GREAT SCULLING MATCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 554, 22 August 1865, Page 5

GREAT SCULLING MATCH.

Gki:at Scvlleu*' lUce us tee T\ne.— Th'oik' mi o ric.; bet"v-;n Robe.t Chimbe;-: aii'l Rob r: C'oopTcinie "ft" on June !3t"i, and wis Mie of the bt'<t iind nvst <o:it3sts of tho kiml ever so<n on 1110 Tyne. < ha ub re v. on, l eitin his coie.p'titer bv .i oK-bp length Th- diameter of tl e si'ul!in'_r by l>'il'n men w.ia f.ul lless. I<ach whs rqu dly s'lmi 1 , and us to condiion t':oy wera up to tho m-nc l. vi-l ot' perfection. Tho superb strength on cither side i;"i\"l!v admitted a difference of judgment. Thus the r.iee really became what, r.ll such rapes should be, a competition of ttylo, and of the .-kill with which it can be practised as well_, a 9 tho natural gilts and

ipuiitß-s which can he bright to sustain it- The ex- • :>-:nent v.-■;? great-r, , than on any like •>?!' -n ir. the an I Chambers was the favorite# -.wm I) v reason r>f hi* !"_•vtinil style with which > u! ' J : ni.il i.i • } -v.v : :ul. r.ro]Uaiied *weep, never >i !e i. i i.- liiu : ■•]; ;.n<; n-: 1 iin"];irur 1 v true, r'u'.i; hd ■ \ ti.-.- i:rn\ str-nir, regular, but rapid >, Vv i;:«- i oi ■!r;c.'t. rMI. s of ' noper s s 1 ' iiv in--." v.. n; \j th- ]>>t just b-fore 6 ■■iv'-i* a;.d a ii •<* >*;.11 v.:is *-iit- u-d. (.'hampers hjv.vd Mmn'lv i:. Irorit. but ahnoi-t by a. .'••ttu j:• 1 1 '»111 i f.-oj-r • ><]>':■ '1 owr the i<-ap by «'• ui a sUHir- r•I a I n--:i -o thev passed \Y l.iiii"? ; •'■on at:- r which < 'hamleb».-gan to creep ti;< ujK.ii his "i-'pon-nt, v.-li'i nuaun with tremendous t-M"111■ ii fiiul iiabinutahle pluck l:v down U> hi-j work w.th teriihl- rapidirv, and increased ihe lead to ono 11 : ;i^:h. \v•:i( hha i W»_»n at starting 6to ■£ un 'Chamber.*, ii..av verr« -,i round to 7 to 4? on <.'ooper. OiaTub.Ts d.d no' chain:-- his time*, or falter from the liirhl, *pi< ndid swop of which he is master, but, with cool pi.riira.itVj seemed rowing within Ilia >t;ciiurth ; while l\." pr prodigal of the niagnilir, nt »if 'its by whim hi' had won aui maintained his lead At >kinnerhurn the pn-ition had not alte < d m-the in'eival increased. Omper wis backed ' xtr iv;ii;ai,!ly wi'li w id c. evidence. amid cries of <•I!cm'"Ut, !iK-nt, and an iii-i*.»s< rib tblo out-huij-t >-.( »:iriv eac is. v.'p; o>ite Grindstone-quay the p- siti-T. of the !i,*u was unaltered, and shouts of '• Hand away, ('<■<-pil I ,"' * Uatid away, man, Bob," w.'iv e«pidly loud. fVf'iv the quay was passed, 1 oop r ?te tdily, but with rapid and superb energy, [Hit -n anoth t spurt and drew still further away, put-in:;' iV'ar'y a len.tii ni'ire !>• twt.cn the boats His mi; p'.-r;-i> t!i•;llirrit il;e :aCf v':b over, and that the unfdtciinr; -tike "f i "haiuber* not compete wi;h t•;«' rapid an i brilliant aeti-n of his antagonist. Hut at the i ea I Factory, as iho end i»f the course w;ls ; ]tpr«>ache ■. f.'hainbeis made his final spurt; >I \v:y. surely, without departing fiom his time, or itijuiiiiir hi> -up.-rb vie, his b.-at crept river Cooper's vantage, canic u • hrvel amid tho m-st intense exciteUM'ii*, -wept < n d-'spile the desperate efforts of li s •oiiUM'tit.ir, a.nd wo:i by a clear 1.-nnth in seven ndnuiL-s i' rtv .-ce nd>. 'ihe e was an inimaise crowd

iiii along ti.n uour-v mil tweoty steamers accompanied li." rcj [A pr<>ie.-.-ional divir belonging to '•■w. s. .Jell's ey- by K mi*l.a- been brought up before til*: piv-Minj m misti.ite. and hmnd o\ it in £iOO for -IN lot- t; 1:11 he would leap I'rom tri.* IlLh Level |tr:-isi* inio ti.e water b low; but no s;i-a r Im-i this deei.-inn b- en arrived at t in Ml " un.ir 'I'.-7-i'in ,i," 11 a Ijaseoinne, of Haiti p 01, nii'iiiit' il Um» l.u'tw- t<i' I .«• biidir-t above indicated and arc i \e y eieveiiy this extraordinary, til :i *.ail, S"!n--v.-iiat f.iolwh foat. This wad • lie-1.-! wh.ii- th" i:ia.-s were in anxious • •x!iti"n Ol ('11: i ard ('uoper, a'.id for a short ;iui'''.iie il trlnsi tlrl.• •,< ;t,ay b« i-xpc'to 1, cxcited an e\ll .or ■ i tia ry am ' ;:ic . f interest In his tall ho m e:e a nic s a::er-a and after eomiim to the -surface he -warn t« ist ■.i!:■ -i- and wa.- at ..nee taken up. HAJH.K..S •-;' Kki.i.v. — Aft. r c ititiderttbio ne■f.ii iti tlies ■-ii . j.i . eid- aat length matched, row from I'littr v !" rtlake, f r - J >0 a side, and :i it! m U o t Ch on August S.