AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6567, 4 December 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

AQUATICS.

♦ NORTH SHORE REGATTA. Patron—The Hon. F. Whitaker, Premier. ViceI'atron—The Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board. President —D. L. Murdoeh. Esq. Vice-Presidents-E. Mitchelson, Ksq.. M.H.K., W. J. Hurst, Esq., M.H.S., Judge Mair, V. Swanson, Esq., M.H.R., J. M. Dargaville. Esq.. M.H.E. Umpire—E. Mitchelson, Esq., M.H.R. Judge —XT. P. featheratone, Esq. Committee—Mr. Stark (Chairman), Mr. E. w. Alison, Messrs. Duder Bros., Mr. A. lanabury, Mr. Arirojd, Mr. C. Bailey, Captain E. XV. Anderson, Mr. T. Inglis, Captain Stephenso:i, Mr. W. Fenton, Air. J. Majs, Mr. C. G. Quick. Treasurer—Mr. S. Vosper. Secretary, Mr. C. C. Dacre. Starter -Mr. A. Alison—Auditor Mr. M. Niccol. War Canoe Committee". President —Si' George Grey. XV. Swanson, M.H.R., W. J. Hurst, M.H.R., E. MitcheUon, M H.lt., Major Mair, C»ptain Stephenson, J. M. Dargavilie, M.H.R., Major Te Wheoro, Paul of Orakei, E. T. Bufanr, Esq., C. C. Dacre, Esq. November 9 was the day set apart for the above regatta, and it was looked forward to with considerable interest by the general public on account of the additional attraction of a Maori tVar Canoe Race and war dance, which the committee had been successful in arranging for ; but owing to the very unfavourable state of the weather nearly all the events had to be postponed. The fine steamship Te Anau was kindly placed at the disposal of the Regatta Club by the Union Steamship Company, but there were only about 150 persons on board. To add to the discomfiture of the committee an accident occurred in the first race, by which the cutter Enpemia was capsized and sank. The Hobson band was engaged by the Regatta Club to provide the music during the day, and they acquitted themselves very well. A description of those races which took place is appended. TRADIXG CUTTER RACE—lst prize £20 and handsome Aneroid, presented by Mr. A. Aley, valued at £5 ; 2nd prize, £5 and Cup; 3rd prize, £e. Entries: Henry, 14 tons, J. Hodgson; Euphemia, 12J tons, E. H. Hodgson ; Halfcaste, 15i tons, D. Murray; Gannet, 1C tons, W. Spencer ; Tay, 14 tons, T. Lakie (post entry). Immediately after meking a start a severe squall struck the boats, and one of them (the Euphemia) capsized, and sank. The other competitors as quicklj as possible went to the assistance of the crew, and after they were rescued the. boas returned to their moorings. IACHTS AND FISHLN'G BOATS, (decled er half-decked), above 4 tons and not more than 7 tons. —Ist prize, £8 and handsome Jug, presented by Messrs. E. Porter and Co., and valued at £5; 2nd prize, £5 and Butter Coaler, presented by Messrs. Cruickshank and Miller ; 3rd prize, £2. All the boats entered for this race, viz., Minx, 5J tons, W. Jones ; Eclipse, 6i tons, A. Aley ; Jessie Logan, 5J tons, R. Biggs, came to the start. The wimninfj point was reached in the following order: — j

