The New York herald., 1877-10-16
GREAT SCULL RACE.
Thirty Thousand People Witness
the Hanlon-Ross Contest.
HANLON's EASY VICTORY
Five Miles Rowed In Less Than
Thirty-seven Minutes.
[Bx rzbEaRApH TO THE HERALD ]

TORONTO, Oct. Is, 1877
Az was intimated in my despatoa Of Saturday the
Hanon- Ross boat race postponed until to-day
account OF the slight breeze and consequent rough
ness OF the bay which prevailed The day first
appointed for the contest Notwithstanding the
postponemont the crowd that assembled to-day was
not percspttbly less than that which on Saturday
Inod tho shore OF the bay to witnoss tho expected
race and must have exceeded thirty thousand The
morning dawned damp and misty, without = breath OF
wlnd but AZ about ton o'clock the mist cleared away
before light breeze, and the shone out and
bright 10 the pool room Ross, whs had Tho call Mt
seven up" advanced TO 500 10 $76 aud large sums
saked az that ngurs although up TO the time Of
starting tho Now Brunswckers were eager to give the
same odds, being unable to get oil their moucy laid.
EXAMINING the COURSE.
At about two o'clock tho tug Clarke lett the dock
opposite tho Queens Hotel. having on board Mr..
Henry O'Bren, the referee; Mayor Morrison, who
acted as stakeholder; the representatives Of the
press and several OF the principal hackers Of the con-
testants Anor the course had becn cleared tho
buoys to be in order and the tug
proceeded TO the starting point at tho east
end OF the bay. The men wero ordered to
DO ready In fifteen minutes II was hall
past two O'Clock when light but freshening breeze
sprung up from the southeast AT three minutes ator
three Ross made his appearance In HE twenty-
pound SHE'LL tho Scotswood. Pulling TO tho referec's
boat he made some objections to The water saying
ues atcr Hanlon was seen coming down IN his thirty
nve.pound shell, which was built Tor him by Wharin,
OF this city. Hanon won the toss, and elected TO pull
on the CITY side Of the course
THIS START
capital start was effected at seventeen minutes
past three +. NJ Ross seemed TO have slightly the
best OF It for tho first 200 yards, both mon pulling
thirty-hree strokes per minute. Hanon, II may DO
mentioned, wore blue Guernsey vest and white
breechcS. Ross wore nothing but q shirt ana blue
breeches. Before 800 yards had been traversed Han
Ion had perceptible lead, which he soon increased
10 boats length, pulling twenty strokes 70 the
minute, his opponent pulling thirty-four. Hanon kept
up steady even stroke h a. ne ro above namea sla
easily and loading fully two lengths, while Ross,
with teeth set and every muscle rigd, was
now clear that Hanlon would win, as he
pleased, as he increased his lead at every stroke
pon rested on hts some half dozcn times, and
steering wide Of his stakoboat rounded It sec
meantime by capital steering and struggling eamey IN
his uphill contest, slightly narrowed the distance be-
tween himself and his opponent and came away from
his buoy pullipg 30 strokes per minute.
LEIsURELr VICTORY.
Finding his rival nearing him Hanlon increased his
speed from II to 80 strokes and quickly
shot eight or ten lengths away from him. Having
received this lead he literally played with his power
aozsn .,ss - sys snav sauetons 70 h,s r,enas
the crowd IN response TO their enthusiastic cheers
in fact 1t would be difficult to conceive OF Q more
last mile OF the Eve he padded all over tho course.
talked TO hts friends outside OF tho bnoys. and pulled
home as he liked, about iour hundred yards
tcrmined struggle from first to last Owing
TO some misunderstanding no signal was given
when Hanon passed the winning buoy, and the time
only matter or conjecture-tho official timer stop
ping his watch at 3S :09, while others board the
referees tug insist tnat the distance was accom-
plished in 80 minutes Be this as II may, the
tmo furnishes criterion MS to Hanon's abilities as
sculler, Tor he not pushed in any part OF the
race to what seemed anything more than
exercising pace for him. Ross made pucky
effort steered admirably and thoroughly satisfied hts
hackers. HIS style OF pulling, howevcr, noticaby
inferior to Hanon's mis- propelling powcr sccms 10
be almost exclusively in his graDdiy muscicd arms,
and though his stroke remarkably clear and close
to the waor IL falls far short Of the marvellous effect
produced by Hanlon's, which Is equally clean and
orkmanke, but also seems TO receive impetus from
every muscle between his neck and toes
HanIon stands feet So inches high, and weighed
153 pounds when he stepped into his boat Ross
stands Ieet inches high and weighed l73 pounds
when stripped for the contest The champion ap-
peared perfectly fresh at the finish. while Ross
pretty severely pumped out OF course the widest
excitement prevailed when the result made known.
Hanlon loudly cneered on returning to his boat
house, where he appeared upon the balcony and
acknowledged the enthusiastic congratulations OF his
fricnds.
IL is proposed to take Hanon to Owego, New York,
to row against Courtney and Riley, On tho Susque-
hanna, Wednesday next