ROWING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17371, 19 January 1920, Page 7

ROWING.

. ■ TRIAL FOUR RACES.; ;■;• - In view of -the wpfoaching '. regatta a* Hamilton and tho championship regatP atJWftosahui, the various rowing clubs ; Auckland held trial fours feSftMME ternoon. The oyentsiaUraoted;*;iaifei ; aumljer of' crews and were : alt . keenly, .contested. ■ ' ' ' ■ NORTH SHORE CLUB, The North Shore Club-used, the,No, course'off Cheltenham :'Bewb,j.whicn;;waa crowded with ■ spectators, who I were i : tre&tea to some exflfellent ; racm6 i i-bs'^> ho; seven i crews that compete-" far '■■ Dr.' Hagen Bv trophies. ' .a- _. In the first heat lie crews were: Harvey.. Faulkner. Follas, ' Cunningham; Barrett, Fairgray, Cooper, W. '■■' Faulkner,- From. * splendid start the crews raced on even, terms to -the, half way, mark. >' Barrett then went slightly ahead and • afterwardat increased his lead to a. length -which was maintained until the winning post was ' The 'crews in the second;heat.- wero: Eraser, .Curlett, H. Grabb, Bissons; B«tledge, Rykers, Zeiglcr, L, Cohen. 'Just after the start Rutledge's crew met ; with an accident ■and Frascr completed the journey -atone. The third heat was'contested by: Maria, R. Emcrali,, S., • Faulkner, - Bute, » Baxter. G. Embrali, • A. Bailey. Striking together the crews went off well, and continued on even terms, until just on »« I "nishing line when White's crew shot ahead i ana won by a canvas. ... , ,^ The final was rowed by , or ?, 4V StrolßHi by Barrett and White. For half the journey the boats were together, but a spurt by Barrett's crew placed his -boat, halt a length to the good. This was maintained until the. line was. crossed, . THE WEST END CLUB. The West End Club rowed for the Kohn Medals, the course being from the tide deflector to the clubhouse. Ton crews competed. , ~, - , In the first heat crews stroked by Culpftn. Hunter and Ryan faced the starter. Some delay was caused at the start through one of Cuban'* oars being sprung and no sooner was the trouble remedied than tno No. 3 man in the same crew broke his oar. This accident- compelled the crew to retire from tho contest. Hunter and Byan were at last despatched 10 ft good start ami before many lengths were covered Hunter was in the lead and won by half a length. Fours stroked by Verram, Dawes and McEoberts met in the second heat verram was first to show to advantage and at the half distance led by half a length from McEoberts. The positions were maintained until close to tho line when McEoberts made a bold bid. Terrain's four warded off the challenge and crossed the line a quarter of a length ahead. The strokes in the third heat were Jerrom, Bright and Cole. From the start Jwrom moved off at a very fast pace and Quickly gained » lead of just over, half a length from Bright, with Cole another half lens awar.; So the crews raced until the "hnisn- , ing lino was jeached. . , Two crews, stroked by Trevarthen and Hamilton, faced the starter in the fourth heal. From the commencement a very t&st pace was set and maintained- to the fimsn. 1 Trevarthen winning by *, quarter ot a The "fifth heat was contested by Ogjlvy and Cnlpan. This was a well fought race all the way, Ogilvv eventually Becunng she 1 verdict by a length. '

In tho first semi-final Hunter. Verram r and Jerrom were the strokes. The crews moved off from a splendid start, and were together until half the distance had been covered. A spurt by Jerrom gave , rum & half-a-length's lead. hut a promising race was spoiled through Jerrom attempting to cross Verram's bow, with only a-balf length s advantage. The crewß became locked to- f gether and Hunter rowed .in the winner . An inquiry was held by the committee with the result that Jerrom was disauali- t fied for committing a grave error of judg- i ment in attempting to cross into another I boat's water before he held a lead eta j clear length. Hunter and Venam were I ordered to re-row the'race and a splendid 1 ! contest- resulted in a win for Hunter by , I . Trevartheri and Ogilvy met in tho second , semi-final. From the start the crews struck ,

stroke for stroke and held .together- With , the finishing pest in, sight Ogilvy called , upon his crew'and a slight lead was gamed. Trevartben put in a strong challenge mil , was interfered with by, the other crew and , Ogilvy won by half a length. Owing to the interference, Twvartlwn was . allowed to compete in the final and met crews stroked by Ogilvy and Hunter. A. capital start was effected and. Ogilvy. setting a very fast pace, forged into the wad. At the half distance it was apparent he Had the race in hand. The lead was increased and the finishing line crossed a length and s-half in front of Trevarthen, who defeated Hunter by two feet. ■_ ■" ■ 'The winning crew was: L. Ogilvy, A. a. Lye, R. G. Kirkwood, K. Todd. L. Wood (coxswain). ST. GEORGE'S ROWING- CLUB.', The members of St. George's Club competed for the Rowsell memorial cup and ol Crowfl t by Emery. Penny, and ]3itd met in the first heat, but an accident to Bird's crew at the post compelled Hi. to retire. Emery had no trouble in disposing of Ponny's four, and crossed the line two lengths to the good. Donnelly and Sunn an stroked the crews of the second heat, r'rom a splendid start tho boats were on even terms until well over half-way. Th«n a series of spurts gave each crew a turn in the lead. Close on the finishiua: fee Human was in front, and, although Donnelly made a splendid effort, Surman held his own and won by about six "o'Loughlin. Cozens, and Aimer had a groat race in tho third heat. When three parts of the course had been traversed O'Loughlin spurted, and, gaming a lead of a length, held it until the line was crossed. Emery. O'Loughlin. and Surman met in the final. Tho crows moved off together, but very little of the journey was covered, when Surman'a chances were , seen to bo hopeless. Emery and O'Loughlin had a great struggle, tho, former's, crew eventually winning by a length. The winning crew was: Emery. Scott, Rees, Blennornsteett.

WAITEMiTA BOATING CLUB. ! Members of the : Waitemata Boating Club competed for trophies presented by the vicecommodore. Mr. W. G. Smith. Crews, stroked by Hadfield and Campbell mot in the first heat, and a good lace resulted in ft length victory lor Campbell. Cairns' and Marshall's crewa met in the second heat. Cairns took the lead at the 1 start and held it throughout, winning by a ™\'hito and Wolfgram competed in' the third heat. The crews raced together until close to the finishing line, where White spurted and won by three-quarters or a length. The final was contested by Cairns, Camp-

bell, and White. The crows were sent from a 'good start, and remained together till near the half-way mark,. Campbell then drew out and, increasing his lead, won by a length, from White, with Cairns a, length The wmuing crew was:' Campbell, Ghent, Buchanan, Coylo. AUCKLAND CLUB. Tho Auckland Clnb competed for the Kohn Stevenson, Barber, and Hawos, stroked the crews in the. first heat. Soon alter the start Barber went into tho lead. Stevenson put in a strong challenge a hundred yards from the line, but Barber's four, were equal to all demands, and crossed the lino ft length ahead. , . , . Murray and Hawes had a spirited race in the second heat. Hawos went into the lead just after the start and kept in front for half tho journey. Murray" then put in hie claim and won by two clear lengths. Lovett and Fleming met in the third I heat the former winning by a canvas. . Barber, Lovett, and Murray competed in the final. Murray assumed the lead at the start, but Barber's crow soon displaced him. On© of Lovelt's four broke an oar at this stage and had to retire. Barter won easily by three lengths. The winning crew was: Barber. V. Murray, J. West, C. McCormack.