A Boat Race.

Manawatu Herald, 30 March 1893, Page 3

A Boat Race.

" My Son '' quoth a spectator of the rowing contests on Tuesday afternoon, " put nofyoUL' faith in* 4 form ' Of dtty .of the devises of athletes." Of course .this urtfortuiiate 1 mm had ' plan'kea ' currerit coin. of the. realm; on' U\i 'lanKy Jlfla been' 'let ijif We understand these td lie fh'e propel 1 professional terms, at any j rate ' planked ' is very fitting on the | subject of boots. The contest was for ft Very handsome ti'ophy, and the I elderly gefttleffltlti, to whom his competitor cdriceedVl ft ewtftiii Hiinifcer o'fV secofld's; rowed to the starting p'oin'fc M stie-h (Wi fictn'tirab'le, steady mariner, that the etftlhisiftet wlio! lost, rashly remarked in a too' loud of tone 1 of. voice; tHafc "' Ue was the man for his money, ! (atici so 1 he was to be sure— to go), when an electrical gentleman immediately announced his readiness to back the opponent. The bet was made, and, we hope by now, paid. The other iriari, dorlrJedfcccl With all sorts of cdnipouricfs arid grids, certainly rotted iti rt very ugly form, but as he won as he liked he evidefltly possessed strength and detefmina tioh. The elderly gentleman, who lias ai past water, Snorts been referred to as the Lord High Aaiiiii'dl; made a particularly excellent start, rowing , well within himself and showed a i determination not to lose his head, by keeping it carefully over his shoulders. His course was good, for part of the distance, until he espied a boat tnoored ahead which he thought he would like to foul. He first made a line towards otic side of it, then for the bow, but j doubting which of the two Was the strongest, his own or the other boat, and fearing a watery death, j tlioiigh We do Hot tliiilk it likely that he will die that way, {tailed- vigourously with one scull, whilst he held the other well up out of water, so as to bring his boat round to the other side of the moor'd object. Luck was with hinij he missed getting Wi'ecked, but managed to tttdk his scull under the boat, causing a convenient pause — for breath. All this time his opponent who had got into a capital swing and was developing a £200 power was coming up at a great pace and passed the admiral who appeared much relieved. They both went rowing the course, the last boat merely to observe that there was no hanky-panky business on the part of the winner."