SCULLING.
WTJELCH'N TRAINING OPERATION'S A private wire from Akurou state* that Wliek'h is now devoting all his Lime to training for his match against Thoroughgood in Australia. The weather in Canterbury is perfect, and every day he has the harbour as smooth us giass. in the alienee of any other sculler l«> pace him he indulges in races against the little .steam launch that trades about the harbour. .Meeting ir> about a mile from home, ho has to race, ahead of it, for to allow it to pass him would mean a certain capsize l»y ihe wave forced up by the boat. The Moating Club of which he has been such a stalwart member is now in doubt as to whether or not they can 1 make him a present of his <boat, wh : ch the club had built to suit his length. It is much too short to be of any uso to the other members, J lis backers, 100, include members of the club, and they wish to know if thai disqualifies th;m as amateurs. The JJ.Z.A.tt.A. is beiutf asked for a ruling on the point.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 242, 6 October 1908, Page 4
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188SCULLING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 242, 6 October 1908, Page 4
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