New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-01
HANLON WINS AT ST. JOHN
DELAYS IN sTARTING-AY ACCIDENT To ROSS GIVES
HANLoN AN EAsY VICTORY


HANLoN AN EAsY VICTORY.
ST. JoHx, N. b., July 31.-At $50 o'clock
this morning. the the greater part OF the course
laid out for the Hanl0n-R0ss bOatrace was perfectly
smooth At 635 the judges boat called ont the men,
both of whom appeared In excellent form. At o'clock
everything ready and the referee, Sheriff Harding
called upon the TO get into line. By this time
the wind had frcshened blowing from the northeast and
made quite a swell In the water Ross rowed up the
course and finding tho water lGmpy, said he would
not row. Edward Ross came board the judges
boat and said the water was too rough; thereupon
Mr. King Judge for Ross protested that the water was
not perfectly smooth the articles OF agreement spec
fed 1t should be. The referee, Sheriff Harding, then
said that as the matter being taken out Of his
hands, he would retire he would act no more Ross's
hackers appauded his resolution, while Hanon's back
ers dsspprOved. Sheriff Harding made written state
ment 10 tine effect that the water was not perfectly
smooth but that nc was smooth enough for
practical boatraciDg; but that as Ross and Ross's
Judge had objected, he had no choice but
TO retire Hanlon to the Judges boat and said that
II Ross would row that he lHauon) would give him Two
lengths TO start also M, and sand the start
ing boats were ont Of range. general discussion took
place. but no result reached. Finally the two men
were ordered to their quarters, and the Judges boat
steamed up TO Appebys Wharf where the crowds were
waiting in expectancy
Sometime after tho ordered to their quarters
the wind began 10 uie down. llb
was "a spnOh as glass During the afternoon the back
ers OF Rss proposed A. Chapman Smith as
referee I'm place OF sheriff Harding who had with
drawn Dut Hnuion's hackers declined to accept
any other referee Harding, who was named IN the
ARTICLES OF agreement, aud threatened that u he could
nor be Induced to they would Withdraw the stakes
and return nome. The state OF affairs vas telegraphed
10 the she and consented To act M referee and ar
rived on The course at 4:J0 p At o'clock the men
were called out
Al ) minutes and 20 seconds past o'clock the men
were started. Htnlon being inside. The water was IN
excellent condition. Ross took the lead pulling thirty
rwo strokes a minute. HanlOn followed at the same
mage hal before they had reached AppeDys wharf he
mad 3assed Ross. ABOVE the wnaTf Hanlon was pulling
thirtt-tvo strokes. going along DeJuifny Ross Ioi
lowed, uulEg talTty strokes, Three hundred yards
fjm Appeby's wharf Ross boat seen "a capslze,
and fir a onIe il was feared had been drowned. It
WAS soon seen, however that he was clnging 10 his
hoat ana boat went of and picked nin up. Ross says
the sp.Ing OF the ruwOck worked out and he upset,
breaking The Of the bUas. HanOn meanwhile, went
up he course, taking bis tune, however, ANA went
around the sake-bOat at OBS On his return he
sbuwcd some tine rowing, but did not OYereXert him
self lie reached the point Ia about thtry-scNen min
utes 81,
Ross says h boat got in bad condition soon after the
race began and thai he Watching the boat and not
Hanlon. General TegreG was iet Al Rosss misfortune,
buE tas prevailing opinion Was that he was over
matched Appleby's Wharf il three-quarters OF mte
from the start. Al TINS point Haul0n was length
ahead. The official time OF the race Was 36mil., 5Ss.
reception gwen to IIanlOn ~ the Ddnerin Ho-
fql This