Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-22
A Chat With Hanlan.

Hanlan says his challenge to Ieemer was
to row one race OF three miles for S5,OOO a
side. or a series Of five races at one, two,
three, four and five miles for 81 900 each,
which he understood Teemer had accepted.
Hanlan does not like Teemers altering what
had been apparently arranged, but he is pre-
pared to meet Teemer at time and place
mutually to be agreed upon to discuss terms
A few DAYS ago Hanlan said in talking
with a reporter: II should like to row
Teemer near Detroit. He is q likely oars
man. The first time he came to the front l
had picked him out and told the boys to look
out tor him They thought me quite
prophet, but the fact was that he'd come
alongside of me one day when was practic-
ing, and I'm blowed if could shake him. l
had GOOD reasons to know that he was fast
one.
Besides this, / want to make a match
against Hosmer and Gandaur. They tell me
they can beat Lee and myself l say they
can't and there's but one way to prove 1t, you
know I'll get Lee and make race, If we
can. Our recorded time is under theirs, and
as we've been bantering about the matter
want to have it tested"
Hanlan has no regard whatever for Court
new as an oarsman, and claims that his lack
of nerve will always be fatal to him. He
thinks there is no use attempting again to ar.
range a race with him, because he cannot
pull in company.
.'But that same Courtney made me pull
the hardest race / ever had" said he.
''How was that ?"
ut was at Watkins Glen. We were row.
ing heats, winners to 60 in the final race.
Ross, Lee and Courtney were to 20 in the
same trial heat. l had heard that Lee and
Ross had been fixed to let Courtney win the
lead. 1t was a dead sure thing that Ross
could beat Courtney and was satisfied Lee
could. went to these men and said: Here,
you fellows can't work that scheme. You've
got to 20 in and beat Courtney, or I'll expose
YOU and they knew I'd do it. gave Ross
and Lee $50 each. 1 wanted them to beat
Courtney and knew they could. That was
a terrible beat Courtney got away as Though
shot out of a mortar. He showed terrible
speed. Ross and Lee settled down and did
all they could. Ross crept up, but it seed to
me at a small pace. It's a fact that Lee and
Courtney finally got abreast and stayed there
for mile in that heat. They all rewed for
blood. Finally saw Courtney's head 20
down and | knew he wouldn't trouble the
boys any more. They both beat him in"
sBut how did they make hard race for
your"
SIN coming to that. was never so tickled
to see man beat as I was Courtney. hur-
rahed so much that got into my boat with
the wind all yelled out of me. l never rowed
such race. have an easy style Of pulling,
but those two fellows were after me from the
start to the finish. Ross would creep up
'lopgside of me and would let out, shake
him of and try to regain my wind. Along
he'd come again and Teemer right with him.
Half dszeu times said to myself: 'For
heavens sake, lis there no end to this course?'
II seemed to me good ten miles long. When
we neared the finish couldn't see, but
heard the yells, knew was steering right and
pulled blindly in one last struggle. When
crossed the line Ross tapped my boat and
Teemer Tapped Ross. Had that course been
a rod longer would never have won the
race"
Flows Plaisted doing?"
"Well, I'm afraid Fred is going back. M
better starter ever got into boat. He can
20 like rocket for shot distance, but he
don't stay. He don't keep himself up as he
ought to. Lees quite rover, but he's lazy,
Ross is a good one and Teemer can make a
hard race with the best of them. want to
get longside of him again for good big
money!"
1t has been decided to give Hanlan a
banquet at his island home within the next 10
days and present him with an illuminated
address,