ARNST AND BARRY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 121, 8 May 1911, Page 3

ARNST AND BARRY.

Sydney, Alay 7. Arnst has received a cablegram from Sullivan asking what expenses he will want to row Barry !on the Thames. He replied £750, ! Barry to take all the gate. I _ ■ ARNST v. PEARCE. i CONTEST ARRANGED FOR i JULY.

i Sydney. April 28. i The meeting of R. Arnst and i Harry Pearce for the world’s row- ! ing championship has been decided upon, and will probably take place on July 15. The possibilities of ta, contest bet ween the v. orld’s ;champion and the Australian chami pion have long In en looked forward i<>. and as the result of a meeting held yesterday at Billiards Ltd., tile first decisive step towards materialising the* event, was t aken. Pearce deposit ing his £lOO. Air. A. S. And rows presided, ami iio ited the scullers to talk the matter OVl'f. Pearce: I am quite agreeable to row in 10 weeks, and will deposit my £loo. The wireless message said he would row me in tert weeks, and 1 think lie is a man of his word. Arnst: I think ten weeks will be a little bit short. The world's champion said ho would like to find out how he was. He might break down in the first few weeks’ training.

Pearce: It is no good me waiting. 1 am getting old. That’s the trouble. (Laughter.) Arnst: The trouble is I have to get my stakes. 1 have New Zealand supporters, and I have to get. word froiji them. I would not like to row before, say. 7 2 or 13 weeks. M hen I trained over in Wellington it was 13 weeks, and 1 never felt j so well in my life. ! The Australian champion said, that he. did not wish to dictate terms, but he was quite agreeable to row in 10 weeks. The chairman: What do you say to 11 weeks, and split the difference Pearce replied that he was quite agreeable to meet Arnst half way, say 10 weeks from next Saturday. Arnst : I won’t be able to get to work until next week. Eleven weeks from next Saturday is short enough. When I said 10 weeks I! meant after 40 weeks’ solid ! run-i

; mg. ; After further discussion as to (lie ipossibilities of other sporting fix jtiires clashing. Arnst finally deci I 'ed t hat he could not row before •July 15. He expected, he said, to i he in form in eight weeks. i Mr. H. Lloyd: 1 think 11 :is cutting it too fine. i Arnst: I want 11 weeks f;om Sat unlay. i Pearce: Are you going to -t.’.J ( by that. Dick 1 , Arnst : Yes. Pearce then handed in his depoI sit. Air. A ,S. Andrews -/as apI pointed stakeholder. Arnst SL.nlc.l ■ that he would get into imine Hate communication with his X.-»,v e;» land friends, and would cover ihc deposit in a few days, when 1! e articles would be signed. The race will be rowed < n lie Parramatta championship course for £5OO a side. A suggestion made by one of the gathering was that duly-authorised persons, wearing badges, be stationed at the various vantage points on the river for the purpose of collecting towards a fund for the benefit of the scullers, it being submitted that the men had to incur considerable expense in their training. and the defeated man stood to lose a good deal. The men supplied the amusement, and it was thought that the spectators would be "sports” enough to recognoise that fact by means of contributions. This was accepted as a good idea, and it was determined to take the matter in hand.