BARRY'S STYLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 7

BARRY'S STYLE.

DESCRIBED P.Y HARRY FLOYD. ) ;»-ONE*OF THEvTAMEST OP RACES." ■. ®y .Tolograph—Priiiia '. •y- ; • (Rec. September 19, 9.80. p.m.) ' ■■i'.''■><■> 'i ••••• 'Sydney,'- September 19. 1 Parry 'Floyd, in a letter to the "Sun"- • . describing, the Arnskßarry'race, speaks •.Tathei'idisparagingly of . Barry's rowing, : -He-'WingS' Nek yery little bej-ond tbfi : ; perpendicular, "knifes" hie left scull /;!■ Jbaifly .at tho catch,' rows with straight )w?os together,; and takes a / short stroke with no drive at tho finish, B.arrir, •. winning the floss,' chose; what " jArqst'S supporters, copsidered the worst , positiomi' fie' never saw. a man- go so ;. fcareleply to the mark 'as Barry did. His '. fcost-y.oiic' bf 'line,' and 'half a length behind Arnst. . The ' latter asked: "Are .;'. ffoi],. reiidy ?"■■■ and, to. the surprise of' all, Barry dug his sculls in,, and away they. V' ■ thg tamest start of a big face- which Floyd ever saw, : started pt . thirty and ■ much-' about tho same. He (Arnst) . jroi?ea , twenty-seven' ip the second mjnute, • then going away fast,; until, '. ' at 'aj'quarter o£ a mile, he w.as tliree Jengths ;aliea(l, Then it \vas simply the 1 )6ajue; all/the way :over the course. BarTy mover l [Seemed .-to ; .make ,an effort, - while . psicfcs-stfli- rowipg prettv. yell-in .front r.i" i)f Jiim,- sometimes .went down as, low; as '..V: (twenty-two strokes to the minute. , ! -.Ho'wis. four or five lengths ahead with••i'/'Pn about.2so.yards .of the finish, and then. ;.i'-" Suddenly.'V stopped ]■ "rowins, - and freely threw water over himself. -He then continued on to tho finish, where /he ii-;Jiaokedjup, shook hands, with. "Dick," qnd thus ended one of the tamest of races ever j^'«eesr ;-V'. 1 ACCOUNT BY DR. THACKER. : ■-■■■■ < RACE ON THAMES LIKELY. ' , Hobart, September 19, ,^'\i)^[jiaeke^. of Ohristchureh,. pne of, jv^iE;.;SArn ; st's (backersi'.is aboard .'the .'.Tonga-.-iriroWMts. : -f.JA'ti of .the -race .betweep:Arnst andr' stated .-that-,' the? Zambesi'- in ; ;j6oWi;. places ,ii , q'iiite shallow, .and then ,''>r!gpes£snddenly deep'. ;< 'When: tho wind, water was' quite rough. f Vt - ;^fefjoejrlain;-bends"on.-.the! day of. the race .'.. : thenr-.'were' ware?' ■ fourteen' inches -high. * jTfcq '.men had a ' big -head: wind : -to row < !ag£iiist.: • Both complained that-after tho. < . they, had;'a'/: burning, feel- , £q«.|in the throat-, probaßly. duo' to es- ;.-- -exfiefsivefgljpdular ,v:7 ;fe^^hons:-.; : v.Thia probably popped Barry ' jafithe end of the race'. ' ;'. y'the- start'ATnst'. . Ava? two .lengths ahead, and he maintain-Jedi.the.-lead'all the; way. When within ~ v Barry seemed-- tohesitate,• .- -'then-.lio puljed himself. ';togetlier, 'antl ; . jmyle^afreallyi 'surprising; i ; jßpijrt ?;fpr ;al?out thirty, or . forty etrpkefcVirjiSt never &lter«d- hjs stroke:.: Barry •nearly approached Arnst's boat, and then Jcollapsod, bnt finished' the , . \ U .