SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 125, 19 February 1908, Page 9

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP

v.:! r, . ■? .. ■. — . v NOTES ON; YESTERDAY'S TRAINING 1 |ci :.,ISI.E(,|IAI'.n—SPECIAL COItUESrONIIUNT.) 1 ' 1 W&n&anui, Ftbnuiy 18 Wehb. wasinot 'out on tho water this morning, but dil : some: ■ hill climbing mat-cad, : with' v a>smarti'rnnr:on tho flat. It was rumoured < that ho: had dono a: trial, over tho conrso this -afternoon, but-thi;; war, not ■thc.casfiJ*.Ho dill tho usual solid row at four ;; o'clock, "'starting off"'at;<2B^and/dropping:: t-i■. ■Trosidtlor's. work ■consisted- of the usual the:- t,wo wen havo dono any ' f»»ti work ;lp)ey' 7 have concqalecLit..very, well. ■ , At v both,may bp 'out against. • tlsj'pltafc.Vsbw-ia^ '■if:: Interyiejvc.d jthjs aft'enioon as to"!.ihoir...iiiticipa.tioii3 0t .lho -race., both men expressed ; it;"nothing gojss 'wrong botore- ,/tiiesdav: v, However, 1: plump tor .■T\ , obfi.Bvciry-.;tiinb.\-'-/Irbsidder' will put'.up a - gamo race, .and a good race,, but unless has ,I.groat deal. up, his sleovo I cannot so" ; that c hotcan , 'Q)iit''tlie?prbsent holder of the title' ' V : Arn'starrii'od'iinVWahganliito-day, "looking-, ■ vory ; , thotigh- : -lie'''sayS lie is ' not-in tlie besV'form•'fcVroiving'/ .1 understand that he " is n6%'MikelS''t6 K 'st'ai , 't;'ih' : ' , th6 ; /'propbsed "allcomers' ■ handicap; for';.which' thero are-still four certain stat'ters/iwith-.Noilsbh as a pos- " Biblepfifthv^^','!' Fogwellvwas ;out.on l-he river, today;..Wt-'bb .;. ■ litivijTg ■ >lpiitli!mVfche^\i)Qat;. iii ..which'-: ha'.beat . Stanburyiij^TijajAYeJsbmaii'only,Jdid., a. lei-i • ■ boat^-and/a..strong wind-raised a bit of a jobblo,. lii;-16ho'*"Hvbr,v,^hi9h J^.iras' , ra®u3aast''' , "aiiy; display of brilliancy. Fog well will alter inn ngging'-'&fi-ttV:. requirements, tomorrow 1 , and 7 do"Worlc m anticipation of tho handicap' race .';.V;K\A^4<s^ ! ; >arge -' part^of,A , tfstra]ia'n; ; b l nthitsiasta : i ;left Sydney, by tho'last', boat-, and .may- bo here at {ho end b£:tho week. -Visitors from :varr ous■ gifts',of.the Dominion contiipio'to drift, in. - sidos' the talk is -all of. sctil- , WbHr entertained' to-morrow: hv the Maoris at Xaiwjiaiki pa, all of whom are >;,"erithfiii!^^llJ)'-s<fli3 ! j''fHf !: him.":./THa champion 4;! • Voi|lit vis'/p'ow* list'/*:llb'.,'- while Tie-. ■ BidJor.Hipi' at olb. " vi ■■■■■ Applicattfins/'for ' accommodation, 1 '•tickots, ctc;, arc pouring in, 'and. those com--ing; Herej'would .tdo'-^ell" to bring their rugs" : :witlif them, iias,;;bed . coverings: • pronlisof to bo ds scaico as beds