THE ZAMBESI RACE RECALLED.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIII, Issue XVIII, 29 July 1912, Page 5

THE ZAMBESI RACE RECALLED.

Barry, the English sculling champion, is the holder of the record from Putney to Mortlake, the course over which the race for the championship is to be rowed. "Rigger," of the Sydney Telegraph, in discussing the prospects of the two men last week, remarked that Arnst is not only a fast man, but a stayer also, and even with those accomplishments he admits that Barry drew upon him fast towards the end of the Zambesi race. When Arnst arrived in England, he was asked which was the hardest race he had ever been called upon to row, and he replied, "The one against Barry on the Zambesi." This, however, is not quite consistent with the remarks he made after the race with Pearce on the Parramatta twelve months ago, when he said to Pearce: "You gave me a harder race than Barry did." The fact, however, that Barry was pulling up on Arnst very quickly on the Zambesi course shows that he has a chance against Arnst, more especially as the race is on the Thames river, and over a 4J mile course, instead of the 3 miles 330 yards which Arnst has been used to rowing. So far a.s Arnst's training is concerned, it appears that he is progressing in a manner which leaves very little doubt as to his ultimate form. Throughout the whole of his work he has gradually come up to concert pitch without any unnecessary labor, and has practically gained racing form through constant and regular methods. A great many of his friends in Sdyney anticipated that he would find some difficulty in reducing his weight, but, happily, he has not found the slightest need for \vnusunlly strenuous work. In "Bossy" Phelps he has a good trainer and one who understands the game thoroughly. Barry is said to be a very skilful and clever sculler, but this^ Harry Flovd, who was with Arnst in Africa denies." "The man is not skilful," he said, "in any way. Mr Guy Nickalls spoke about Arnst's sinew and muscle overcoming Barry's skill and science, but that was all nonsense. Why skill and science mean speed, and the more scientific the sculler is the faster he can row. I can assure you, and I watched Harry very closely throughout his training and during the race, and I cannot «ay the rr.nn is in the least degree skilful, as skill goes." Whether Barry is skilful or not, the fflct that he broke the record for the Thames course takes a lot of arguing away by those who say he is not fast.