A NOTED SCULLER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 88, 7 January 1908, Page 5

A NOTED SCULLER.

« EDWARD HAM DEAD. CIVIC FUNERAIVTO.BE HELD.- v : OX TBLEGItAI'H—PEES3 iLdCiriTIOS— COrTKIOBT,' ' Ottawa, January S. . Tlio doath is announcstt o'f E. Himlin, of Toronto, tho well-known Soulier. " It has boon deoidcd to aocor'd him a oivio funeral. . • • ■ '.u Tho,body lies m state in. tho City Hall. THE CANADIAN'S CABEERI " ' h,? d V r ! i If anl;lD . tM'" Canndia'n, 1 first Attracted 'notice at tho 'PMadulphia-regatta ot 18(6, In 1879, having beaten thosbest Amencan scullers, ho camo-to England to row tnt o, ! tSmm ; C,1 ?! Ion ?° Cup In June "culler£ 10 "J 3 ' ? n,tho the: Enclisb m m ' V w , ith him, Winnini says. it did not require any-very deep knowledge oa iv" lon i P to > enable.*:® Spontatdi l t6"'ob hlsltvlo If] t d i! fif f rO y CO tooh eslstod bolwo «n PMinH ""d that of sUch men as Boyd and Viii? ; an used , his > shdo concurrently ca , rr > m S l»s body well back, wilj foro to' P.ttPondicuJar; be- . attempted to row tho stroke in bv w i t arms - His .superiority, was manr in rh Tri^eS Pl rt Shll^ 0 l world, still rested m _ iTickett,tho Australian.;, ; Technicjillv Triokott could have claimed to, defend his title in his own country, but plenty of mom via forthcoming to recoup him for expenses ol h ,o assented to meet Hanlan or ■the lhamo3 for tho nammal tronhv at ■fj, f Challengo- Gup, but really foi tho wider honour of. champion, of the world m atch catno off on November 16,71880' and Tnckett ; Waa_ defeated, with OVon -greater' oat than was Elliott on tho Tyho." days afterwards, Elias, Laypock,. 'another Aur H,« ti' was Bno< s ssfu l in jo'eoullingireKatta or Hanli!! a,lleS 'V ai1 '; ?ns d ::tt, ! soul: ■JQ* above-quoted oritio observes ithat.'iay TvttS nd °? bt^, ] y_>. ..soullor. that S.f J also that:, L'aycock sculled■ in goot stylo, so far as leg-work; aad . finish of lm fc?|Vj. ° d F actloll :*aa' not orampMi, bill ShiJ K. 8 ? J g i a swin 6' as ' ; should,. ifi:pos sib o, be displayed by a man of his'size; Hi scaled rather above twelve stono." The match came off on the folliwrng February 14, 1881 over tho Thames course. Lavcock; whose stay ing powers wore unmistakable, stuck to hii liork all tho way. but was never in it foj speed. Hanlan led from start to finish, ant won easily. • ■ f 0 Boyd on April 3 and again boat Trickott m May winning with ease. No one in Britaii thought fit to challongo Etonian again, aftc) tho doeisivo mannor in. which ho bad J dispo«>( of all his opponents; but in his own countn ho twice defended his :iSB3;' Tjeatini J.|L. Kennedy and Wallace Ross; - 'l'hen-Eaii Jan invaded Australia,' and again boat Lay cock ;. on tl'o Nepea River, New South Wales <? , n .,¥, aj ' , 22 > ISS4 - Meantime an- emigrant (ii childhood) from Chertsey, one William Boach u improving' his stylo in Nov South. Wales. Ho took hints from his - con querers until, when ho was about forty i time when most scnDers aro past their prime be could beat all coiners in his own colony Beachs first match with Hanlan came of .August 16. 1881, on the Porramatta; 'To th surprise of all, Beach went. ns fast.ha Haiilan and outstayed him: Excuses were mado fo tins reverse to .ono /who had been reckone< invincible. Hanlan had, it was sftid, beei unfairly washed by a steamer, and some fancied he had held Beach too cheap, 'an< was not fully. trained. ..Another 'match -if a made lor March.,2B, 1885.,-jln his return.niatel with Hanlan, Beach fairhvtired the Canadiai out. . Beach scaled a triflo.bVer 'twolvo:stond which proves tho truth'6f tho'old'toying th'a a good big ono is better i thanv a -good >littli ono. After that Hanlan's onlyj: important: win>wa over, Matterson m 1885. ' His "day was over and he retired to his native country, wheno liiß neplteWi E. Durnani<canio hist yoai*-011 ai unsuccessful mission to beat G- Towns: - • Fan ■lan was.-n stylist in tho highest, degree. • - r