ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1990, 21 February 1914, Page 12

ROWING.

IBt. "Meiicubt."]

WAR IN THE ENEMY'S WATER

To-day—Wanganui Regatta. Fibmary 2S—Oliristcliurch Regatta (Cdrsaif Bay). March 14—Wellington Regatta. Star Qtub's Enterprise. As is recorded a.bo : vo the annual Wnngamii regatta is set dipwn tor this aftornomi. Loe;vl interest is giyen to tire figure by the fact that "Wellington, oarsmen witl bo represented by a strong ccntiugoHt from the Star Club, vi-hkfh is sending senior, junior, and maiden four-oared crews, '.i'feis is carrying war into the enemy's country with a veil* gesmcß as the recent cliampioiislii-n rogatta p.i'ovtid the Wanganui Union crews to bo as formidable as ever, which' is truly -saying something. Especially is ih-iif iso in the senior -division, and in taking on the champions on tneir own uater, Captain Bayfield is- setting his <:rew a liard tusk. Htttt'ev-8-r, the enterprise, eve-n if not justified by the festlTt, has everything to eoiftiflond it from a spQrfiu.g aspect and the exparie-OTo Rained mvist (fo. for the ultimate gsofl of the crew, ant! no doubt wiii bear fruit at, the regatta em tile Jutrbotir on March ii. Their Senior Crfiy/ for V/angarmlf . The Star senior crew—fia-yfield, Wheefov. and the B-reAfW Brothers"-lias been getting iil all the WOrU p&ssible, but is not yet rowing so Well as last year's quartet, which. BsyneWi stroked to victory fa tho senior four raea Bt the championship regatta last year, The Stroke and No. 3 aro well together, bat there is afteft a break in the swing between No, 3 and No. 2 which naturally throw? bo* -out of eambination at time. This is :bound to tell upon the pace at tho bas-iness did of a two»Bjile race, Fur the- rest, the work appears to bo going tm Jaretty solidly and there is a- good "isieU" in the boat that should make for pace if it can bo sustained but, at- the same tune, one can hardly see the Star crew beatitg the riiampious iipou their native heath. the Junior Hope. I'ho junior four is a good one in its class aiid must Iravp a ehaiwo. Holmes has replaowl Bird at stroke, otherwise ■the now is the samo that wen at I'ietott on New Year's Day,ahd is rowing just alioiit as well, although the rate of striking is perhaps not so lively as was the case then. Against this is the fa.et that the -men aire holding the more firmly with the slower stroke except No. 3, who still shoirs a tendency to "vvash'out" at the finish,

Ths M3f(lsn Quartet. The maiden quartet, striked, by P. Hackwortl), is a good crew and i-Jie boat that beats it s-hmild frin. In the- calm .weftther early in the week the maidens <ji(J -some very attractive work, Hackworth particularly, shaping well. He sits u.p well to ii-is work, rows with ge-od .stfaight s'rms, and gets a nice c-lca.ii finish to a. bright, lively stroke. Ko.. i) is showing improvement on his iasl; racing form; his arms sto strnifihter aivcj his iui-ish eoWcspondtn-g-l.y fttrohgw. Jvq. 2 does not sit up and reach out as tie might, and his slide work is not bey-eui'd reproach, but he fi'-orks kird and. apparently shifts a tat.of water, while how is towing cleanly aft'cl iii goad tinjQ, but hs lacks log drive and has a tendcßcy to get short n;.t tho end,' of a, hard mw. Jii all, this erew alj-otiW , take a lot of beating, a-ii-d if not imlucky in striking -fi bad patch in- .tlio. Way <tf current, hi tho r-jvef should be knocking at the door when tlte gun fires for the finish, .

