THE SCULLING CLUB

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 October 1911, Page 2

THE SCULLING CLUB

Fuom a country tliat lias produced t.wo world's c-lianipion eeullors it is I not too much to expect titoat a general interest will be taken in the sport of .smiling, and that wherever pi-actica'ble an ru-tiro pursuit of tlie ■art will be made. Here in Levin an almost unexcelled opportunity for sculling ]S - .afforded by the waters of Lake Horowhenna, a. little over a mile distant from the centre of the tlow.n, and two.stoutly constructed yet not too heavy' boats j are available for nso by would-be ' scullers. Tliis evening's meeting of J to be told in .the Town-

Hall marks the crucial stage in tlio movement to -liavo this sport placed I upon a permanent footing in Levin, and it is to be hoped that those who havo advanced blio movement to its present will sive forthwith a financial earnest of their willingness to pay for tlioir pleasure. As tho nvattJr stomis to-day, the. nowlyfirmod club hoe about a score and a half of nominal members, but we liave official information that only lialf-a-cto.eii members have paid tlioir .subscrinLions; and, as it is essential to buy iAio boats before their builder will part with them, the non-payment of subscriptions is a bar to the club's prospective effectiveness. To-niglit's meeting, therefore, to be successful, must be characterised by a general willing-" ness io pay subscriptions in advance. There lias boon in the past a tendency amongst a certain proportion of sportsmen to enjoy their sport at other people's expense. If tho proposed sculling club can start free of incubi of this description it will start its career auspiciously indeed.