ROWING.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1920, Page 5

ROWING.

, FINAL OF SVDNEY HANDICAP.' Nil VICTORY FOB A YXTBUN. ~ By Telegraph.—Press Asm.—CopyrlgM, ( Received August 8, 5.5 p,m. SySaey, iwt : The final of the Sydney Handicap on the Parramattft Id fine weather. Towns <4saec) 1, Short (10 Me) li< (ser.) 3, Barry (acr.) 4, Won by tWb with a length between second and. same distance depurating third nut JnilHH A good start. Barry wu the the mark, the stern of his boat being In a whirlpool, caused by the pfoptffltiiiHH a ferry steamer. Feltonpaased the nbH a length ahead of the BngUihmuv Mt MnSWIH nut few strokes they were level. 1 passing Mortlake It was .apparent finish would be between Towns, Shott.' nndißarry. Over the last two huqdred Short made a brilliant effort to overtake but the ex-champion, although Id bis third year, and . rowed a hard race, was tVIiH to spurt and cross the line the winner. : ton and Barry were rehandlcspped owlnf wJB the short distance, but (he result proved. tMIM latter was fast over any course. ho eased up twice passing rough patched, ftiM finished only a length behind Felton.' - - --jKBB The Consolation Handicap, first won by Arnst (2sec.) In ll.lt. MIU|'S couple of hundred yards to the raced to, the front, and was not iftwwMMM troubled, and flashed over the line, champion. He did not compete In which resulted: McjDevitt and Kent, 4eMMll*»H 1, Messenger 3. Time, H2^.—AuS.jltftS^B