SCULLING CARNIVAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 7

SCULLING CARNIVAL

]- THE FIRST' HEATS. iWEBB DEFEATS GREEN: A GREAT !- \ * RACE. ' Irnst and hagney successful. t; (By Telegraph -Spoolal Honor lor) \ ' WanganuiV Jatmaiy 6 "' Prom a spotting viowpoiut, the hoats of the first class 6oulling handicap toned to-day were an unqualified succors, but lis a finanoial undertaking it must proved a. disappointment Comparatively ien people patronised the boats which lan up to tho conrso, -which was the first two miles the championship course, but a huge number of spectators lad gathered at. finishing 1 point by two o'clock, The launches, ; rowlng.bpata, and Maori canoes, carrying snmraei-clad ladies, made a, pretty pictuie on the bulks at (the finishing point, and up the Tivef, both sides" 1 of which were tho vintage pointr'ofitho spectators , The fi eater number of these, however, ought no jevenue to the promoters ot tlie race the weathel was gloriou«lv fine A light breeze, which rippled the witer at the start of tho first heat, fell *»way to nothing, and .-'oft the water calm, 1 Nothing could have been better for racing, and, with a full tide, wad water, and perfect arrangements generally, those who did attend enjojed a capital afternoon's sport, and returned tome will Satisfied with the daj, looking fo ward to Saturday s final, which is expected to prove a great stinggle be t'tween tho three heat winners, Arnst, Wabb, and Hagney i Arnst rowed a line race,' with the ct eeption of a tendency to'Vartlg roughness about tho halt mile, and finished easily Webb also rowed well, but not up to his best form Hi* t stroke was somewhat short, and he had veryv little left lnlhim at the end of what was the hard estfought race of the day ' , Hagney again showed power in plenty, but Was very rough, splashing and 6C005 r uig repeatedly, and, notwithstanding his uetH!t«, this young sculler has many ad mirers here fvho prophesy that he will develop into a champion of the first water. Although the interest taken in to-day's events was not nearly as great as had been expected, the promoters are looking forward to something really good for Satmdiy p when Arnst, Webb, and Hagney - >' " THE FIRST iHEAT , ' Wlen tho umpifeVboaf, the Waione, Toached the starting line at 310 pjn tho competitois m tho fiurt heat were just putting their boats into the water Atnst, who looked a pictdro of muocular devol opment, and as brown as a berry, was scratch 1 man, and he was given the out side (position Telton (lSseo) drew the inside couise, and Kemp (lflsec) wad given'the centre of the river ' h, Al 1 'three men set off at a fast pace, but jiu swas soon apparent that Telton wasinot wf his b°st form He steered a bad course, dodging from. v undei the willows out towards midstream, and losing if good deal'of grouiidi 'Kemp kept bis Htd weir, and rowed'his usuarpretty Btroke.iand ho was still well in front at the half mile ' This time for .the mile was Grain 40soc When the half way'post had gone by reltop"'hid drawn close up *to Kemp, whilst Artist was moving''his shell along /and (fiadually decrqasmg the lead of the > hmitli'man rclton camo to level teihla, witlTllvemp, but it was geneiajly cOn ceded 1 thai the race belonged to Arnst, v-i 0 liad settled down to a long swinging which lifted him t along in great stvlej, \ v v The champ on drew up with Mton and set tilit Ih pflisuit jOf Kemn, wh» was Vain] 1)1 the**had, three-quarter:, 6f niiV 'f-9Ti hotie T pi Ihs on thnre wis onh one dnan 1 t! J ■> a;e passed Kemp, put 1" itl\ bct\<tei\ lunaself and New South ' H nun, and then wsnt on and won i>i M 'l'b Ive,lengtls, easing up'' i-.emo lkd been rowed to a' standstill ' Of tram of tho burst with irost had oci tou much foi him and he liad irt n ffiaent ir him to stall off a sprint "bj Vcltjii who gained second place, the 'iaco finishing) as — AV*.sr ~. ~.,,* 1 n,i/roN <, s 2, v KHMP . - 3 ' Theitimo was 13mln 48seo The winner's" actual tmo from start to finish was l'lmih 32sec L ! ~ s SECOND HEAT.' The 'starters m the «eoond heat were — Webb, Saec , Mitchell, Msec , and Dick Greent 23500 > 3 Webb,, drew tho outside position, Mitchell tho inside, and Green the centre ' Gretn, who had been pptting m some capital vrork on tha comse during his tramiiigt was looked upon as the Wanganui man's most formidable opponent, and the result of the race bore tins out, the finish being as exciting as anyone eoiildr wish,-, i ! 1 Gieen set his\ course down tho centre of the riyer, attd\ steering well lifted his boat along at "a great paco, but Mitchell was not 30 fortunato Ho hugged the left bank from the start, and had not gbne far b;foro he fouled tho overhanging willows (. Webb started strongly, but steered *a bad nurse, his left H appearing to be otrongisr than his right He got a lot of paos- out of his boat, but his old long stroke vas shortened With half a mile thrown behind, Mitchell got into trouble with the willows again,iiand became bo hopelessly tangled that ho had to pull up for a time, and was thrown out of tho race Ho started again, I .but was never in" tho hunt' With a mile done in fimin 35sec|

