HANLAN AND TRICKETT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2994, 29 January 1881, Page 4

HANLAN AND TRICKETT.

A correspondent sends us the' following clipping from the New York National; Gazette of November the 6th, 1880, nine daysprevious to the match between Trickett arid! Hanlan: —" There is quite a breeze in sporting circles in London and Newcastle, England, over the Hanlan and Trickett boat race. Hanlan recently had a conference with Trickett, and on the day following Hanlan, with Triekett's trainer, Harry Kelley, ex champion of t ngland, rowed over the Thames course, Kelley giving Hanlan all the necessary information about the swirls, eddies, shoots, angles, etc., of the Thames. Kelley, in fact, gave Hanlan information which he should have withheld, being engaged by Trickett. As soon as the fact became known in sporting circles it created no little excitement. Banian's visit to Trickett was much commented on, and the fact of the former being coached by Triekett's trainer evoked some sharp criticism in regard to the two great oarsmen, and indeed it was openly said that Trickett and Hanlan were in collusion. Hanlan's action in the matter was very injudicious, and we do not wonder at English betting men claiming that the race is going to be a " barney " —that is, fixed beforehand. When men hold high and representative positions it is not surprising that their movements are the Bubject of investigation and occasionally critical comment. Hanlan's friendliness is fair enough subject for remark, even though viewed apart from his repeated objections to being seen in the company of a probable opponent, as evidenced towards Elliott, Courtney, and Riley, to say nothing of his curious objection to travelling in the same steamer with Boyd, the English champion, when they were going to row in the Seekonk international regatta at Providence."