Evening star., 1885-06-06
Hanlau'. Aussraltass Trim.
VISIT THAT WAS BOTH PLEASANT Ann pr
FIrABLE TO HIM.


VISIT THAT WAS BOTH PLEASANT AND PRO-
FITABLE 10 HIN.
From the New York Times
ST. LOUIS, June S.-Edward Hsnlan ,he oarS
man, arrived here from San Francisco TO -dav.
He is now stopping at the Southern Hotel in
this city, and will remain here several days. A
small table In his room was covered with gold
medals, diamond rings. pins, and breaches.
and number Of brilliant colored, handsomely Y
embroidered silk morning caps.
This ring said Hanlan. (which has ~ half
carat aiamonds, and five large rubies. was pre-
sentea to Mrs. Hanlan by wealthy squatter
ring With 20 good sized diamond OF the first
c,xe.s sSS S idarge sagghire given g me by the
Is present to Mrs. Hanlan from the Mercantile
towing Club, of Melbourne, and here's a horse
snoe S diamond pin and pair OF solitaire
crew OF the United States steamer Iroouois'
nave number OF other presents given me by
ciuzens Of Australia packed away that surpass
tneiS 10 magnihcence and value Now all of
theSSgifts were received by meafter my defeat
by Beach. and for that reason 1 value them
personally, and NOT to the CHAMPION bic a oarsman anan
You have doubtless heard that after the race a
purse of $4,000 was raised for me and one OF
SIo,ooo Tor beach. Oh, the generosity OF the
australian usfra, people is not surpassed in the
"You like the Australians SO well that sup.
pose you will return there" the Times CORE
"Yes.' said Hanlau, az like them, and will
from now, and when do 60 Two would i'Ho ike TO
take four Of the representative oarslnen of this
country With me TO show the people out there
There are plenty of good men there, aud we can
get race for almost any sum from Sic 600 10
10000 out OF them. They are the most libe-
raj people have ever met"
Who do you intend to take with youe"
t course have not seen any OF the osrsmen
yet, and ana cant say whether or not they will go.
tue men l would like to have go. haven't
selected the fourth Yet. If We could arrange for
q iour-oared, two pair-oared and four single
races think that We could carry OF most of the
honors and considerable sum OF money. 'In
the is mouths that was in Australia cleared
something like $4,000 over and above every
thing, and considering that / lost nv biggest
race, rather imagine that n neat sum. aver
aged o0Of. for an exhibition pull and gave them
frequently, never haNtug less than ID. 900 spec
tators at any one of them. Tickets sold for : :,
at my last race with Beach, and reserved seats
on the boat which followed us brought $50. In
my race with Laycock Won 81 .0oU and cleared
about $4,000 from boat privileges. lost about
$1,000 on my first Beach race but balanced il
by winning like amount i'm my contest with
Clifford. In my first race with Beach the course
was overrun with steamboats, one OF which
nearly ran me down and caused me 10 lose the
was almost as bad, and have often wondered
since how won it.
Don't construe these remark. into meaning
that the people OF Australia were at all diAour-
teous TO me, or that they intended to throw anv
obstacles Ia my path, because that would create
wrong impression. was never better treated
i'm my life than by the Australians. mel ana
was dined and wined by all OF the nobility, state
0mciais and big guns of the country. Ny pro-
iesslonai standing gave me the entree To all OF
the public parks buildings aud the theaters.
~ would have been impossible to have shown
me greater Kindness, aud / assure you that the
citiZens Oh Sydney ana Melbourne will always
hold warm place in my affections
Referring to the heavy betting done by the
Australians, Hanlan said: al was sitting in the
Victoria nh a,f -.
race for the Melbourne cup was run. / saw
fully 100, 600 francs laid inside Of two hours
why, Joe Thompson, the great Australian
the horse that won the Australian derby and
after the race he paid up every cent like the
square betting man he is. l won 81 500 on the
All the sporting men had few flyers upon
almost every event that came OFF,"