, 1877-10-16
The Latter Steers Crookedly, Lays on
His Oars, aud Wins by 400
Yards.
Probability that the 81. John Suffer-
ars Are Worse on than
Eyer.
The Baseball Champions Of 70 Beat
the Champions Of IT by a Score
Of 0 to l.
Tint Days Rates. Of ths Blood.Hor1t Assatia
aiqn ef hash5ilie.~0lher Sporting
EoieS.
AQUATIC.
4 GREAT aCftf.ltNu RACE.

AQUATIC.
4 GREAT scuf.IiNu HtCE.
Fptctai N+natea 10 Tnt Catrnps Trtbanf.
TORONTO, Oct. ls.-Tl,c great .tnglc sc.lifng
match between Wallace 1aoEs. vi St .fohs,, N. H.,
and Edward IiahIun, uf Tntunto, ult,, for
&7,QQ0 and The championship Vt cnnuda, tnuk
n1are over the Toronto Lay this afternoon. No
similar event l,ae excited 50 niurh Interest III
sn,lst,c circles In Canada stslye ttr celebrated
Paris crew and the renowned Ncnt0rtii Tsne
crew measured oars III thc kcnnehetassis III
ISL, IN which contest tic great Kcnforti died Ia
his boat frotn ovetcxerttou, Tile DISTANCE III the
n.eseuk race WIS tivc miles with ouc Turn, Rtni
The course lay from thu foot of Parliament
street straightsway to two bunrs, ffty yards
start, otttsil,c tile western ctInnne, and return.
The match had l,een son,e time III contemplation,
hut II was only on the 18th Of September
that matters were brought to sue
ecssfut conclusion. ftuss would have
preic,cd to row the match on Tho
Kcnucbccassts Or at Springfield, a[ass., but
lIhn!on declined To row ont Ut hs own wuter,
and allowed Ross 9;p0t 10 collie here. AS san1l
Is final undcrst tandtng ras arrived at, both
men went !nto active training. Faulkner, vi
Boston, was engaged to Hook after lsuss, an.
Dlly McCann, Of this city, was dsputcd to su-
peruteud ffalllun's training. On acrount af
sons disagreement Ilanton Dissolved with Ills
trainer, md George WARM, boat.l,nildes, 0t this
dty, look Ills place. Rusa and his trainer ur-
HE'D here Thursday Of lust week, and took up
their quarters ut the Queens Hotel.
TIE NEW HHurswicK CHAMPION
made the best of tile shurt tine II hts disposal
In prActcing, when tho weather permitted, o1l
tbe new water Held in which lie was lutfy hts
poWeE. ,Ilanlon, while tra'n!nx, resided With
b!s family aII tho Island.
Public opinion was naturally divided. and ron.
11ry to general expectation, when tue match
rs ma,le Russ, 1t anything was the fayurtc III
Toronto an,oDE spcculaiors. few days beFurr
Of llanlun, and betting nnd sopulnr opinEs,n
turned largely In his tAvoE. one gentleman III
tha cIty placed $500 Oh him. a tasgc ulltn.
btr OF cxrursionisla hra here from 1t. john
sn,l maritime provinces, unl detachment II!
three or fur hundreu iron, HOstul,. rlt Rtuc
Noses and Lower Provinces sporting men sup
ported Ross to tnan, but tho cltIzei. OF the
Hub went strong for ilan!on.
THE CROWD.
There wero probably sU.UU people present.
Tho bcttfng In the lnornlng wis lively, the Ut.
JuiM men, rather tltau not tIAye their money
placcd, Offering od!s On lIuss. Altogether, Ii,
this city, there cantI0t have bcGn less thnu
$J0.10J changed hands Un the ercnt.
At 3 O'Clock stcumcrs and stnaft craft COM
menyed tn move out frt,ut their docks, ntsl
a III SsGs Esns K arl tue tue 'y tux wa csa sS
bal fixed the luoys at II turning polnt neal, the
Quccn's Wharf, the cullrEc WIS cleared. autl tho
Clark rnn down tllc bay to the Startling. .p>nt,
opposite Parliament Street. lsanlon won tho
minutes past Itns6 catt1u out Ut bis boat-huIse,
aud, two minutes Inter. laanl4n lutard him.
Ross was stripped IT, the skin. Hanlun wosr
Guernsty, With rc,t band Ut silk lounl bis
head. Hoss wore while rup.
