The Evening Star. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1871.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 591, 1 December 1871, Page 2

The Evening Star.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, ~-For'the wrong that needs resistance, ' ■ For the future in the distance, ( ' And the good that we can do."

The r. cctod of the 'series of athletic spdrti., under the auspidei of. the , Atrcldand* Bowing' Club;'; will ' v , take, plaW^o-'ftiorrow, at the AlberV'Barracks. These but .door,amusements are. i not to be valued merely for the pleasure which they afford, and the opportunity for-crowds to assemble amid all the' accompaniments of a fete' cliaik-peire-.:lo\iVsiß. the-only established; institution'in our midst for the encouragement of : a.thletic exeiciee's, the Rowing Club are deserving df general encouragement and support in games so -much calculated •to develop the taste -for muscvi:l^r i'"bxi-rcißes.* !lt is ple'lt-iri'g' to "see tlie large number e_ I entries that have -.been, .made in con- . nectionwith tbe/yariouscontests.-This I cannot arise fronvthe value of the I prizes, as will be-seenfrom a glance, I at their sfnallness, and at the names' of the intending competitors,. And, it, I ':

speaks well for the interest which has been awakened among the youth-ann vigour of the city in favor of manly exercises. In fact although complaint has been made as to the comparative insignificance of the regards VpfFcred for excellence, we*' question .if ' any greater er.-husi|em would have.been awakened by ntore,. valuable prizes among the pi ass lof people .who have evinced the-greatest interest iv these sports ; and the Rowing Club are very properly husbanding their resource.., having, in view the sending of the prize crew of oarsmen to uphold at the Christchurch boat - race the honours of the commercial metropolis. The smallness of the prizes', However, will have no sensible effect on the crowds of sight-seers, nor on the earnestness and vigour of th(_ struggle, as it has evidently had _no effect in limiting the number of entries; and as the committee on arrangements nave had the benefit of the experience .lerived from the last Rowing Clul) jja mes, we do not doubt that if tli<f

weather proves propitious to-morr_w, vents at the Albert Barracks will be if themost interesting and successful character yet attaching to anything presented for the gratification of the people of Auckland (