AQUATICS

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 281, 14 July 1888, Page 5

AQUATICS

Says an American (Boston) paper dated May 30 :- ' The alleged three-mile race with a turn between Teenier and Gaudaur to day at Point of Pines was won by Teeraei 1 in 13 minutes, with Gaudaur two length- and a-half behind. To the uninitiated it was in feei eating, but to the expeuenccd it savouied of what is termed a " put-up job. " ' While no one is willing to positively assert that the course was not thiee Kill miles in length, it its the universal opinion that such is the fact, and no one be'iovcs for a moment that the three-mile rccoid was broken. George IT. Hosmer and Wallace Ross lowed a single sou 1 race on the Menimac Ki\ or abo\ c Loa\ ell on May 30. The distance wa.s about two and a-half mile* with two turns. It was a close race, but Hosmer won by half a length. Time, 1(3 minutes. William O Connor, the Canadian sculler who defeated PcteihCii oi California, publishes a challenge to any oarsman in the woi Id, barring Teenier, in a three-mile race, with a turn, lor from .^2,000 to §5,000 a-side, Gaudaur and ivemp preferred. On being interviewed by a Rockhampton reporter (says a Sydney papei), Han lan, on his arrival theic, is alleged to ha\e wad that Beach had seen his best day, and that the latter knew that Kemp could beat him. This statement i° quite in accord with the utterance? of Han lan, who is not m any sense a geneious spoilsman. Beach, howe\er, can ailoid to laugh at such silly remarks. The long-talked-ot i ace between Jlanlan and Tiickett took place on the Fitzioy Rivei, near a place known as the Spit, on the 13th June, and resulted in an ea^y victory for the formei, who appears to have done what he liked with his opponent. The betting was 4 to 1 against Tiickobt at the start. The contest commenced shortly after noon, when the men, who were in good condition, jrofc away to a iino start elleeted by mutual consent, Han lan striking 38 and Trickett 39 strokes per mi mi to. The Canadian had a lead of half-a-lengoh at the hrst quarter of a mile, and fiom thence out he played with his opponent;, the latter being altogether incapable of extending Banian. The Toronto man passed the winning-post moie than 10 lengths ahead of the Australian, who, jjcmg completely exhausted, came to a standstill d lew lengths shoit of the finishing point. Tho water was smooth, and tho race was rowed on a strong Hood tide, which gieatly fa\oured fast times. Taken all blnough. the contest was. little better than a procession. The recorded time was 21 minutes 6V seconds. The length of the course was 3.^ miles. The race was tor £500 a-sidc ; the winnoi to take 75 per cent, and the loser 25 per cent, ot the gate money. Man lan was allowed £300 for expenses inclined in visiting Rockhampton. The lace was witnessed by about 5,000 persons, who filled the steamers and lined the banks of tne river. At the dinner given after his race with Hanhtu, Trickett said ho only w ished during the race, when he found himself beaten, that he could ha\e let bis friends know thab he was beaten, so thab they might not lose their money on him. He had been rowing for 23 years, and thought ho would give up now. Personally ho had not lost much, and he only regretted what his friends had lost. He gave lianlan all the credit for what ho had done. He was still a grand sculler. On the 15th Juno a sculling race in outriggers, for ClOO a-side, took place on the Parramatta championship course. The contestants were Henry Searle, a rising sculler, who hails from the Clarence River district, and Julius Wulf, of Sydney, who was defeated by Stansbury, the Shoalhaven oarsman, on the 2nd instant. Wulf erot the bes 1 } ot the start, and maintained his advantage tor some distance, bub Soarlo made a brilliant dash just before he reached the mile beacon, and passed it three-quarters ot a longth in front of his opponent, the time being- 5 minutes 56 seconds on an ebb tide. From this out Searle had Wulf beaten. The latter stopped about 50 yards from the winning post, as ho was completely rowed ont. Searlo's time for tho race was 21 minutes 23.V seconds. Searle and Stansbury have been matched to row on tho Parramatta for £100 a-side. On returning from Rockhampton, Hanlan will challenge Kemp to low for the championship and a stake. It is intended to hold an international sculling tournament on the Fitzroy River, Rockhampton, in Juno, 1889. Tho sum of £1,000 will probably bo offoied as prize money. Tho sculling race for the amateur aquatic championship of Queensland and a splendid trophy was rowed at Rockhampton on the 16th instant, and was won easily by Mr Ruwaldj a Sydney oarsman.