HEATHCOTE REGATTA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5953, 25 March 1880, Page 5

HEATHCOTE REGATTA.

...dfEqerp.s-r,Patroni J._ T, Fisher, Hiq., Commodore: ■ J. L. Coster, Esq. Cpjhppttee j, Mpssrs., H. ; ,;Tbomsqp, J, ; w, Daviji„.,A,. ~,4 Payjjtt,. Mooch, A. 0. Watson, J. B. Evans. E : D. Petrie, J. Day,, T, Taylor, R. U.M., pllivier, EL Hobday, F. pavitt,- F. ,D. Kesteven, F, A. Button, and E. , M. Boulton. Starter •: F. .Pavitt, Esq. Umpire? F. Digby, Esq. JudgeH. Thomson, Esq, ( Hon, .Treasurpr.s J.'ip.' Jones. . Hon Secretary?. Shopley ,0. Kesteven. ~, . Oh March 28,1877,, when a regatta was iheld op thejEstuary at Sumner, the occasion iwas.a red letter day for the Canterbury ißpwingClub. Yesterday, the Kaiapoi Boatr ing Club carried . off the greater part of,'the honours, the wins on the two occasions being lap follows: — |,l 1877. j Canterbury E C.—Junior fours, i , Canterbury’:B.O—Senior fours, i Canterbury E.O.—Junior pairs. • , i 8.C.-fSenior pairs, , ; , > Canterbury E.0.-ADouble soulls. i ,i ; "„ , ~1880.,' ... ; Kqiapoi Cure Club, —Senior pairs. • iaiappi, (Cure Club.~Chempion fours, i , Kaiapoi Curo Club.—Doublo sculla, , I ,- Eaiappi Pore, Club,-rr Junior spsii;s, ’ ' ; , ’Unionß.O.—Four-par sweepstake., | Union E.P.---Juoior Jours. ! ■ , Nothing Could'be more [Complete 1 than-the reversal; of fortune here, indicated, r To every-; ope who, was present yesterday: the reason for itne; {Success of , the. Cure Boating Club was strikingly apparent, Tbe-men were all power--Jullyi buit, displaying any amount of muscular strength and staying power, and in their •boats they worked together in that maobinelikoimanner whioh , betokens the confidences born i of regular and) long;Continued practice. Their style,<jf .rowing was easy j ’ not showy by.. .any - means, . but getting, out of the boat; the greatest possible amount of speed ' with -tho; leastr; requiremebt : for ;j unduq. exertion; . Their grip : of ’ the water was firm, and well sustained tbroUgh. ■the stroke; andwhen;.an increase of. speed Ibccame .desirable, the iefforb was a barely; ’perceptible one.; TheOB.CL men,, though {displaying not a few desirable qualities,’had not the eume amopntj of. strength., to, [depend iup<>4 that their jmen are, hot, in,, manual,• labour. . this Blub! requires is a practical trainer, ohe who knows all. about -the moderp slidihg enable a , crew to use ] them to the, ( best, advantage., Oould tbis aid, be obJ,ained, the: .Canterbury. men would Speqdhy Ijqcqme) mqst.f brmidable ’opponents., The Unipii'Bowing ,Club..mpn .havenotstrehgthenoughforhsng-distance rices, and they a Club—heplaced ih a far , better position |f they could obtaiii, thb addition to their membership of a few heavy-weights, understanding" how to,handle ah Oar..’'.''',- /'V, ' The attendance. of the general public. yesterday was Very small as compared with the last regatta, and still, smaller, by comparison With the recent contest ; to ,be more precise, the boat fftqe , between icrCws of the , Otago and Canterbury Clubs. But the, day" was much’ too, he’arl the faster thefif.', and no doubt' many who won'd .bavis attended ’ were deterred by the threatening aspect of- the weather. A faw showers fell, and standing about “ between the acts " was ih‘ Conapqueucp somewhat dispiriting. THe Cohimittee. hbwever, may well *be; congratulated, J upon; the prb,mptheiss with' Which the' various eventa were got off at the stated times ; and tlnsh'jpieya'; may be hest inferred from the fact that, the competitors had returned to Christchurch by. y.b'clock in the evening. .Inhere were a few desultory'ktteinpts to provide amusements, buttheprop rietors'ofthe apologia sforetauds could acarcely bave; been id, a position'to, con-. gratuldte themselves. 'Cine, item there'Was 1 -■ an unexpected One—which did bausealittlefun. A hansom-cab horse bolted, and performed ian exciting steeplechase gallop,, taking, his 'few fences in good, style, and in the end land-, ing his attached cab almost without a scratch. Amongst the spectators there!were' gentlemen |who could ride/aiid - 1 geqts ” who could not; and the members of the latter, distinctive doss did not, by their reckless and most ungainly performances,, add one., bit to the {gratification of anybody but .themselves. 1 Annexed'will be found a notice of;the' ivarious events. ' With one ( exception, the, double sculljng races, thCy, were, not at all Icihsely finished, and,', speaking, generally, the [contests were decidedly fcam'C.' ' I ,Sknxob JPAHwi'-li miles., ? _» jOure . (Cure Boating 01ub)-r(3-. f Wriftht, i; i . bow ? J. Winterboum, stroke; Ck Westoh. cox ... ... ;i Ji ! Cam,(O.B.C.)—E. A. Pavitt, bow; 1. M. i r OlUvier, stroke; CK Fletcher, cox ... 2, (U.B.O.)