The daily gazette., 1879-05-06
FIRST EDITION.
HASLAN WINS BY SIX LENGTHS.

between Edward Hanlan, OF Toronto,
Ont, and John Hawdon, of Deleval, for
GOO side, took place to-day, and, as
was generally expected, resulted In vic
tory for Hanlan. The weather was
splendid. The course was from the Man.
sion House to the Suspension Bridge at
Seatswood, q distance Of three miles and
three furlongs. Hanlan won the race by
six lengths. He won with the greatest
ease. .F +
EDWARD HANLAN, THE WINNER OF
THE RACE.
Edward Hanlan, whose name has of
late occupied SO much more space than
his merits or achievements warrant, halls
from Canada, but, as his name indicates,
is of Irish decent. He is, however,
Canadian by birth, having been born In
Toronto on July IL, 1855. When quite
young his family removed to the island
opposite that city, and he early developed
fondness for rowing.
1t was not until 1873, however, that he
made his first appearance in shell, con-
tenndig In that year for the. amateur
championship of Toronto Bay, and win
| ming it from Williams and Mckay. In
1874 he beat Loudon, Of Toronto, for
the championship of Burlington Bay,
and at the same regatta was one of the
winning double scullers in the two-mile
race. In 1876 Loudon challenged Ham
Ian to row mile race for 500, and the
latter won easily. In the same year he
won the Governor-G Generals Medal in
Toronto Bay, two miles in single sculls,
| beating Loudon and Douglass. In the
spring of 1875 he beat McCann and Dou-
glass, and in August of the same year
won the championship belt of Ontario,
given by the Toronto Rowing Club for a
two-mile race. -u ..s. +
His next appearance was in the races
on the Schuylkill, Philadelphia in Septem-
ber, 1876, during the progress of the Cen
tennial Exhibition. In the contest be-
tween the professional oarsman at that
time he carried everything before him.
| On the first day of the single, scull heats,
he pulled against Harry Coulter, of Pitts
burg, and Ii. Thomas of London beating
them with great ease, and making the
three miles in 21m. 34s. Next day he
rowed against Pat Luther, of Pittsburg,
and Fred Plaistead, of New York, and
came in as he liked In 21m, 545s. On
the 9th of September he rowed the final
heat forthe championship against Alex
| DidJ ICY, VI Nts CoiAil3 4Ns os, dhu uCiCdtCu
him in 21m. 9s.
| Hanlan's next public appearance was
at the Silver Lake Regatta, June 13,
1877, when he was defeated by Plaistead
in three-mile race for purse, uanlan
breaking an outrigger. On June 25, at
the same place, he beat "Frenchy" John
son and Driscoll, three miles for a purse
of $3.50. He appeared at the Boston
City Regatta, on July a, in the two-mile
race, and was disqualified for foulins
Plaisted, who won in lam. 24as. In
October, 1877, he defeated Wallace Ross
in five-mile race on Toronto Bay fol
$1,000 a side, the time being about Bonn.
30s.
In the contests in which he took part
last year he was equally successful. In
May he beat Plaisted in q athree-mile race
at Toronto. On June 20 he rowed five
miles against Evan Morris, of Pttsblirg,
for purse of $1,000 and the champion-
ship of America, over the Hutton Course
at Pittsburg, making the distance in 81
minutes and SO seconds, and beating
Morris by nearly four lengths. A crowd
of 1900 people witnessed the contest.
On July 1 he beat Plaistead, Kennedy,
Riley, Ten Eyck, Elliott, Luther, and
McKen, at Brockville, Ontario, for Q
prize of $500, in presence of 10000 spec
tators; and on July 4, at Cape Vincent,
N. Y, he easily beat Plaistead, Kennedy
and McKen. On July 81, he rowed
return match with Ross, at st. John
New Brunswick, on the Kennebecasis
river, his opponents boat capsiZing and
giving him 81 900 in an easy victory.
On August ~, at Barrie, Ontario, he
beat Ross, Hosmer, Luther, McKen, El-
liott, and Plaisted. Finally, on October
8, came off the famous contest betweeIl
Hanlan and Charles K. Courtney, OF
Union Springs, N. Y, at Lachine, on
the st. Lawrence, tie stakes being $685.
600 side, with $4,000 added by citizens
of Montreal. At the turn in this contest
l-25 miles from the start-Hanlan was
two lengths ahead. Courtney, howev, r
gained on hum, and in the third mile
they were about even. Hanlan theu
forged ahead, and won by . length and q
quarter. The five miles were rowed in
SO minutes % seconds. The race was
witnessed by an immense crowd, 1000
persons being on the grand stand. Sus-
picions of foul play on the part of Court
ney were current before and after the
race, and the controversy over Court
ney's alleged 'selling OUT. occupied q
great deal of space in the newspapers fol
weeks after. The season was wound az
at Toronto, on October 16, by race
between Hanlan and Wallace Ross, o.
New Brunswick, which was witnessed
by 10000 people, and was won by Han
Ian by 800 or 400 yards. At the end OF
the season of 1878, it was stated that
Hanlan had been paid during the sea.
son $11 1896 by the Hanlan Boit Club ol
Toronto, as his share 10 stakes and raj
way percentages, which sh rvs that sue
cessfnl boat-racing is very profitable
business.
Hanlan is feet 8 inches in height, ant
weighs, in racing condition, about 10.
| mounds. He has Immense strength anC
endurance, and pulls aquick and ner-
| vous. but powerful stroke. His stroke
however, Is much slower than that o.
MANY of the professional scullers of the
day, averaging about 28 to the minute
onIy, He etakes q long reach, Is slow II
the recovery, and brings into play thu
immense muscles of his back and legs
He does not place as much dependence
unon his arms as other professiO Onals ,bu
hts stroke suffices to urge his shel
throuph the water at lightning speed
His style very much resembles that o
Hawdop, Hanlan's defeated competi
tor of to-day, is twenty-three years old
feet n inches in height, and his rowinI
weight 1914 pounds. He has achieved
= | snyne notable victories on the water