LETTERS FROM ARNST

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 125, 3 June 1910, Page 5

LETTERS FROM ARNST

THE "PARRAMATTA HUNDRED.'*

AND THE COMING STRUGGLE.

WITH BARRY

THE CHAMPION CONFIDENT.

Ferom our correspondent.]

OHRISTOHURCH, June 2. Dr. Thackef has received several interesting letters from R. Arnst, who is on his way to the Zambesi to row Ernest Barry, of England, for the world's sculling championship. Arnst has written'from Australia, and he refers to the contest for the "Parramatta Hundred," in which he took part and which was won by George Matterson. Arnst says that he is. convinced that he would have won if the final had been rowed on the day appointed, and if the King's death had not necessitated an alteration of the arrangements. On the original date fixed the tide was against the competitors, and there was a strong wind blowing, and those conditionswere in his favor. In any case he £elieved that if he had had another 200' yards h© would have been suecesstul.: During the week that elapsed he did somewhat too much work m the wag of training, became slightly, stale, and was not up to his usual standards In another letter, written on board the Medic, he states that he : went ashore at Melbourne and was given a very gratifying "send off" by the Rowing Association, which treated? him "right royally." A large nun> ber of rowing enthusiasts in Sydney and Melbourne have gone to Africato see the big race on the Zambesi. Arnst has taken three boats with him —two new ones and an old one; and he does not think that he will haveany trouble, as far as the boats are concerned. He has arranged with: his supporters a code system, which will enable him to send by cable messages his impressions of the river ana ' of his opponent. He adds that peoplein England are confident that their man will give him a "good go, but. he feels that his chances of winning are very bright. Mr Floyd, Arnst's manager, reports that the New Zealand sculler is very well, and says that in the final of the big handicap in Australia hewas not at all at his best. Dr. and his party will leave Christchurch for the Zambesi on June 16 in the Moeraki. They will go to Sydney, and intend to do a good deal of motoring between Sydney and Melbourne. On June 25th they; will see the football, match Australia v. New Zealand, and also the trotting Wents at Melbourne on July 2. They will leave Adelaide and the Common-* wealth on July 9. Durban will bereached about July 28. They hope tp< be present at a conference of representatives of both scullers at the; Zambesi early in August. Between! that Mine and the race they Will go north "Of;Jthe Zambesi as far as therailway /Mine has been pushed along, and expect to see the country there for 400* or 500 miles. ■,}' ..'.', A writer in "Fair Play," a Sydney sporting journal, gives a great deaf of praise1 to Arnst's efforts in the; final of the "Parramatta Hundred^ • He says that Arnst sculled absolutely faultlessly, and he quotes a statement by Beach, who was the umpire, and? who said: "It is the finest piece of sculling I have ever seen; That ArnsfJ is a marvel; the best we have had on/ the river."