THE AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIP HANLAN'S OPINIONS AND INTENTIONS

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 262, 9 May 1888, Page 4

THE AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIP HANLAN 'S OPINIONS AND INTENTIONS

S\I)NM. Ma\ , 11 \M, \\, lb.o W.l's 1 1 1 1 C 1 \icuT<l nffoi ln\ dcf-'al I>\ kciii]' on »Sttu!<l,i\. He that In 1 would iiovoi row :u)i)i!ii'i iace, t>\i cj)t h as lie lias n!n'a<h an.ui^f'i] foi Ik* r\')nKH>il tlic opinion lh.it T'Tmcr could ]->oat Kemp easily llanlau intend^ to m-luiii f<> Anu Tic, 1 ) .md settle in Canada

Tin "li\( mn^ iSiv.-- ' of Monday 1<i v < (A pi il 30tli) - i\ ■>•--'• On Satin d p ail vi noon and dining )c^ti relay .( Lu<j;< numlx » of \i>it;oi-. went up llio I'ai i.unat tii lli\ei to obtain a '^limjHC ot t ho com c*>( ant>- tor the c h,unj>ion-lnj> on Satuulay next at woik On S.it.JM'l.'i) , hoi li moininu and aid 1 noon, the wU o .ill out (itiin^- iluii u-Mial both men lookm-.; i steedmely well. "^ e^t ci cl:i> atlenmon hi.ih nun hold (|iuto a leeept ion of \i»itoi , and ;i special boat, t!ic 1 ndi'_ r n;ust, \\,i^ platid iot the u\ci coin-.(j, in < U, (!'_;<• of Mi .) A. Kenellv, niiina^oi ot tlic new M.ml\ -.1 i'«mi sen ice, and by llii^ mciih ih< public hud ,t i^ood oppoi Innify of -ivniLT l/hc mm out in Llion oiati Pioccodiu'!, to li\dc, I'otui Kemp was found in hi-- -in'd lia\ni'j,, uiLh hi-, hi other Tom, TSeilMin and Mi .1? C. |)(cl)lf I'uflinn; him.M'lf in low in;.;' cos! nine, Kemp s\cnt. alloat, u-in^ one of lu-. ( l.if-|ici boat- He looked c\c<'( din<j,iy well; but we.u-. t.h.if look ;il>oiit Ujo face which ,i- i. p eneiall\ peiceplible in vXnstialnm al-hletrs, and is always noticeable in \\ dli un Jfeaeh, ■nitl i 1i 1 - in our aniiitcui oaitmen when wound up foi the point, of content,. NeiUon went out with him, and both men pnllefl up to the biid'^e. fSlnitinj^ touellici Kcni|> k.'h'o a capital exhibition of good ,tai~-man-nhip, pulling petieetty ticc, anfl line r^i i]i Of the watci. Sailing dou n past the Mile lieacon an ' eitfht ' was caujjit ;i(, Moitlake, and Kemp had n nhorl spin with them, in which his wot k gave tlic onlookoif. a fauMiiablc idea of hi.s clianec ot victory. At (.'ladcsville, llan'an in his ' r.-ner,' the Austiahan Peer, came out, ;iceompani(Hl by Flananan, anfl went/ up the rivci , li ri th men ovcrl liking Kemp, coming do\.n witii the 'ei^lit.' Tliotc was some evcilemuit at this time on boaid. the steainoi.s, for (he reason that tiioy cx)>ccted that the Canadian and Austiahan would ha.A o a .sj)ii) t to^ethci, but it they thought po tliey were grievously disayipointod, tor Kemp continued his cotuhc with the ' ei^ht,' and Batisfied himself by putting on a brilliant spurt, and coming away from them easily, after a .short time, slowed down and paddled home. The Canadian wont hh far as Uhr's I'omt, and then came back to his shed at fairly smart pace, winding up with a great spurt. Altogether the performances of. both men weio much admired ; afc the same time, the result, so far as could be judged horn what was .seen, is left as i much to guess work as ever. "