Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-10

the m handily. The year following, 1873, he
made his inst appearance 10 a she'll Tor the am
a al Championship 81 me bay and again proved
Mckay. In 1874 he beat LOuden OF Toronto ar
hamilton, for the championship of huntington
the same regatta he was one of the Wisn,nS
doubles cullers in a race OF two miles Inuden'
not being satisfied with his defeat at Hamilton
In 1915 challenged Hanlan to meet him az q
shorter distance. A match was made for s3,o
TO row mile. and again fortune smiled on Han,
Ian. In the same year he also won the cover
single SOULS, beating T.. Louden and lanes
Douglas. In the spring of 1876 he beat McCann
and Douglas, and, on Aug. IL Of the same wear.
by the Toronto rowing club single SOULS. two
miles; and on the same day was one OF the win.
ming crew in f1shermens race Although Han
Ian won all these sculiing races with the utmost
ease, hts powers as an Oarsman were not fully
shown until his exploits at the Centennial rt.
gatta, Philadelphia, lifted him at once tn
heats 9th Septemter) he pulled against Harry
Coulter OF P1JtSburg ana Ia. Thomas OF London.
beating them with the greatest ease Three
miles, In 2lm 34s Next day he rowed against
Pat Luther OF Pittsburg [who mad beaten Hlg-
gins OF London and Morris OF Plttsburg the dly
before) and Fred Plaisted OF New York. who
had defeated McKeel OF New York, and came
In as he liked In 21m. SAYS On the 9Th he row.
ed the final heat for the championship against
BIayley OF st. John, N. B., VINO had beaten
Green OF London and Ellis Ward in previous
ASoti oAo uSiCsiUtu uuu NcTy easily In ZlLl. IS,
which, up to that time, was the fastest on record
for that distance, and which continued TO be the
premiere mark up to Aug. 2S. 1s17, when 1t was
cut down 10 2om. ASS, by c. E. Courtney, ct
philadeiphia Hanlan had a regal reception at
the hands Of the people Of Toronto and shortly
afteTward, embarked fn the hotel business.
Hanlan betook himself to Boston, Mass I'm the
spring Of 1871, and engaged in the Silver Lake
regatta, near that city, on June 18th where he
was defeated by Fred A Plaisted and Others In
a thTee-mile spin for purse, In Elm. 29a4s the
Canadian having the misfortune to break an
0utr1gger, which put him out OF the race. On
June Is, at same place, he won a single scuu
race, beating Frenchy johnson and Driscoll
given to allow Plaistead and Hanlan chance
to come together again, owing to the acci-
DEBT the latter met with on the 18th, but Plasted
declined the chance. He next appeared at
4th, and was disqualified for fouling Plat
sted, who proved TO be the winner
in 14m: PAYS: An order was passed by the city
all future city regattas, on the ground OF con-
spirscy to foul an opponent This race closed
his campaign In New England. He was then
taken in hand by number OF gentlemen OF
Col A. d. Shaw, David Ward and John Davis,
styling themselves the Hanlan Club, and a
n atch between him and Wallace Ross was soon
rOwed f1ve-Hfle turning race for $1,000 Side,
which resulted Ia an easy victory for Han.an.
Early the following year Hanlan was matched
to row Platsted twO-mile stra1ght-a way race
for 81 900 a side, Hanlan allowing 500 for ex
peDses. Platsted led for half a mile, afOer
which distance Hanian beat him handsomely
HIS next essay, June 20, was 70 meet Evan
Morris OF Pittsburg, Penn, on the Monongahela
river, at that city, over what is known as the
Hutton course. The race was for the cham
pionsh p Of America, five miles, with turn, for
81 900 a SIDE, and Hanlan Sculled the honorS to
Canada. On the first OF July, Dominion Day,
.eries OF regattas in Canadian waters was
fnaugurated at Brockvtlle, Ont. The distance
easily, beating Piatsted, kennedy OF Portland,
Riley Of Saratoga, Ten Eyck OF New YORK.
