The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
fhE OARSMEN IN FLORIDA.
Hos the American Champion and His Associates
Spend Their Time.


Spend Their Tine.
| Boston Herald
Since my last letter to the Herald this
part of the world has gone around with
little variation, hardly enough to relieve
the monotony of our uneventful exis-
tence here. We are getting in some good
work on the water, which, by the way
can't be beat for the purpose, and have
been getting from eight to ten miles row
| ing each day since the first of the month
The programme for the races here have
been changed since i last wrote, and
| now arrangements and dates have been
definitely settled on. There are 10 be
two days racing-the 18th and 18th of
February. The first day we are to row
a three-mile race for prizes of three hun
dred dollars to winner and two hundred
dollars to second. The second day there
will be a five-mile race, and prizes of
four hundred dollars to winner and one
hundred dollars TO second.
We have not arranged dates vet for
any other races, as we are unable to do
so until our agreements with the
Florida Southern people are carried out.
The weather here continues remarkably
fine and warm. / notice the thermom-
eter hangs around seventy-sight during
day, while the nights are Just right for
sleeping. We have had few adventures
here, and in few days / shall write You
about some of them. | shot a large
sawtish day before yesterday, having
found him in about twelve inches of
water. He was a remarkable specimen.
so L thought, but the fishermen here sag
they have caught them twice the size os
mine.
Teemer has gone on a deer hunt with
aparty of gentlemen belonging to the OPP
posite side of the harbor and Mr.. VIII
liam Firstbrooke, of Toronto. Ont, who
Is very clever and enthusiastic sports
man. and to whom we are indebted for
numerous courtesies.
Mr.. Hinkley, owner and captain of the
sloop yacht Tempest, is another of the
clever sportsmen here. The Tempest is
the fastest and prettiest little boat of
her length of keel on the gulf coast. Mr..
Hinkley has given US several opportu-
mites of admiring the beautiful scenery
of this portion of the coast of Florida
from her deck. Mckay and concluded
for good and sufficient reasons not to 20
on the hunt We will have box al
ready for Teemer's remains, if there is
enough left to ship North. when that
hunting party return to their wigwams.
We have run across a few alligators. but
they are the most innocent and harmless
creatures L ever saw. They are about
all the time asleep or engaged in catch
ing flies, They don't bother us-I sup
pose because there are no flies on US"
John Teemer's foot, which was injured
IN Boston. has grown as strong as ever.
liz doesn't seem to take as long as Quad
aurs back to mend. By the way. if
Neptune" sends any more of his opin-
ions around, should like you TO send the
Herald containing them to me. John
Teemer would like TO see them also. IL Is
reported that Hanlan Is trying to get on
a match with Bubear. I was the most
surprised oarsman in the profession when
heard it. just think. The ideal How
funny il is that the man who can give
John Teemer a good race offers To get on
q match with George Bubear, the man
who couldn't beat here in America such
men as John Mckay, George Lee and
myself, and others 1 could name. / sup
pose, of course, il is Mr.. Hanlan's bust
to try to get a race with some one ne can
beat HIS experience the other way for
the past two or three years ought to have
made him rather cautious. / shall not
attempt to write anything more until
thar deer hunt is over. Yours Respect
fully, ALBERT III. HANA.