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TTon want my . opinion of Arnst and I fßarry,. and~ what s chance tone : - will havo i : f-: againstVthe., other. in;,'their-fqrthcbming I : :.-match ?" said':George Towns', ex-world's •:f ;;;< champion; sculler; • when - interviewed by a•; jj:.':'/. representative 'of : :the'. "Daily Telegraph"; •."•.last week;i:!TVell,: to begin:.with, you must ndt.:tnke : .imy;:rnce : withrßa'rry a?: a/com-' . , parison. '/'Certainly,: I did ''iny'very .best,' .; ..and could not have doneAbetter, if:my life, dependedv.upori -' ";it r but—we '.cannot - do', '. . without' ;tlie Trots,'' can we ?—Barry was a ;;' ; ;' better;,man; than:,!; was (then,'.which ■ does ;!,. ;'not necessarily mean: .-I am' ...;. wther', : too :old;for.rsuch.;strenu'ons,': work now. I was not the man that I was .when 'I-beat ; his'.brother j'some years ago, ! . and. consequently;:,tooVmuch weight- must .;- . not be put upon'ohr/ race."/.-Well, regard-' ,V;'j;;ing<Barryhimself,' he" is dVfair : 'aU-round sculler.. He is fairly:lively; off- the'mark,! and ; : Soori opens' out,into a long!; swinging, v. Etroke, which he/ maintains throughout /i/ ' '.rest of- the'course.*: He -did not : seem ' .' to. me to be a sprinter, but rather, in- '. cliniid to .the'all-out'method all the way. .«;;'-'Hls;irateimaMhlp;iß^;fairi : jrMelii(ict' •>I .noticed',in..the ; !first..part of. our race,' :- j when: the. water was -very/rough.; Thon, Barry , rows at list. 71b., which is not !!/'/ heavy/enough to/meet .a /man like Arnst. '"; One prominent; fact, about him, which will ;Btand him in good'stead, is that whether, ■■vhe; is! in 'front. or?behind,;lie :puts; in his; / best .work.and dbes: not kno-.v what it is >- to: loso!heart.'; ,So, mucK for : Barry. Now, '. with:i^ard! to; Arnst;.. I'/think-, he! is too ■\*Wl : :taown:'br,i;Sustrdliii&?.to!':need'.any i ' -'t-.- :^Vd(»drljp.tion\:'by;.ine. ; ;'.\!H|a;'.-bTillHdop';;pluck,'; v . ■; enormous, strength," and;./gTeat;' . !i/■',!- will seo'.him , through against anyone.". My ' firm opinion is that, Bariy will, not stand /-.- th'o'least fchance/of: beating -Arnst either in Africa,, England,' or,: anywhere in. the :: ./ world. "Artist. should * have no trouble, at - ill.;in .defeating;;Barnr:.o'r .'any scifller-in' • ' the whole world' to-day !

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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 5

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