RACE DRAWING NEAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17979, 3 January 1922, Page 7

RACE DRAWING NEAR.

WORLDS SCULLING TITLE. r A_RN"ST AND HADFIELD. DRAINING NOW COMPLETED. [bt thjsobaph.—own cobhssmkdwt.] WANGANDI, Saturday. There was a largo gathering up the river st the training camps of Anist and Had•field thir. afternoon and there was a general admission that both men were in the pink of condition. Arnst, in spite of his great redndion in weight, never looked hotter in his life tnan be did this afternoon, when he carried his boat dowD to have his afternoon spin. He has already wod two races on Iho local course, and he feels absolutely confident that he is going to do the " hat trick " by winning the third. So far as hard training is concerned both men have now practically finished and they are both confining themselves to light work, such as improving their pate, etc. When Arnst arrived at Wanganui, after his race with Hannan ho was 16st. 101b. 'I*his afternoon h9 scaled 13st. 61b., so 1 hat by hard systematic train'ng he has reduced by 461b. Arnst says that his weight has been pulled down by the iftgular system he adopted, and he is just as fit. to row a gruelling race to-day as he ever Rising at 7 a.m., be puts m an hour's walk, and then has breakfast. At 10.50 he is afloat, back to camp at 11.50, and then rub down and rest until dinner time, at 12.15. At 2.30 ho has another row, then a spell, and a long walk. Tea at 5.15 follows. An hoar's reading or writing, and then a quiet stroll, prior Uj going to bed. Practically the only Tariation he makes is in the pace at which be rows. He also counts tho strokes he puts in over any measured journoy, and 'bus ran judge tlio better how he is shaping. He is now back to something aoproaching his best form of twelvo years ago, and there is a confident assurance about him that he is going to put up the tight of his life, Tho challenger, too, is : n verv tin" rendition. He has not had to irapow i.hp sunn severe strain to get down in weight. In fart he can do with a little more. On the soles this afternoon he went 41b., and looks every inch a champion, Sonio of his trial spins have been remarkably gooc. and one over a mile showed thai, he rut the distance oct in a time which, with his undoubted ■wonderful staying power, makes him a formidable opponent for any ordinary champion. It has been asserted that he has hardly pace enough to keep Arnst going over the first mile, but if. on the day, he ran reproduce form sufficiently to extend -\mst over t.he first half of the journey, be has the brightest chance of winning, part.icularly in view of the fact that he is the younger man, with greater potential staying power, due to the fact that he has not Keen compelled to take off weight.