, 1879-05-08

HAWD0H STEERING WILDLY.
Again Hawdou atccretl ,niaerabiy bad courac.
the end Of New QunY Corner to tic DuBn street
gaugwaY, making q straight run and getting all
the shelter available, while Hawdon WIS pIougll-
INK on through very rough rater.. uanlan pass
ed Dunn street IN I'm. 66s., two lengths allraL
Not the slightest change occurred up to Water
sons Asus. mile from tilc start, time On. Is.
llanlan went OH to most indolcnt style. stop.
ilawdon to decrease his lead to tltceeuartevs
OF length. lie smiled pleasantly at tic cx-
cited demonstrations on shore, ntnl shortened
Ills strokes apparently for mere amusement,
Lengths al,cad, to stop aga1o for about lie TWEEN.
tieth time, making Hne mud q half miles IN l3ip,
So. lie seemed NIsh5ul TO domonstsate that ho
considered that the issue of tlle conesk rested
with him.
AZ E!sv'ck Gansvay be I'D leurth. lie
reached tia. polnt In Ism. 03s,, mud had again
Increased his lead tro lengths nt tic two miles,
which were made In lin. l0s. At the two
tntlcs tl,c water mas ta 4 bad state. HAwdon
was III tf!e best position, aud had he had much
energy left ne ought to have drawn away
through the luavy waves. However. the Cana
dinn went ahead NTH the utmost coolncss.
Tie head Of Kings Meadows was reached In
20u1. 15s..
COMMENTS ON THB uMP1Rgfs noAT.
At Armstrong's Shear Lcga the Toronto oars-
man stopped his boat aIld lookel around, when
lIawdon sought the shore axaiu, doubtless feel
Ing DC might there do better. Hanan was now
one clean length ahead. md while iutrutly
watching Ills man WIS pulling oul5 twenty-atx
strokes to the Mnutc<. The comments on the
umptre's steamer Irt this juncture were that
"such race had ne Fcr bciofe been seen on the
accidents, we1o freely made. "We never raw
boat tsayel on s'icA pace With t1lat strokc,n
was the EXPRESSION from a score on the official
srat,: s When n. IN, tlc ; Meadows ~, were reached
the rough aud }n!npy water. Suddenly he
stopped about the interval OF TWO strokes, and
the water meanwhile broke over his boat, To
masscd along the edce Ut tho Island, Hanlan's
seem to be lisroncertcj. wild anl deafepIns Is
cheering eanle from tile thousands on the shore
Atsd on the edge Of the meadows as the Amesi-
can continued on his way. toward the dntst
Opposite Str William ArmstronR's Crsno the
side Of the channci. Here Haulau sulIngly
Of cheer. showed tilat ths atteution was appro-
ciate1. Under the shelter Of tiIe Meadows the
pursuer spurted galne!y, and the people ran
alouEslde the edge of tho island shoutnE at the
top OF their voIcts, rs they valnlr attempted to
| get nearer the home fav0rtc. Rowint, IN the
/ 1umpy wntcr was found to be very difficult aud
| t1nnnn at the head Of the Meadow again stopped
a,'d laughed. White hts shell wns tossed like a
| cork In the swell OF the wares. Hawdon was
| not more fortunate than his opponent, as hewas
| iu yery rough water that precluded tho possi+
| biltty of racing speed.
pALlN0 OUT THE WATER.
Hanlan once moro lay upon hls srulIs and, to
to tic surprise Of everybody. began baling the
water out OF bis sse,l. Drrislyc laughter from
tllose Osl the passengeE.stcamers md 0u shore
| followed, Of which Human laughed heartily In
return. With hts boat free iron, wnter, tic To-
| roMto oarsman, with q fire a1nl dash hat was
surprising, 1novod away again. and Ut the Crane
| was two clear lengths the beat Of t1e struggle
aud rowing twcity.s!x to the minute. MbiIe
"9s essaE nway q Manh, sn rats o. taf.y
| found gathering OF extraordinary character.
