Regatta.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 19 March 1891, Page 2

Regatta.

» The officials of the regatta are to be congratulated on the very pleasant day's amusement they provided for the public. The weather aided all it could, as it was one of the finest experienced for a long time, bright and warm, with just a breeze to temper the rays of the sun. The events all went smoothly, and some of the racing was close. However the club is not as yet fortunate in having sufficient boats of their own for a regatta, and it was very difficult to handicap the outside boats to contest evenly with the light ones dwj^ed by the club, The .best race of the day was the one in which only Mr Hillary's boats competed. Every effort was made by the Secretary who had very heavy work thrown upon him, to keep the races in time, but there was a great diffidence shown by competitors to come to the point. The entiies were good, though crews had to be pressed, and the public had good sport provided. After dinner the banks were lined with people, the ladies gracing the proceedings in large numbers, dressed in most becoming costumes. The starters, Mr Ingram and Mr Furrie carefully attended to their duties, Mr Deßidder as water sports judge, had light work, but did all that was requied of him, the Siamese-twins judges, Messrs Woodham and Thynne esconsced themselves in a tent on the opposite bank of the river and did their duty at the end of each race, in the in* tervals they appeared to be having a good time of it, and received a few callers. The committee must have worked hard and by their courteous bearing assisted materially in getting the regatta off so successfully. The swimming race fell to a Native who started at scratch, and he certainly made a grand spurt. The " duck" in the duck hunt afforded great amusement and showed fine tactics, but got " collared " just before time, was called. We believe that to the* honorary secretary Mr Potter, and to the majority of the committee the public are indebted for the day's outing, as these gentleman vigorously worked the matter up, and obtained liberal support from the residents of the town. We have on evidence what can be done if a few will only work together. Below we give the result of the different events : — Starter — W. Ingram, Esq. Water Sportb Judge — F. De Bidder, Esq. Starter — C. V. Furrie, Esq. Committee— Messrs. Cook, Cowles, Potter, C. and J. Symons.

1. Paik-oaked Handicap, distance about 1£ miles. First prize, £2 10s; second, A- doz. ale and 1 bottle whiskey. Entrance, 2s. To start at 11 a.m. M.R.C.'s Rata, scratch — 0. and J. Symons — A. Purcell, cox ... 1 M.R.C.'s Nikau, scratch -Fhadbolt and Cook — S. Easton,cox ... 2 Hillary's No. 8, 80 sees. — Rangi and Popplewell 8 Hillary's Bluebell, 20 sees.— Potter and Cowles ... ... ... 4 ! 2. Sculling Handicap, distance about 1 mile. First prize, £1 1 Os ; second, large tin biscuits. Entrance, Is. To start at 12 noon. M.R.C.'s Rata, scratch — A. Shadbolt 1 M.R.C.'s Nikau, scratch — J. Symons 2 Hillary's No. 2, 60 sees. — Cowles 8 Hillary's No. 1, 50 sees. ■ Cook 4 Hillary's Bluebell, 40 sees. — Potter 5 C. Symons also entered but did not start. 3. Maiden Swimming Race, for boys under 17. Distance, 100 yards. First prize, 10s ; second, 2s 6d. Entrance free. To start at 12 noon. B. Shortt 1 Martini 2 Six started. 4. Maori Canoe Race, about 1£ miles. First prize, 1 cwt. flour. Entrance free. To start at 1 p.m. Billy and Apairama ... „. 1 PA.ln.ka and anothev „, „» 8

5. AliL-CoMBRB PaIR-OARHD RaCE!*^Open to Hillary's boats only. Distance, 1 mile. First prize) dozen lyitie: IMar/s, Bluebell—Gray and Blake —0. Barber, cok ;.. ;;; 1 Hillary's No. 2— Sweet and 0. Brown 2 Hillary's No. B— Popplewell and Keating ... 8 6. Pair-oared Handicap, for boys under 16. Distance, about 1 mile. Firet prize, 10s j , entrance free: Td'StftrTttt B*Bo p.m. Hillary's No. B—Gray8 — Gray and Easton — Watson, cox 1 Hillary's No. 2— W. and A. Symons . ..-• --rrN . . . . 2 Hillary's Bluebell — Allan and Spring ii « » (l i i 8 Hillary's No. i— F. Snortt atld Williams 4 7. 150 Yards Swimming Handicap. First prize, £1 ; Entrance, Is. To start at 1.15 p.m. Pou 1 Tuera 2 Contierjr „ , 4 „ „ 8 Hall ;; _„' ;. "' :, 4 8. Maori v. Pakeha Canoe Race, distance, about H miles. First prize, £1. Entrance free. To start at 2 p.m. Piaka's crew . . . . . . 1 C. Symons' crew .. ... . . 2 9. Duck Hunt. First prize, £1. Entrance, free. To start at 1.30 p.m. Hall and Timinings . . . . 1 10. Final Heat for Captain's Cup. To start at 3.15 p.m. „ M.R.C.'s Rata — J. Symons — scratch.. .. .. .. 1 M.R.O.'s Nikau— P. Curtis— lo sees . . . . 2 10. Gheasy Pole. First prize, a cheese, second, 2s 6d. To start at 8.15 p.m. E. Coley 1 Koroi ..i'::L. ...,;..., v^» v . 2 Sam and^onnery-^tep^competed. 11. Paib-oabed HLAp>^'A^4— Married v. Smgle^istp<[!ie|*i^' u inileFt. First prize, £I^oß^ second, Mr- Bradcock's prize; To start at 4 p.m. M.R.C.'s Rata— Cook and Shadbolt, scratch- S. Easton, cox 1 M.R.C.'s Nikau— Potter and Cowles, scratch — Dunckley, cox . . . . . . . . 2 Hillary's No. 2 — Langley and - Nye — 45 sees. . . . . . . 3 S. Easton takes coxswain's prize,