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Show llauluu W iii ihu acnii Itnte. Barrie, Ont., 12. Several professional profes-sional oarsmen will take part in the open single sculling match here this atternoon. The belting is quiet. Hanlnn is tbe favorite for firtt and Wallace Ross for second. Later. Tho five mile single scull race to day was won by Hanlon, Rosa second, Hoamer third, Luther fourth, McKin filth, McElliott sixlh and Planted seventh. At tho regtta, today, the open single scull race, five miles, was the rtUrction. E:ght oarsmen etr.it!d 6 15 p.m. Plaisled took tho leal, ruit wits soon distanced by Wallace Hiv.,. Hosmer worked hard, i:ia1 by j a lew cjoick strok"s readied the la'ie:. ! Ihinlon, up lo tnis lime, had k-p hnt-ic, rowing eatiiy about tw.Mity live t'.:n.l:es to the nuntil- Losj u p' ihe iea-l lor the firht nr.U ;uri v., :.t !nry twenty Ici.gll.s out ul bis ii.or-l turn li'-fi prcper buoy. Piaisod i.a !, up to ono aiid a na't nines Itei t ahf-ad, but Hanlon, h ivinu pulltd tu , was first to reach the two mile biee,-. Ross following at a be it two boat lengths. Atone time Hanlon re ted on his oars till, seeing his opponents making headway, he pulled a lew beautiful strokes, and in a short time left Ross, who was fjllowiug him hard, fully six boat lengths behind The cheering was deafening, aud aa he passed the judgrs' boat, tne excite ment on the shore was intense. Wallace Wal-lace Ross came in second, and Hos-mer, Hos-mer, who is a lad of 10, lliird. Official time, 28 minutes 12 seconds. To-night the prizes w-ro awarded. |