NAPIER CARNIVAL.
BY TELEGRAPH —rKKSS ASSOCIATION. NAPIER, March 23. The weather promised well '.'arly this nv ruing for the swimming and rowing championships Towards eleven o'clock a heavy squall came over, but it cleared after a time. sults:SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. 220 Yards Swimming Championship. —Champion (Auckland) 1, Freyberg (Wellington) 2, Dodge 3. Won by four yards. Time, 2min 30sec. Quarter-mile Championship— M. s E. Champion 1, B. C. Freyberg 2. F. E. Dodge 3. Dally, Kernott, Emerson, Bridges and McCarthy also competed. Won by 25 yards. Time, smin 58 2-ssec. One Mile Championship —M. E. Champion 1, B. C. Freyberg 2, H. H. Rich 3. Won by 50 yards. Time, 27min 14 l-ssec. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. Maiden Sculls Christiansen (Union, Wanganui) 1; Robertson (Star), 2; Dustin (Gisborne), 3. Won by a length and a-half. Time, Bmin 20sec. Light-weight Maiden Fours — Napier 1, Gisborne 2, North Shore . 3. Won by three lengths. Champion Sculls —Whelch (Akaroa), 1; M'Donald (Wanganui), 2; Poll (Napier), 3. Also started —Green (Wanganui), Stoke (Aramoho), and Fell (Star). Won by twenty lengths. Maiden Fours— Napier 1, Canterbury 2, Star 3. Won by three-quar-ters of a length. Maiden Double Sculls—Wellington, 1; Union (Napier) 2; Napier, 3. Won by four lengths. Time, 7min 7 2-ssec.
Champion Pours, 2 miles—Blenheim No 2., 1; Wai';emata, 2; Clifton (Waitara;, 3. Canterbury, Akaroa,- Picton, Wanganui Union and Blenheim No. 1 also started. Blenheim, Akaroa. Clifton and Canterbury were prominent for a mile and a-quarter, when Blenheim, putting in some good work, drew out and won by three lengths. Time, llmin 47 sec.
Youths Fours, 1 mile.—Star (Wellington), 1; Wanganui Union, 2: Napier, 3. Won by half a length. Junior Double Sculls, ] mile.— Aramoho 1; Star (Wellington), 2; Wellington, 3. Won by a length. Time, (Jmin 36sec. Champion Pairs, 1J mile— Picton, 1; Wanganui Union, 2; Star (Wellington), 3. Also started— Akaroa and Napier Union. Won by 15 lengths. Time, 9min 42 2-ssec. Junior Fours, li mile—Christchurch Union, 1; Wanganui Union, 2;' Blenheim. 3. Napier, Canterbury and Poverty Bay also rowed. Won by a length. Time, 9min 20sec. Junior , Sculls, 1 mile — Stokes (Aramoho), 1; Duston (Gisborne), 2; Robertson (Star, Wellington), 3. Greenlies (Aramoho) and Snow (Napier) also started. Won by six lengths. Time, 7min 16stc. Champion Double Sculls, I.J mile — Akaroa, 1; Wellington, 2; Wanganuf, 3. Won by six lengths. Time, 9min 34sce.
Senior Fours, 11 mile. —Waitemata, 1; Picton, 2; Union, (Christchurch), 3. Canterbury, Union (Napier), Blenheim, Union (Wanganui) also started. Won by threequarters of a length after a good, race. Time, 9min 12 4-ssec.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9047, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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421NAPIER CARNIVAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9047, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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