ON THE WATER

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12076, 2 March 1925, Page 12

ON THE WATER

SOME OF OUR BCULLERB

■ - STRAY JOTTINGS.

(By "Stroke,foV "N.Z. Times.’O * Those who .'braved the • elements oh Begatta; Day : were rewarded ; with ' shihe lyery rowing Veliki with some very, dose finishes: Although the starting. or the' day^sprogramme * was delayed' through, the ijon-arrival ■ of the skiffs by. rail, yet' the oflßcials' dnring tlie. afternoop'- were- all out- to'make ’up ' the lost time, and ’the last race was got’ elf well on time.' -Taking, the-racing' right-through,-the crews ail.'.'mo're’ or.'iess', were -able- to -finish 'the course without showing:» much •- strain;? (indicating ■ that they ' had trained coOscientidusly; -■ - Btit have any of .' the!clubs; got aby coachesP The -way -some-of- the. crews- were- pulling, and 'the attitude in-tho boats* was most peculiar. Some of-.the: crews,- as one well-known did' oarsman- remarked-: "Are like- the Hunohbabk in Notre Dame;” Surely- there are - plenty- of, the - old row; ing men who Would onlY be! too willing to shpw and ‘givq their experience to . the coming ooremen. It wds a treat to watch Traill and 'Kruse' (of Union, Wanganui) and Wakelin and -Herd - (of Star) rowing, and to see -the way they sat in their boats and rowed. ' These tour’ men, without a donbt, gave the, finest exhibition of rowing seen for.many. a.long-day in WeU'ington. : The Union' double sculls, fully .deserved their win: ! r ' - , - Wakelin and Herd; .who rowed over, the course for the senior pairs, 'were also responsible for the Star-senior, fours winning their’ race, as Ohorn, - who' was - bow, was nothingbut a 1 passenger. ‘ Hereford, the third man, did remarkably well, -when it is' considered'that he 'had practically to pull - against -the .-other/two men. •.■-.■■■■■■: The maiden, fours was: a very exciting race, and ‘ one ■ that: was worth -going - a long way'to' see. .‘ - Star, -Petone,' Union, Wellington- and • Wahgahui ' fheed the starteri And s from an 'even-break the crews were- all abreast until within a-hundred yards of the' winning /post,' when' Petone. shortening their-stroke,- on account. of the choppy water, forged ahead and -won by less chan' 'a; length', from Uxfion. who were the same distance ahead of Wanganui, Stqr and Wellington,' ’ Another great race -wa'a j the . junior fours, which- was :,won"by Avon/ who were less than' half ,a length ahead of -Union,' while Petone' was .two. lengths behind .Union. ;, Avon, Wellington, Star. Union and Petone, was the Order, in which tjie boats'gotnway from thelstar,ting.line,,and 'Avon, who’ led , throughout, wqa 1 well chased hy Union and Petone. hut/.managed to hang out and cross the winning line as above. - I • The biggest ,>wab‘ the - junior single sculls. H. Dyke, of Wanganui, simply Tail airqt from C. Campbell, of Aramob'o,' and C. H. Burridge; of Petone, winding -by twenty, lengths- from Campbell, who Was- the, same, distance ahead of -Burridge. ' ‘ . , The two pretticst scullers at tbe re-, gatta, Traill' anti Kruse, of -Union, also had a ! runaway' victory over Bright' and Wilspg (Wellington)! . and -Anyon and Marris (Stark' winning by - over ' twenty (lengths without being extended onfie. Wellington were about five lengths ahead of Star'for second money. - It was.hard luck that the Star youths' four missed their' race, owing to the senior four having their cox; as no doubt they would have defeated Petone. (the winners) the same way they did the »r----.vious Saturday. : ‘ FOR CHRISTCHURCH. • .The Star B.C. sent the following- crews to . Christohurch ’on Saturday: r-Youths' -Fours: Messrs G. E. Cooke (str), P. L. Hinge (3), J. McKinley (2), and C. .W. Haines (b). Maiden Double Sculls; Messrs G. E. - Williams- (str) and " P. Field (b). ■ CAMBRIDGE v.- OXFORD. Like Cambridge, Oxford will have two

crews in training at the start of its practice for the boat race on Saturday, March 28th. at 3.30 p.m. Tho Light Biuss made an early start last mohth, followed a few days later by the Oxonians: Cambridge: are in the happy position of be; ing able to call upon six Old Blues, and an promising': stroke m A.G: Wansbrough, the second- year's King’s oarsman,'. who is looked upon as the natural successor to- Hartley" and- Stobart. The Oxford president, J. G. Mower White (Brasenose) - has;;.only G. E. G. Gadsden (Christ ChurchV deft of the old brigade. One -of the; chief problems to he solved will be fhe 2 questian of stroke. A. V.- Campbell (Christ Church), who' occupied the--position in the losing crew of 1922, is still available, but it. is-more than likely that G. W. G. Fox (Magdalen) ■who stroked the winning: crew- in ’ the .trials at Henley at the. heginniFk of December, .will be the choice. '» . -- .