Green still held the lead, but Webb had been plugging along •eficctrvoly, and bad ' drawn j,up'closer to tho 11 lender f' ThreO quarters of ounilo from home it s lookedi as'though the task set "Webb was v too bur, and Tib hinisolf "'-appeared to waver tor, a few.secoiids, but only to. set to wore with lenewed vigour '1 he'pace was telling on both men, and another iquartet ot a mile saw. Green showing , signs (if tbsttess. .Webb,.kept plugging away doggedly,' and crept up until ho was only a length behind < alien, began a struggle such as is rarely seen The Wanganui In an iorged up, and hm bow covered his opponent's sterhi and giadually Green's outrigger was covered Then a curious thing Happened Greao, almost worked out, took Wpbb's ■Rater !at this critical moment,' and forced < tho Wanganui ntau to go 1 lght' round his stern and sot oft on a fresh course It looked as though this 'must lose tho, local t)io race, but lie put mla great effort in tho final hufidred yards,'luid, Green within a fey yards lit tho post,' was proclaimed tho winner'(by. tfiice altou a, „Teat,' but exhausting race Green Mas rowed out, aild stopped momentarily ttwco, when a| do/en pood strikes would iha\e earned, hira over the hue' It was .a great" W'ce Tho restllt was ','• WEBB , ' , ?. .1 UltriN < . , 2 MITCHEIJ.. ' 3 ~,i \ , i , llw iijio was i<l3imti 21J«ec , and | ',Y n bb's time wis 11mm Psoci'or 2"Jsec , fa.ter than tho time taken by Ainst, ulthongll it must bo remembered Unit tha Utter was not pushed, and slowed' co*« L after he held his field If ' THIRD HEAT. y i The* staiUrs'" in the thud heat weie Hagncy'dO'-ei.), Bob'Gieon (lsi.ee,), Larsen 1 -(l9sU), and To Itcwhiti (255 c(.) "" This wa£ the least interesting race of therday, and resulted'in'a fairly eiby v wil for ( Hagneja whoso only opponcut | worthy of rioto Osa Green, who roivod i a plucky ra<!o, but had n6t tho stamina to stand'against tho powerful young New South Vfolshman , At thti half milo post tho limit man still hell the lead, but ho* wis lowing badly, his boit atoppmg' between o\eiy ,two strokes, and as/Jio began to tiro he drew ov(lr to the right hand side of the river, u«hi awiy irom tho othei three men, and was taken little notice of. Green | soon took the load, clo*ol? followed ,br Larsen, "whilst Haßney. was -pounding | along effectively in his *ongh and ready style, coming up, on the leadois ' larsen/led Greoh for a short tune, bo I fell bacfe.again ' < , 1 At tho'linile post the time was Smin 30sec, and the position of tbo men was. Green I,' Hagney 2, Larsen 3 ' l 'i

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