SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 118, 11 February 1908, Page 9

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

: 0'»• .-V;; ;•>' ; ••-1 V • i-V. • 'i' 1 ; ?< ; rt . ir..ivx- ' ,--v VI. " ;Wanganu[,'February 10. . 1 jpjib':iii ? ii-\solitl"ro>v>"on'SatuN '' 9^.9if^fepvei; l .jßn7pnn4ayl.morning, to .the.' V •gl'oafcj.jdi'siappomtinent; .of; arbig- -~crowd .. of ;■ f .people, who: dined/ the bank in tie expectation of seeing the, champion,.put in a' last spin on;, town. waters,! preparatory to going ,: up tlisi river. Webb><Mnstead; took a* spell ; aud put in-tho .> jky sea beach. , critics ■',when,--TVbbb« • • wais- ti'amnig;.oii-; : 'Inst' ;; ; lip'. kuowfiiUjest. 'what suits hiui.y.H 1 ? that?* after*: av. day, i-.njS-' Tjcffer fofsftf- Tjieso methods-. arej 1 of., course, '£ con'sid&elJVyory .'unorthodox, by rtho.'major.ity /•' of. Webbjg' land'; : i ; n wbnc, Jwhicfi'J'; f>s ■ -'has; >been- - statod,-'ConsistsV. ; ";larg(iW.of foii't: be- V ■h'eW.'m jthtS .bbxtug aiid.,gyrana.siunj yjoili," tp-.me 'one ■ ; jday\^.^We.belieye; : in.plenty.-of,walking and' . 1 --rupKhg downand solid graft oil!the'wateiv" .Je 'iHqWpW efliviiK. ij'iiisti :him:. |~bfe^^'/nid^Wtjbb'scmidifton(;,at; the?; time, of; ; ■ ■ bq't-lio ;j)est answer' as. to', tho- '■ ■ 6f- his. mthbds>fbrnjiiusejf'. ... i< r ";VrVVebb: jvoiit' i-ivpr ; 'to-'day',4ahd- Tries--•'jrdei''follows to^orrow.-i %g. ioWWd'fkCsenly' tq'flie \final.t fortuight's ' bein^'.in;good..heai|:t-and.con-t(io'filial i(flutters.. niay. bpjfespscted. tp.jj ■ ''fiir(iisn sfimetliiirg'interesting. * ry { • ■, , his last' row' on "the. lower ' 'riVcrHo-day/i'itarting'oS at 3-1, easing to 28, .nml..finishing/ strong and' steady 24 to 26, f tho>> .-pace.- for ••• him v. m-' good shle- - ; j i \ i ' JlDonaldv and. ?[arslial],. the ■ Wnnganui Rowing' Club's candidates-for: amateur cham- • ' r tosbavo'i'a'.go ' on;;AVedn"esday [to decide which will represent nest 'nibljth. '.They- had ■ ■an■ together. to-day; \when ' Sl'Wohald: ha'd nil tho 'best; 'of it;' He has : levid(;litly "''b6iibfiiteH - 'miicli '.'illy,"-' training ' in •Tressider's?-companyi■:and it is', anticipated : 5 : that - ho.' should come iri / ahead .'of 'Marshall whentho l ' deciding rtice is 4 ;rowcd. Green, ■ tho Union _Bpating.Club-candidate, :has'not- . ihowai -particularly -.remarkable'! pace i'of late, ' , seeming toi bo i occupied chiefly, with elimin- ■ atip t g;,faults of style, I '.-rather. than! with' try,ijiß to > put. up records. . .. ; ••• - . v; ..',);.petails..tor:;the.ti-ans'pbrtTof; spectators, are " ' .;A r s.';tiie"capacity.bf the 'steamers willbo ; taxed, differential,, rates will bb charged, for tickets: according , .tetho'.timp of.tho_day, in,the.hope that as iniany.'- as possible' may:*bp' takeii ,up 'in the . '.forenoon.'; the 'steamers" starting to run-'at