MANAWATU SCULLING RACE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 8

MANAWATU SCULLING RACE

' AUSTRALIAN OAESMEN IN WBL- ■::;.;■ ■:,: !- .: : UNGTQN. ■v. ;. ■■ •■'■'.- •.;,.;•--| v -By the .Manuka* :which!.arrrved,.fromVSyd-1 ney: yesterday, ,came three, scullers .who are to'. take.. part, in the Profesi.fiipnaUHandicap .arranged ...to" .take jlaco on tlie i lifanaw'atu' , Kivor on December'' 1 !!' and 3; They are' Sydney Kemp (son ; of Peter Kempi' ad ex-champion sculler, of the world), one of jthe best of the younger school of Sydney-side oarsmen; Eichard Green; ex-amateur champion scalier of Australia; and'P. ■'S.^HagneyJ l the ex-eyclist, who. defeated Thoroughgood in a .scratch race on the Hunter River a few weeks •' ago; T ' AH three oarsmen' come ' prepared, to d) their best to uphold.the honour .of'Aiistralia-.in New Zealand waters, and-are convinced that the handicap should be'-a' •highly interesting and N attractive racei The visitors were met and. welcomed by Messrs E Newman, M;P., F,; .E. I^aston,'and .Messena,! of Foxton, gentlemen ,who are.interested in' arranging the fixture, which'is to add another fine, rowing, course to.those, the Dominion' can boast: .; . ■ ; -. - ... ~■■ .; r . •' , • ■.-..'•. , Each- oarsman brought 'his , own boat-all buUt •by Towns-ancf soon after arrival had them.transhipped to,the Queen'of the South,' which will,convey them to Foxton to-day.V In. the two and. ..mile. handicap, Webb is on scratch,. Hagney 10 seconds, E. «mn,.lß..Beconds,, and- S. Kemp: 21 •seconds handicap.- The chances of the' two lastnamed oarsmen: considered as good as any in'the race.-,'.: . ■•....■-■ :•"Mitchell: and Thoroughgood,.-who"..have. also; entered, were to have .rowed a race on the i $*-*¥% on , Monday last. They probably.' left :for ; Auckland on< route to'Foxton'bv the steamerwhichleft Sydney yesterday.' If not they -Will.; bq. leaving Sydney on Saturday, as both, had expressed their, intention of coming over. .It is also, pretty sure: that William lieach. (ex-champion oarsman of the world) : who is judge, will be leaving ney.for Wellington on Saturday. -. -— ■ Geo. Day, (Gsec.) was also expected to come n?°TWI? w^™, 8 l to row Pearce at, Perth, .W.A., he has abandoned the New Zealand trip. ••'.■,'- arry: n °&l •# Sydney, - who trained K.-Arnst, may visit Foxton next month.