The New York herald., 1878-10-11
THE LACHINE BOAT RACE.

CIPHER DEsPATcHxs WHICH ANNOYED AND
AYsTIY1ED oERrAIN AUBURN PIopLE-wAs
WHITE BLACK Oh BLACK wHITs-Is MR.
BRIsrxR IN A FALSE POSITION?
Not all OF the people interested In the result OF the
recent boat rxce AZ Lachine, on the 81. Lawrence
River, have become convinced that Il fairly
rowsd lost There are many who stll talk
persistently OF fraud Some Of them adducs more
genuine than mere suspicious - the basis OF
their accusations. gentleman living In The central
part OF this Ssatc and In this city, visited last
evening by reporter OF the HEaALD, and 10 him he
gave whicn very serious aspect He
made bets the event. therefore, he says, cannos
be supposed to speak from . scnss OF peeuniary In
jury. He says that day Or two before the race
friend OF MS wont to Auburn. whsrs Mr.. J. H.
Brister, Courtnsy's "baeker," resides This friend
saw Ar. Brisssr and they agreed upon cipher,
which latter TO use In sendias him informa-
lion from Noasrsal Accordingly on saturday, the
2sth Of September, the following despatch tvscS
recsivcd:-
The weather 10 pleasant; the water good, n,u,a
This meant that Coartpsy would win. II the de-
epatcn had been wsrdod negatively n would have
been inter presed a. foilows:-"Hanlan will win"
Another gentlsman, he says, had also made
gemsnt with Mr.. Brisser Tor the Of . CIPHER
and he received this msssage:-
The viii certainly take place.
The word ..csrtainy" vas the cipher, and its use
indicated that Courtney would win the racs
On tue same day Mr.. samuel Brister, brother Of
Courney's backsr, received ~ Auburn sne following
by teisgraph:-
LAcHsE, Sept d, 1879
T. il. BRIsTER
Sam Brisssr. he says, showed this his TREND, and
explained that be- TOO, had agreed upon cipher with
his brother. The word "BlacK" was TO mean Hanian
and ''whi.s" wa. to mean Courtney. King Is a
brother-in-iaw Of Bristsr. The despatch, .'Biack 10
.od. therefore, he thought declared that Hanan
would win Tue friend ot the HERALD's informant
astounded by ths ss aatly contraoicted the
which he had received lew hours before. Mr.. Sam
Brister also exhibited postal card bis brother
which be had received early In the morning:-
White not seag very rood hope be better
The gentleman noticed the discrepancy between the
despaiches and Mr. Sam Brstsr said his proIhsr
must have made . mistake IN the OF The ciposr.
The gentleman then wrote reply ~ foiIows:-
Mr.. J. IA. BRrsIKR:-
tainty without fall s. BhI5rEh
To tnis there came NO answer, but there was q
despatch Tor Sam Brister whicn ne would not
10 the gentle mnA although requested 10 do Tue
latter believed that suspicisns connrmed,
and he tesgrsphed TO his trends In New YORK
ing them account TO bot on the race. 0thsr
facts OF strange signih cance in connectien with
are related ~ the Auburn gentleman. He says
that Mr.. Bristsr, alter receiving the despatch
Efforts 70 secure wagers on Hanian at Si0o 10 S2VO
aud tnat falling In this he had 10 lay $500 even
Hanlan.
90 Mr.. j. II. Bristsr being asked how be explained
the contradiolon OF the dsspatches which TO
hIs friends, the gentleman that he replied
he had arranged with King his brother-n-iaw. that
"Blaek" should mean Courtney ana ''White" Hanlsn,
while with ms brother Sam II was understood that
'Wnits" should mean Courtney and "Bisck, Haniau.
ject oi these two different unfsrs;andinss with men
nearly connected and living In the same city 10
the question that many people IN Auburn are asxng.
IL only Just TO say that the gentleman does
accuse Brieter dishonesty.