WORLD'S SCULLING CO NTEST

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 773, 23 March 1910, Page 8

WORLD'S SCULLING CO NTEST

BAEEY AT WOBK; Barry's arrangements are practically completed, and when it comes to racing for the world's championship (says the London "Sportsman") there appears to. be no reason why he should not be a perfectly trained man. He has nothing -whatever to worry, over, and has only to train on. His style'has. not commended itself to some critics, who assert that he pulls too slow a stroke. He was niuch criticised for this when training for his match against Towns, and none were more emphatic than Bill Barry, his brother. "If you don't pull- faster than that he will -lose you," said this English excharapion. Barry, however, was quite satisfied with-himself. He could always beat his double sculler, if he pleased, he could go faster, whilst he maintained that it his sculls were in the water a long time they were always working. The race with Towns proved Barry to be correct. • The Englishman's body was level with Towns's-bow in three strokes, and he had his pace—even at 28 a minute— throughout the race. Barry's scheme worked out, for he rowed Towns down at that rate of striking. Now, slow as that was for, a championship, the Englishman p&j: up the wonderful time of 21 min. 12 2-ssec, beating all records for the Putney to Mortlake course by 31 3-3 sec. Times acconiplished on tidal waters are most deceiving and generally unreliable; but, even allowing for that and the fact that' Barry had a big flood and fair- wind, the performance was good. However much he was ■ favoured, the wonderfully fast time proved him to ba fast. Thus Barry,confounded those who criticised. his elow stroke. > Perhaps in the course of his training we shall again hear criticism of it, bat those who decry it must not be too emphatic