SCULLING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9157, 3 August 1908, Page 5

SCULLING.

ARNST v. PEARCE,

EASY WIN FOR NEW ZEALANDER.

BY TEhEGIiAPH- —PRESS ASSOCIATION. . , Received August 2, 8 35 a.m. SYDNEY, August 1. The race between R. Arnst, of New Zealand, and Pearce, of Sydney, for £IOO a side, was rowed on the Paramatta river to-day. There were frequent heavy showers all day, but despite the dismal weather crowds watched the race in craft of all sorts, and from every {.oint of vantage. The race was rowed on an ebb-tide with a heavy fresh in the river. The men started by mutual consent. Pearce went away with the lead, rowing a faster stroke than Arnst. The latter caught up to his opponent inside three-quarters of a mile, and once he got the lead he was really never asked to extend himself seriojsly. Once or t vice Pearce mads 'a vigor--0.13 spurt, and managed to almost get a ongside Arnst, but by putting an e-ctra paund or two on Arnst easily d:ew away. By the tim-j half the distance was covered the race was practically over. At the end of a mile and a-half Arnst had established an advantage of three lengths, and this Jead he continued to hold for the next mile, but at Gladesville Pearce had reduced the distance by half a length.* The Sydney man continued to gain a little over the next half-mile, and at Abbottsford, after covering, three miles, only.two lengths divided the scullers. Arnst then sprinted away again, and finished a winner by three lengths. The time was 20min 50sec.

AN EX-CHAMPION'S OPINION OF ARNST. "COMING CHAMPION OF THE WORLD."

Received August 2, 4.30 p.m. SYDNEY, August 2,

Arnst met with a great reception. He showed much improved form, and finished strong. He covered the first mile in smin 45sec, and the two mi'egin tha fast time of 12min. Pearce rowed a lire, hard race, and held his own for the first halfmile. After that he was not in it. He declared Arnst to be a great sculler, and should beat everything before him.

Wm. Beach, ex-champion of the world, who acted as umpire, says that he considers Arnst to be the coming man. There was not the slightest doubt in his mind that the New Zealander was the coming champion of the world.

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