ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 12

ROWING.

"COMING EVENTS. i Febnl'aVy '20.—Napier -Regatta, - ■ • JTbhruary 65.—WkngaMui Regatta. | Sister Monda'y—'Whelfch v. FbfewelVmatch. . i

With th'b exception of tho 'Single Sciills-, the champibniShip WeYfts a't. th'b bi£ meeting W Mbrqer -la'St .'SatVrday; fcveiitilat'ed accbi'ding to the forecast in thi's 'column-. The "r&Suit of thb Sculls was a 'to so'ijthferfi oariiifon, :SA the present ohAinpion, i&- E. Stone, : has -been "quite an uiikWbfrn q'u'afttity iii the tyorld, 'but that 'he is-wbrtky bf^lib'hbilbui i's testified tb by the bias's <61 rtffefi whbih.he beat. Wb ao ii&T;.Kfioft, iii iriiat-fonft ■IfDon'aM wa'§ 'sciilling, bVi't ®lar- ■- &t ' the :Wbllingtbii ; ■%#• *&tta shoWed that he was ift thb ship 'class,, &n r d-, *tlioui£h it s's possible that RicnWds, : ihe 'disquaMecl cbftpetitbr, may livb itttcfrbrcd with him % extent, the >aSe Stone v anguished. th%. Wa-I'gMiVii-inSJi 'would 'tlAl thfe fftuliSig had [ft «ff«Bt 'on. the A, 'dbtailbd Vtc'o'tilttt it the faSe fbllb 1 !?®. •■ '$hfe tiWf® fW&i&lfi for .he dis't&K(!& %te fto onteribn at all of the itandaW fcf thb peHbrffiahcbs^ih. fact, tliey com almost to touch upon absurdity. This s: due to ' the current, which, twist. have >een very strong, ,]\ld&in'* fi-om 'thb figures. ?or instance, the first mile of the Champion ?ours .was/covprejl in 3min. lSsec-., and the vhole .jouriiby in Sihih. lsec. Good, timb.-fpr hii'S .'distance has befen ih.-.the neighbourhood fef 11 Vmilv I append details of the tfui* : big 'events,; taken from the. " Auckland AH, sWrtbd for tho dhainpibi Single Scully >yt Christiansen. I/he start waß & poor one, libliards: got aftayito, a Syinjg start-, tfttb. jtffi'e .as) ii's nearest .'attbhdaht.. Before thb Wats had, proceeded a 'quarter of a mile they ;bt bbh'sifeably ; iniSsed, •owing, .to RicbaWi :lr<)sSih'g„,ifi front v of nearly all the other ibit's. • .life• fas'fbtioVH& sh&rtty.'Mto by. a bill t&tW&ii Clark and Harpeis but thb inlidbftt "did not "afiect the result) las. they. wer§ I'abk, SSfefi. Four or five boats were errifi to the three-quarter mile, Theli hbt ih frbntj iind, rowing well wi'tnin liinrifeli, -Soii b'y .five lengths vfrom •Marshall-, tioh^tds„ fibished 'third,. ahd B'Dbliald oWtb.; Ri6hafds disqualified for • cfcpssftg the b'o'ats early, in tbe.race, and third >lace' fras aßcordihgly given to •M'Donald. Kai'e, teifi. 7sec. . u ..'■', "• .„. For tho Champion Fours all star'tedi Tho roKt£ jgbt.'away inline, but at.the.Very oiltr bt. Waitblilata seen tb,.n'ave a 'slight Sad.-. At th'e qiiartbr-ihile : Waitemata. an'd Jltahfeiin Blrew ;oilt ffbirt tnfe hun()h > ._'Wait&bata fetlll.kaVi'iig a slight leS.d. .tVaiterfiatS, lad M M. tfi.th 44 .the -minute) ittt HbVi; down to Blpnn'eiiia .rbwihg !t -abbut tlie s'aihe rate. , Blenheim, appeared it 'ttli'i stiige;'t& 'driw iliead.bf >Waitctn&.taj lilt, bhly whiloj for 'bwihg fritt. 