Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-26
AQUATIC MATTERS.
Gossip About the Last Race at
Barrie.

TORONTO, August 25.-Hanlan wishes
that the dispatch which purported to
come from Barrie on the 18th instant,
and appeared in an editorial OF the OF
tawa Free Press and copied into several
papers, reading thus: "Hanlan stopped
FIVE tines coming up, and at the turn
called on Riley to come along may be
given an unqualified contradiction, is
being at variance with even the slightest
degree OF truth. At the Barrie regatta
a member ofthe Hanlan clubspproached
Riley's friend, Mr.. Katchinstein, and
expressed his willingness TO back
Hanlan for $500 TO $4,000
to row Riley a fve-mIle race on
Toronto bay any time after two weeks
from date. He also stated that he was
ready TO make the stakes 5000 TO
5000, or as much more as Riley's party
liked to make them. He further stated
that il Riley wished they would make
this
Race for the Championship
also. The Toronto gentleman offered TO
put up a reasonable forfeit on the spot,
but Katchinstein replied he was not
ready to make definite answer TO the
challenge at the moment, but would
forward reply by mail as soon as he re-
turned home. In conversation Riley
was not disposed to underrate Hanlan
in any way. He thought, as
matters now stood, he and the champion
would have to come together again.
The late race had not settled the qnes-
ton of superiority, as there was no
doubt that Hanlan was off and badly off
at that. He corrobOrated Hanlan's
statement to the effect that the cham
pion started in Mondays race only at
the earnest solicitation OF some OF his
best friends and advisers. Hanlan told
him as late as Sunday evening that he
did not intend starting.
He Hoped to Meet Hanlan In a Fair and
Square Match,
and the sooner the better. But he
Riley would like to have the meeting
at SaIatogo. When asked his opinion
of the Courtney Halan race at Lachine,
he said he believed now, as he had al
ways believed, that Courtney was beaten
on his merits. Riley also volunteered
the statement that Hanlan was the best
sculler he ever met in a race, adding
that If Courtney had been at Barrie on
Monday, he felt sure the Union
Springs sculler could not have Sc
cured the first or second moneys.
Hanlan is fully alive TO the fact
that he will have to pull match
with Riley to recover his prestige, and
is therefore anxious to have the race
come off as soon as possible. In refer
ence to his turning sporting man, for
the purpose of making nancy, Hanlan
said TO an intimate friend: "As long as
| pull an oar / will be square, no mat
ter il cannot make cent out OF it. IL
Riley will pull race with me on To-
ronto bay | will back myself for s. 900,
and not ask anybody to take cents
worth of interest in the stakes" The
above conversation took place before
Hanlan knew anything about the chal-
lenge that was to be given by member
of the Hanlan club.
Elliott.
LONDON, August 25.-Elliott is open
to row match with any man in the
world, barring Hanlan, over the cham
pionship course, for f200 a side. He
will take a reasonable amount OF ex-
penses and row in America.
The Ross-Smith Race.
HALIFAX, August 25.-Wallace Ross
representatives have made claim on
the stakeholder for the amount OF the
stakes OF to-morrow's race, because the
friends OF Smith had not the turning
boats in position on Saturday, as pro-
vided in the articles of agreement. The
friends Of Smith contend that they were
ready to place the buoys on Saturday,
but, owing to dispute with the Ross
people, business was postponed by mu-
tual consent until to-day, when the
work was done. The only provision in
the agreement for the payment is the
written order OF the referee, and as yet
no referee has been chosen.