Jessie Logan j Eclipse ... ... ... _' 2 Minx ," j} 3HIPS , GIGS (Bona-flde), to be rowed with 4c™ ■ -Ist prize, £o ; 2nd prize, £2. <a ™ rhe only entries for this race were the boatn of the Rotomahana and Arzyle. The race proved a gift to the Rotcinahaua's crew thev winning the race by fully half a mile. ' ALL-COMERS' SENIOR WHALEBOAT RAfr to be rowed five oars and steered -Kith «, beegth t-f Whaleboat not to exceed r« f.",, - as per resuUtiociL-lst prize,£2o; 2nd p^ The only entry for this race was the Yonn? Colonial, manned by J. Moore \V w e Donald, W. Scott, A. Hunt, J. McMillan" T. Moore (steer oar), consequently it was a walk over for them. ALL COMERS" JUNIOR WHALEBOAT pir— to be r..wed by youth* under 21 yean, of The only boat to enter was the Youc» Colonial. Her crew consisted of S'chovel bridge, A. Nicholson, T. Salmon, C.'Bailev" E. Bailey, J. Johnston (steer oar), aad they therefore had a walk over. . On November 11 the remainder oi the races, postponed from the 9th on account st the unfavourable state of the weather, came off, and proved very succes*;\il. The committee were favoured with ex :«Uent weather during tho principal portion of the day. Tradi.no CuriEr. Race.—lst prize, j>2) acd hi-d some aneroid, presented liy Mr. A. AI-v, valat-i at i 5 ; und prize, j£i» and enp ; :>rd " *" The starters were the Henry. Half-caste and Gannet, which all got away well together. The Lrunken Bay Buoy was in the following order:—Henry, \2h is m ' 205.; Gannet, "l2h. 18m. 505.; Halt-<.ast»' 12b. 20m. 1-Z-j. Shortly after this the Halfcaste picked up the Gannet and pas.-ed her The race from this out si'.nplv resolved into "fo'.low my leader," the cutters nuiihin" In the order named. Opkn- Sailiso Bo its—Second Cla« (CO f ?P t lr .i not less than li feet over..!!) .ie per rc-iilitiot —Ist prize £10. and biscuit bv-ket. Ke.eitwl h» 11. Drett, E.q.(Er nlngS.ar).iud valued.-.'ij IC-.-2nd prize, £5 ; 3rd prize, *13. The following boats started : —lmp, Bay Boy, Empress, Observer, Florence. Transit Gertie, Agnes, and Madge. This race attracted great attention from the fact that several new boats were entered, and their sailing qualities were to be put to the test for thts first time. Of tho new boats, the Gertie was the favourite, but still was not able to displace the Imp, Madge, or Transit in the public estimation. An excellent start was rrrade by Mr. Alison, and tho crews of the several boats showed great smartLese iu getting under weigh. The flagship %vaj finally passed as follows :— n. m. s. Imp 3 31 ."iO-1 Transit ... ... 3 32 5—2 Madge 3 35 0-3 Gertie next, and the rest nowhere. Yachts and Fishinu Boats (decked or lsa'.f-decked) 4 tonj and under.—lst price. £o and Cup presented by Mr. I Alexander, and valued at£>2nd prUc. £3 and lndic\tnr Timepiece r.re' sented by Mr. Goodaon ; 3rd prize, HI. ' The following are the names of the starters: —Gem, Comet, Sybil, Spec, Truant, and Hattie May. For tin's race the Sybil was the favourite. Nothing of note took place during the race to call for special mention, and the was passed as under: — H. M. 3. Sybil 2 40 o—l Truant 2 40 11—2 Gem 2 41 11-3 Open Sailing Boats.—First c'ass (over 20 feet, and Dot more Jthan 25 iVet overall), as per regulation. Ist prize, Hi and enp, presented by Mr. F. Lett:*-' son. and valued at £.7 ; 2nd rrize, j£s. The course for this was the same as that oi the second event, and though the Magic (Logau), Shrimp (Boyd aud Yatcs), and I Don't Know (Logau), were entered, only the two former started. Both boats got off at once, the Magic having the wimhvard position. The following is the result: — Magic _ 1 Shrimp ... ... 2 Yachts and Fisuimi Boats (decked or half-decked), 7 tons and upwards.—lst prize, £10 and enp, presented byMessr3. Wilsons and Hort*n (Hekalu), valued at £10 10?. and clia-i.pion flag presented by Sli3s F. Brown: 2nd prize. £7 : 3rd prize, £3. The starters for this race were the Arawa, Kit.i, and Christina, and they occupied their positions in the order given, the Arawa being to windward. This race, which had been looked forward to with great interest for some time past, resulted, as we anticipated, in a very easy victory for Mr. Logan's latest build. The Rita at no time during the race being able to get on terms of equality with the Arawa. She was completely beaten from the start, the Arawa, either in running or working to windward, showing her superiority. The betting in the ear!y part of the week was in favour of the Rita, at 2 to 1, but finally it became even betting, though there were many who were willing, and who did, lay 2to 1 on the Arawa. The race finally resulted a3 follows : — Arawa ... ... 