AMATEUR OARSMEN.
To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sir, —I see that one of the bye-laws of the Auckland Rowing Club defines " amateurs" as being those who do not obtain their means of living by boatbuilding,—or something to that effect. Permit me to observe, that this leaves an immensely wide gap, into which men seasoned and inured by years of toil can enter to compete with soft-handed slaves of the pen, whose only chance of developing their muscles lies in an occasional half-hour's row. This is decidedly unfair ; and in my humble opinion, as an old regatta committee man, the rule which is in force in most of the neighbouring colonies, is far better. It is, simply, to exclude from the ranks of amateurs all who earn their living by manual labor or muscular exertion. There are always matches in which the "sons of toil" can compete without intruding into the ranks of those who must perforce be physically incompetent to contend with them with, any reasonable chance of success.
Yours, &c, The Old Oarsman.
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Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 627, 15 January 1872, Page 2
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176AMATEUR OARSMEN. Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 627, 15 January 1872, Page 2
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