Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-27
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. LUCKY HANLAN Adds Another to His List of
 Victories. HE EASILY DEFEATS RILEY, Who Encounters a Series of
 Mishaps. THE SENATE RUSHING THINGS. Several More Appropriation Bills
 Pushed Through.
HE SENATE RUSHING THINGS.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

| ] Broiling Sun-Particulars of the Race. ] WASHINGTON, May 26.-The Hanlan-Riley l race is over and victory has perched again
 upon the banner of the Canadian sculler
 It was not fzzle this time, but an honest
 race and close one for ? 1-2 miles. For I that distance the s7American was fairly and ] squarely outrowed, and although he pulled ! pluckily to and across the line, the ret urn \ two and half miles presented the spectacle
 of a procession, with Riley good length | astern as he left the turning stake, and some I thing over an eighth of mile behind when | Hanlan reached the finish in the not very fast ! time of 36 minutes, 22 and 4:1O seconds, Riley crossing the line one minute, 39 and l. 10 seconds later in 37 minutes, 21 1-2 sec 1 onds. The story of the race itself is soon | told.
 At o'clock the shores of the Potomac be- l tween the long bridges which mark either ! end of the course lay bistering in the sum- There were no cool spots. It was only a question of less heat. No observation stand which was unprotected with an awning could sell ticket No spot however slightly, proved enticing unless it offered shade as
 well as sight of the race. few of the best stands near the beginning of the course were comfortably filled with people, to whom the process of roasting and broiling was mer- cifully tempered by a gentle breeze, which 1 just futtered the flags and bunting and ripp led the surface of the flaming water l There were companies of people upon the decks of the vessels that were moored along Georgetown wharves, clusters of people and I teams along the bluffs wherever clump of lad 4bo Bridge just above the starting point bore up something akin to a crowd; but there was nothing like the multitude which thronged the shores week ago. As the moments slipped by the signs of the coming contest thickened. Two or three large steamers con- fortably loaded, and with banners flying and bands playing, came putting leisurely up the stream and anchored along the line of the racing course. group of small boys splashing like ducks in the water cheered the steamers as they passed and excited the envy of the sweltering crowd. The referees boat snorted and fumed and darted about and finally steamed off down over the course to see if everything was all right at this last moment. Meanwhile the crowd increased and they gathered, sat and baked At half past five sharp puff of white smoke and a sharp report from Easly's wharf notified all hands, to get ready. and the customary hustle of getting ready began. The press boat
 
 steamed up toward the start. The crowds craned their necks for an instant then settled back again to patient waiting. It was not for long, however. At five minutes of SIX a second gun announced that it was time for the men to come out At six the referees boat was in position and within two minutes the blue of Hanlan was seen gliding out from behind schooner, and Riley was not ten seconds behind, dressed in white shirt and red trunks. With 1eisurely strokes they came gliding to the starting boats. There are cheers and few moments of anxious waiting Hanlan wins the toss and to the surprise of the multitude chooses the outside. A cheer goes up at this moment for the plucky little Canadian Two or three clumsy boats cross the track and cause a moment of vexation and delay. At last the course is cleared the final instruc- tions of the referee are given and the men gripping eagerly their oars await the final word Now they are off; a bang of gun which nobody hears, a shriek of whistles which nobody needs, and two men strain ing every nerve as they bend to their work
 and two needle-shaped shells are fairly shoot
 ing through the water under their sturdy strokes. It was not good start, for Riley
 was hardly ready for it. The delay and the anxiety to get the obstructing boats out
 of the way had unnerved him just the least
 bit and a very narrow escape from a collision with a dory just before he reached
 the starting line had produced an even greater effect in flustering him for the moment.
 Whatever the cause he has certainly made a
 bad start. He is down to his work inside of
 half Q dozen stakes, however, and squirting
 royalty, 36, 37, 3S, 39, 40 strokes to the min
 ute. It is pretty rapid but Riley is pulling
 that number in these first exciting minutes,
 and Hanlan is only pulling barely five strokes
 less. But now Riley meets with his second
 misfortune. Slowly but surely his right hand
 is outsculling his left, and the prov of his
 boat is soon headed ''dead in' to the cluster
 ing boats and steamers which lie hugging the
 point of Analostan Island. ''Sheer of, Ri
 ley,' mutters Riley man on the press boat,
 who is watching the race intently. Look
 out, Riley!" shout hundreds of excited men
 on shore, while hats and handkerchiefs are
 brandished frantically from both the referees
 and press boats. At last he notices some-
 thing wrong looks over his shoulder and
 and turns sharply toward the center of
 the stream. But he has left length
 more of precious space. ''Oh dear,
 there goes Riley plump on to
 stakei" says fair one in @ disgusted
 tone, and sure enough Riley has fouled the
 slender rod, which, with the little flag flying
 at the end, marks the first half mile. He is
 evidently fustered now and a trife angry AS he starts another shout goes up. What
 is that, crab ? Impossible, and yet it is .
 veritable crab, and it is Riley who has caught
 it and lost few feet more as his frail shell
  vale and almost dips under water
 With quick twist and jerk
 he is out again and he is off, but again he is
 pushing for the shore. There is that warn
 ing shout again. Another sharp bend to
 port, and at last the pIucky but unlucky man
 is past Analostan Island, around that vexa-
 tious bend and fairly square away for the
 two-mile stretch down the stream. But
 Hanlan is two lengths ahead. He has been
 pulling hard and steering splendidly and now
 is going at a tremendous pace straight for
 his stake boat two lengths ahead. The sym
 pathies of the crowd are clearly with Riley
 they cheer him again and again. Right roy ally he answers to the appeal and honestly he
 pulls every stroke. It is a steady spurt on his
 part to the turning stake. He is evidently
 trying to TOW Hanlan down. Can he do it ?
 'Tt is nobody's race yet," said an old oarsman
 as they shoot past the mile and half flag
 s'Hanlan is not length ahead, says an en- thusiastic fresh one but he is still those
 same two fatal lengths lost by wild steering in the first half mile. Try as he will, spurt as he can, Riley cannot regain that loss, and now HanIan realizes that he has the race well in hand, and tries his old trick of dropping stroke while he catches breath and vets his head Three times he repeats the operation, and each time some one suggests that Hanlan is used up. Foolish talk! He does not lose boats length in all his stops, and he can spare it. At the two mile flag he is three lengths ahead, and at the turn he is four. Now Riley meets with still another mishap; one of his foot straps breaks The result is another
 bit of wild steering and bad turn. The
 race was won before, but now It has lost ln- terest Hanlan's lead, as they square away
 for home, is evidently too great to be over come and speculation is chiefly on the time Hanlan will make. The minutes wear away
 and the last half mile is reached at last.
 Hanlan is hardly visible gliding along an
 eighth of mile ahead and gaining still. It
 is a beautiful and stirring scene this finish,
 albeit there is no contest to make the excite
 ment intense The sun just hang
 ing on the edge of the horizon
 paints long bands of gold in which the oars
 men row. The crowds have kept gathering,
 until now full twenty thousand people blacken
 the shores and hillsides and make the air
 ring with their cheers. Then steamer
 whistles, another answers back, and in min
 ute all the whistles within earshot are shriek-
 ;,,<r o,,d SorooYY,rcy in every shade of discord