ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 16

ROWING.

[BT "ItEßCjnr.'] PERMANENT COURSE AGAIN. July 5 and (r-llenley B-oyal Regatta. .. July: lb fod-;l9T;Kowingv: Events.*. Fifth ' Q'.Yfiipi/ul.: at:: Stockholm ;f c':V. : / •tub •^^Vbrldfs^Ckamßiottsliips'S'Arns't v, Harry, the Thames..' ' . -"..rElite of Australia at Henley . Next Friday, and "Saturday will, see tlio ''o.viil Ileuley 'ljegaftaf,. iii lor -Austraijvsiais's. tliis classic meeting has f-pccial interest this year. time. on record an -■V,u itra ii a 11... ei gli I'. 5w i 11:< Ij o. engaged iii measuring iW'idv4 ; /;with;J{:|h^',:oiiw.|v : oi- J :>tho Mother -.(^untryr Jl®? if^'^''evidently,■■'pkhsing the'Eng- 1 ' jish erilics'.-in its Hauling work. . Cabloiiii'Austi'alialshow that tho eight is considered worthy of..tho utmost >Wsn&S i .al i thWg j U'r!-c!tcßptioii'- , ;is.'.'tak«n , j»to-' the cfc.ws'-siioh'-(to EnglishYideas) 1 . blade-' work,, and Sack.of fag-drive. '. '•:'.. A'sjtho/.rc'giilations. ueiiiand that the particular ran: in which- the Australians are engaged, the (.irand: Challenge Cup, shall bi to ehib .ropn'sem-atives only, tho Club crew/' has been /soiected Jrom.' the.i.nieihbers; of, that, club •o.uriiig- with 'the. Olympic represent;!, ti (.-• Our Amateur Code—An Outside View, Af the time of the decision, of tho council; ot the -N'.Z.AIIi.A, . to ■ alter tho amateur definition at.'present obtaining iti tlieiniohi''£o'hs ; 'to. bring tho,New.Zeathat of tho' Ausiraiiaii -f-tate.s and countries of tho, Old Wurii!,.. ".Mercury" stated his opinion, that legislature' has 5 , made a 1 big ,?misf!iker:> ■. ■ ? This'., view- is ; supported by : tho aquatic and "as f{t^pcstig^'i^Vaucli' ah important orio, ihiid as/ ani outside; opinion Irom an aui'thoritiiUyo'soureo is always of value, tho J Sydiiicj?cijtic's'wjm'arkSj,aro appended. s "The' New: Zealand: ■ Position Is Untenable." :: Ho;;wntcs :i asCfollows:--. . •' "The .Xow Zealand position is'unten- • able.. A-man. is either an amateur .• caiuiot bo both''v tile'saiub;tiihe.v'. ,; V The terms aro, mutually cxciiivive.' . 1 think tho posiI; tion is properly crystallised in tho ex-:--in one sport" ■ I in all,' and conversely,; . 'Au amateur' iu.ono. an. amateur in

;'!JJridsrvthe: rule as presently adopt-' edv-.-iu. : .Acw. Zealiind, her oarsmen v.ould- not be eligible to compete here as amateurs, nor in England, nor at point of fact,.: no■wiicre/jputsido'of New Zealand. • Tho ippsition:, caanot' Ijo. justified. If a, •spirit of- professionalism animates a i'fiiaii'intone branch of sport, it is hard: ■'to'Vealiso' how it' does not animate him, in'the others.

': "Clearly, New - Zealand has made-a' inihtake.l . If she sincc-rcly desires to as it is lion---cstl)v%believcd:Lsho does, a clear path •jsibijen to is; of course, asysuihingy.that.'.her'oarsmen aro aetuated bv tho truo spirit of' amateurthing as reinVrsfatemeiit .i'or those, who have intring■'.^cd'';aiid....who don't propose to infringe again, "and it is diflicult to see why '. such, a course lias not been adopted. One ? would..tbihk">that even , bv following' :'.' ; this lin6' of least resistance the associ-. ;? : '>»pKw-ould"have had the support and sympathy.of the delegates.-.. -i"lf.'an. aiuple. reinstatement clause or bo ..acceptable to so:iif- few'c'uib members, ■'then tho as-, soeialion might well have taken tho t'-lirnicri.'stand of excluding those oars:':..nieii; wh'o'.:failed' to -beepmo reinstated in" other branches of sport,-. Is it yet ■Mtopdator:,yL-.;---'

