large arm of the lake in the east, extending far into Ontario, is known as Georgian Bay. Lake Huron receives the waters of Lake Superior through the Saint Mary's River, and those of Lake Michigan through Mackinaw Straits. Its outlet is the Saint Clair River, flow- ing into Lake Saint Clair, which is connected by Detroit River with Lake Erie. The general direc- tion of the lake lengthwise is from north-north- west to south-southeast. The surface is 9 feet above the level of Lake Erie, 335 feet above Lake Ontario, and 582 feet above the sea, with occasional fluctuations as in the other lakes. Its depth varies from 200 to 700 feet. The waters are very clear and cold, especially in the northern part, and abound in fish, of which the whitefish is the most important. There are few harbors on the west side, but vessels find shelter in Saginaw Bay, about 70 miles north of the outlet, and also in Thunder Bay, as much farther north. Presque Isle is also a fair harbor, and there is good shel- ter under the south side of the island of Mack- inaw. The lake is subject to violent storms, but navigation is safe from May 1st to December 1st. Mackinaw has long been an important post for fur trade with the Indians. Bay City, at the head of Saginaw Bay. is an important lumber depot, and copper-mines have been opened in the upper portions of JIanitoulin Bay. Excellent grindstones are cut from the sandstone near 'ihunder Bay. The main body of water is un- broken by islands, but there is a group of is- lands in the north, most of them belonging to Canada, the largest of which is Grand Manitou- lin. There is much geological evidence to the efi"eet that Lake Huron was formerly deeper and more extensive than at present. See Great Lakes. HURONIAN SERIES. See Pbe-Cambeian FORM.VTIONS. HURRICANE. See Stobm ; Wind. HURRUR. See Habbab. HURST, John Fletcher (1834-1903). A Methodist Episcopal bishop and author. He was born in Dorchester County. Md.. graduated at Dickinson College in 1854, and studied theology at the universities of Halle and Heidelberg. After his return to America he held a pastorate in New Jersey from 1858 until 1860. Again going to Germany, for three years he taught theology at the Mission Institute in Bremen, and Frankfort- on-the-Main, and then traveled extensively in Europe, Syria, and Egypt. In 1871 he was chosen professor of historical theologv' in the Drew Theological Seminary. Madison, N. .1.. be- coming president of the institution two years later. In 1880 he was elected bishop, and has spent much time visiting missions and conferences in Europe and India. In 1891 he was chosen chancellor of the American University. Washing- ton. He translated several theological works from the German, and wrote numerous works on Church history, including a Hixtor;/ of Rational- ism (1865) : ilartyrs to the Tract Cause ( 1873) : Our Theological Centurif (1876): Bibliotheca Thiolofjicn (1883) : and a History of the Chris- ti<i„ Church (1897-1900). HURTADO, oor-tii'Dfi. Luis de Toledo (c,1530-c.l589) . A Spanish poet and romancer, born at Toledo. He was the author of Pnlmerin lie hiqlaterra (1547). a famous romance which ranks next to Amadis of Gaul. It was exceeding- ly popular, and was immediately translated into French. Italian, and PortU2<iese. Hiirtado also wrote: Tragedia Policeana (1.548) : Comedia de Preteo y Tibaldo (1552) : and Fgloga selviana