ROWING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10761, 8 May 1911, Page 1

ROWING.

AUSTRALIAN ROWING. [Bv Electric TEMCiiAwr— CorjrmonT.] (Pf.r Press Association,) , Received May 7, at 5.5 p.m. Sydney,-May 6.Amateur Clianipion Sculls—M-Vi.Wy ' (Tasmania) 1. Tonus (New South -Wales) -2. Stevens (Victoria) .3. Hie onlr starters. Won by foiir lengths. - Kight Oar Race.—New South Wales--1 Victoria 2, Tasmania 3. Soutli Australia, Westralia, and Queensland also started.' New South Wales led froni- : the start and won by two' lengths and a-half. Victoria :ind Tasmania- had a nwniiicerit "tussle for second place, never half a length■ separating-;t hem. Victoria finished just a third of a engt h ahead. South Australia was a length awav. Westralia and Queensland were outclassed after a mile and a-half. It is described as the most spectacular race ever witnessed. •• For- over a mile the live boats were abreast, led by. New. South W T ales. Tdie-.t'rwu was 1/null 24scc.