I Permanent Course—A. Reply ..to "The Art- | cient Manner." i : ..'.Regarding:'th<^ f 'tionV' "Mercury;'!; lias:received 'a' reply' to ''Thc - Aheiciit"-Mariner's" letter; published : 1 li-.s tliis's:'coluniu'. fiom 1 liis ...qrifirinal. corrospoV.dent; which runs:—. '■'■ : /tf'Dear 'Mercury,'—l was Tory pleased to ";read .lAneieiit Mariner's' reply to my lot■'.tir '.Tef/permanent;, championship ' course, : 'b'ut\regrcthe did not-'attempt to give any jVeasbii why.' tiiere: should he one. As you .■:Siatc'. tlmt;';ho has'a feat oil Iho council of .tho locai'association, 1 should like to have • ha'dsaii 1 expression from him as to ways :"and means'-of'financing the. scheme. ' ?v"\Vhoa- holding n regatta' in New Zea;lond, owing' to the fact that practical!}- no ■ gate- money can l:o obtained, the bulk of i.tho;.'necessary. funds has to he raised by subscriptions. • l-'or an ordinary ■; regatta fthisVis : difficult'enough,- but for tho ehamvpidiiship,!. annually,- where double:. the, '■.■amount; wouhriiavo to bo raised, it would !\be; ! /T':;think, impossible/ i.i';':*Tho Ancient Mariner' suggests slightly iraising'the 'capitation fee charged tho affiliated clubs, I presume to augment the fund. -.Well,'l' fear that no fcclub'.'outside-'tho proposed'"championship is'ilistrict/.would agree to this." As it fs, they .all have great difficulty, in showing a (.'credit;-balance on tho--year's working at the.ond,of their financial periods (except '..whent'.exccptionally lucky at regattas). "HeValso voices tho opinion that my rc--:mark's'-re-'the'.improvement to local ''form' by: tho annual- championships lios buncombe.' - I would point out that Jfmfldefiiojrcinark' at'aH-alxmt „ 'form,' ; . AVhatKl-i-wroto'.was ! i'interest,' moaning i |;J til a 11; I lie'? l:o hi in g "of a 'championship nioctti| aiceiitre has thc"eff«ct of inducing i-'iioronly'. , inen, but- tho general iwpublicjto'ftikp Kii| increased interest in the which mi.st make for '• good.'of rowing. » ■b M''ln :i liie ask, "Tho'Ancient I; One'--'this:' Has any other sport.a permanrffife'championship coarse ?' Has swimming, ■ goif,' tennis;' bowls, .or .any of then? Not one. Why, then, should "'roiving. bq*- singled out fo- .special treaty ■■iuenti ihj:this-respcct.' T '• -- : if. any correspondent can giviy one good:;and;,sufficient reason why i hr-re .shqnld"l>o:a L pe^i r\:uiont chumpion- . ship course; tlion will there bo ample timo |5 to;;'<lisciiss;? r th&;j:pcatio'i - thereof.-; I am,' Mtc^-Qf 1 :-': v. i-. ", -.''"Mercury" - ss'-glad lo publish. "Obieo ■ him that ill |,: : all s pr6babili'y;"ono.. reason- at-least' for tho '.cslablishmont'of..a", peimrncnt course will tlxi-afforded-: him "next week,- as Mr..-Neil Galbraith, wlioyo remarks were, in- tho I'-first placej.'-'.'.the"'-.cause.-of.,all' tho. pother, will, then sub-nif his ro.i>ins' fur his. advocacy oiUba.scheme."•; , New Zcnlnnders at Cambridge. i 'The;' lieaded the river . .it. Ca'i'.liridge, and in-.laicd therein .woro itivo:>i<>\i?; Ze;daudVuar*mo'C Rt Ejor' Gould, ■ nf ChvUtch'irch, and Gray, of Napier. ■