1 Rita 2 Christina ... ... ... ... 3 Opes' Sailing Boats, third class (under 16 feet, ncd no: le.-s than 13 feet over all, as per reculatioii). Ist priz-, £3 and Cup, presented bv Mr. H. Kohn ; 2nd prize. £2, and Revolver, presented by Hγ. Hazard ; 3rd prize, £1. El.v, G. ■VVarman; Ada, J. Ward; Smile. E. Ireland : Spray, S. Mills: Quiver, E. l.ußoy : QaeeD, W. Holder; May,,E. Leßoy ; Lively, A. Lojan ; Mini J. 'Williams This race was well contested. Result:— Spray _ ... 1 Lively ... ... - ... 2 Orr.s Sailinci Boatx.—Fourth clai= (under 13 feet, as per regulation), lat prize, tea and coffee stt, presented, by .'■ r. Montagu-j ; 2 prize, £2 ; 3rd UnaJF.'Perrot; Rip. J. Gallagher ; Who'd a Thought it, i:. Lo agdrill; Castaway, W. l>. Featherstone; liipple, J. Kinsey; Beryl, It.Stewart; Olive, \V. Wiiilc; Kuby, W. Swaiks. When the gun was fired all the boats got under sail and were away at the same time, the Una and Olive with the Kuby close behind taking the lead. On the run down the Olive appeared to have, if anything, the best position. The Una, however, was to windward, and was at times leading. These two boats were well matched, and when the winning gun was fired it was fouud that the Una and Olive had passed the winning post at the same moment. Eob Roy Canoes, to :ie paddled by bor.nfidi&mi teurs. Ist prize, Ctsp, presented by Mr. C.abnel Lewis, rained at £4; 2nd prize, Cruet, rrcM"" bj Mr. Montague. „ Charton, A. Shalders. J. Biker, W. Baker, J. Sb»w, F. Shaw, W. Cooper, C. W. Haughton. At the commencement of the race Mr. Cooper had the best of the position, bat, • before the pilot schooner was reached, C. r W. Haughton had crept up, and when the ] flagship was passed he was the winner by ', about 15 seconds. The result being— 1 I Haughton... ... .-■ ••• 1 if J. Baker 2 Shalders 3 a Ladirs , Race (to be rowed in ordinary pair-wreS '. boats, with coxswain).-Ist prize, handsome«ro basket, presented by Mr. *. Linabury; Ft«> r craphic views, and other prizes. , t Course: From Flagship round pilot schooner, ac- • back. Two boats were entered for this event, ' but only one came to position, namely, tbe Dart (Misses Raynes), and consequently , the course had merely to be pulled over. ) Dingy Race for Boys not over 16 years o.' SB'-"" 1 /) 1 prize, silver waich, and £.2. addeJ, pre=eclea dj Mr. W. Fenton ; 2nd prize, £1. Turkey, W. ; Kly, Vf. Bailey. r This resulted in an easy win ior t> • » llle J - in the Fly. r A Maori War Canoe Race, under the aus- • pices of the North Shore Regatta Club, too* t place in the harbour on the 11th November, 1 and was witnessed by between 4000 or MW > people. Of course, there would have been a 1 large number of spectators at the AorW e Shore to see the regatta, but no doubt tne • War Canoe Race and war dance were are. 3 attractions. s There were three entries for the race w/-, e Omapere (Ngapnhi), Te Aparangi (WaiMW. 1 and Te Atairehia (Waikato). e Te Aparangi is of kauri. The tree w^ felled at Titirangi, and the canoe «» i hollowed out about forty years »£"•/* •j the shores of Manakau harbour, during the residence of Te Wherowhero, tne . first Maori King, at Mangere. bhe «« ' made a wakatiwai, or ordinary canoe, ana ■was not till after a lapse of many years w<. h she was made a war canoe. Te Aparang t was used by Tβ Wherowhero for many years I as a wakatiwai, and on the occasion oi ail going to Waikato to assume the Kaig" [ K , she was taken up the Awaroa stream, drag K ed over to the Waikato River, w» I paddled up to Ngaruawahia. At thiii pi»£ Tβ Wherowhero gave the order to make ft« . into a wakataua, or war canoe. »» neu "• ; war came on Major Te Wheoro, beinz » near relative of the Maori King, toot pos [ session of the canoe, and had ner mao into a wakataua according to *?»"',, order, doing all the carvinj himseu. Major Te Wheoro has been in P<f*s" h 0 ' ever since, and has kept the canoe at fi-w* kohe, his settlement on Waiiato. Te Atairehia was made from » totara , tree at Whangamarino (Waikato), ana «

