SCULLING EVENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 3

SCULLING EVENTS.

■ .rli' THE REGATTA AT TOXTON. , ■ Much interest is being taken m the city in the"; professional sculling handicap to 'bo decided at Foxton on December 2 u,nd 3.' The bourse, which is a 2}-milo stretch on the Manawatu "River, ; is stated to be an excellent one; ■and. it; is anticipated" thiit'. aVconsiderablo number' of Wellington visitors: will make .'.tho trip to see the,pick, of, the ; professional/.'rowing world. The -.■ Railway ' Department has"'.' made special'arrangements for the gathering,: and special-holiday .trains? will'.', run': at' excursion rates from : Wellington, -ifastcrton, Danhovirke, and Wanganui.''The'fares from Foiton to the course'(about three miles),will be ss. Cd.: by steamer,', including return home and admission .to the grounds. .By brakes,' tho charge will bo ,2s. each way;, and by, cabs. 2s. 6d. each, way. be 25.: each .way, and by cabs 25., charged. Three of the Australian competitors, Messrs.' Kemp, Hagney, and K; Green, arrived from Sydney last week,; and it .is probable.that Messrs. B. Thoroughgood, J. Mitchell,. E. Larson,: A.'D; Felton,/ and J. Ellis will arrive from Sydney: to-day; by 'the-:Dlimaroa, togetherwith the : unbeaten (retired) world's champion,' W. Beach, who is to act as'umpire at the regatta. Mr.: C. O'Connor ■ will act as starter,- and : Mr. ,N. . Galbraith will'' bo ,the'.: assistant starter. Dr. O'Brien .will be , the ij judge. The, prizo money, '.which-' is" £ls9 and''.a i cup valued at J825 for first;place, 1 .£SO for second place,land ,£3O for third position, should bring forth, .the best that is in-tho competitors, and exciting, contests aro, looked' forward, to. '. Tho first heats will be'decidedon'the.opening day, and the' final, will be rowed ,on December 3. vThe : acceptances; for .', thi,\ handicap - are' as 'under:—'.:: - 'V; ; ',;. ':.■;.! '~- '-.;' W. Webb(W"anganni,N.Z.), scratch. . Goo; Whelch (Akaroa, N.Z.), Gsee. start; - F. S.,Hagney (Parramatta River, N.S.W.). -lOsec.'; ' ; ■:.-'■".'- ; "* : . J ilitcheir (Clarence River,'N.S.W.),.Hseo.. : ■'■ Robert Green (Sydney), 18sec. E. Larsen (Broadwater, N.S.W.), ; 2osec. :Syd.. A. Komp^CParramatta-River, N.S.W.), .Stsecj.';'': - •"■'. .-'"'.■■'■'- .'-"■'''.-'■•"■; : .. ! ' ■.'■''.,. ,-' A. S. Green-(New' Zealand), 30sec. ' - •■■'■'.■'>'•'' ■ Ro Witi (New Zealand),: 30see. ''':' "'.•;.: Frank J. Green (Now Zealand), 35scc. '•'•' J. Ellis (North Sydney), 45sec. "- .Ogilvio (New .Zealand); 55sec; j; f La,wson (New 1 Zealand), GOsec. - \ One of ; :tho :most interesting figures.at tho gathering.-:' will", be, .the..: famous ' ex-cham-pion, W. Beach, who made-his last appearance in Sydney in .February, 1907, > when he took part m a race" for men: over 50 years, of. age. : Kemp wou, and Beach was third; but the /reception tho 'latter got, at tho Tivoli Theatre when:the prizes were paid:over -was (says: the i'Ttofcree*')-. a'!'just an<f-,fitting. tribnte^to'the man Whom we air love."'{Beach isnow the officer in charge at National Park, about 20 miles south of Sydney. He.is n0w.59 years of age. ,'