ARNST DEFEATED.
SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. HANNAN’S EASY WIN.' BY OVER 20 LENGTHS. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION. HAMILTON, Oet. 26. The Australasian sculling' championship race resulted in an easy win for J. Hannan (holder) over Richard Arnst (challenger). The course ou the Waikat,o river was over three and a quarter miles against a four knot current. The race was very unexciting. Hannan got the lead at the start and maintained it throughout. Arnst broke a portion of his right seull as a. result of hitting-a piece of timber in the earlier stages of the race, but admits that it made no difference, to the result. Hannan won by well over twenty lengths.' The time was 26min. 50see., which is good for the course against such a current. i ACCIDENT TO HADFIELD, AUCKLAND, Oet. 26. Darcy Hadfield, holder of the world’s sculling championship title, was admitted to hospital to-day suffering from injuries to the head and body, the extent, of which are not yet known. He was motor cycling at Morningside, and in endeavouring to pass two motor cars his machine was touched by one of them, causing him to' fall.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 October 1924, Page 5
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188ARNST DEFEATED. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 October 1924, Page 5
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