'a,,. lbhg, swinging stfokfe.; feaiii ook up: the first .position, and were leaning ,t .the .mile, frhi&h iwVs: passed■ in 3mi"n-. Ssec., Th'ft bo'ats S'ere .now in closej attead.&be, but t)ib Jpo'sitibh 'of the leadefs.was uniltered.: .Fivb lflißixtS's,.after the .fetort the ffiari:. wa'6 Clifton retirba 'at. wiis >bffit, and %hbn. th'e. mile; and three-quarter Mis ibabhfed dfopi)ed out.. . Waife iii'ta :waS 's'tilL leadiiig,' hotly .pufsued.„by Heilheini. 'and. Piotbh, iii - that brdor, The ireW's. tjilickcfibd . theiV. str'bke. pn: the, last wb ; htiiidfed: Hrds, and. a hard-fpufeht. finish eSulted ih ' .Watteiiiat'a., responding, to the ll'allfehgb thfbte biit by fileliiheim, who failed o; hxhici*: the gap between tMmsfelves' and whb hy.,neaiiy • It was, 'ii . finish, .and VaiteMta refftfeived It gr'eiit bvatibtt from the rbwil. The final Spurt pfbvea tbb ffi'uch.roi 'fctofij wno werfe two ,behind Bienteiin" it" tte-- ilWjfi,'wbw a .splendid Wee, ftfi'd .. nnishea up twaglyi The, time '(SBun- lsec.) is ei(ci|iibnaily gbbd. . . . "• The Cnafiipibn Dottblb Sb'Ulls 's"aw : Wfiiigaidi leid oWf- tJlb' li&'b, but'' North . Shore oming along at a great pace, imm'ediatblj ■hot into tho lead> and iat 200 yds. had draws iut a cottplb 6f leflgths.: Tha coinpetitors ai ihis rta'gb Were'rowing very fast, about 3£ 0 the minute being .counted.' .' This !feU iway aftti tha 1 first telf-lfiilb '29. Shore • Steferifi's 'a Boiftbwh'at erratic 'Etill held the iead; TOibftj tya? igaUUi) Sfi'd Wellingten we're bii tevel term's, nit Jit. .Geo'rgb had 'dropped 'astein A thi ifld of the fhife.; .Union wetb ihead peiteptaftlyj whilb Wafiganui we're ,elding to them. Wellington appeared, tt ■ire, ' an'd' dripped behind before tho last liarter waß featthed. Sli'ore, feteeriiib fai At iii, st'reaiii) M'd falleii bafik, aiid.'thi& lefi hb. filial issue bfetVvefen Uhioil aiid WangailUii nd thfe fbtmbt Wis fiftt.a;cfb'&s thb lihe s ling by. two lehgth6i Nofth Shore frks third, linlb,V6min-. VOscc. .... ■ "jaii- bars iiS asy win for\ Uiiibil-. Blefiheiiii afid Nk'pfei lid not start; While Piitbh 'ttetired ,'eaflS the breakilig bf S jiifc lliit eft JJnip'n aiid W&n'g&atii to fight but tte inish. Union led throughout) aM bVent\i : .lly.wbn by ten lengthfej WahgaM, rbwihg tidifferently j; a&d feteeiihg *a bad, feo'urse. -.TO funibr Foto's, tbh Btotie and Under, Saw tli'< ib'abs ;awivy well together, AVest End .leading lightly. . In the-fih'ai.'spiirt' vfbSt Knd iiV ireised their lead, arid won by a length iific 1 half.fibm Nort-h. Sh'o'fe, .swo.teflgt& ras Waitematn, third. • Thus an AuSt'ralidn fexchaflgbi—lf,, &s Vb »brted)! it is . ttrub ; thKt Ddllhan will &ivt Inirt 4 adtch fbi-i ifiSOO a-eide, alldW' 3620 C ixpefiEe's, &fid, ia 'Addition-, also JiSlf tli« ;atej, well) the the fehinipibil gfeti here the better fbt hiffiselfi fbr . afiytniiiE ofter. it. Would be difi'cult to lihigiiib; T.he \yelliligt'on. E-.C. ii: bbihfe irepftsehfec o-day ait the • Napier Regatta in the Maidei ind Junior. Sbulls; and. bouble Sculls. - Grai n the Jtaiafcft, aftd llnlbci-t