AQUATICS.

Evening Star, Issue 12884, 6 August 1906, Page 2

AQUATICS.

VETERANS' SCULLING MATCH. The weather was fine, and the water on the Parramatta, Sydney, smooth oil Saturday. There was an enormous attendance along the banks and on the river to witness the racing. The betting was 5 to 4 against Kemp and 2 to 1 against Beach. The distance was about a mile and a-half. From the start Beach first went in pursuit of. Green, but the latter maintained the advantage, showing surprising vigor, and was not displaced till Tennyson was reached. Here Kemp, who had steadily improved his position, went to the front, with Beach filling third position. The latter got into second position soon afterwards, and then Laycock, spurting brilliantly, went up second off the gasworks, andj going strongly, had overlapped Kemp at Putney. The wash from a launch interfered with Laycock, but despite th}s it took Kemp all be could do to keep in front to the finish. Kemp won by half a length, and Beach was four lengths behind Laycock. Then followed Pearce t Beynolds, Rush, and Green in that order. Time, Bmin 40sec. Kemp won the aquatic chnmnionship of the world in 1888 (twice) and 1890, Beach in 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887 Six crews started in the Ladies* Double Championship, which was finely contested from start to finish. The race was won br Mesdames Woodbridge and Hvde, and covered a mile and a-half course. Time, 12mm <s29ec.