Aquatics.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1013, 31 July 1891, Page 16

Aquatics.

The gold medals to be presented to Messrs Darby-, Waters, Bridson, and Rose, of the Wellington Rowing Club, and the winners of the Champion Fours at the last year’s regatta, have just been finished by Mr J. King, jeweller, of Cuba street. The trophies are of very neat design in the form cf a stellated circle, containing the Club’s monogram,and surmounted by a pair of miniature sculls. The ribband, a gold band, bears the word “Amateur.” AN OPINION BY HANLAN. Edward Hanlaii, the sculler, has written an article on boating iu the Home Journal, in the course of which he refers to his trip to Australia as follows : ‘As to style of rowing: In 1876 I entered 1 my first great race and won it. When I

arrived in Philadelphia there were assembled all the great oarsmen of the world. I became a laughing stock for them, because of mj style of rowing and my rigging,. The prevailing rigging for sculls then was the eight inch sliding seat, oars, ten feet three inches long, with blades five and a half inches wide, and footboard having an angle of twenty degrees. I went there with twenty-six inch sliding seat, nine and a half foot oars, with six and a half inch blades, and an angular footbrace at a forty degree angle. I was indeed the laughing stock of all the oarsmen. When the race came off I won by several lengths. Since then this rigging has advanced the speed of racing a minute a mile. I then went to England, and they laughed there ; but I beat them all out of sight. All England then used my rigging. I met Trickett in England and won £IOO,OOO for my friends on this race. Ihen I defeated Lay cock in the same way. I then went to Australia, and was defeated by Beach through a collision with a steamer. The Australian climate undermined mv constitution, and I was defeated several times there; but I could never get the Australians to meet me in neutral waters.’

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (press association.) Sydney, July 27. Stanbury has decided not to row any more matches in the colonies until after his visit to America. Sydney, July 29. Sullivan has challenged Stanbury to row for the Championship of the World and L2OO aside. Sullivan prefers that the race should be rowed about November next.