ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 10

ROWING.

Y ( BY MBBODRY.) ■ ' 1 COMING EVENTS December 28. —Westport .Regatta'. Jan.■l.'—-Lyttolton llegatta. \_ Z - Jan. ;I.—-Picton Regatta., Deb- Regatta. . . i'eb. 29.—Wellington Regatta.* ' ■>, jt'eb.—;—Wanganui Regatta., ! ..... . • It'eb. 20.—Webb-Trcsidder Match.. March. 24;— N.Z. Championships at/Napier.; ' : E; .'C. ; Little'- who wasvbqwdn the .combma;, tho Mast occasion-the championship regatta, . was. holdlii -Wellington; and-who'has-roivcid.., in."tho Canterbury Senior- Four for' ttajpasji.; four - 'seasori3j-*hii3"' "to- Wdlinj&oii^... and has thrown iii his lot with thb Star, Boating' Club. His' last- raco for.thq C.R.G. was ,-tho senior' four' raco. 'at\Akaroa.^.n ! ;,] l Gtl\ instV,'- which his. crew won, and .'as inigood. fettlo.'as: a result: of tho%ainmg ,£<?r s that .event;:: ho-should for the local-club.-'■■ ■ T ., ; .. , Richard Tresidder (says a. Sydney.,pftpsr, , iof recent date) is'hard at;work,:doing--about fourteo'n ; miles .every :d'ay .on'. land,-, arid rnoro than', that .distance 'in tho; boat':;... .. Ho'is. in: the b&t ..of.-.health;, and ..less than a.'-stone over-tho weight ho oxpecls to. row- at when; ha. meets. Webb at tho .end.;of-February, .'on; tho Wanganui River. Tho Newcastle"- sculler. •has so far completed .his. arrangements that' 'at is.very probable' ho . will"; leave for Now ■ZeaMrid' at Chr'is{iiia'^p-''either--/ : bofdi-6 Or' after. ?.'- He by 'fe. Ford and. J:;.Bain; the .former--.as row-, irig. compaMbrfj'i.a'nd-'-tho; lattcr*,;-:as: "rubbeovdown" and general. trainer on land. lit this respect Tresidder will: be v weJl : served, as his assistants'axe ■' ■trusty-'companions,, and know well the man they have to;ao with.: The challenger is, well satisfied ' with-' hischance, which,,of course, is. but. natural; 'but 'there are' many jn th<j Newcastle distHfit;-' and elsowho'rb, who favour- his 'prospcct 'of-4' win. Tresidder states that if he is successful in regaining thotcliampionship-ho will'-bbv prepared to accept any challenge, and would race in four months. ~ A.rnst;or.'.any.vothej., sculler can bo suro of a race-if'.all goes .as. -Tresidder confidently , expects,'.it to go. He will, row at about 12 sfcono weight, but will be under that .when"' lie' leaves hero; so. that tho. week he will be out'of ! thb b'oUf will not interfero much with his ' training. In training for previous races Tresidder : has had somo difficulty in hil weight'' down, but this time thb .'long course of pro-, ■paration ho has'already- gone through has wmpldtelybuiit'uphis system and developed : his 'powers,, .while , his skill, has. improved. , r . ... "The' 'Avbn/'has'rieVo'r been better',"' said- ' Mr, 'F. D. Kesteven at tho-.Canterbuf.y- Rowing "V Asociattion's meeting - : -last-■week;. "tho-river is • last "year, and has lately beeh .iir a better condition-, than. it'Jias oyer. . Other delegates' agreed' that, the;'riy&r f wa|' in splendid condition for rowing;'"it. was practically free from woods,- and when tho Hoathcotd Road Board trimmed; the' willows it would bo ideal for bemtin^c:.-.'^t; cided" to'send a letter : to th 6 Drainage Board thanking them for keeping the'Hver' in'Siith,: good' order,— ChTistchurch -. rt iv-; 'V,