AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13193, 2 June 1906, Page 5 (Supplement)

AQUATICS.

In future racing and other boats for use in. contests at regattas will be conveyed on the Government railways free both ways, provided they arc accompanied by their crews. ■

THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Tile second deposit of £75 a-side (making £100 a-side) in the Stanbury-Towns race for £1000. and the world's championship, was made good with the stakeholder, Mr. R. Coombes, of the Sydney Referee, on May 23. The raea is fixed for "the end of July, and Towns and Stanbury will therefore shortly go into active training. Stanbury, the champion, who is in splendid health, will work, as usual, from his old quarters at Rrde, on the Parramatta. Towns intends to do most of his work on tli© Hunter, and will finish the last few weeks at Mortlake. He needs a spell of a couple of weeks before taking- on' the hard work. The ex-champion is showing great determination in this race, and if he wins will deserve much credit for his pluck, lie. has all along been anxious to have another try for the lost championship, and a less plucky sculler would not have persevered in the face of difficulties which have lieen encountered. There is no denying that Towns held Stanbury cheaply in the early part on the last occasion of match-making, and it is just as true to say that Towns was not as tit as he ought to have been owing to one thing and another interfering. Tnis time, judging bv (he way he is going about it, 110 stone will bo left unturned, and the exchampion, with ordinary luck, ought to go to the skirting-point fitter tliah lie. has yet been in Australia. Without detracting from Stanbury's wonderful performance, it was condition that, beat Towns more than anything else. Had he been as well as his big opponent Stanbury would not have got home .with such a margin. Some good judges believe that, had Stanbury been a little more pushed at the end, lie would have gone to piece?. Others think the win was easy. The. coming contest will decide the question, but 'I feel confident that we will see a very much better struggle at the right end. Staying is Towns' forte, and with the necessary training ho will make Stanbury, who is more brilliant and stronger, pull every inch of the way. Of course, there is luck in training, and it may happen that Towns will on this occasion get fitter than Stanbury. If that should be so it will be very different to the last, indeed. At present, without saying who will win, it is enough to remark that the contest is hill of interest. Lynx.