AQUATICS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1081, 14 December 1877, Page 3

AQUATICS.

C.R.C. SENIOR AND JUNIOR PAIRS. The second heat for the senior and the final heat for the junior pair-oar races for prizes presented to the above club bj Messrs A. F. M. Blackiston and R. D. Thomas were pulled off on the Avon last evening. The final heat for the juniors was between Smith and Bassett and Fooks and Spencer, the former crew winning a pluckily pulled race by a couple of lengths. The heat between Pavitt and Evans and Lanauze and Paul was looked upon as the race of the evening, but Lanauze’s really fine and plucky stroke had a very telling effect, and after going about half a mile the latter crew got a lead which was kept to the finish. The final heat will be pulled off this evening between L. M. Ollivier and Lean and Lanauze and Paul. Judging from the manner in which the latter crew pulled through their two heats, the final one should be a good race, though it can hardly be expected that Lanauze and Paul will be able to hold their own against two such dangerous opponents as Ollivier and Lean, both of the latter having already won many good races on the river, besides the wellmerited credit of being two of the best oarsmen in the club. The following are the details of last night’s racing : Seniors. EIEST HEAT. Moa, north bank—J. R. Lanauze and E, J. Paul (C. Manning, cox.) ... ... i Tui, south bank —A. R. Pavitt and J. B. Evans (C. Dixon, cozy) ... ... 2 Both boats got away w'ell from the start, and a. gs,c.d Taco ensued up the straight, the Idoa, however, holding a slight lead, slust before rounding Herdson’s corner Lanauze put on a spurt, and soon gained a lead of fully a length. Going under the Stanmore bridge the Moa was leading by fully lengths, and notwithstanding thp plucky endeavors of Pavitt and Bvana, they wei;e unable to get on Wei germ's with their opponents, why, appeared, to have the race well in hand. Going up the straight towards home {die Tui drew up a little, but the Moa's crew put on a bit of a spurt, and reached the winning post first with fully two lengths to spare, Lanauze being heartily congratulated for his excellent stroke and capital judgment throughput flip. race. It is only fair to pavitt’s ; crew to say that Evans was puffing under extremely painful circuipafcancca, and he deserves great praise for the plucky way in which he stuck to, his work to the (hushSECOND HEAT. Tui, south bank—L, M- OlffTier and A. Lean (Dixon, cox.) ... ... ... 1 Moa, north hrivffr—J. O. Jones and Staveley (Malining, cox.) 2 Tbo Tui got away with a good lead from the start, which was maintained throughout, Ollivier and Loan winning easily by a couple of lengths. ,11'NIOH’S final heat. Una, north bank —Smith anc\ At's.-ctt (Johnston, cox.) ... , ... J Syren, south bank —hooks and Spencer (Laurie, .vo~.\ .. 2 hooka got away first from the star), ano i held b slight lead to Cowlishaw’s, where Smith put on a line spurt, and after overhauling his opponents took thejead and won easily by a couple of lengths. *