i&. the Junio" Sculls, Sta'nden aiid Gray in , the MSidei double's,. and, Stahden ahd Hulbert in th< .unior Double's,, have.been selected to Uphblt he honour of tho.'clubi They harb all bee!; loifag]solid wort:*lately) and) iA the doubh lyehts, Will ,take.a.Jbt;of beatiiig s esgeciallj lie maidene.,' . I ; do:''not give theia filtibl inaiice in - the • Binglesj .'as Neither of . tl« iciillers appears tb be; Builiciciitly it hoUit li. the 'boats.to put. up a hard Wee. The Star B.G-. Will Hot :-bs represShtbd ai s'apier at all, but is seriding a stt-blVg coll lingpnt. to. .Wangaflui fpr ; .the rfegitta thbri leit Th'ursdayi, .Sti-Piig croiVs are ehtifeped fbi lie . juiiipr, maiden youths' aiid ligltWbiglVf naideh fours, and for thb piir attd 'dbiibl'i i(!\illing events 1 in. these.clasEbs. .The jtihioi our has been'considerably improved by th'( iubstitutioii. of Dick BreWeif, lately Btlftfe if this club's Benior erbw, for Turnbull 01 ;hb 'sttbke seit'. The hbw stroksji hot bbif irg. bilt his carlyfeeasoli's jlroini'so iii hi; SWifig lorM'i but lus .drisli and' vigoiir .the:'speed ■of ' the uib# tb i ftaf-ke'd degfeei Theylaiiiden 01-ew 11a6.61£» Kjoll altered. ' Sv G. dbwles. has taken Lata wrt'&.plabb. as boiV, 6s t oWifig tb bUsiilfefc: lib's) the latter' cannot trip, Thi ■bllthS' haVe uhdbrgohb «l "similar change, tin iew bow being K. Wardrop. .These, combina ions ehauia nil bb afflbiig tile: prize-mblie": rfieii the numbers; go up. . . Sa"ys tile I 'Eefbree i, ':- t -' i ßeh Thorough ;ood is m&kiiig very little headway toward: letting his .Stake foV his pi-bjeciid matel pith Harry Pearee on the Parvainatta. Hi ias made two attempts'to get his supporter ogether,. but SVit'hout- success, an'd it. Took ifi_ if hb will liavo cbn'siderabfe trouble ii ■aising thb £100. required. The fitst meet lig he balled at' Newcastle fell thtoUgh owini o thb pattoity of attendance, and th ither liight he endeavoured to get his Stock bli SttpportcSM togbthpr.' The mbetihg Wai ailed 16r 8 b'blbck at the Boatrowers' Hotel ilit lit ,th'e appbilited liour Thoroughgooc iiin'Sblf was the. bnly ohe to' piit ill an ap>earalicc, ahd s of course) ttbthiifg was dolib ,'he bhampion leaves hel-e on February If or the Itichiiiond, where, he is to trftili Frcdi Totd for his lacb With Geo. : Diiy., There is. holefoH!, very little time left for Thorough" ;ood to get his state mbiiey together.' To ay tho least of it, he is bbihg .Shabbily t-eatbd, 4s he llhS donb nbthiilg to forfeit the ohfidcilce bf liis Supporter, Uliless it is that ho 1-ace is. to be rowed on. the Pal-famatia, ,nd lib cannot lie. blamed for foi'sakiiig the Ibfttef in view of thfe scanty, pati'ollagei tho aces rowed theft' have received." \ .. The impression appeal's tb be abroad that his race will affect the Australian cliamlionsllij) title. This is Hot id, iiofretfer, uness Pearce is willing to row at ThoibughJood'B headquarters at Raymond Terrace, ao ho ohampiofl had. tho'' right tb kettle the M&htj of the deciding rare. ,