ROWING REGATTA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 5

ROWING REGATTA.

*!.All. tiio.'visiting* :oarsmeff. competing,;in. tb-- . day's■ regatta■ have;arrived; in town, ,>vith the ;excepti6n'.',of' some'f of :the Cantorbury oohtin: 'gent, .re'presontiiig*'the: Lyttelton;.- Canterbury,] and Christohurch -: Union;, Clubs,' ■■ ; 'whb ". - arrive with vthe tracing.-boats, by ,'the .Mararoa' , ■ this 'raornißg.'',\Tho,;,esecutiyet.will'meet, this'morning ito'settle "upon-.-tho.'course -to.be used, .and' the.'publio will bo : advised 'Of '.the result by. flags', on ; : the , G.P.G.r-a.- blue ; flag Vindicating Petone and a fed town.; coui so.. ■■ :■ i :.;;.:.:;' '-'.-. Tho regatta-willJbs: the biggest, of. the\6easori, 'tho: entrits' easily outnumbering those' of any "previous gathering'this ''eeason,. and. being in•;excess- of those for -the championship regatta'atiMercer lieit' Saturday. ; The local 'climbs, are/.well represented /throughout, and the public' should.be'able , to ; look: forward to/an. excellent 'afternoon's: racing. Partiqular.' interest;-is'.'}b'eipgr.in'nnifes.ted.;in ~th» • single sculls, among. the. entrants for:which are Marshall,: the , well-known; Wanganui sculler';' Ben-dall-and Fell.-of-the.; Star -eiubj : Christensen; i another.'Wanganui; man j.ialso.a'. new.• 'aspirant' for:soull)rig: honours in the person of Green,' :tho Wellington:..Club's,representative,' who?is a ; son of the ■ bue-timo-: fainous.iDick: Green,: of 'Sydney;' ■ .: f- ; ,Vj; : .;. ;,-■ ':.'■..:■..,•..■' ; -'.-■-,'; ( -7. :.,,-,-,..•■