Waiiganut River Current*. This siitiijj remark -about the vagaries of the current in the Wangauni Kiver, fcinvcvcr, applies to iaost races on tte \Va).i.ganiii in which big fields atfo engaged —those oarsmen who have experienced that baeli-wash under the bunk while the boat in the middle -af tho tide- , way is Sailing atoiig merrily to victory, • will nockl no tins is all part of ike giifte, awl in any case, in today's legiitta., thp. fields are not Jikciy to be, so forge as to cause trouble of this sort;

The Ruling Pasalon^ It will he many a long year before tiin-o c-ffacos from memory tho part played in New Zealand rowing by the thteo Bendall Srotliers, tntfil lately all of Weltingtoii. The eldost of the tedioabtable trio, W» E. of that ilkyhas been for sonso time pas{ stationed in PjU' morston Nojtjjj and. it has ever been his groat .grief that in the comftfy ceti* fcre rowing has ny bding. It is many -years now sineo W. E. Beudiil.l won ihe pair-oared fihampioJiship oi' New Zeakuid-'IiQW long may • bo "UessotJ at from the Such tiint an that occasion Ids partner was Mr. Alex Now- , ton, \viio may Jiavq been seen this «»d last -season, _ coaiAtag a regatta crew atroli-od by hn sari—but pair-soared rawing still has its pjitcp in tie «x-el«un-piun's liieefioiis. In pj'oof e£ which ■'Jle-reury" was shown during the; week a 'photograpii of a crew on tho Maniivratij Kiver rowing in a beat built by W, E. BencJafl, which, on jAmmjry t& niid i!JI cqvt'red a distance of C 4 miles on the river in 10 lipurs. 'i'he ciw eoitsistet! of tljo builder himself aiid niiethof voterati mafbusiast, Mr. N. iJlaekmoro, Jrtc of the .Canterbury and Star Clubs, tuid the performance is horehy set Up as ode that, as an exatuple of allcgia-siec to the s'pwt, triros a dc-ftl of boafiuß.

Out After Fogwsil. fhe. following from the Sydney "Stra" has ,1 local interest: —- ' Hannan wants the seulliiig oliampiousMp of NCT.Zenlaiid. 'Die title is at fw-esent held by "Biijy ,, Fog* , wrii, ;md with a view \o aw,ingi»u a n.mt<-h the X«;v Zealand squilcr cnHeiJ on Fog\wll, and tho pair tallied the matter over. Very lriile has been heard of Fogwell "lately, but »■ wec-ls sjip lib $t«fcil that he was not yet finished with the game, aiid, in fact, ho intended getting into form alntost straight away. One clause, in the New Zealand Vliias* pionsbip rules mak(3S it necessary for a .raee for tho title to be rowed within tho Dmnnlon. TJift't niep.lls that- and Manjiau, if tiioy agree- to race, will have to shift tfecir quarters to New Zealand, i%e ' expense would bo heavy, but ijo doubt tiio gs-te-, if the wea-ther was faveurabJe, would ho big enough to enable tho seuUers to siiow a, i)rofit ' en tJiD undertaking. JfogweU is very popular in Now Zealand aquatic circles, and Hn.niKvh, being » native of AUioriland, a iriiiVfih betwfiph tliicfio two soalUrs should certakly be a draw. Immodifttel.v Fogwoil (Ifefiiiitely fixes a date, HnMiitn will forward his chalkngo to ?\ T ew throiiKh-tJio "Wu.ll/'

Whilst on a recent visit to Australia "MNei!.r.y" fras glad to receive a tali fwai Haiina.u, who was wdi known in iithtoio cirelus in Welliiijxt-ou. He did m> srtiliiiiß here, but sot into ttio pino in Sydney th<; Knosl oftWes of Mv. tieefge. Seifurt, of Fostmi. Ho lriul sain* tuition from 0<"orgo Towns Jisul Harry. i''it>.«l, ;in(.l camo aiong very fast, showiag up prominently in handicap racing. Last month ho won his first, match from A. ftuhllc, cx-amatcur champion of Australia, sniij k now considered good enough for Kogwtil. He has all the physical requirements for a fcculler, but lacks stefi, although ho is far frem smalj, stripping as ho" rloos at list, sib., wbichi ho«cver, as he says. , is bigßor thaft George Towns a'jjd "Billy" I\'ebl>. Summa's career aiil be ftatciied with iaterost on iiis side.