BEACH AND HANLAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2050, 24 July 1885, Page 2

BEACH AND HANLAN.

Rowing men in this country (says the " Home News") continue to be unsettled ' regarding Beach's victory over Hanlan. Many champions declare themselves ready to meet him, if he will only, come over and row them here. But as Beech appears to be satisfied to rest apon his laurels, and has declined to meet arWme except on his own waters, jfeese ■»' challenges sound like empty crows. •' Meanwhile the supporters of the defeated Canadian tiy'fo console themselves with the excuse thai-Hanlan was affected by the Australian climate, and never rowed iu proper form. ' Others inclino to the belief that lie had no courage when once collared.. It often, happens that a man who has carrifed all before him is easily • disheartened. Something of this kind seems to haye happened to Hanlan. He was so taken aback by the prowess of his opponent, that he not only lost the first Well;- but: .'he' was utterly, incapable of doing his best in the second. B&mIi may take.a lesson from this. The tiM may come when he will be collared ana'" me&t his match, if only he can be persuaded to leave Australia. He is likely to have many substantial temptations to reconsider his .resolve not to row away from home. There are numbers of good ; sportsmen willing 'tn subscribe considerable sums to make it worth his while to come -over here. • The championship of ' the world is a great prize, and ought to be held-by the man who has most ij&ontestably proved his right to its pdssfiiou by defeatiiis; all comers. .