THE SCULLING MATCH BETWEEN RUSH AND LAYCOCK FOR £400.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1437, 17 September 1881, Page 4

THE SCULLING MATCH BETWEEN RUSH AND LAYCOCK FOR £400.

Tm; following is a description of the fne.it sculling match between Michael Ru^h, of Clarence River, and Elias Liycock, of kydnwy, which took place over the Paramatta couf-o on September 3: — La) cock embarked at eitrht minutes past foui o'clock, lie looked fresh and robust, as usual, and after n few jocular remaiks with those around him on his racostearne r ho sculled towards the star ing place in a boat named the Aubtralia, by Jewett of England— the one in which he rowed Jlanlan, and canied a wind board. Rush a few minutes later, put oft' from the bathing-bouse on Charity Point, in a fine outrigger of American cedar,built by Donnelly and Sullivan, and also with a wind boaid. He also looked in good form. The two men wcie quickly in line, and diii tod of so suddenly that most people were taken by surprise. Rush had the inside station near the South bank, and his lival was close beside him, but the men had scarcely elbow room. They da 1 ted oft" suddenly at a sharp pace, but had not gone much more than a dozen strokes when Laycock suddenly ceased lowing, in order to prevent a foul, aa the sculls were oveilapping. RushJ shot ahead without any stoppage, and when hi-, opponent recommenced wsn half a length ahead. Half way to Uhrs Point, and after the first dash, both men settled down into workmanlike strokes. Laycock rowed the most leisurely, pulling 37 etrokes a minute. The Hen and Chickens, 2\ miles, was passed in lo minutes 20 seconds, Laycock lowing 1 32 a minute, Rush a little faster. Gladesvillo whaif, 2^ miles, was pa^od in 16m. <ios. Just below this Rush became somewhat uneven in his sculling, but withal his boat travelled unmistakably fast,, and was still two and a-half lengths ahead. At one man Wharf, which was reached in 19 minutes, Laycock spurted and Rush pulled desperately. A hard struggle took place for the finish, but Laycock was unable to gain anything. He stopped pulling about a hundred yards from the winning post, and did not finish. Rush looked somewhat exhausted, and also stopped before reaching the winning post (3 miles and 330 yards), which he pawed three or four length ahead of his opponent. Time, 21m. 28s— the fastest time on record, being 12s shorter than the best time made by Win. Hickey. Laycock claimed a foul, saying that Rush had deliberately run into him at tho start, but Mr P. J. Clark; 'the umpire, refused to entertain it. Rush stepped into his boat weighing 12st. <Hlbs. Laycock weighed 12st. 71bs. Habjiony Brown (Philistine)—' I heard it was all ' off' between , you and Miss Roweshett.' Wobbinson (resthete) — ' Yaas. Incompatibility of complexion ! —she didn't suifciny furnitchar !' Majts a young' fojJ imagines that a girl takes an interest jn, Ma welfare, when in truth she is only eager for his f arawe^l. v A chivalrous exchange thinks when" a man marries a 1 widow he should give up smoking. "She give? Up' her weeda. "He should be equally polite." ' A EbescJi engineer, rifter a series of experiments with a loaf of bread baked by a^a^sar girl, ,now. that the 'p'rQjeofc of tunnelling ' Mont i Blanc is 'entirely pradtioabje,.';; 1 " r< |Sf 111 1