AQUATICS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16479, 24 March 1919, Page 4

AQUATICS.

Sergeant l.'ml Home, of Timam, liae b&en on.j of tlie i\c;v Zeal.uidcrs c'noaen to taks part in some big sculling events to be I held iu England this year. As an oarsman, Sergeant Homo hud already mode n name for himself in Nov.- Z-enlantl, and lie was also club captain. of the Tiniaru Rowing Club. The selected oarsmen from the New Zealand Forces will compete against English, Canadians. Australians, and others'at the great Henley Regatta to be held in July, and probably at the great international oarsmen's meeting at Paris later on. Sergeant Horue has already commenced work on theTliames. Out of rowing eeason Sergeant Home was a prominent footballer, having been a member of the Zingari fifteen. He left New Zealand. with the Main Body, airi ha 3 ecen. the war through, and, with the exception of beinc a casualty once through receiving a kick irom a horse, liaa not been wounded.

A British officer who escaped from •Germany tells that a fellow prisoner ol' his had a remarkable experience. Alter being put into solitary confinement on account ot' two attempted escapes, ho was transferred to another camp." He felt that death was better than further tortures, so, eluding lus> two guards, he jumped from the express train in which lie was travelling. Ho escaped with nothing worse than a broken arm and severe bruises. Travelling chiefly by night, he started to walk through Germany, and was well on the way to the frontier v/;ien he heard bloodhounds on his track. He hid in a swamp, and ,was presently surrounded by n flock of sheep, who rushed up, terrified by the bloodhounds baying behind them. The officer had given up all hope, of escapo, but, pro. videntially, the scent of the sheep misled the bloodhounds, and they dashed past without discovering his hidingplace. Later he was able to cross tho frontier.