Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-12
THE OARSrAN ROSS.

What He Thinks OF the boat Races
in England 80 Queero iNalady
Prevalent Among the An. ericans-
Peculiar Views ON the TJhampi0 a.
ship.
The New Brunswick sen .ler. Wallace Ross
passed through this city day or two since
on the way to Portla' id and ST. John. He
looks quite "ei anu feels more like himself
than at any tihie SID e he left for England last
fall He speaks N the highest praise Of his
treatment aer Dad, particularly by Messrs,
lines. Ashley White.cot and aiherS ana savs
ne couIo NJ e Ia London forever. sculIer
tna. PIoses himself a good and reliable man.
aat9 M hU Is thoroughly appreciated there.
a s..n wiz never want friends or supporters
,.neS always come to MIN without the ask
,hs or the campaign abroad, he says That
ue performances OF those who were princi
WIS IN the Hop Bftters regatta and the matches
TCwed before and after 1t are really no ind Ca
, lion or what the men are capable CT doing.
! Riley was not In condition when he roWed Lay
4 cock. "He wasn't sick, y said Ross; "but he was
/ what might call queer. He hadn't been In
| the country long enough do you see. to come
10 himself, while Laycock had several weeks
! advantage OF him. Hanlan was the same way
| when he rOWed against Trickett-that IS, he
| was very queer and didn't do himself justice.
| Ho5mer was In better condition than any Of
u.s. But Hosmer AYERS that he was as queer
| as any or you when he rowed his match against
! Lay Geek. as well as In the regatta" was sug
gested. docs he?" responded Ross. wei,
| member those heats 10 the Hop Bitters race you
| know that in my two preliminary heats had
| good men TO row against, and had TO make a
good bit of rowing TO beat them. Laycock had
easy work with the men ca It In his way In the
| trial heats, and that's how he was so good a
| man the last day. 1t was understood at first
| would intervene between the preliminary heats
| and the final, but the heats were
| ROwBD RIGHT OFF TIKI REEL.
| and I.aycock had the best OF IL. As said be-
lore was queer On me last Gay ana LAY LAY
| either, the first time rowed Trtckett, but he
| rouled me In my water-he had no business
| over where he was. Yet Mr.. Ireland. the ref
cree, didn't quite see the foul, and don't COM
plain OF his decision. | could have beaten
| Trickett very easily the second time. l felt
| knew was coming back to myself Trtckett
didn't like 1t because l beat him, hut what
could do? ] had to win, dye see?' Ibid
Layeoek take back any money to Australia -
Yankee way Of answering with another ques-
ton. What he won he divided with Trickett.
With aseo eonPsa to POe FOR his
people. He couldn't take much with him, and
think he went back badly off. Did you hear
anything from McManus:' contin ued Ross; I'VE
lost sight Of MIN after the Hop B1Cters race. He
went TO Ireland, think. He has mother in
Londonderry, hasn't he? Anyway, there's where
he went TO, and I suppose there's where he
| fellow, too, but somehow he doesn't know as
much about boating as once thought he did. y
did he win or lose on the English races p was
| asked. "Oh he lost said Ross, land he lost
! heavy, too. Those Australians are big fellows, y
| he said, turning the subject. Il understand
TTtckett Is coming out here. He might as well
stay away. dont tnlnk YOU'D fancy him. TO
see him. Laycock Is big slashlng fellow.
They re both strong and heavy men, dye SEE
! HANLAN is STRONG,
and he has the strength where he wants It
most, and puts more science into his work tn Al
| the Australians ever dreamL Of He's as strong
| as bull though he doesn't look 1t at first
| glance There won't be double scuil race
so, YOU mind. In the first place. as nearly as
| can understand Ned. he doesn't care TO row any
more. but would like to settle down at Toronto;
at least for some time. Then don't care TO row
| against Davis and John. They're two very de-
cent fellows. l like them, and they've done me
many good turn. We didn't have them In
land. and all we wanted was to stop the crow
| Ing and blowing OF people who talked OF Lay
| cock and TTickett as team to beat us in dou-
bles. or course, If Ned was willing, and Mike
and John insisted on race, would be In; but
| / wouldn't care much for the match" Ross
was anxious to know when the boating sc ason
would open in the east, and said that he would
! not row in any Of the smaller events, but would
look out for the more important regattas, as
! Wen as matches. In the fall he would pr05a-
| bly, return to England and give Boyd or any
other English sculler race. He looks upoO
Boyd as
| TIE BEST sCULLER IN ENGLAND
| to-day. and says the young scullerS. God win
and others, are likely oarsmen who will make
mark IL they do not Cling too tenaciousIy to
old notions. Ross has some peculiar views on
the championship. He says that Trickett was
not at any time champion OF England or OF the
world. A championship is something which
one earns and has right to nOid against all
| corners, he says. There never was a champion.
ship OF the world as established by the DOS.
session Of anything tangible to show for
] II. The only way TO establish a cham,
p:onship OF the world is oy general
competition, open to al, the best man to
win and defend the honor. There never
was race OF this kind until the United
| States Canada, the provinces ana England
were represented al the Providence regatta last
TALL be said. and China and Patagonia could
have been i'll the race If they wanted TO sen
| scullerS. Well said Ross 1T happened that
! | won; but whoever the winner might have
been If l wasn't In, ne was the best for thai
time any way, and was actually the champion
OF the world. Well, we had just such another
race In England. and Laycock beat me: and
having done So he became the best man. Then
Hanlan beat Laycock, aud now Ned Is the
champion OF the world until he either surren-
ders the title, declines to row challenger or is
beaten by some ole. / think" he continued
that the best man is champion. and the only
way TO tell the best man is by trial III a race"
Fashions FOR MEN.