, 1881-03-06

parish church. The matter has ceased to be
subject OF much gossip: There wns little
ding hnd taken place got into the evening papers
on saturday. But ut best it will only bo nitle
days wonder, and will probably have complete
sorted couple have completed tue honey
moon ut. Admiral Gordon's beautiful seat
in ne fair veal, Of Kent Nnmer9s fa!s
apocryphul, / presume-aro nontlng hbonL
Ecrc is very good one told By Il corresponding
Of the Amer1ean Ke9istes It is " eit KaoWn tr1'tn
ing tracts. When. mot long aqua Belgian or1.
gade was over here visiting. she invited tneh tQ
her residence, Holly Lodge and presented eyeTy W ~
mnn with Il tract and cigar. How k1nd oI ~
Indy remarked one Of tho brave Drabantors
who did not comprehend the nature or ING pun.
licaion given him; mot only 10 geel ~ III Sdt, 90
re cigar yid-'
Just word about
THE GREAT BoAT-RACE.
the result of which is SO extremely nnnatterlnH
to The national dignity, 10 bcat Hanlan now
would he to achieve for oneself the Is Ereatest,
glory in the annals of boat-rnclng' " nen anu
where Il foeman can he found cApnole or ~
tending. the arms and legs Of the 1nvincDo Ct-
indian, is Il problem which 1s puzzling the whole
sporting world. There seems to be no doubt,
since his victory over Laycock on Monom}, & tas as
ever appeared on tha Thames, or indeed amy
other watcr All previous notions Of good row.
g aye been rpst cy ,n that
the p:ice which may be gnt out Ut bt1at IS not
t}epcndent on the number of times tho SOULS are
drawn through the >wnter. hut upon length or
reach, quick recovery. and II systematic use ot
the all-essent,al slide. In Mondays maten,
when iIaulun gave such startling proots us
rs many us forty strokes minute,
while his opponent WIS comfortably taking his
boat along half-a-dozen 1en2ths ahend: never
exceeding tbirty-two, though each stroke was
drawn through to tho end with marvellous clean
liness aud finish. unauesuonably Laycock Is
the hest Oars1n,tn Hun[un has met in this coun-
try; and yet, after the tirst few hundred yards,
when the Canadian had settled down to his i'll
1nituble stroke, it was evident that the power
ful Australian was doomed tc toll after him in
vain. Notwithstanding these tuctics, the tirst
mile as ynu will lonE since have lenrncd Dy
cuble, was covered ol a slack tide IN minutes
IS seconds, or ut the rate Of over twelve miles
an hour. 49,,
race IS the richest ever ruwed for iii England.
He has uuw won tho English championship cha-
lcuEc cup three times ctlilSecutively within THO
space of two years, so that according to the con-
tlltiUn5 under which It was presented tile hand
suule trophy becomes his absolute property In
Il side. besides S,0J promised do the sculler who
should be fortunate enough to win the chal-
lenEG cup right out, ana guild medal valued At
Ovcr Sl11;. commemorative OF his achievement
British oarslnen ought to profit by the tour
races Ha1.!an has rowcd in this country, and set
about learning. the system which he has
brought rO such astonishing perfection. That
there will be r1>ying revival IN England now Il
new method has been introduced nud Its merits
clrury demonstrated. the best judges profess to
have no reason to doubt; aud professional oars-
men will find some encouragement III the ofer
of another challenge cup more valuable than
the one which the worlds champion tnkeS with
him across the Atlantic. T.