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London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

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LONDON; TUESDAY, MARCH 10.

.TITE TRIAL F4)11 THE CHAMPIONRHIP

-017 THE THAMES.

♦ " nermartnx " trial has lately occupied the
Queen's Bench of a more innocent character than
the CUM which usually attract crowded audiences
in our tribunals. The Court was occupied by those
amphibious being% who are known as waterside
characters, and who, if Mr. DARWIN'S theory be
correct, may possibly be the connecting link between
the marine and the land fauna. They are not
exactly mermen or mer-maidens ; but they may
possibly be a hybrid between that race and the
properly human inhabitants of this torraqueous
globe.. Fur three days the Court resounded
with .phrases which it would require a nautical
dictionary to understand ; and the advocates
were pleading in terms which must have
been to them as a foreign language. Mr.
Hawntrts, wit, confessed that his aquatic
knowledge did rot go beyond the power of
distinknishing between a water lily and a water rat,
end Berjeant BALLANTINE, on whose behalf his
loathed friend and antagonist kindly pleaded
Manner ignorance, found themselves immersed
in ." lumpy water," engaged, not for the first
time perhaps in their forensic capacity. in the opera-
tions of " fouling," " boring," and " coaching," dis-
uriminating as to the definition ar.d laws of " •
" right away 'cullers' race," and critical as to the
Alifromonce between a zephyr and a;ersey. The trial
which called for this display of nautical learning
referred to a nn less important subject than the
Championship of the Thames. There was more
at stake, however, than this honorary distinction.
Stakes of the value of 3007. were at stake.
The action was brought by a Waterman named
SADLER against Mr. SMITE, the editor and pro-
prietor of the Sports-mon, to recover from him the
money which the plaintiff had placed in his hands
as stakeholder, and which, as was alleged, he had
-wrongfully awarded to K►LLEY, another waterman,
between whom and SADLER a race had been ar-
ranged. SAD:.EIt contended that no race had taken
place. On the other aide, it Was argued that SADLER
bad refused to start, and that KELLEY having,
in obedience to the award of the referee, rowed over
the course, was entitled to the money.
The competitor% were both men distinguished in
their profession. KELLEY represents its historical
greatness, and an achieved reputation. His fame
extends over nearly twenty years, elating from
the year 1850. SADLER, on the other hand,
embodies the aspiring ambition of a younger age.
His glory goes no further back than the year 18111.
But, though life is short, art is long: this brief
space is crowded with great deeds. From this
time to the year 1867 ho I:as rowed in
seven matches, and won six. Even in the
seventh, in which fortune declared itself against
him, Mr. Ssntsit has hypothetically crowned
himself victor. Had it not been for a pain which
attacked him in the middle of the race,lecherishes
in the depths of his mind the confident assurance
that he would have beaten the celebrated 808
Ouae,wa.x at Newcastle. The opinion of the cele-
bitted BUR DEVISERS upon this point did not
come before the Court. From the Tyne Mr.
SADLER transferred his quest of fame and profit
to the Thames, and challenged its veteran cham-
pion KELLEY to a rowing match between Putney
and Mortlake. The cheerful season of November
was selected for this aquatic contest. It was
Axed for the 27th of that month. How

agreeable the river is in the fogs and damps
of that time every one can imagine. The
raoe, however, began ; but at Hammersmith-
•. bridge Bat LER declared that he was being
"1 bored " by KELLST. On reaching Mort-
• like he applied to the referee to declare
a' foul. The race was decided to be no race,
and was adjourned to the day following. The
second contest was the subject of the action. The
dispute turns on the question of starting. On this
Vubject the practice in amateur contests differs from
Ibitt adopted by professional rowers. The two
Ttiversities whose code forms, in its main fee-
Urge, the rule of the river, following the des-
ilia precedent of the boat-race in Virgil,
have a starter. The watermen start them-
' *elves by mutual concurrence. This accord is

sot, however, always readily arrived at. The
professional rule is very simple. Waterman, a
witness deposed, always start by trying to get the
advantage over each other. This laying in
wait for an advantage sometimes occasions
a great deal of delay. Serjeant Bawarritat,
whose ignorance of aquatics has perhaps made him
a little credulous, told the court on the authority of
the informant who had coached him for his forensic
race, of a pertinacious competitor, who being
• soddenly seized with a stomach-ache, stood for
• two whole days with his back against a wall, which
clagusted his opponent that he declined to run
at all. It is Serjeant BALLA/Rl:Ceti opinion
that this gentleman would even now be
*Ending against the wall, a victim to
intestinal disorder, if he bad not succeeded in

wearying out his adversary or sendiiii-him
. to sleep. This is racing made easy. Mr.
31/111/111N8 and Serjeant DALLAS-TINE would
' be equal to an aquatic contest on these
*rms. Something like the tame
policy appears to have actuated the veteran
Maciar, who exhibited the caution of old age
nir than the impetuous valour of youth. He
not, according to what shams the preponder-
- *alba testimony, begot tc.stert. EMI= attempted