AQUATICS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14985, 4 June 1914, Page 5

AQUATICS.

ARNST "COMING BACK."

-Such is the* faith of some people in Dick Arnst as a sculler that a proposition has been put before the ex-world's champion which has induced him to come back to the sport again and make a- big effort to win his way to his old place (says the Sydney "Daily Telograph"). He is going to train, and train, and train till he gets back his old form, his old speed, and his old stamina ■ —if it is possible.

Arnst knows aa well as any that there is only one way to do it. more so now than at any time in his career. He knows that two months' work will not bring back form, after twelve months or more of comparative idleness, that hard and consistent sculling and juuicious and regular training on land •is the only meana to employ to '•come back." Realising all this at last, he is going to endeavour to win the world's sculling championship onco again. When he was defeated by Paddon in November last his sculling career was generally regarded as ended. But Arnst believes that the programme ho j has mapped out for himself will carry ■ him through, and in the course of a day or two he will once again be seen ! sculling over the Parramatta championj ship course. Throughout his career Arnst has had some of the staunchest supporters behind him that a man could wish to have, but never before have their gen-' erosity and keen sporting instincts been manifested as in the present instance. They are not looking for any selfglorification. , They refuse to allow their nama. to' be mentioned. "What they know about sculling might be quite a lot, and on the other hand it : might be quite a little, but what they know about Arnst is apparently a good deal. At all events, their faith is as staunoh as ever. They still believe that Arnst, in form, is the world's speediest sculler. 'And Arnst is willing to make an endeavour to live up to the hopes of his supporters. A condition of the support that is offered Arnst is that he shall reside near the Parramatta river, and train every day for six months. .At the end of that time his backers will onco more look in the direction of the world's championship, and challenge the holder. If Paddon brings the title back with him, then Arnst will probably be the first to dispute his right to it. If Barry retains it, it is moro than probable that tho ex-champion will again visit England and measure his prowess with that of the Englishman.

Arnst's entry into the sculling world was meteoric, and the manner in which he climbed to the top of the tree will not readily be forgotten. Had Arnst kept on sculling during the intervals between races, instead of "taking things easy," he would probably have still been the holder of tho title.