THE ARNST-WHELCH MATCH.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 75, 31 March 1910, Page 8

THE ARNST-WHELCH MATCH.

CHAMPION FEELING 'GRAND." [ny TEI EGIIAI'U— I'RESS ASSOCIATION.] AKAUOA, riiis Day. Both Amst and Wheleh took v >Uy off yesterday, except for walking e.xrriise. and spent the day polishing their boats and adjusting tho riggeis. VVhelch is hetnier than when he rowed hie last i .ice, scaling 9.-t 12|ib. He declares lnn>plf to be \cry ht — never better in his life — ami his party is quietly contident. Aritet was oft-colour on Tuesday night, with Mjme slight internal indisposition, but a. day's spell fret him right again. He weighed 13st 31b. this mornins, and will piobafcly be a slmle heavier on Saturday. Whelch was out tirst this morning, shortly aftev ten, with F. (!. \Vcßt«nra, an Akaroa amateur, to i>acc him. The water do«:n the haibour was lumpy, but the challenger probably had 1| or 2 mHes of good water, and he enme back with hif> pacer at a. polid three-quarter speed. He waa sjettine a fair swing and finished his stroke with v push that suggested improved leg work. Then Arnst and Felton left their shed, pulled out to the edge of tlie rough water, and camo back over the same course a* Whelch. T-te champion was pulling 23 or 24. but when at that measure his pater was of little U6e to him over the last J of a mile. When he returned to hi.« «-hed hit. only reply to a question as to how he fell, was "Grand."

A preliminary enquiry into the capsiz- ' ing of the steamer Koi, at Nelson, yesterday will be held by tho Collector of i Customs at that port, and the evidence I received wrll be forwarded to the Marine Department for consideration. Niws has been received of the death in England of Mis* L. Wynn-Wil-Hams, a -daughter of (he late Mi. Robert Wyiin-Wrflianis, at one time Ciown Prosecutor at Auckland, and brother of Mr. Wyau-W>illi«un«, of the Agricultural D*partnu»t, .Wellington,