The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16
THE SPORTING FIELD.
OFT MIN rots SPORTS IN ' .HfoUs
QUARTERS.
Amauz ire 0arsnien-Hesteu champions
and Their ConQuereTS-ti Tire Coming
Eontest for the thainninnshin.

feat w two champions viz: John Higgins in
England, and Edward Ticket 1T Australia
Whether The race in which Triekett was beat
en- WAS f0r the championship i a matter not
Vet definitely asoartained. the short tela-
graphic report being that the mStCh was for
! helt ami gold medal. Tickets competitor
WIS John Layeoek, who, though possessing !
local reputation at Sydney. ami being known
to some extent ut Melbourne, and other cities
y tie AntipedeS. was coniparStiyely ur known
AZ a seuIIer outside " Australia. ami. ~ iatA,
Gully one oarsman, Michael Rush. hss had Ill
tamerity tn engage Trickett until Lavao1k
measured seutls with tine champion. Rush
has had several races with Trickett. ana has
been heaton with ease. Lsycoek's race with
Tri1kett was rowei On the paramatta river
course and the distance WAS a little short OF
st. miles. the distance being made
III about y minutes. The race was
straiEhtaway. and strong current
favored the oarsnen. At the finish the bow Of
Tricketts boat was at the cockpit of Layeock' s
shell. ami The race was well contested throug
out The last race rowed b. Laycock prior
to his match with Triekett was with Young
Messenger, a son of a former champion of
England. resident at Melbourne. The r3ca
occurred on the Paramatta river September
H. 1878. and lsaycgsc1 won by several lengths
The men We're stopped by steamers several
times. and were greatly inteTfeIpi with. 80
that the winning tine was nearly d mimi as
LaNcock is a powerful looking fellow having
a vel-huilt, robust frame He il feet 2
inches i'm height and rows at LIS 60 IS) pounds
He Was born &C Sidney, and is - Years az
age. Last year il was intended O. send him
to England u compete with the English soul
ieTs and, IL he should repeat his victory over
Iricsett Hi q second match. which AZ last ad-
vices was being negotiated, he will probably
visit tAt, mother country, ana possibly give
Cuurtne . IA opening while crossing 10 the
Atlantic jim the Pacifcslope
ENGLISH AND CANADIAN ScULLERs.
All accounts from the late race far the
championship Of England "a the Tyne course
concur in the opinion that Higgins showed
I'd i'll the finest form he over naWed ILL. ana
that his scu ling was simply perfection.
while Elliott. who led from the start although
iii perfect health and strength. showed lack Ill
science. buryiilg his left-hand seuIi deep i'm
the water at nearly every stroke. and at
times rowing very uneven his great strength
and endurance alone carrying him tn the
winning goal. He finished the first mile with
wind ami tide in his favor in en-. 5ss., which
is quite good time. La view uF the approach
ing aquatic struggles in England. q COMPARE
sou OF the time ST several oarSmen may Ce in
place. At St. John, on the kpnneheeoasis
river. last August. Hanl4n. in his race with
Wallace Ross. made the first mile To Apple
hys wharf. in 5m. Dos, the current il It'll
affected him at all. being slightly against
him. a. b. was pulling up the stream
Wallace Ross pulled the distance in
about 5m. 52s. John Hawdon. who il
matched against Hanlau for race in
May next has ruwed the Thames course I'M
der most favorable conditions, in 22m. SIS,
the distance being 49, miles, or within five
seconds of the fastest time on record. This
would appear quite fast, but the Thames rises
and falls very rapidly and the current always
fayorS the SculieE very much. As predicted
in these columns nearly a year ago. Hawdon
Is destined to make a struggle for the cham
pionship ere long. and he has 4 lively cam
paign before him. indeed, l. his hackers cared
To let him out at this time ii is not unlikely
that he would take the hoGors from Elliott.
but, a. the men are virtually stable cOmpan-
ions, this IS not IN the programme. Htnlan
can probably beat Elliott, and the race be-
tween the Canadian AMI Hawdou will, there
fore, BE- looked forward to with interest. as
tending To shape the boating outlook for the
present Year Wallace Ross has proved SO
good a man in the provinces that he ought tn
beat Emmett easily, particularly az he must
have improved his style during his associa- |
tion and practice with Higgins
THE WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Across the water they were already agitat- |
Ing the matter of sending Elliott To Australia |
e. recover from Edward Iric6ett the proud
distinction the Antipodian won from Joseph |
) 3dler two years ago, viz, the sculling cham |
pionship W the world ElIiott's hackers have |
talked the subject over seriously, and Elliott |
Il willing W t0rego All other engagements for |
an opportunity to meet Trickett. His mentor |
James IaNl0r, is also willing to accompany /
Euglaud'a champion. but the great obstacle
presented Is the absence OF the SI590 which |
Will I'm necessary to deiFay actual expenses.
A meeting Ut boating men was held at New