ROWING NOTES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 10, 11 January 1877, Page 2

ROWING NOTES.

'„ Br Pkoteps... } '~"'< f*X Since my last there ;has been but' little change ih the rowing .-of the crew of the Nelson boat. They evidently mean, business, for they are out twice a,'day.' r An." improvement has, however, taken place-. in; th_irwatermanship, and they now sit- the boat much steadier. Notwithstanding that it __¥* been said by nearly every one that" they will be last, I predict that if they can keejxup the stroke they had on her last night -they will not be far behind the whining boat.'! __c : Stella's crew have been out two or three times. They are, without exception, the prettiest rowers in Nelson watery keeping i far better time than the Dolly Varden crew, s and also swinging* well together, which is [Shimportant item in outrigger boats. They do not seem to get thespeed put of .their, boat, that the other crews do, probably owing to" her not being such a fine boat. The 'Dolly Varden crew are doing good work, and up to. the present time are the favorites. They pull a tremendously powerful stroke, though they seem to make .their boat roll] unnecesi sarily I think. By the Hawea; this morning there arrived the Thames crew with tiieir. outrigger. She is an exceedingly heavy boat to look at, but until sheis put ipto.the water it will be impossible to say what, she xan-do. The Cam will arrive this afternoon front Kaiapoi in the Taupo, ahd probably will take a spin this evening. The telegrams Inform us that a Timaru crew is on board the Taupo with an outrigger. This will swell the num-: ber to six, which will be more than have ever rowed together in New Zealand before, so that it is anticipated that the race will be the best of its kind in the colony, A strong crew has been selected to row the Nelson boat in the inrigged race, two of them belonging to the outrigger boat, some slight change having taken place in the crew for the inrigged race since my last. ' It is ithe best crew the Club can produce, and it Ts a pity that they are not going to row in the outrigger. Barring accidents, I think the Nelson men can make sure of the inrigged race. Their boat is the best in the place, and has a tremendous turn of speed, cutting 'the water as clean as the outrigger, of which boat she is simply a rechauffe. Both Wellington crews are practising vigorously for this race, but they will have to get more speed out of their boats to stand any chance against Nelson. The Auckland crew, .brought an inrigged boat with them this morning in ithe Hawea, arid doubtless.will show opt in her to-night. Nothing fresh can be elicited regarding the, whaleboat race: The Thistle has had a coat of paint inside prior to the regatta, but has not been out since Monday." Tay ibr's whaleboat, although ready, has not been put into the i water-yet, waiting; I believe^ fpr/her crew. She .;is to be namgd the CuttyJarM (palled the "short shirt "by the beachme^ that being the nearest approach threat. Wet to the meaning). The Colonist, I hear, did five miles in 47 minutes, but unless, jthe^crew can reduce that by seven minutes* they had better stay at borne. "" "The W ellington whaleboats will be over here on Saturday by which time I shall be.able to give more particulars about this race which is exciting quite as much if not more,interest than the outrigger race. It will, if all the boats come up to the scratch be the best race of the day. • • 7 ' The junior four-oar crew jjves. set : in the new boat on Tuesday evening. They pull very well for tyros, but want a" lot of coaching in detail. Their recovery is capable of considerable improvement. When one stroke has been rowea out,- the next step is to get forward into the position in which to row another. Much of the value !, of subsequent strokes depends upon the niahrier in which the recovery after the stroke is effected It must be borne in mind that the set* of muscles weakest in proportion to the task required of them in rowing are those of the abdomen In rowing a race they are the first to fail It is harder: to carry the body foward, with them, with the oar feathered, against air than to drive the body back with the muscles of the loins, &c, rwhen-the-oar is square against the water. , The result of- »such exhaustion is "rowing short," which _ owing npt to such weakness of the loins, &c that the oarsman if once forward:: could* not row the stroke through still, but.to the failing powers of the abdominal .muscles i which become unequal to the task of carryinhim forward to repeat the stroke. Passing over such faults as bad form, watermanship screwing, feather, underr water, bucketing nneven swing, &c.,fora time, I coifreko a fault, which is by.no means unconfmon'.ven in old oars. ' I mean catch of' water The beginning of theistroke should^ be the most forcible part, not only because the body is then at its greatest physical advantage but because a light boat, if touched gently before the greatest forceps-applied slips away.; and offers no satisfactory resistance to the principal strain when attempted to be enforced. This '• catch " should be a « drive ''..from the I body, set in motion by the actions previously alluded to as if the whole body was to \k lifted off the seat by the joint support of bar 1 $nd stretcher. But it is sometimes a ; delusion with some men that f< striking the wateijcbh- > stitutes a«. eaten," If go then the more im-i petus an oar can first obtain in the air by i "clipping **■ before it touches the water; l the •' sharper will be its catch; and this is just the ' exaggeration into which they fall. The re covery though thoroughly elastic,- should i especially towards the latter part, be slow' measured, and mas^ve, compared to .the' i sudden and lightning dart with which. the i motions should be reversed and the swine*! back commenced with the new stroke/" The Wellington crew is $he only one out = at present practising for the pair-oared race, I The Auckland crew brought down a boat this! morning to contest the race; She is a Hkely : looking boat, but until I see her in the Witter it would -ty} premature for- me tb give an! opinion as to her pulling qu_Utie_.viT_ylo_ i si gauy?9r&o„fe remains in 8?«(u qm ants, and

