The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-01
sPORTING NEWS.
The HanIon-soss Boat Race
The Peryerse Winds-Great IL
element.

this time The wind had ffss6ened, making
quite swell. Ross roWed up the courSe
and finding the Wsisr lumpy, said he
would Dot row. Edward RoGs came on
board and said the water was not perfect
" smooth as the articles Of agreement
specified. The referee said As the matter
Eas being taken out oi his hands, be
would retire. he would act no
more. GreAt excitement ensued, Ross'
bsekers applAuding the decision, while
the HAnlon bsckers disSproyed II. The
referee made = written statement that
the water was not smooth, but Il was
smooth enough for boat racing, and that
as Ross and Ros5 judges had objected be
had NO resource but 70 retire. HAnlon
came TO the judges' boat and said II
RosS would row be (HAnlou) would give
him two length start. Ross came up
and said The stake boats were out Of
range. A general discussion took place,
aud the result was the poStpopement oil
the race till this afternoon.
2:35 P. M.-The water il calm. The
Judges have gone 10 the upper stake boat.
;fhe men will be called out In few mo-
mentt.
ToRosTo, July 3l.-Aitsr considerable
trouble regarding referee, Sheriff LARD
ing consented 10 act and 4 roNboat being
in readiness he Was soon taken on board
The Judges boat, and at AS she steamed
down 10 Torryburn Cove. A signal 10
come out was 81 once sounded, and in
threa minutes Ross vas 10 his boat, and
Hsnlon appeared two minutes later and
vas received with loud eheers from The
crowd on the judges boat At 5 o'clock
the men were given Instructions and or.
dered into line. The water Was in good
copdition, when at eight minutes past
Eve the men were sent of. HAnlon being
inside, Ross took the lead and struck
out vigorously, pulling So strokes 10 the
minute. Hanlon followed at the same
pace, but pulling long stroke soon got
even, and before he reached APpleby's
wharf andipassed Ross. Above the wharf
HanlAn was pulling SO strokes. going
along beautifully, Ross following At 30
strokes. Three hundred yards from AP-
pleby's wharf Ross boat was seen 10 cap
siIe, and Tor q moment il was feared be
bad been drowned. BE was seen however
clinRins 10 his boat and skitf went of
and picked him up. Ross says the spring
Of bis row locks was worked out and he
upset, breaking the box OF his boat.
Mr.. Hanlon In the meantime went
up the course, taking his time, however,
and went around the stake boat st SIS.
On his return be showed some fine row.
ing, but didn't oVer-eIert himself. The
accident didn't appear 10 do Ross any
harm. When taken on board the iudges'
boat be was very retieent, but feeling
badly over the way he lost the race. He
says the boat got in bad condition soon
after the race started, and that be was
watching the boat and not Hanlon. Gen
eral regret was fell. at Ross' misfortune,
bat the prevail ling opinion is that be was
over. matched. APpleby's wharf is
three.quAfie Of mile from the start
HAnlon Was 4 length ahead. Ross
struggled ganely while rowing. There
was great excitement on the shore dur.
ing The continuance Of the contest, but
the accident to Ross threw the damper
over the days sport.
Hanlon's time TO the scene Of the ac-
cident was about ak minutes. The oth-
cial time Of Ross was 365S.
A 5000 oFTER.
OTTAWA, July 3l.-An effort is being
made to induce Hanlon and Courtney TO
row on the OTTAWA river. Probably I've
thousand dollars wrll be offered.
RETURN OF THE SHOE"
NKw YoRK, July 3l.-This afternoon
the steamship UtOPis arrived from Lon
don, bringing among her passengers the
Shoe wa. cas- -mettes, OF Monroe, Mich.
They are accompanied BY g. W. Lee,
Of Newark. The party was met BY Com.
modore Liitell, Of the Trenton Club, and
J. Young. J. Clark and N. Forse, Of the
Eureka Club Of Newark, who invited the
HShoesp and their substitutes TO come 70
the Continental Hotel, Newark, and be
their guests. TheinVitAtion was prompt.
" accepted. The "shoes" were also
asked 10 take part in the great PAssAie
regatta on the 17th and 18th Of August
bot said they must think the matter
over 6rst and read their letters
from home. They, however, seemed 10
favor Of the proposed regatta. The two
boats Of the club which we're lashed on
the wheel.house Of the Utopia were badly
damaged in Eugland. Lees boat was 40
damaged that he sold 1t in London. The
whole party speak Of the cold, business
kind Of reception they met with in Eng
land, and say that II the Englishmen
came here they would be more kindly
treated. The Shoes all look upon their
failure a attributable 70 young NAden's
sickness and his giving in during the race.
THE SHOE coNPLAISTs
Mr.. E. D. Price, one Of the substitutes,
correspondent Of the Detroit POst and
TibEas, and who officially represented
the Shoes abroad, made the following
statement:
The Shoes think that they received the
cold shoulder In EnglADd, snd that the
tendency to snobbishness on the part Of 3
great many people toward them WAs very
evident. Perhaps snobbishness is an
offensive term to use, bat can't think Of
any other word expressing the same idea.
The town people Of Henley were very
friendly, and / honestly believe that they
would not have been very sorry II the
Shoes had won. Oar British cousins paid
as no attention Of any kind. 10 what ]
an saying / want TO be impartial, and
therefore wall say We could not COM
plain Of any lack Of fair play. Preyiou.
10 the regatta I went to Messrs. Playtord
and Smith, Of the London Rowing Club,
TO arrange (mind you this wa before the
regatta) about 4 four mile race from
Putney to MortlAke. The proposition
Was declined. l returned TO The subject
and said We should very mneh like 70
have the special race, as We bad 70 leave
on the 18th Of June. ItNAs declined for
the first time on the ground that the reg
ular Henley contest would 90 soon take
place. No reason was given for the re-
iusll on my second application. After
coming 90 far Il struck me We were enti-
lied to ask this courtesy At their banda
The oarsmen start west on Friday
next
Capt MAIDEN said ii Is improbable
that We shall row in any important event
this season. will say this, that We will
row the Columbus any time they wish 70
challenge rs. The Shoes may visit EGG.
land next year.
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