-was a reftlly good rpca. hut Barry , ■ sn)ipatted 'that"h.e liad had nQ idea tlie fi-.: pEin.'he-was' to meet had-such-skill. and: jujwer. X' : ;l J)r.' -Thacker,-added that h? Jiad pra<;ti-; csdlyJ'cdimpleted arrangements-ifor : Arnst ■ ■ pqd Barry to row on the Thames m July ' FOOTBALL ' f4?&-"G .V ; . ;V : i ?. i . FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. ±Tho. following are .tho Rugby fixtures, ' fero®" s ." a n'd referees-. for ,i-Saturday , . ffisnefit-.iClpb 1 . -ilatch,—Oriental. v. .St. ;■ jJflpies,: at. Athletic Piirk; iMr. I. Simt>- , iponi- I '. Third-claw; Potpne v,- Viotoria College', ;.: dt Petone; R-eereation Grouiid; • . -afr.'.iOi P. Brocklebank,' SoutliorA v.-V-:Athletic, i-at..;'A.thletio : Park, at. 1.30. p.m. :' ' Ciurob. "HOUSE"'MATCH. Tho annual "house"' football match, •,l>§t,w,een'.f. ..the , '.Combined . Fruitbrokers' - .^.m.;aßd,l ; a?ry ;apd Co.,' Ltd., was : j/;; ■; - I>!Med ; . ,oii.;,tie,',4th!eijc ' Psrk 'jest'erday i::',--fa'jtn&'ifftltS.'of .rathejr '■ wipdy'.cpiidjiEioh'?';'" -:: r : '. ffh'e;\first'gpell:.was ;well 'and".-evenly conV ■ieffred,'? : .bnt ':thevsup,erior..forward play of mc p,'supported by a geftd back ' , division, of -whonj A, Burch (captaip) ;Y ; pnd -B. v Walker 'were ithe ,mainstay, told;.wnen '18: points 'were full'up. against 'the combined team's three. iFot the, losers, .ft. Thompson «nd B; 'V ; r^P!T a >V- in ■' tho back division,. played : .|wclli; and .Taylor, and- Osborno- were tenuous in tJiij forjyarfe For tlie win»ers, J, Thompson (3), Needham, and scored tries, three of whioh were ■ wjjircrted. Thompson scored . for the . (losers.; ylri.. the; evening a' smokeconcert -WBs'-held, when Mr. F.' 1 Townsend, of • , .To.wnsend and' Paul, 'presented tho, chal- .- ; ?epgo cup to_ the winners' for this sea- ' -An enjoyable oyenin'g. was' spent, and i songs .-were, contributed-- by x -Messrs.' fiibbS). 11. Townsend,. Gill, House, ; New£oo, Larson, and Jacobs, ' N.U. TOURINQ TEAM. PERSONNEL AND PROGRAMME. Y-.'fßy^Tplcfrsph.—l'rKis. 'Association,) ; Auckland, September lor '■ The Auckland touring team, whioh is ; to .:play, under Northern. Union rules, '' loaro by the Main- Trunk express to-mor-row .cyening.' The players chosen .'are' as ~ .'^Upw'^Fnll-ludc/ObUds^rtbreeHtfqu^Qk-' HffrriEoh, E.'.--.Asher, '-'Branner,- i -S. 'Ri , ley l «nd^NolaiL : ;.five^eigHths,.;Carlaw > Jackson; -'«i«l-. Walker;, half-backs. M'Donald and iKeaMKforwards,'Bennett. Ccle, Avery,: . Denzie, - Dunning, Pricker,, Seagar, - : 0»k!«y, and Brockli;s. ; : v The,programme- for: the tour is as f01... ... 1 lowsi-rWanganui, ; September 22; the : September 27; Southland, Septeinber('2B;'Oted, October 1; Nelson,-Ooto-. her 5r Eawke's Bay, - Octohor 8; Dan. iovirke,' October 12. • - Mr. ' E-' W. Watts :/will accompany the team as manager, and>Mr.'':H, .'Oakley asv secre-