SCULLING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17123, 19 April 1921, Page 4

SCULLING.

. TJIE 00MIN8 CHAMPIONSHIP. "Dick" Arari. iwMw of *fe9 .nwW'« «pl> liiv championship, is at present .on a_eUort •visit to Christehurch, after uu absenco of tan years. ■ , Chatting with a "Press" reporter yesterday, A"ist, who still looks every bit the. big'fellow ho nlwfeys was, said ho was -anxious to put in a few days hero before leaving ior Blenheim to prepare lor tlio coming race with Hanuan in June, dn order to see his people, and to. renew with his original backers, whosa etwUna help-in the'past-had enabled, Mm to WW (ha world's sculling to this country. Especial* slw was ho to see Mr J. H. Parker, who, had first suggested to him tho idea, of earning out m a, campion oarsman, Dr. Tljac-ker, who. bad mmod materially in %> realisation ef thai Idm, Mr It, C. Bishop, Mr E. Janiea, and Mr J. F. Buchanan, and the other mejnbers of his original party of baqkersMvho in lida. «» TI J career, had proved steadfast! friexulß. "I was very disappointed," dWW4 A?H?t> "that 'Barry made up his mind not to W>v» again. W° Jwve. WI * ft * aw against the other, and I very much wanted ft thuxl inco to settle who wa? tha he\tev m However, Barrv i« not rowing, and, thsra. was nothing then to d» but to clana the chafflßipußhifi ftcooidin* t« fbs direct»JV9 in. tho rules governing Ithe holding or the title. I will row Hanr.an in Blenheim/in June, and will go into solid training in a few days' time. The Blenheim course' as -not altogether ideal, but where another nWH» cafl row so can I. Of oil the wafers j haya Towed on, tho, Wangamti river couiia,'*!! my judgment, is easily tha besjt, batter than the Putney-Mortlake course 0$ the. Thames, or any other that way fca Bortt tioned. Arnet added that his Mm* rnpyonienta would depend on the result of the race with 'Hannan, and if then successful tin tha challcngea he would receiva. liis present preference certainly was for tb,« Wanganui river aa, tho course for tho rieit contest. . '» ii <» *