Manawatu Rowing Club.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 July 1890, Page 2

Manawatu Rowing Club.

The Rowing Club succeeded in ?et ting 'ff tli oir boat procession last Tuesday afternoon. though the weather turned very threatening, and a sharp shower fell about a quarter of an hour before* the start. Atha'f past three the following boats left, the sheds and rowpfl one after another down to Mr Duncan's h^ivl, then up to the pah, and thence to the wharf: -- The Dol'v Varden — Cook, Hunter, Rhodes & McPhnn, on the return journey F. Curtiß took McPhun's »eaf. The Klectr'c J«rlc, Pottpr, Ngaur uhoe canoe, Cowles. Nilcua, one of the new pair oared boats. McMi'lan and Curtis. Eata the othei new boat, Howard and Fitzgibbon.

Three other pair oared boats fol lowed also the maori canoe Kea, t Ingrain. Froitl tliG pah a belter skelter race 1 was indulged in and the pair oared f boats came in, iu the following I order — Nikau, Rata and Bluebell. i The Dolly Varden, 4 oars, had a < spurt with the sculling boat Electric < Jerk, and after a capital race the ' Dolly came in first. ' A match has been arranged for i next Tuesday between the two new boats of the Club, the Rata and 1 Nikau with the following crews — ' McMillan and Cook, against Potter and Cowles. ' The two new boats obtained by the Club are a decided welcome addition, as they are light and yet not too crank for amateurs. The boats measuro 18 feet long with 4 feet 5 inches beam, are clinker built of Kauri, eopper fastened. Mr Norton of Wellington built them to the order of the Club, and the officers are well satisfied with the manner the work has been performed. One novelty has been introduced, and thnt is a simple contrivance by which the sliding seat can be male to shift so , as to suit Bcu'ling or pair oared pull, ing. The boats are varnished inside and out, except the porion renting on the water, which has be^n painted a light Vue.