The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-07-26

H. & L. Co.-Below we give let
ter, written to the Rescue Hook &
Ladder ssithout hooks) Company Of
Urbana, by a committee appointed
by the Findlay Co. for that purpose,
and the answer thereto. We see
nothing ungentlemanly in the first
letter and fear the Urbana boys want
to stink a trifle. We will excuse
punctuation and spelling in the an
,wer, as we presume the writer was
nad and frightened:
FISDLAY, o., July IL. 1867.
10 the Members Of the Rsseus Hook and LGddh
Company, UrbanG, Ohio.
GENTLEMEN We beg leave TO present foI
cur consideration few facts, and a prOpo
,tion
taine on the 4ih inst, rs you are aware, our
company, tbs q" Dresdnaught," carried off
he prize to DO awarded to the Hook and
Ladder Company making the best time /;
your company declining to compete on the
ground that you were not accustomed 10 the
uae OF the 80 hooks" which We have always
Tsed. We stood ready, AZ you also remem-
GER, to compete in the usual manner for the
:" Ell Eorns." and in no other way. That
hooks" are an important part of Hook
md Ladder equipment, We held then and
continue so 10 hold. Your declination we
beg leave 10 recspitulate, was based solely
on the fact that We used hooks" We
claim that they are always used. We only
insisted on our rights when We refused TO
1--WE them up. We ran, making our time in
Is seconds. You then ran making II in 4sA
seconds, without putting your man over the
top of the iadder-and your time is still 60
ing on.
Since said Tournament. your papers (Citi
zen 4 Gazette and Union) have come to eur
place with notices OF the Tournament, calcu-
lated to inlurs us in the opinion OF the pub
lie. These statements have renal ned un-
eortradicted by you, and In the absence OF
rebutting testimony the presumption is that
you have disseminated or encouraged these
or which obtain in all such matters and
vhi.h We are led to believe you will, with
US, be guided by.'
Your papers allege, in the first place, that
It takes ten seconds lor ger to stack the ladder
without hooks" than IT does with "hooks,"
and hat conse quently you beat us seconds.
We hold that It does not take that length
Of tins, and are ready to do II in less than
ten seconds. In the second place 1t Is alledg-
cd that they challenged US to "run for r Fifty
think Of charging your name to that of
- Dread no thing" that II would not
have been healthy for us TO have accepted
the challenge. We deny that any such chal
lenge was made on your part You did,
Low ever, propose several ways Of deciding
the question OF supremacy, none Of which
we're prescribed by the programme, or are
found in the rules governing Tournaments.
which We declined.
We now offer You an opportunity OF max
ing sood your assertions OF superiority.
Make your challenge the amount to be run
."r tiSo hundred dollars, or upwards. and we
will run in such manner, and at such place,
as may be deemed best by committees,
20 be appointed from both comp snies cen
sen,ins to fOrego all onsderations as to
htalth.
We do not boast of our Iowers or abilities,
nut simply stand ready to compete at any
tine with your company. Ia a fair and hon.
or4hle manner.
If you see ft TO challenge US, We viii &C
cept; il not, we must request that you make
no nere boasts, and that you contradict tie
reports which are now in circulation derog-
4tory to U. and our .oIdaet on tne occasion
referred TO.
ALLEN THOMAS, l.