AQUATICS.
Mr William York, Secretary of the Royal Clyde acht Club, has despatched a communication to the Secretary of the New York Yacht Club, withdrawing the challenge to compete for the America Cup, on the ground that General George Schuyler has since imposed unfair and unsportsmanlike conditions, the most unjust) of which is a stipulation that no time allowance is to bo given. There will therefore, in all probability, be no contest for America's Cup in the future. John Tecmer feels particularly grieved at the news of Beach's retirement. . "I am sorry," says he, "that Beach has relinquished his title by withdrawing from aquatics without giving me a race. Possibly his withdrawal is due to the fact that Hanlan pushed him for all he was worth, and he only won by two lengths. Knowing that there are men in the world who can beat Hanlan two lengths with comparative ease, Beach probably saw that defeat was inevitable in the n9ar future, and he desiredto retire with the title of champion. The proposition made by Mr Keenan to have me meet Beach in a match or sweepstakes in California is a very fair one, which the Australian should accept before retiring, and if he can win he can carry herne with him plenty of American gold. lam satisfied to go as far as Australia to give him a race and decide who is the better man, and I hope before he makes a positive statement that he has done with aquatics he will give me one chance at him. I hope if Beach positively declines to row again that Hanlan will win from Peter Kemp, so that I will have another chance at the Canadian) sculler when he returns home." The "Sunday Times" of the Ist insb. says : — '' If Hearn, the New Zealand sculler, does not show any better form than he did on the waters of Blackwattle Bay between, his arrival in Sydney and his departure for Graf ton, he has as much show of winning the sculling handicap as a goat has of learning algebra. Boys in skiffs 'did' him. easily in several spins he took up the bay. He used to be a fairly good man, but he don't get any younger."
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 3
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374AQUATICS. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 3
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