ROWING

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 12

ROWING

■v.iVv--.v^'y"i'tßr'JiiEifmjßT;)- ■ ■''■*"■'"■,.. '■■'■- ■■■'■. v. The .-result' :of ■■Jthe ■ Whelch-FqgTYeli -rate ■ came asa pleasant' , surprise tq-; rowing.', ihen, gratulations to .the ganie little. New Zealander are. yery:/much:. the;.order.■':He';.-has'.now< vindi-cated-his olaimg.-to.-;be-;:taken : :seriously-in- : tho professional .sculling vworld> and it >is'- tbv be hoped ..that his ; desire, to'-get Thbroughgood— or the winner o.e:,the:. -Thoroughgood-Pearoe match-over to contest■; the .New- Zealand.- title will be fulfilled.:- Whelch;is : willing to concede the. same terms that were given him when he journeyed to the Hunter River' to/row rhoroughgood. Nothing, however, is : likely to bo done until after the Australian champion match between Pearce and Thoroughgood, for which articles have now been signed fixing the date as Hay 29, ' :,: . . The race itself apparently calls for little description, being over, at half the distance.' Fogwell was confident of getting away with the lead and did 80. He then evidently got to work with the idea of shaking off his persistent little adversary. That the Australian was sure ot beating his man for pace' is evidenced by the tact that, just before the race, he.advised a mend in Wellington to back him to be leading "any stage of the race. However he reckoned without power of the Akaroa man, who, though rowing with a. higher rate of striking, managed to retain both his pace and «! ? --"Sn^ 10 !? , and s ? tired his man out. In this WhelchN must have felt the benefit of Webbs tuition in lengthening his stroke both fore and aft, as it is extremely unlikely tha he could have held to Fogwell with his.erstwnile short, jerky-mode of progression. As mentioned last Saturday, Whelch is> now rowing longer than when he met Thoroughgood, not only with a longer reach forward, but also holding to his finish longer, thus getting a j e £ , r v n 1 n - Us boat between the strokes, and holding her up so as to minimise her dippl'n? w e ui? r r fo ! m t rl ?; a blemisll on. his form. Ihe Webb-Ainst challenge is creafing a deal of speculation, but the parties chiefly concerned are not giving away much information. Arnst told the writer recently that he was only waiting for articles to-come forward for signature irom when he was goine to' Canada, and thence to England to row Barry, me Uurnan business should prove a nice little picnic for him, as the Canadian, on performlnces, will make a very light lunch for the big man, and the Barry.match is expected to carry a stake of ,61000 a-side-the biggest yet competed Jor Of. course Arnst - maySler that another would be useful before maklnS™tap, in which case, no doubt, he will race Webb .first. On the other hand, he may be iotli to jeopardise his chances of a good tour good purses by risking a defeat, and m this case he will meet the challenger; on his return. ■ phase of the question-and an important one-is:' as •'- to. the -'form ' o challenge issued 'by' ; Barry and.: Durnan. Ihe point is as to-whether either has so far issued a bona fide challenge, as Rule 6 of the conditions governing the sculling, championship of the worfd states that "a hofler of a championship must; accept a" Tiona fide' challenge within three months of the'receipt of the challenge,- or forfeit 'his title, unless he has to row m another country, -when the limit shall be nine, months." . If ; neither has issued a ,Ip^Tt 6 ohallen ge L ;resuired, and paid LIF ill 0 TO m ?. re ? n i abe P e rson, it would fiT nOe :' Sill ° rdOr ' Md been duly executed; The race is fixed for May /», on the Parramatta River, over the full championship course. Mr. W. Beach is named ?h "H ?? d ¥ r : N> J - M'Ddn'ald as judge, of e 4? keh T? lder *&**£&*■ B-: Coombes, editor of, The/Referee." -The, first deposit of .£25 riSi/r fif'T 'PV e S°? d ' wiU be die on May 1, and the final, of .£SO, on Mav 24- The etJjl™.a iKThp/oughgood/.tt of, the ohampionship of Australia, is defeated Pearce agrees .to aUow him for expenses. . hays a' Sydnev journal :-By. all accounts, the SSWj'wl between c Da y-and Ford at WoodlJ- H wns a fine exKb iHon of workBoth_men are said to : have:hdndled their bfades in faultless style. They rowed upstream, through water.that was smooth as glass, and .with-a,-.tide on.the dead slaok. Ford was charmingly confident, while Day : - was" racked with anxiety. 'Bntf he' goYgoini the nervousness 'disappeared. -Ford went' to the front-with a bound, and •stayed-thore till three-quarters of a; mile had been-traversed. Day continually spurted to overtake the man who streaked away most aggravatingly in front, but as he moved ~up. Ford would bend to it and streak; away again."-'At'-three-quar-ters; of a mile- however, Day came with a susained rush that sent' the onlookers Arild with excitement. His pace seemed terrifio and im-possible-to maintain; but, he kept it'upland ? midst v .wild shouts, ran alongside ForS; and" they plunged along side by sfde till the mile was, coveredrwhen Day went, to the. front: ,At h. S * ni A-hM- Da y.was.>two lengths-to-he good, and the ; two. miles, were covered in I3min. 20sec., with Day. still leading. Ford's .plendidly; but Day was too strong, and, in ipite.of desperate efforts on the part of his •lval,, went on increasing his lead remorselessly aU he crossed the line eight lengths to the ood, having traversed the three miles in I9min. 49sec. ; The race was aside,and ■lie gate,_ which amounted to , about' .£3O. The ityle and .speed displayed indicate there are Jig possibilities about George Day