Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-17

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| rHH CANADIANS rREFkRING TO BET THEIR rur--
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correspondent Of the n. Y. World te,e-
| hanlan viii sail from New YORK by the civ or
richmond on the 9Th OF September. Ieasley.
' us clu trainer has LETT him and he will be
attended 20 by George Hawthorne steward or
tie Toronto Rowing club ana a very bsndS
ma about boats Ward Coulson, Booth Ster-
ing Sna other hackers VIII follow later on.
When thlS Irickeu match was first talked al.,aJ
NaiG IA opposed that the Toronto peonle should
make upA pot ana send an agent out 60 Austria
IA 10 ihNes. ~; out The project tell through an,.
The money III be placed IN England AdviceS
from Lon don say the retired Ausfraliaps
any Fay nahoh They call them-Mho form mite
colony there. are prepared 20 pack Tritke,t
for any amount ard nanlan. who always
keeps cleaning We on The main caancp lonks
forward 10 he n. oSt eouniiIul harvest he
has ever Tcaped II. has Ia. never made much out
Centennial regatta Gnt the ease with which no
defeated SCss Plafsted. ma Morris al the outset
OF his match races estah 'shed him as the hot
fayoTiie In the pool 5oxt On this side OF the
Atlantic. and The hollow u atlbg he gave liaw-
don spoiled his English IT, y as a commercial
venture. To-day he Is prom 10Y worth S2O,ooa.
lhciudifg the $4,000 ne has lust sunk Ia his
new hotel on the island. WAnd, his partner,
letnlBg, ScholeS. Douglas, Da Vas. NiuSNeld.
toulsch, STIRRING. Booth ard 9th eIs who have
Travelled with him have made fair o.les. but the
BUSINESS has not been IA any sense a gold mine,
TWO or three dollars usually having 10 BE- rlsked
70 hrlf 8 IN one. An HANDS. however,. expect 20
40 wei with Trickett, Australia Is wealthy
country. and Der miners and shpep Erazers
haNe the reputation OF backing Ih,l,r man with
am ost californian daring. The Toronto Glen
VIII I've amply satisfied IL they get their non.-y
on even. and they VIII carry with them proOa~
bly, as much rs Trickett's people will W able go
cover. III Is case or make or break with the
rafISans OF 10th.
Hanlan has been practising steadily on the
bay here for the past fortnight and Is going
with all his old power. skill and spesd. lie Tell
sl,eNA DO
regatta. but months rest put him on hts feet
again, and he was never In better trim than
now. The Seekonk AFFAIR Is mystery. As a
general thing his secrets leak out here. but that
one has been well kept His immediate back
etS, OF course swear that II was genuine stitch;
bun two OF them paid Tying visit 90 New York
on he eve OF the race. and II has becn broadly
Dlhled ny Toronto men who saw them that
Wnlle the1e they bought pools on Ross, who
Won. IheTe IS at least no doubt OF this s4hat
IRE SItcn, or Whatever N was. afihtHe1rihe
views OF the English and Australian baftsng
men IN London with regard TO the champENn's
contest WIN Irickett- From eyens the beCang
rose az bouEd 10 100 10 20 on TftckeJr. and
singular 10 say, II went up another neg shortly
alter BaTras Who had charge OF boyd arrived
nome. hnras was one of Hanlans stauachest
supporters In his matches with Nawdon and Ell
nott, and VIII Ice found With a pot or money on
me same Side 3gain. That lie expected BOyd 10
peat Hanlan on The Seeko1k is quite out or the
question, for he has seen both men in private
trials ana makes no secret or saving that Boyd Is
not within minute OF the Canadian ia a five
Two before tie SeekoIk race iaplan's circle
here began 10 talk gloomily or the chances OF a
foul or OF breaking an oar, or CT succumbing 10
overwhelming; IL IaCt, had they known that
Hanian's defeat was predeStined they could not
have been better posted as 10 the actual result
Ano so Fog still envelops the whole aIalr. one
theofy Is that Balrass. who IS a professional
bcok-maker ia large way. Induced The ilanlan
party, IN order TO impair the iIanlan boom in
England. 10 throw the race, paid them s, Gao.
which IVES the amount OF The iirst prize. and
farrn
OF BIS winnings on the 1ricsett match: and the
tling1nG out OF Boyd was simply BsrTaSs' ex-
Suse for crossing The Atlantic. his main object
being 10 see iianlan and Ward.
Ia this Trickett match, however, there viii
be. In Wards words, mo monkeying." Hanlan
wants TO earn Sl0"00 or SO, 600 and retire from
to3tracing; and his hackers see In this contest
their last chance OF making haul, and the
champion Will Win. 81 IL IS IL him. Two or
three Canadians now living In Australia have
been watching Trickeut Tor the last eighteen
months and Ward knows the Australlan's
measure as wei as Il Is possible for him TO
Know IL without having seen the man at his
pest. me time test Is rot worth great deal,
but so Tar as II goes Trickett is foredoomed TO
deleat. Hanlan's time on Chautauqua Lake
was very fast, but it would have been faster
had he reduced IL 10 32m. 1913; and he has
roWed nVe long miles In that time in iumpy
water ard with bad wind on this bag. Some
oarsmen, the unhappy Courtney for Instance
make marvellous private trials but cannot re-
peat them In public, but that is not the case
with nanan. lie has an iron nerve ana great
self-poSSeSSon, and is as much al his ease when
waiting for the start as In padding in ana out
OF The quiet coyes at the island Trlckett Will
win II lie is bigger phenomenon than the
Canadian, but the evidence, such as there is,
goes TO show that he has been matched out OF
his class, and win be outrowcd from the word
go" Hanlan himself says he learned some
thing OF Trickett from Harry Kelley and other
English watermen who saw him row Joe Sad
Ter, and Is perfectly satisfied In his own mini
ElliStt,