THE FINISH.
WEBB'S MOMENTARY LAPSE. ' • As tho two men-rounded the bend into tho straight there was a roar ' from,, tho crowd on tlio. ridgo- the. right,- and from tho* scorcs of-boats and canoes moored among tho willows ' on either /side, and cries of delight oould ,be distinguished as they mado out Webb in tho lead. Then -a, strange tiling happened, Wobb, to avoid' the "action.of'tho incoming tide, crossed.over, leaving Tresidder . m nwl-strcam. Hero;, a southerly breeze imprinted a ripple on tho hitherto glassy smooth .surface of tho river, and while one looked the 'absolute- precision and . even strength of ebb's stroke .seemed relax or weaken a little,'and a deep voico on'board saying; ;"^r^der r .wili '.win-yet !'"• frightened not a 'few ,Tjrithin hearing.': ; ..But 'the lapse was only .moinontary, though: sufficient for the dogged Australian to pick up some of the lost ground; ...'Webb up again, and rowed tho last quarter of'" a mile steadily. ' Be crossed-.tho line'leisurely about two and a half' lengths ahead of. Tresidder, who had a game losing race, pluckily. •Webos time over: the course was 20min, 2Sssc. •'Smjimmg. -up, it may be said "Wobb 'had the race m hand from Jhe word " Go! " and only, in the one.instanco notod was; there any evidonco of. Tresidder making up the distance that the' chaiiipion had put between the boats. ' I'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 8
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222THE FINISH. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 8
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