—JT. D. Kesteven, bow; 8. , O.Kesteven, stroke ; „W. H. Dunnage, c0x..., , o Time—lOmin 57aecs. i i For this event > the craws- named on the water just after one jo’clopk, and paadled quietly up to the start|ihg point, the Kaiapoi.crew- being first. Evijdently this pair poasessed a large amount of I stamina,; and it was confidently predicted that -at,the. end of the race, at , any- rate, this i would make their chapoe a rosy one. OUiyier ; jahd Paritt made a ppwerful looking pair, and j they; v worked very' nicely , together., . The. ju.EO. men wore lighter looking, but seemed | vfery, muscular., A,, really _good start was ■ effected,, the Cam getting a little, the, best of lit, and the Cure lyipg last. Olhvieriinqreased i Ips advantage until he had put a good ilength between his boat ~and -thw Sylph.. Perrin, however, ~,was . now putting, the, J Bteapx <onj;, and to , sueh {purpose - that at the half 'inilo. the, ,Oure commenced : to take the lead, leaving the .Union boat in : the feari, JboatS Kexo took » j wide .cbiirse. aa i the;, Ttloiofi, Bad done prqvir, ! ously, tbps giTing thq Union, men a show; but i the. gap. tooi pig ,tp, bp Easily 'got over, and, 1 nq cbange of position camo about. , The lead of ihe Kaiapqi erew . was, beld . to the. finish, • and the. race , was ■ wpn, by p and a, quarteri though the p.B»C, men struggled to ; the very,last to mend matters., To some on. the bank ib appeajeed as., if oh two occasions the Eaiapox boat,was; purposely, (nfossing the bow of the pther, but the idea ,prqTed to be mcorraot* . •. s ,? • i*-* ■ ■ Fotrp-oAB, Sweepsxakh EAOH, limiler. Union (U.B.O.)—F,Monle, bow ;,O.Bow, ;, ;ley, 2 j H. Borland, 3 • GaI ?P* , .‘Hfl 4 ■ ?> : .Parity 2 {i 0.,Q: Collins, 8 ; J.W.Davis, stroke,) :p<ihwn» 99*-. ••• * Time—ibmin.SGseca. , ~ ... The retirement q£ the. Cure Qlubiorthis oyent , leffc aduplto, be ,fought between the two Chrish&nrbh oubs, and as on both sides a considerable amount of ' 'confidence was .expressed, .&o race waq blosely watohed.; The C. 8.0. had the best of .the stwt, and kept the lead for about a hundred yards. Then the XJnion viten, orepfc to the front, and from this point virtually had everything their own way, 80. 2 of the Canterbury boat apparently not being in anything like bonditioh.. There was, However, at no time any great distancekotween the' boats, for the reasCn that Campbell Worked very steadily uqtil the last hundred yards or so, but then, flushed with the absolute certainty of victory, bq produced one or two extraordinary movements, such as would commonly bo termed bucketing. The C.R.O. crew did not pull the race quite -out. the - winning distance being therefore fully three and a half lengths. At about halt, a mile from home, the 0.R.0. men splashed considerably, and, in a minor degree, the fault was observable with the Union boat. _ . ’ Ohampion Fotjes j two miles and a-balf. Cam (Cure 8.0.)—G- Wright, bow, list ? B. Day, 2, JOst 10lb; J. Perrin, 8,125 t 81b; J. Winterboum, stroke, 10st 61b; F. Weston, oox, 7st ... ... —* i Ilyssus (0.R.0.)—J. B. Evans, bow, 10st 91b ; B. A. Pavitt, 2,125 t; L. M. OUivier, 3, 12st 61b j J. 0. Jones, stroke, _ lOst 61b t G. Dixon. cox, 6st ... ' : t..; 2 Union (U.E.O.)—H. Hobday, bow, 9st;B. D: Petrie, 2, lOat Slb ; 8. 0. Kesteven, 3, lOst 101 b ; J. T. Smith, stroke; 9st 101 b; W.H.Woledge;cox,dstKflb ... 0 Time—’ldmin ldaeo. ; i r r The judgment: of the many who had in the champion race, the event of the day, looked

upSffitße Jlaiapoi cre w as the probable w&^ ners was abundantly confirmed. Owing to »- dispute the’particular* of which did not traniw pire, there bad ■ been an important change’ made in the men, Meltor (bow) dropping oufc altogether; and Perrin, famous in boitSng: annals, taking his place. It seemed to'begenerally conceded, that while Mellqr constituted an element of .weakness, Perrin added* materially both to the strength and staying power of the crew, That the prow, as . ultimately agreed upon was a reliable one wgs evidenced by the ease with which the race wpi ; wornThe chances of tbs C. 8.- brat had— ampnM| Union men—been considered good, bnt bkwr and white was altogether Put of it, despito the fact that for a few yards tho Union. waa in advance both ot the 0.8 0. and . the Onro Club. Mr Psvitt is to be congratulated npma the really admirable start he effected, the boats going away on perfectly even .tqnps* with the Union in the centre. The Cant eir, bury and , JJaiapoi crews [quickly drewavfay however, both seeming determined to male*' the pace lively, and both doing nioe evenwork. The first mile produced no special i change/save, that the Union drew up and soon fell back again. At the mile the Cam com* menced- to Araw away, Winterboum nowr forcing the pace. His men, who were infirstclass condition, were fully equal to tbis requirements of the case, and the lead obtained was kept readily enough for the remainder of the distance, ’ The race was well rowed out, though both the Christchurch crews seemed to havemore than enough of it. Thewinwas by [three lengths', while a good five lengths'Pep*' |rated the second and third boats.