BcnevGEl's b0atbuuse was surrounded by u black
mass Of excited humanity. Again tlunlau stopped
and looked around to be suru that the course
was clear, u,nl though tl!c water WAS very rough
he did not aceul u mind thu waves. tbs Rlcn
were now rowing close to thn 1auk, md their
proximity to the crowds cauacu roaring cheers
aud expressions OF encouragement frpm atl
hands.
A dull. hoarsc n1urInur reached tho masses on
Suspension Bridge aholt 2 o'clock. Then fenE
lue Of tunnels stretching across the river wrrn
sighted, advanc!ng slowly. Mntl the murmur lu-
eercasch to sllrlcka rs tue steamers with tlleIr
pYranl1al masses OF people, more closely a.
proacl,rd Now Hanlan had rounded slight
benl m tho river, and, the course fts SEQ g.
wood SUSPENSION bridge being straight, be .nats
time, nud was soon four lengths the boat Of bis
antagonist. llawdon VIA colnplotolr settled nt
this stage OF tic rucc, but struggled Eame|y,
mud III order To maize rs game flush as possible
es,ayed spur., pulling thirty.slx strokes TO the
minute. llanfan did not mind tho effort. but
Ills steady clock'work movement Of twenty
eight strokes SOON won hollow victory naaily
by nbout four lcnglls.
After passing the bridge uaulan backed bis
hoat towartls lIawtloO, u,,l, their skulls over
tapping, thu ,nen shook hands. This token Of
Eoo4l-fcllowship on the part oil the victor rousud
ns much enthusiasm as did tlae many peculiar
incidents OF tile struggle. Tho time was ~ nlil.
SET. Later on tho men returned to town bv
Tho umpfTe's boat. itanlan scaled l53 anl
llancc Of race from tho first to thn last stroke
OF the winnrr. 1tan1an doubtless anticipated .
thore dilci1lt task OF tlu would not hayo started
1t SO hot pace.
CONGRATULATIONS TMoM THE MARQUIS or
IoRkE.
Shortly after Hanlan'a arrival ut his quarters
he received tho following telegram from tlle
Marquis of I4orne, ut OTTAWA:
.Nr. IIu't'an: ! congratulate you over your
SUCCESS.
nANLAN's Reilly.
To tht GorkFAor- General, OitdE0: Many,
mnny thanxa for Congratulations. Wll frame d!s.
patch As mesuorsl for my family. HAsLAN.
COMMENTS or TIE NEWcAsTLs CHRONICLE,
Tic Newcastle Chronicle has the following re-
MARKS on the % raGo: "Ills wondsrtullY easy
superior oarsuian aa llawtlon fairly eiectn
tho followers of aquatic aporta. llawllon lEter-
ally could not hold tbs American rhnlnpl0n for
al instant. The cool, easy uauncr fn which
l[uplaI forged ahead ot ils antagonist from tho
moment The sculls first touched the water was
perfect treat to sec. There eau be no p.cten-
lions on the part OF AMI. ono to attempt to DE-
nrcclAte tho powers vi tho young Caundan by
tnt!uuatng that b. IL scarcely up to the cfaHi-
plonshtp forM. Tie puwers ho to-day displayed
undoubtcdlv. prove him to be ono OF the lnost
accomplished rowsrs ever engaged in . contest
Oh the Tyne. l1ls slide Ia exceptionally long,
and l,e uses II to tho fuc6t aTtput, thereby taxi
Ing . gra,d. sweeping stroke. Which, when 10
e1ctts his strength, seems almost 10 VIZ ll,a
boat out Of thc waiter, though It ulnaye travels
gracefully on All even keul. II ho bad clloseu
he Mlght have wou the ruco by tulf o milo Iha
gseatsat credit 10 due ilaxdoi, tor peIseycrins
in liaheastcuing task. The Forthcoming match
between llauIap nfll Elliott, aftrr t1la pcrloEm.
Aaro Ut to-day, has an tddel intorcat.n
Couliu't 1.-Two ou Air.
4 San Francisco lady, who WAS recently unit
ed In the bunds vi Matrtlnony to dts
tfnguishcd.looking but exceedingly mysterious
I 49, H. - A.