ROWING NOTES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 222, 15 November 1888, Page 3

ROWING NOTES.

The trial fours of the Poverty Bay Club come off to-morrow afternoon, the final b .ing pulled on Saturday. “ Shag ” makes the following notes : — G. Smaile (stroke) —Good steady, strong oar. JgS. Priestly (3) —Strong oar, but wants to straighten himself more. E. Kennedy (2)—Good oar, but has a bad habit of looking round in the boat to see where the shed is. A. Lewis (bow) —Steady oar, and will make a good puller. J. Walters (stroke)- Pulls a strong oar. C. Hansen (3) —Good puller, being an old hand at it, but is slightly off this season. Wants practice. O. Sandlant (2)—Strong oar, but should watch the time better, and must not catch so many crabs. H. Warren (bow)- A colt, but will make a good pullet in time; also must watch the time. D. Bahut (stroke)— Strong steady oar. Makings of a splendid oarsman if he takes care of himself. E. Knight (3)~N«w hand, but has improved wonderfully, and is now a strong oar. 0. Priestly (2) —Old puller and very good oar.) J. Hoare (bow) —Wants to improve a lot, and roust put a lot more weight on his oar. I fancy that it lies between Smaile and Barry’s crews to pull the final. “ Outrigger’s " summing up was omitted from his last batch of notes. He says (refering to the Gisborne Club); —I find it very hard to decide which crew I like best. The racing boats used by the Club were built for light crews, so Chrisp’s and also Green’s crews have a slight advantage over Spurdie’s, through being light. Ohrisp’s crew only averages flat 121 b, and Green’s crew about lOat 21b, while Spurdie’s average fully list 71b.. Taking everything into consideration, I think they will be the best contested races that the Club has bad for many a day,

After his race with Kemp, Searle soon returned to his boatshed and was met there by numerous friends and admirers, who cheered lustily. He stood up comparatively fresh, and carried his boat in without showing the least signs of fatigue. In reply to anxious inquiries he said us well as he could remember, Kemp caught ths water just a moment before him, and got perhaps half a length in advance, but by a few vigorous strokes he reduced the champion’s load, and pulled level with him for a time, but before reaching Uhr’s Point, the first in the race, he drew away from him, and led past by a length and a-half. At the end of the first mile he esti> mated that three lengths were between them, and feeling as fresh as he could Wish he was confident of winning easily, When ho caught the full force of the wind he found it very hard rowing, and onoc or twice in rougn water he made sure that hie boat would crack and break in halves, owing to the power he was applying to the sculls, Searle was not surprised that the time was alow, because of the strong wind which they had to pull against, and which greatly interfered with a fast record,