asyet I have heard of no crew willing to take her up for, the race, *■/-.. is doing good Wk with his sculle_?_> :bo_6,,and his rowing is realty splendfjn < Taylor is getting on slowly with his baa^l _aud!ifc;is doubtful if she- will be finished. in i .! lm ?»; if n< &> there! will- be no. race, as. there l ?.H ner * ! boafrbf that -lass coming from aayj " oeheFprovince f "More andp; ' ■""■ \ ''%i^ \

A shocking case of cruelty is recorded by the Shepparton correspondent of thei.t-.rt_o Herald. A sheep, belonging to Mr Tadgee, 4 Kialla, Broken River, strayed away. __he ?. s b|eß returned home op the Ist December, ' 'actually .kinned alive, every p_-ticleiof S__n« being removed, with the exception of that covering the head. : r=~The following is fcomr the G__istcb__cbPiess:— -On Tuesday afternoon a very severe j-torm passed over a corner of the Ellas mere district. At the time there was a strong _gale:o_ ;wind blowing from the south-_wess» the clouds travelling at a tremendous' rat_7' ; : with loud claps of thunder aod : ; vivid _ashes of lightning. Suddenly it commenced to rain, then hail, and for quarter of ; ..,_ n nour hailstones far larger than ordinary ; fell.i Luckily the duration of the . ; stprjii was short, but it sufficed to do consirJfebJ&daniageitothe heavy crops that it passed over, some paddocks of oats being completely flattened, as if a roller had been driven over „.them. :..: , Xi „

Holloway's Ii ls and Oih_h_«i_.—-In-flueozi, Cjugha, and Gold. —ln diseases of the throat and chest, ever preva'ent -in our changeable climati. nothing so sgeeiily re-illi-Vlaa, or so certainly cures, ks thasa inestimable renejiics. These disorders .are too olten neglectel at their commeriienaent, or • are -injudiciously treated, and; in either case aisaitro&a consequ nces. reattlt. c Whatever :.the:cjnditionof tliepaiins; Holloway's remerestore if r t co,_ery be possible- they will retard , the alarming sy'tnptO-S till the blood is puria.il, whe.i nature will sconsutninate the cure, gradually regcorlnjf strength 7£?^' Tital nervous power. By jieraet/ering in tfieiluao of Holloway's- prepars6ioas,>to_9 is _S__'* r -' re d first on the atom «eh, and- •by it on tiie' pyetem generally. Thousaaiisfd- persons 'bafe t-aiified that by tb.-ussof these remedies' alone, they have beea re_tt>re\i'§o health after every other meanih&ve faitedL 1 ; C^* continuation of News tee fourth page)