AQUATICS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12027, 31 October 1904, Page 10

AQUATICS.

CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB. * The 30th race for the President's Cup was completed on .Saturday. The Cup wm . presented by tlw Into R. .T. S. Harmiiu, and the race is continued in Ids memory. No less than 120 winners have their names recorded on the trophy. Eitflit crews inteied, and in the preliminary heata Murphy, Mcllraith, Br it tan and Hawkins beat Little, C. N Denhuni, Barker and Barker by three lengths. MiLsoin, J. is. Gutlirie, N. Guthrie arid Dunlop won from H. S. Hobbs, Appleby, Tudhope and Watson, after an interesting struggle. E. 11. Outhrie, Bnshdl, C. I. Denluun ami Taylor had the easiest win from Egglcstoii, Henley, R J. Hobha and Foster, and th*> closest win was by Tucker. Burns, Fox anJ Parsonswm over C. H. Hobbs, Lake, Broad and Thornton by half a. length, both crews heJng locked together all the way. In the .semi-final* Guthric bent Murphy by two lengths, and Tucker won from Milsoni by about, the same distance. The. final between E. R. Guthrie's crew and F. W. Tucker's crew, wns well contc.<4«d. and remained in doubt till the last quarter of a mile, when Outhrio drew away and won by a length. Thi* makes Outline's tiird successive win as stroke. h\ past years A. L. Smith put up a similar performance, whilst the late.l. Y. Daly has the record of four successive wine. J. F. Grierson hn.i five sucowssivo wins to his crexlit, but only ttroked on four (rccaeions. A-number of Trial Pair races, were also decided during the week. In the preliminary heats Kent and Hair "beat Hadfield find Black, Fitch 'and. Wilkin. beat. Francis and Hungerford, Booth and Brown i beai Lawrence and' Douglas, Suckling and Kcr beat Willis an.d Cameron, Olliver and Thomas beat. Wallace and Troup, and and Curri* bea* Jackson and Lough- : ruui after a most exciting struggle. In the oecond irnmd Olliver beat. Suckling, rind Fitch beat Kent. Tl.wi semi-finals re- . suited ; n Fitch and Wilkin defeating 01----liyer and Thomas-by three length*, an J Booth and Brown won from Levien and Currie by four lengths. The final between Fitch ■ and Booth will be decided on Saturday afternoon. Tea, was provided by several lady members and friends.