AQUATICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1900, 3 July 1890, Page 28

AQUATICS.

Thomas Sullivan, the amateur sculling champion of New Zealand, was presented at Wellington with a purse of sovereigns. He left for Sydney, via Auckland, vhero he enters the shed of Neil Matterson. A writer in the London Referee condemns the treatment of O'Connor at the hands of the Australian rowing men, and accuses the latter of deliberately delaying their matches with the American in the hope of worrying him. The paper asserts that these tactics have injuriously affected O'Connor's form. A SCULLING MATCH. STANSBURY AGAIN BEATS O'CONNOR. (Per Pbess Association.) Sydney, June 30. The weather was fine for the sculling matoh between Stansbury and O'Connor to-day. The betting was 3to 1 against the latter. Stansbury gave his opponent the choice of positions, which was a little advantage to the Canadian. After several attempts a good start was effected, Stansbury rowing 38 to O'Connor's 39 to the minute. The latter took the lead after the first minute and obtained command by half a length, which caused no small excitement. Stansbury, however, was merely playing a waiting game, and was plainly watching his man. The Canadian kept well at it, and halfway across Blaxland's was leading by a length and a-half . At this stage be had decreased his pace to 36 to the minute, while Stansbury had dropped to 30. O'Connor then slowed down to 32, and the Australian oarsman came along amid great cheering, overtook his opponent, and passed the mile post two lengths in front. O'Connor appeared to be distressed, his right hand becoming worse than usual, and his leg work being bad. Crossing over to Putney, Stansbury increased the distance between them to four lengths and took it very easy. The Canadian became worse, and the race was merely a procession. Stansbury passed Putney five lengths ahead, and at Cubarita opened out a little, and gave a show of his strength and skill. At Gladesvine he was 10 lengths ahead, and O'Connor's case was hopeless. At One Man wharf the leader eased up, and eventually won by eight lengths as he liked. Time, 22rain 59seo. Qualities of Various Dogs.— Toy terriers of any breed, as their name implies, are simply toys. Bull terriers have frequently good noses, but their coats are too fine for working in gorse, rough Btuff, &c, ; they are hard-mouthed, and desperate fighters with other dogs. Mancheßterß are not so hardmouthed as bull terriers, but thoy have the same drawback in fineness of coat, and are liable to chills from cold and damp. Skyes are too heavily handicapped by their short legs and long coats. Bodlingtons are not much known down south ; these are very quick dogs, excellent at rabbit coursing, and will face anything in a hairy skin ; but they are as hardmouthed and as inveterate fighters as bull torriers. Airedales are much used in the north ; thay are far larger and higher on the leg than other breed of terrier, and oan therefore work in- marfthy ground, wading wbero a smaller terrier would swim ; owing to their otter-hound orosß, they have excellent noßes, and are the very boat waterside terriers ; they ara not bo quarrelsome as bull terriers and Ikdlingtonß. Irish terriers are considerably smaller than Airedales ; tho club standard weight for Irish if given al 24 Ib. Asa rabbit terrier, for the gun or ferreting, a Dandio oannot bo beaten, Welsh are, for all practical purposes, excepting their bad colour for Bhooting, who haired fox terriers. Fox terriers (-jinooth aud wire) are the only torriord under thn schedules of tho Kennel Oiub Shows which are classified aa sporting dogs, " Young Ladies' Journal " recommends Sun light Soap for washing-delicate f abrics.— [Advt.