AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13727, 18 April 1908, Page 8

AQUATICS.

- -— ■-- A large number of yachts left for a cruise along the coast on Thursday night, and the majority will return on .Monday night. The Ariki left on Thursday for the Bay of Plenty, and will return on Wednesday next. A large monitor of the local yachts are visiting Kawau, where a regatta is to he held I to-day'. Next Monday a regatta is to be held at Awfiroa liny, VSaiheko. the programme providing for 14- events. Included in the events are three sailing races, a motor launch race, i and pulling r,a-.-. The New Zealand Power Boat Association finish up the season next Saturday by . a general race over the usual course. The commodore (Mr. W. S. Whitley) has placed : Ins fine yacht MaUireka at the disposal of j the committee to act as flagship. j Messrs. Collins and .Martin, boat builders, i of Ponsonby. commenced building this week ! a 26ft mullet boa; for Messrs. Mansfield Bros., who intend to use the craft for fish- I ing purposes. The same builders launched ! during the week another 26ft mullet boat j for Mr. Rolfo. of Tauranga. This boat has j been built oil' the same moulds as the yacht ' Heather, which won the Manukau Yacht i Club's cup this season. On Thursday night practically all the I yachts comprising the fleet, of tho Manukau j Yacht Club left for the Huia. and other ! pleasure re-sorts along the Manukau. They j will return on Monday evening. " j While the crow to represent West Aus- > tralia at the eight-oar contest in Melbourne | were- practising on the Swan River a snake ! was seen swimming. ft curled itself round I the oar of No. 7, and made its wav up to ; the rigger, where a blow from another oar | broke its back. On reaching the shore it '■ was found to be a carpet snake, 4ft Sin Ion" '

MANUKAU YACHT CLUB. i A special meeting of the ALanukau Tar-Jit ! | Club was held at Onehmtga on Thursdsiv evening, when Mr. Ernest Sutherland pre- | I sided. The principal business was to receive j j the report of the House Committee, in con- ! ! nection with the proposal to erect a club- ! house. Plans arid a report were submitted. I after which it was- resolved to proceed with \ the proposal. [Permission is to be obtained ' from the Borough Council, after which, I.v | the aid of working bees, the house will be •' erected near Geddes' Basin Reserve. AUCKLAND ROWING CLUB. The members of the Auckland Rowing i rich held a -cries of races yesterday a: the I harbour. The first race was for s-j.'do j I sculls, iii which about, 14 men were enj gaged. tirierson winning the first heat, with '< : Murr-ay second. Walker third. ('leal fourth. 1 ! heeler fifth, ami Stannaway sixth. The ' I final was won by Grierson," after a u<->j»J j i "go" with Cieal. the latter unfortunatek j j breaking his scat at-the •stall. j Pair oars was next in order, and some in- ! [.'p'stinjr rates ensued. Murrav and Con- ] uol'.y beat Level and Tucker, -Barber and | ,1. Staiinaway beat Bloornfield and A. Nr.auj iniway, heeler -and Benjamin beat Robert - I son and. Wheeler. _ In the semi-final Mur--1 ray and Connolly beat Brown and Aimer. i After the second rate the crew-, went, out ! again, and Murray and Connolly again won. ' j In the second semi-final Wheeler tine! Benja | i win beat Barber and J. Stannaway. The i | filial was won by Connolly and Murray, the j i race hem:.: keenly contested all through, and j i at the finish there was only a few inches be- [ tvveen the boats. j,

A number of swimming races took place m the afternoon, Bloomfield (scratch) being the winner, with J. Lovett (45.) second. The •second heat was won by Franklin, with Aimer second. The final was gained by Bloomfield, with Lovctt second. WAITEMATA BOATING CLUBThe annual rsicnic of the members of the Waitemata Boating Club will be held at Maori Bay this afternoon, and members of other clubs are invited. A sculling handicap race for Commodore 'A. M. Myers' cup. and also trial tours for Commodore Myers medals, will be competed for during the afternoon. All competitor.-; and friends arc wpjestcd to catch the two p.m. St. Heiicrs Bay boat, which will call at Orakei Wharf. A return boat will coll at Orakei at five p.m., and another at eight p.m. The following crews have been selected to compete: — First Heat: A. Andrews, (stroke), G. Huddloston (3). A. Urqtihart (2b R. Kronfeld (1): W. Westrav (stroke). T. Marshall (31. D. Henderson t'2), R. Robin? i-l): W. Ib-ath (stroke), J. Jeffs 13!. C. Carrie,-, (2b H. Men I aies (1). 1 Second Heat: J. Parkinson stroke). J. i Magee (3). W. .ferrom (2), F. N'ichollaa til: { F. Herring (stroke), C. Tver (3), \V. Davits I (2). P. Cairns (1): W. Clan-hurt, (stroke). F. I Bond (3). W. En.kan (2). S. Trapane .1). j Third Heat: T. Bell (stroke). C Short j (31, B. Becker 12). G. Champion (1); W. | .Scale (stroke). D. Nevcn (3), T. Campbell | (2), W. Cbssey (11. i NORTH SHORE CLUB. The North Shore Rowing Club are hold i ing their final "At Horn.'" and trial fours ! next Saturday at the clubhouse. Tho troi phies to be competed for in tho trials will j be the gold medals presented by Mr. A. i Kohn. vice-president of the club. During the evenings of May a billiard j tourney will be held at the clubhouse for j active and honorary members, the trophies I having been presented bv supporters of the j club. ■ The handsome silver cap presented by Mr. ! W. 11. Whclan, an hon. member, has been j devoted to the double sculling event-. it. j can be only held for one year, club trophies j to go to the winners on each occasion. CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER. [BV TKLEGR.M'H.—OWN ( ORRKsrOXDENT.] GISBORXE, Friday. In tho course of a conversation with a Herald representative. William Webb, the world's champion sculler, remarked that I there were no now developments respecting j the challenge. Artist had, as already intij mated, put up his £100. but nothing further i had been arranged, and. in fact, he knew I no more than appeared in the newspapers. Asked what, he was doing in respect to training and keeping up his condition for tho next struggle, Webb replied that he did not. believe in leaving it to a heavy three months' training. lie made it a practice, wherever possible, to take a spin at least twice a week, thus keeping himself in condition, and finishing off with a course of continuous training lie would be prepared Jo meet his challenger. Lynx. _ L —