TIE WATER
vas very fAtr, and about III Euuu us could be rot.
Rosa. whiu near the Clark, salt tu thu referee:
~ objcyt to tho water; VT nercr row In water
he had been over the course utld was satisfied
the water was suitable. Ihe contestants then
t.Uk up their positions. Tho achd-oif was .
capItal one, hJtl men rutelHg tflt water almost
front, and was never tlcatled. lie did
sDAIE had sTKERlSa
1t first, but hia powerful xtrske sos,h Told, and.
notwithstanding tl,e untccdrd GROUND l,e mas
covcrtng. continued to keep Asltl somewhat III.
cease his lcai. Both men went uif r.,ninX
ehEty-threc stEuiscs 1ter minute, mil 1T tungr
btrcet Wharf llaHl0n WIS abuut u shells leHEth
IL advance. II4nlon ttcn dropped .l.,wn IL
aotut the satnB relative distance tn each ut!rf
until tho Yacht Club houso wus reached, wien
Aan!on started and Increased his leAl autue-
what At l4o Northern Elevator ttX,llun sa3
md Ross thirty, yet the Centennial cltlnIlos,'s
she'll was seussbly Increasing the leale. Al this
point several ScW-UFuntwllkc5s Oh tie rttcEtcfH
lug
CALLED TO noss TO aPuNr,
but be failed to resEMnd flaulon hero Stopped.
Reycrat tlu1cs 0lnittlng stroke. only to make
up tor H. hows7er.by imIarttng a1stltfona! to,cs,
u the surccc&llux ul,cs. Al the Queens Wharf
b. ha,t succeeded IL putting about .tx .l,ell.'
lengths Of daylight between himself a1sd Russ,
and apparently Will! but little ctfnrt. AZ lle
nsared tbs stake-boat7 making oIc-half tic dis.
tanee, It WA seen that ltoss had tu.lgu4l Tie
EQAThH bfttsf than 1n hnif f0r HAnlnIt u IN
alsta9sc tn the south nt t.is boat. while 1soss
va almost on II. llanloi, l!oweScr, went awny
~ a Eatt'ng pace, and
succKxpED IN ROUNDING yInsT,
9hu, when they started On tie l,utne-ttreteh,
iMah'on i9Ih'o Ind about two lengths thu best Uf It,
lhis was considered tlse critical point OF Tux
contest. aud leoss' friends expected that ltc
ne r,ns tnaxc an eo.t asFe 70 Iettlsys nis wan
s4oKes tcr minute, while 1fanlun still ron
siaued to Increase his leati, though only rowing
aHout t~ensy.ciEht. anh. I,asstng thu Quccu'l
No,tas H. s Essato; fS e " w.ssa IT, s, st sn
tha cheers lrom the multitude un tho whaTyes
5som thia point llanloa Won
llT1HALLf AS liz cHosx,
oat!nu!nK 10 ruw, with stoppagca 1t intervals
about twentY.csght strokes pr minute, whijt
koss kept up lis thirty, Al tho 1nlst,, tl,t
eatanre between thu men was about 4U0 yards
1he time At tls btake boat, maFktng one-hal
tas distance. was lS:sa The tins IT tho rarc
Ei,ep by Mr. Barxer, Of 1t. John, wa4 u :09
?thcss put 1t Al H}:0J. Both men sowel It
ttetr woodcn boats After tho tacc, uanIon
eslng introduced by Col, Shaw, United State
Sonau1, to a large crowd in front Of Warlu'l
eoatAou4e. returned ttauks, aud said that ha
a1a aoaoth beat he could.
NOS3 e..
20 also Justify chccEel ~ he paddled 10 hi,
2oat'house after the conclusion u t6e race
Soss Used r,1lles, willis Ilalllan did not
como sympathy is tslt for Ross um account .
tae 1oughness of tho water, but hls purity af'
A1haed he VA beaten on hts nlstls.
,, or aANL0A'a px4FoRNANCK
oothing too e1travaxaut cln bo said. lie ts be
yohd doubt the premier kculler Ut America, an.
PfoLao!y OF tho world. 1t Is proposed 10 taxi
K Re: G:xeg1b n H. TO- [sw san. csait
hcft. snd, early next spring, meeting vii! b
y!9l21t sbout between him ant the Australian
11ekess OF tho English llixxius.
DAEE-DALL.
BOSTON BKATKA Ut CHICAGO.
nell ;" sall Harry Wright last eyenjug aitc