WEBB V. ARNST.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 20 March 1908, Page 5

WEBB V. ARNST.

ARXST INSPECTS A NEW COURSE. WILL TRAIN ON THE MAS A WAT U RIVER.

Dick Amst, the strapping young ath- , leto who has put up a depo.sit i v row William Webb lor the sculling champion- I ship ol Uie woi id, passed through w ell- '■ 1 ingLciu on Thursday, ana accompanied by I Harry Floyd, left for Neii-on, wiiencu Lilt, i pair are to cycle through to Cunsluiiuretu i Speaking to a " Dominion " reporter, Arnst said lhat in response to a request | to inspect a certain stretch on the .\ianawalu Kiver above the Wirokinu Bridge, he diverged from his track to " have a look." " What do you think of it?" "It looks great," said Arnst; "better than Wangauui, ior there is a three-mile I stretch without a bend, and there is any | ; amount of water. Of course, 1 haven't; ■ over it, but it seems about as good v course as 1 have seen." In speaking in this manner about the Wirokino stretch, Arnst did not in any way suggest that the rate with Webb , should be roived there, but he stated that ' he would probably put in his lirst month's training on the Manawatu. lie , hoped to shake off some ilesh in cycling I through to Chrietchurch, after which lie ' intended to do a week's deer-stalking in (lie Wairarupa, in which district he had a lot of friends. Early in April he is to ! leave for Sydney to bring over his racing skill, that has stood him so well in Australian wafers. Both Tressider and Webb are pigmies . compared to Arnst in the hitter's present , condition (says the " Dominion "). lie must scale nearer to 15st. than 14st., has a rather short neck, very broad shoulders and a deep chest, and bis; shapely legs. Both Tressider and Webb are line in the lower limbs, which may be an advantage in a racing skill - , but there can be no denying the enormous pressure that can be placed upon iLc stretcher by the man who won thfl Sydney Thousand, j Arnst says that he can get down to 13st., a weight a good deal above the average of champion oarsmen, but with lusty i youth, a proved doggedness in tests of j endurance (vioV his Warrnambool to Mcl- ! bourne effort), and enormous physical power, Arnst should prove a ditlicult man for Webb to j .Mr. Tuck (Webb's backer) told Arnst | that he would need a motor in his boat \ to be.it his man, but so far the cyclist- ( oarsman has not placed any order for such gear.