AQUATICS.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1768, 20 October 1879, Page 3

AQUATICS.

OPENING OP THB BOATING SEASON,

The following is the detailed account of the races rowed on Saturday afternoon on tho occasion of the opening of the boating season ■ FOUR-OARS. —FIRST HEAT. Tyne—S. C. Kesteven, J. J. Smith, B. Mansfield, G. Bell ... ... ••• I Electric—T. Tayler, L. M. Ollivier, E. G. Hawkes, A. H. N. Campbell 2 The Electric was the first to got well under weigh, and, after the first hundred yards had been covered, she was gradually forging ahead with a lead of about half a length. Here an accident happened to No. 3 slide, when the Tyne drew up and passed under Stanmore road bridge a clear length ahead of the Electric. This position was maintained till the boats were fairly round tho bend and into tho straight, when Tayler’s crew put on an extra spurt and gradually draw abreast of the leading craft. A capital race ensued to the finish, the Tyne, though very closely pressed, maintaining a slight lead, and winning by barely a quarter of a length. SECOND HEAT. Electric—E. D. Petrie, J. Duncan, B. Borland, P. D. Kesteven 1 Tyne—J. O. Jones, H. Hanmer, B. M. Boulton, J. J. Collins ... ... ... 2 Petrie’s crow got away with a lead, and won tho heat easily with a couple of lengths to spare. PINAL HEAT. The final heat was between S. O. Kesteven’s crew in the Tyne, and E. D. Petrie’s crew in the Electric. Petrie’s crew got capitally away with a alight lead, which was increased to jf a boat’s length after about a hundred yards had been traversed. Here Kesteven called on his crew for extra exertion. The appeal being immediately responded to, the Tyne drew ud and appeared through the south arch of the Stanmore bridge with a lead of a couple of feet, both boats gliding oyer the water at a very hot pace. On rounding tho curve and coming into tho straight, Kesteven’s crew were loading by a quarter of a length. Petrie quickened his stroke, but twenty yards from home the Tyne still held a lead of about three feet. Another stroke or so and the boats were on level terms, and immediately in a line with the judge’s eye and the winning post, the result being a dead heat. The race was gamely rowed by both crews from start to finish, and the distance being short the pace was very fast. The amount of the prize money being small, the crews decided to divide the stakes, rather than pull off on a future occasion. PAIR OARS —FIRST HEAT. Daphne—B. H. Seager and A. Smith ... 1 Dolphin—F. Allison and Ford ... ... 2 The boats were finally got away to an even start. Allison, however, gradually drew ahead, and maintained a good lead for about half the distance, when both crews looked as though they had had enough of it and were longing to sight the winning post. Seager and Smith made another game effort, and while Allison and Ford slackened their pace and gradually dropped in the rear, the former crew drew ahead and won easily, with two or three lengths to spare. second heat b Dolphin—E. Walters and B.'Spencer ... 1 Daphne—T. Searell and J. Aitken 2 Walters and Spencer led from the start and won easily. PINAL HEAT. Dolphin—E. Walters and B. Spencer ... 1 Daphne—S. H. Seager and A. Sm-th -. 2 Walters and Spencer again led from the start, and won the final heat with several lengths to spare.