ARNST V. PEARCE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10299, 31 July 1911, Page 5

ARNST V. PEARCE

WIN FDR ARNST.

WORLD'S RECORD BEATEN.

A GRUELLING RACE.

(RocerJved Last Night, 5.5 o'olock.)

SYDNEY, July 30. The raca for the. sculling championship of the world, between R. Arnst and H. Pearce, took place on the Parramatta (Raver, yesterday afternoon, "and resulted, in a win for Arnist by four lengiths, after one of tho most gruelling races on record. Tli© 'weather conditions were perfect, tlh&ro being a. .bright sun and smooth water, wath a steady westerly wind right he-hand the scullers, and n, tide in their favour. v Arnst won the toss, and chose the inside course. The Souliers got aiway .well-, together, the- champion rowing, thartyfour strokes to the minute, and. Peairce thirfty-i&oven. For the first 200 yards neither had an advantage. When. Amst was pulling close to Pearce he was forced to stop and Lose a. stroke.

This gavo the challenger an advantage of a length, which ho hold to Uhr's Point, a distance of a mile. The defender's, mighty strokes then began to tell, arid he started to gradually overhaul the challenger. He managed the corner at Uhr's Point badly, however ? and got into Pearce's water, and within an ace of colliding. Arnst had to Mstop rowing for a coiiplo of strokes, to aUiow Pearce to draw ahead. 1 Pearce. kept on, thus showing sporjtsanainship, as. had he stopped, Arnst must have collided with him and. lost on a foul. After negotiating the Point, Arnst bent his great, back, and selttled down to a. steady pull of "about twen-ty-eight to the minute. He overhauled 'Ms opponent at 'a mile and a halt'. Pearce was rowing a slightly quicker stroke, but not with the •same power. Oncei in front, Arnst headed for home and rowed like a machine, gainditgsteadlily until, at Garbaiita, he had a lead of six lengths. Pearce,. w.ho was undaunted, pulled :-m]agjiifipentily,;. aid;*'/tried - " repeated spurts," hut the New". Zealander- was troo powerful,.and kept driving on isi- . Rounding Puifeniey, a few. hundred 'yards l from home, Arnst was leading -by-a> good ten lengths. He then dropped his strokes to twenty-two per minute. Pearce, at this stage, looked round and wavered, but ho put in a last itneanemdous though futile effort. Without doubt, Arnist wa,s (never more fully extended than when' he jaaseed the post a winner by four lengths. v Ho immediately stopped rowing, and dipped his hands one after the other into the water. It had been a fearful strain—too much for the ehanipioai's condition'— and caused him to vomit. Pearce, in the last struggle, felt the agonising torture of defeat, and when' the pistol was fired he placed his hands before his fnoe and sobbed. The time occupied in the race was ! 19mins. 46sec.—a record for the world's championship. The. first milo> was traversed in 5 mins. 3Ssec®. The attendance constituted in easy record, probably nearly 100,000 persons, witnessing the race. The rover was black with sinall ; craft. Pearce admits that Arnst was too good for him, and says he will not challenge him again. Arnst declares that the raco ilie hardest-of hi's life. > . Beach, the ex-champion, who witnessed tho race, declares that there io no sculler in sight wlxo can beat Arnst. Received This Morning, 12.5 o'olock. | . ""■ • SYDNEY, July 30. The takings at the boat race : amounted to £BOO,