The Sculling Championship.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 25 April 1888, Page 5

The Sculling Championship.

The laco between Peter Kemp and Edwaul 'lanlau will be rowed on the I'anuniata Kiver on May 5, Uotli men are visited daily b> numbers ot their friends, and their respective performances are wn'ehed with great mtore-t. A lair amount ot betting has aheady been lecorded, but the odds so tar are m llanlan's tavour, though Kemp had plenty ot admirers. Kemp, who has been training at liis old quailoisat Hyde for &omo time, is in splendid condition, and to geb to his racing weight, list 111b, he will have to lose some 51b or 61b moie ot Mesh. He is being attentively caied tor by Chris. Neilsen, who has been asbibted during the last week or „o by the champion's brother, Thomas. Both morning and atternoon the ehainpion and his tiainer are regularly on the watei, their rows avei aging between thiee and live miles each fcinu.. This exeieise is added to hy long walks eveiy day, while bouts with the boxing-gloves help to iclicvc the monoton\ ot outside work. The Hawkosl in i \ man i- in good health and apptirout'y i D]o\ s hi.s i-tnct eouiso of training, though the leeentwuim weather has lobbedNoiloon ot .i lot of his weight. William Beach ise\ pecied up to "assist" lveni|) dining the last week. On enteimg llanlan'.s little shed at (ilade->\ ille one cannot help beinti struck b\ i he taste displaced in the vi inurement of anumbei ot picturesand knick-knuek.s on the walK. The Canadian meets his visitor in atiiendlx manner and makes him at home liglit iiwa), He then shows hi.s boats, ot which lie is pioud — and not without teason. ll.mlan now has a tleet ot tive good boats two of which aie new, in tact one was only handed over by the builder, Sullnan, on the 13th inst. This paiticular eiaft i.s of Richmond llher cedai. It was piesonted to Hanlan b\ a fiiend, and the dimensions vi this new addition to llanlan's fleet aie Lengtii, 31tt. 6in. ; beam, lO^in. ; depth amidships, sjin ; foiwaid.s, 3jin. : aft, l.in. ; weight, in eluding nggeis, sliding seat, and clogs, baielv 281b. Kotu ithstanding thisextieme lightness, she i- \er> stitl and strong, and bids fan to *ati-fy hci ownei as well as the " R A Watson,'' "The Xejiuin," and "The Au^tialicin Peet," all ot which aie from the maker's hands. Kemp has also a new boat I>\ Sullnan, lounder in section than the " -lack Smith," in which he defeated Chfloid. Hei weight all told i - 311b, and whil-t ot the Miiiu length as llanlan's, she is aquaiter of an inch bigger even, way Fl.unu'gan, <i Victoiian -cullei, has had the Canadian undei his chaige since he again enteied into ttaitnnu,anfl seems to be well tit ted foi hi- woik. Hanlan will imv at list 21b, and will ha\e to lose Alb moie lle-h. but as iie is in the be-t of health and bestows gieat caie upon himsclt he is eontidont of icaeh ing the lequiied weight m the couise ot tin. next tew dajs. His couise ot tiaining is ■ihnost thu-amea-i Kemps, and ha- -o tar made him \ery (it. The ex-champion is comfoitabl) quaiteied at Sunday's hotel, Glades\il!e, which place, by the way, he staged at on his first \i-it to Austialia.