I Jwtfioß Fottbs (under 21) 2 miles. !Union (U.BiO.)—F. Fuller (bow); F. JL, Button, 2; F. D. Kesteven, 3; 1 W..M, i Joynb (Btr’okeV; W. H. Woledge (c6x)' B Illyssus (0.E.0.) —A. Johnston (bow); 1 J. M’Dougall, 2; B. M. Boulton, 8; j F. Dobson, (stroke), 0. Dixon (cox) i; ■;2: • Time.lOmin 40 sec. 1 { This could be described only as a runaway race, the Union getting away best from, the start, gradually iacreasing the lead, and ping by Bor 10 lengths.; Both crews jolted •much too quick a stroke for effective rowing, l but the style/ of thif Unioncrew was decidedly the best, as being th* more,steady. , ' u , .I Doubiib Sennas, 1} miles, *[! iWeka,_(Oure 8.0.)—E. Day, bow; -J. . i.Perrin,stroke; F.Day,cox ... X Dolphin (U.E.O.)—D. J„-Clifford, bow;. : J. T. Smith, stroke; ,W. H.Dunnage;,,. : cox ' ... ... . ... ... ... 3 Swim (0.E.0.) ... ... ...' ... ,®. .Time—Bmiu 50seo. ; , This proved to be a most exciting rape, a»?4 . thus'fdpped; a. nvj«t agreeable oqntrast •tp th» :> taineness which had characterised tbe previr oua events. . The real .race was between'tW Union'an.d Kaiapoi crews, the C. 8.0. boot having pd qhanqe. For pearly the. whole.dlt-;, tance the Dolphin held, thelead, which varied. , fromhaljE to three quarters of ,a length, . two crews pulling their very , pbqut 300 yards frpm.the,^Bt,tho;bp4siWeWj! on even terms, and the Dolphin lien gained a. slight lead once more. Fifty yards froth;th4 post, the Weka got even again, and thrift steadily got to the .front, wmning .by;a;littl*. less than half, a length. , • • . > ! . Jraioa Paxes (under 21), 1 inilo. , Cure (Cure BiG.) —C. Wright, bow; A.. : : Winterboum, stroke; F. Day, cox .a. X Sylph (U.81G.)--F- Fullqr, bqw; W. M. ',' ! Joyht,. strpke ; W. H. Woledge, cpx ... 2. Cam (0.E.0.) M. Boulton, bow;.F. . j ’ Dobson, .stroke ;C. Dixon, cpx . O ; Time—smmSseo. , i A, fairly level start was effected, thongk - after about 20 1 strokes the Sylph had a Very slight lead.. Subsequently the 0.8. C. representatives had once more to follow in th*-; wake of the other boats, the struggle resting betweeh the Union and the Kaiapoi crews.Unfortunately the cox of the Sylph steewd’i p'Widely as to lose a couple pf lengths. . Thft; gap so made' was closed up again, and 4ri Sylph’and Cure were once moire level. , , Tlri - Kaiapqi men, however, had such an ainpugfej. of, staymg power, to depend upon, t]hat liji.' the last couple of hundred yards they sweirii j enabled to increase their lead and win by ,4 length. , ■ -, Cakob Bace, 1 mile. Petrel—J. O. Jones... ... ... ... 1; Bipple—F. Shearer... ... 2 This race was won with the utmost ease., Mr Jones had the advantage of a canoe of much lighter build than that of his op. ponent. ; The prizes in the various events were a* follows : —Senior Pairs, the Members’ piijpi presented by Mr J. T. Fisher, and £8; Okr Sweepstake Bace, £1 eaoh.boatand’.jßS, added; Champion Fours, first, prize. iMr jGapes' cup and £2O, second prize £5;, Junior , [Fours, Mr Hobday's cup and £10; Doub|® Sriills,'Mr Watson’s' two cups and £8 % Jiimor Paira, £8 ; Canoe Race, £5. , ’ ' r ,