v( , rv old canoe. Te AUirehia is the name of .elebraied Waibato Maori chieftaineas, ho is said to have lived about the 15th I -utury Te Atairehia was of such high rMTik that she never walked, but was carried about by attendants. All the old chiefs of >cw Zealand are proud to trace thoir * uecs try to Te Atairehia. Major Te Whcoro ":.d all the carving about the canoe himself Te Whecro's ancestors are noted as carver.;, but ;t was not known that he himself had this faculty until he had carved Te Aparangi, which was made into a war car. 'u after Te Atairehia. The Omaperc is made from a kauri tree, au d was only r< -cuii'ly formed at Lake Omaperc, in the Bay ot Islautls district. She is a wakatiwai or ordinary canoe, and for this reason was only allowed to run on the condition that if she won the race the second prize would b? received by the Ngapubi natives, who raved her. It mjy be remarked that the Ngapuiiia complain that they did no; receive pro-v-r notice of the race; t! int they were imt informed in time, or that it ws-s to be a war canoe race.

The crtu's uv.e at the starting point—the fl.iijship—in ample time. The Oniapcre was manned by ."JS men, Pahikure and Wi Te Pariki hein«"thek:iihautu, or fuglemen, to urge the paddleis top.ilUtrcuuously. TeAparaugi by 70 men ; Hori Te Whana was the chief ftu'U-tr.an. Ihe chiefs Tutawhiao and Major To Wh>>oro were on board this canoe. Te Atairehia was manned by 40 men, ami Taniati Wiremu acted as fugleman at the bow. lie two Waikato canoes were veiv eonspiouor. s with their elaborately carved" bow-posts :in-l stern.po.*ts, decked with pljmeso: kakii .pigeons), and coloured worstc.l in place o: ! ! .x.

The stall w;s a uood one, and was seen to givat advautai'.j by an immense crowd of people on the opposite the flagship, ai:d on the hiil uear the Masonic Hotel. After about It, ; j-ards had been traversed, the Omapcrc .-\tdually forged ahead of the two Waik.to rinses, and increased her lead to the finish o: the race. She won by 150 yards from 'J" • Aparangi, Te Atiirehia being last, air! about 100 yards behind le Apa.-.ingi. On Nov. It t'ie prizes won at the regatta held on Thursday and Saturday previously wore paid over :j the successful winners in ?!:e Devouport 1 i.ill.

An open s.iiiiiig boat race took place on Saturday. November IS, between the 20feet baats >l"ul.;e ana Gertie, and resulted iu an easv victory for the latter boat by about S m:uutef. The Gertie obtained the lead soon after the start, and maintained it throughout.

A meeting of the North Shore Regatta Committee was i eld at the North Shore on Tuesday, November 21, when a statement of accounts was rendered, from which it ar>piared that £f>i\"> cash had been paid away. There .ire » few small accounts still to be paid, aud tiie Lalanee is unfortunately on the debit side. The committee hope, however, to be ab!.- to obtain the amount required to balance up the accounts. A well-attend-d meeting of gentlemen interested in the f< nnition of a Yacht Club for this port was he'd on Nov. "J."? at the elubroom, Waitem.v.a Hotel. Amongst those present wer- : Messrs. C. S. Kissling, C. H. Street, BloomtieM, Henderson, Isaacs, Biggs, l'hillipson, ami others, Mr. Kissling was voted to the chair. After considerable disit was unanimously resolved, on" the miction of Mr. Street, seconded by Mr. Henderson, "That it is desirable to form a club, to be caiied the Waitemata Yacht Ciub. and that the membership 1 e confined solely to those w ho own or are interested in avi'.'iit.'' Mr. Kissling proposed, and it was carried, "That Messrs. H. \\\ Henderson, C. U. Street, ami K. K. Isaacs be appointed a sub-committee to revise the rules of the late Auckland Club, and report thereon."