The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-22 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

GREAT BOAT RACE FOR £lOO.

A very exciting contest took place yesterday from Put-
ney to Mortlake for E 0 a-side, between Horace Cole, of
Chelsea, and Thomas Hoare, of Hammersmith ; the
former, the nephew of the ex-champiox Tom Cole, is well
known to fame, while his opponent ho..s achieved some
creditable pei formances, and promises to be a star of the
first magnitude. The Citizen P, Captain Tamer, with the
veteran Charles Newnham as referee, accompanied the
race, as well as the Venus, Captain Styles, Victoria,
Captain Barrett, and a number of craft of every description.
Mr Willcox, of the White Hart, Barnes, was umpire for
Hoare, ar.d Harry Salter, of the Feathers, officiated fur
Cole.

At 3.31 the men appeared at Putney aqueduct, Hoare
having tur his jockey Chuchum, of Hammersmith, while
Stephen Salter, of Oxford, took up the other man. There
was very little tide, a dead
.noser against them, the water
being very rough, and Hoare won the choice, taking the
Middlesex station, which wts very much sheltered from the
wind. The betting was 5 to 4 and level, Cole for choice, with
a scarcity of takers. After several unsuccessful attempts they
got away to an excellent start, Hoare taking a slight lea:.
His opponent, however, in a few strokes had collared him,
and gradually went ahead, amidst the vociferous shouts of
his paitisans and offers to lay 2 to 1, which were greedily
seized at. Opposite the pier Cole led by half his length,
and increased it to a length at Simmond's boat-house.
Hoare now, by dint of hard work, and favoured by he
shelter of the shore, began to pick his man up, but as Cole
pressed him he again tell astern, and the latter led by a
length and a half at Bit hop's Creek. Here, however, his
man had fairly settled down to his work, and inch by inch
he crept up, till at the Point there seemed every probability
of his going ahead, but Coe again bored him, and Hoare,
we believe, touched a tree with his left. They made the
shoot just past the Point, and as soon as they were fairly
on their course over the water, it was evident that Cole
would not long maintain his position. By the time they
had finished the shoot and arrived at the Soap Works Point
Hoare led by a clear length, and passing the Soap Works
Bridge had added anotizer to his lead, passing under Ham- '
mersmith-bridge, reached in 9 min. 50 sec., three clear
lengths ahead. The laoour was now very severe and Hoare
was rowing easily, while his opponent was evidently
"gone," At the top of Chiswick Ait, reached in 16 min.
40 sec., Hoare led by four or five lengths, and as much as 5
to 1 was laid on him. Both had kept a fine course, and Cole
was rowing a capital stern wager; but his opponent in-
creased his lead at every stroke, and passed under Barnes
Bridge nine or ten lengths ahead. From here to the finish
Cole crept up a little, and Hoare arrived first at the Ship at
Mortlake by six lengths, in 28 min. 10 sec. ; not bad, con-
sidering the ebb had made as they arrived at the Ship, and
had the wind (lead against them all the way. Hoare rowed
in a boat by B:ffin, of Hammersmith, and Cole in one of
Jewitt's.

PUGILISM.

(From the Sporting Life.)

JEM MACE AND JOE COBURN, FOR £l,OOO.

According to our announcement the second meeting for
making another deposit of £5O a-aide, was held last night
at Nat L Ingham's, the Mitre, St. Martin's-lane. When
about the usual hour (10 p.m.) artived, neither nf the prin-
cipals showed up, although one of Jem's particular friends
informed those present that Mace would be detained some-
what later than Jem anticipated, from his keeping his pro-
mise to show at J. Walton's leneflt at the City of London
Theatre, where Jem, as one of the actors in Tom Cribb's
parlour, showed his cups, belts, and other trophies. This
explanation was satisfactory, and Joe Coburn was anxiously
expected, until Langham stated that he was in London in
the morning, but was obliged to leave for Liverpool to fulfil
a lucrative' engagement. Z"..oine little time after 10 o'clock
Jem Mace and Hairy Brunton at rived, when, amongst the
company present, the following notabilities could be recog-
nised :—Harry Broome, young Ben Caunt, Billy Duncan,
Young Jones, Jack Howard, Drew, Donnelly, Collins, &c.
ic. Nat Langham, who was chairman, announced that
the second deposit of £5O a-side, for the great £l,OOO con-
test between Mace and Coburg had been made good, and,
after a few more words, he wound up with the old toast of
"May both men be well on the day, and the better man
win." The next and third deposit of £3O a-side will be
made on Tuesday, July 5, at Harry Brunton's, George and
Dragon, Beech-street, Barbican.