INTERPROVINCIAL REGATTA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 7

INTERPROVINCIAL REGATTA.

._ « ; " T ' v-NBLSOIf, 'January 18.; , The Champion Four-oared- Outrigger Rabe was really a treat tblbok>t.. Every crew did its level best; and all"made speed they need not, be ashamed.of. ,As .there was a good dealjof discrepancy in-,the time, !1 15 minutes 50, seconds may be-taken'as father under thjin overstated., "At starting;,the >?as:"next-., the Boulder Bank,'with' tjie Auckland and, ' Kaiapbi next, then ,the, Polly,; .Nelson,; and : Tiinaru.-, As usual, Do%,'tboK-the.lead, .with; Nelson close up.' The raibe was "& rattling ode,, The Stella steered at. first apparently; too c i ojSe to ,the .bank;,but before aiquarter.of.A mjle was, traversed all the a striving might and, main for the leading position in, the centre, particHlarly,..Nelspn andTimaru,, the latter, going, a terrificpace, aid: with a Btroke of ,atieast,4o,to 42,', ; ,The Dolly, managed -to .hold -their own. .with..a_ steady swibgof 36 pet'minute, and .throughout the whole race never varied, more than one br two, in: the.minute.. lAt one time! the.fbur .inside boats seemed near.fouling,*but the Dolly drew, out all rights > The Stella,after;a rnjle made'a, desperate struggle to,get to the front, but the, pace of the foremost boat was -too muoh fjor her, and she" had to' content; herself. Vithi a struggle for third-place, : At-'one> time the Nelson and the Dolly were'nearly»breast,-'bkt only momentarily, the Dolly drawing .away at once, as if it was; no trouble.-tb-db ,bo'. >'Tjie Timaru crew, who had been pulling strong! the whole time, now went in l vibibusly, cqllarjed Nelson, and looked, as if determined, to ov6r-' haul the Dolly, and abtually. gainbd. withifl a length of her; but this only wakened up Dblly who at once moved ahead, apparently with'as little effort' as a porpoise keeping in front ov, asmall steamer. , Timaru, no"" way daunted however, kept tugging away at the rate of and over to the' minute right up to' the finish, being a capital second.". The rowing of Do|ly { was remarkable for its smoothness; ease, and powerful swing, while' the'Timaru crew, beipg small men and shorter in the reach ', piilljsd with a rapidity and dbggedness that told well for their lungs and muscle.'/'' ' ,';,*;./" j