Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-21
THE CHAUTAUQUA FIzzLE.
Another Contest Proposed.

ROCHESTER,, y. Y, October 20.-The
agent of the Hop Bitters Company has
made the following proposition to Han
Ian and Courtney:
MeSsrs. Chdries Z. CoUtasy and Ed,rard
HGRldR:
GENTLEMEN-When the Hop Bitters
Manufacturing Company offered $4,000
as prize TO be rOwed for by you, We
simply wanted to bring you, the repre-
sentative oarsmen OF the continent, to-
gether ina
Fair, Square Contest,
which should decide, without resort to
technicali,ics, "jobbery,' or any unfair
means whatever which was the better
man. We therefore stipulated that the
money should be awarded to the winner
OF tive-mie race in which yon both
participated, and for this reason we have
declined to award it to Mr.. Hanlan, as
he did not prove by cOmpeti-
tive test his superiority as
an oarsman. We ere still desirous of
settling this lOng-dSputed question,
and. therefore, again make the offer OF
the other i'm a fvc-mile race. To assure
YOU that we are disintered in this prop
Osition, and care only to bring about Il
meeting, we will allow You TO select the
course, the day and the hour for the
race, which YOU may liX to suit your
own convenience, without consulting US
or being intcricred with by us, provided
that any and all receipts from privileges,
commissions, or other sources, be de
voted TO charitable objects, and that the
arrangements for the contest be intruSt-
cd TO a committee OF three persons, one
of whom shall be named bv Mr.. Hanlan,
one bv Mr.. Courtney, ahd the third by
the executive committee of the National
Association Of Amateur Oarsmen. If a
public trial is not desired bv YOU. we
will merely stipulate that a number OF
representatives Of the newspaper press,
not less than twenty, shall be invited,
and shall be present 10 witness the race,
in order that the result ltmay 20 on record
az a correct and honest performance.
Signed \. I. SoULE.
On the way from Mayville to Roches-
ter Hanlan and a arepOrter had conversa-
ton of ten or fifteen minutes, during
which Ianlan asked what the story was
about the course being
Only Four and Three-Fourths Miles in
Length,
instead of five. The reporter had no
positive knowledge and could only tell
what was said by an OarSman who is
supposed to be friendly to Hanlan, and
and who claimed to have had the bear
ings of the course. Whether short or
long" was continued, "you or your
party, Mr. Hanlan, ought to know, for
YOU certainly have been timed before
Tor the distance, and YOU ought 10
know how fast you can row five miles,
and, consequently, whether the time
YOU made yesterday was slower, faster
or equal to the time YOU have made on
trial" Il Il tell you, Mr.. - he said,
81 have rowed five miles on nine
mile lake i'm time little
better, and know the distance
was tullv five miles, so the course
at Chautauqua lake must be Il good five
miles. | feel sore all over he said lat
the way this thing has turned out. The
odium falls on Mr.. Courtney and my
NNlA dllkt, anu lllt Ulldll " III IulN uDdl-
ing very much 81 suppose you will
row no more races this season, Mr..
Hanlan?' IL don't know that I'll ever
row any more races" he said. 81 hope
it is the last; Pm getting sick of it. \
race can't be rowed now without some
thing wrong being done. I'd like to 90
down your way and see Riley and Wal
lace Ross row their race. Well, III see
YOU again before We get to Rochester
And he was of the train and at the
lunch counter at East Buffalo in less
time than il takes 10 tell it,
Hanlan Seeking Another Match with
Courtney.
New YORK, October 20.-A special
from Mayville SAYS: Eph Morris offers
to row Courtney for 81 900 a side. The
Hanlau men offers to arrange race for
81, 900 a side with Courtney, but the
latter's hackers cannot be found. Han
Ian wishes to row one more race with
Courtney, and has asked the Union
Springs man to row on Toronto Bay for
the championship.