HANLAN IN CANADA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 934, 27 October 1879, Page 2

HANLAN IN CANADA.

The^ professional single scull race at theBarrie Regatta, m Canadian waters, recently, came to an unpllataan'fr? |tei& mination, owing to the judge deciding? the heat a dead one between Hanlan and James A. Riley. A despatch says : — rjW-hen^ the pistol was fired for the professional single sculls, Hanlan drew quickly jfco.the front, JRiley comipg next and the rest close lip. The men kept" their positions to the turn at the mile, Hanlan being three lengths ahead of Riley. From this point "to the turn; Hanlan taking things very easily, rowing thirty strokes to the minute, Riley continually spurting up to forty; Hanlan reached the buoys l f6ur and a half lengths ahead of Riley, whb was leading Kennedy, one length. ,,. The tyxpL was made m 12niiri. ' 25sec. Hanlan turned : Riley 's buoy, and ! made ; a very wide turn to keep clear of the latter. Immediately after turning, some unknown sculler got into the champion's course. Hanlan, looking round, saw the stranger, and by backing with his right hand and pulling hard with his left, escaped a collision by a fodt and a half, his oar scraping the .-.unknown shell. Riley, m the meantime, wtite Hanlan was drifting past the stranger, took the lead by three or four lengths. Hanlan, as soon as he cleared -from the other boat, quickly closed the gap, leading Riley the whole .'way home About 100 yards from the finish Riley made a tremendous spurt, coming up rapidly. Hanlan, thinking he had the race well m hand, did not :; respond; Both passed the winning line nose .and nose, m 27niin. 2sec, with Kennedy third, 14sec. later, with Elliott' fourth. Gaudaux claims fourth money, however, on the ground that Elliott did not go over the full. ldbi)rse.rtiTh> judges being inexperienced, fired two shots , m quick succession instead of only one for a dead heat Hanlan and a majority bf the spectators think: heVWon by half a length. Although within .two fee( of the sculler who nearly fouled him, .the Jjhampipn could _npt_ teliwho he was. Most of the spectators are of opinion that the stranger was there on purpose. Hanlan agreed to row over- again for first, money . the. following (1ay,.,, but challenged hiip, and instead offered to-row Riley within two weeks for ' SOOdols. a-side. "..... •':/. _