The New York herald., 1878-10-08
COURTNEY AND HANLAN.
THE UNION SPRINGS sCULLER AT AUBURN
HIS DENIALs AND ADMissIoNs-"cAN BEAT
HANLAN LIVERY TIME OVER FAIR. SMOOTH
COURSE"

HASLhN LIVERY TIME OVER FAIR, SMOOTH
COURSE"
By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
AuBuRN, N. Y, Oct z, 1873
Courtney arrived homo from Montreal on Saturday,
and to-day the HERALD representative held lengthy
conversation with the oarsman In this city. or
course no puts In general denial Of all the ugly
stories circulated TO his discrcdI He is willing
make affidavit he such letter to his brotnor
as Is alleged and other OF his family will
the same. He sayst is truo tho stakes In the
were only $1,000 side, instead Of $4,000, but
II was through no fault OF his that this fact was
not made public He says he has retained legal aid
and will probe the matter to tho bottom but he is
very explicit In his dcnials exccps let
ter. Hc also interviewed the editor OF the Advertiser
which has published similar stories 10 those the
HERALD, and that paper tonight says would DO sim
cerey pleased to see Courtney completely vindcated
but makeg no retraction.
ADMITS SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
He says TINS trouble has been bitter pill for him
to swallow, nut admitted there were many suspicious
swor Tor tho peculiar behavior Of his hackers IN
the least, ana asserts II they did anything
crooked no was not IN league win them u par
tho silly special from Montreal In which he mado
to say tbat anan was the best single scuIlcr the
world, 10. He never uttered any such nonsense, ana
says to-day, IN the most positive manncr, that he
beat Hanian every time over iair, smooth course.
lie said he YVES not given TO boasing IN this manner,
but iet forced 10 say what he did. Al the time
he conceded that Hanlan a better man than no
thought he was. He complains oi his rations in
Lacnine more than cse and states that the
COOK persisted In using river water IN preparing his
iood against his express ordcrs and that disagreed
with him.
IN QuASDARy.
He cannot understand why MS hackers neglected
him So and Icft him TO shit Tor himself Courtney 10
In quandary what TO 40 In tho prescnt situation OF
afairs He says ho Is undecided whether to 70 home
ana go to work. without say more about IT,
the affair to the bottom as no originally intended Ho
Is well aware he Is under cloud, but not know
how best TO proceed TO dispel o. Ho wanted TO row
Hanlan again, but u was doubtful II he would now.
feeling was so strong against him that II no
would only strengthen the Suspicion against MIN.
CouRrsEY's BAcKKR.
Bristcr, CourtDey's backer, was also ia Auburn to-
day, and was neatly cornercd by Aupurn sporting
gentleman. IL was Ia regard 10 his contradictory
dcspatchos about the race. Tho gentleman referred
TO offered 10 bet him 800 that hc sent the messages
stated IA the newspapers. Brster pied cha-
lcnge Tor an instant but when the money was pro-
duccd he quiotiy husncd up and moved away.
THE ARTICLES oP AGREEMENT.
Tho Auburn ddrert,ser tonight has the following
from their representative who went TO Montreal -
deception can never successfully flourish
Nv, ana when " was announced tnat the stakcs
$ll,0N every ono was amazed at tho amount. Here
came III tho first false statement aud
which was very reprehensiblc and known 10
u number OF Auburnians IRON tho beginning
Your correspondent the articles In Montreal
Tor tho hrs time reacnng there, and read clearly
aud plainly that tho race was tor 900 sidc so
thst II was $4,000 10 all. including tho Montreal
purse OF $4,000, aud nol U0D. as advortscu. 0i
TINS $s,00v ~ was expressly stpuaJed IA wiring be-