BOAT RACING

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 6

BOAT RACING

The challenge fiom Teomer is by cablegram, and it is nut- known whether anyone in Sydney is empowered to make the match on his behalf ; but it teems a very geneial wish that the men should meet. John Teenier is undoubtedly a really good man, and ha 4 - won somegiaud races from Hanlun, Gaudaur, Ro-r>, Leo, Matter.-on, andotheis. He met Reach in the iinai heat of the great sculling sweepstake- on the Thame.-, on September 1, LSB(i, and rowed a very good raci, the time being 23 minutes 14 seconds. Teenier was bom -July 8, 1864, at M'Kee^port, near Pitt-bin g, lie is a man of sple.idid physique and perfect symmetrical propoition-. He .^tandb sft. B fin., and rows list. 61b. weight, lie has regular, but .strongly-marked features, a eWr smooth skit), ard healthy dark complexion with brow n eye-. When a lad he worked in the iron mill*, which work has hardened and developed his muscle.-. Teemer'.- best, leeoid? aio as follow s : - 3 miles, 20 minuter 1\ >vcou<]f> ; 4 miles, 26 minutes 32 seconds and b milt-s, 34 minutes 10 seconds. All liib racut) j)a^e been won in splendid time. He u&e.> of rather a peeuliat thapo in the blade, and they are 9ft. Sin. in length, lather fhorter than our men prefer. His s-tyle of vo'Ainff if unlike any >een here. lie lecovcr" \eiy fia.^lies hi^ .^eiills into the water cleeplj, and iini c hc-- the with a suddenness ahnort a jeik, hib lo^s being used ver} much just beiou* the BculK> lea\ o the w ater. The pace he obtains is \ury fast, and he i* retrarded as able to stay any distance. From all that can be learned Teenier is a better man than Jlanlan, and very little inferior to .Bench, either a« regards pace or endurance. Tie rowed Xeil Matter-on a tremendous race for two miles on the Thames, when the Australian, who had been leading al) the way, collapsed Hanlan ?ay j that the Fit/.roy River is the finofc oouive in the world. It has a straight and oven How of water, oft'eiing no advantages to either man, and i-, in Hanlan's opinion, comparably (superior to (he I'anamattn.