Luther OF Plttsourg, and Elliott and McKen Of
b pSSnto o. Three Ga sS DAYS s5s, July the
ne beat Plaisted, Kennedy, McKen and
Elliott. At Hamilton, Ont. Oct. IL, he
beat Ross and others in a four-mtle turning
6esses brought him into general favor In Can
ada, and In August he was matched against
Charles E, Courtney, Of Union Springs, n. Y.
lake, near Auburn, N. T., but financial induce
ments caused change OF locale, and citizens
purse OF s. GOO took the race to Lachine, just
bornly contested; both men stopped before
reaching the finish fags, and Hanlan was first
to recover and cross the line, winning by q
Was fo ~ for INT n Hsd nns nne race
volve, the championship OF America, and the
stakes were g. 600 side instead OF 81 500 side as
the public was led to infer at the time. The time
1or nve miles WaS-in very rough water. Some
things Ia connection with the race were never
explained satisfactorily to all lovers OF aQuatics
and Courtney's adherents still have the greatest
commence In his ability TO beat Hanlan, while
the champions Canadian friends believe him to
be the greatest sculler OF the day.
HAwDON's RECORD.
John Hawdon OF Delaya has turned his sd
year. he is s feet * inches high and his usual
weight In races Is 15O.pounds His experience
as Sculler dates back only to 1876, when he
nrst entered the lists as novice In the Tyne
aRe shs he n this
young and inexperienced man. and created a
very favorable impression In the mind OF Mr.
ssme 3, Percy, who at. at once took him In hand
him: just how much Hawdon can do with
shell and scuils, it is impossible to state,
, naas as he has never yet been
year back as q clark horsea he has
come gradually to the front, having, after plac-
ing himself In Percy's hands, beaten H. Akin
son OF Elswtck, r. Foster OF Howdon, j. r.
Hynes OF Stockton 0wlce,l r. Bagnan OF Ouse-
burn, j. d. Sadler Of Teddington, j. Cannon OF
Kingston and w. Lumsden OF Blyth. the latter
On the 5th Of March, last year, he met j. R.
Hymes Of Stockton, e45 aside, In a race from
the Mansion House to the upper end of Kings
in 25m. 9Os. March 80, about three weeks Later,
he again met Hymes in one mile race on the
Tyne, and again won by two lenghths in Ion.
IVo dYIu 10 uc OcdG bd&Qdll Oh OuS6Dur0, Tor
S45 aside, from the Mansion House to ScotSwood
suspension bridge on the Tyne, winning easily
by four lengths In sam. LIS. September 2, at
the Thames International regatta In a race for
second-class souls, he beat j. Anderson of Ham.
merSmith and c. Asplen OF Maidenhead, WIN
ming by two lengths. September IL he Jour
neyed to the Thames and there met the ex-
champion OF the world, old Joseph Sadier OF
Teddington. Their race on that occasion was
nom Putney aQueduct to the ship at Mortlake,
and the wager was .c100 aside. Hawdon won
easily, crossing the winning line twelve lengths
TO the good, and making the distance, four and
one-Quarter miles, In Pam. 10 2-5s or 52 seconds
faster than the time made by Frank Emmett,
who was recently defeated by Wallace Ross
Nov. II he beat w. Lumsden OF Blyth, from
High Level to Scotswood suspension bridge on
the Tyne the distance being miles and 7l3
yards, and the time 2Om. lis. Hawdon was ten
lengths In advance at the finish and won as
he pleased. Such, In brief, is the record of
Hanian's first competitor In England. He has
not at any time been put to his best, and, being
comparatively young, has steadily improved,
particularly III the past year, since Percy took
him In hand. After Hawd0n'S race with LumS-
den, efforts were made to bring about q match
between the Delaval man and Robert Watson
Boyd, OF Gateshead, Christopher Barrass OFFER
ing to back Boyd for El,OO0 Zone thousand
pOunds) side. The proposition was unheeded,
however, and BarraSS offered to give Hawdon
i've seconds start. This was also declined, and
HaWd0n would only accept race with Boyd on
condition Of getting ten seconds start. This the
Boyd party would not give, and the negotia-