ROWING.
DUNEDIN AMATEUR BOATING CLUB. It was intended to row the finals of the Pairs on Thursday evening, but as the water was very lough, the judge (Mr J. A. Pari;) docided to postpone them till the. following evening, when better water was experienced for rowing. Forrester had the honour of winning the Mayer's trophy. Shaw, in the Heavy-weights, had a hard go to beat Spray, he just winning his race in the last three lengths. Forrester won with a fine, steady swing, which told against the sea. . His opponent finished very plackily, but had taken too fast a stroke early in the race, and was consequently unable to seriously challenge the winning crew. Following are the crews: — Light-weights. 11. Forrester (stroke), 11. Colgan (bow) .. 1 A, lioare (stroke), K, J. Kilroy (bow) 2 ■ Heavy-weights. H. Shaw (stroke), C. Budge (bow) .. .. 1 W. Spray (stroke), F. Anderson (bow) .. 2 Tubes of gelatine containing germs of i disease warranted to kill Jocusts and grasjhoppcrs are to bo distributed to American farmers. insects will be inoculated, and then relasecl, in order to snread the discass. Hastily improvising a lasso, William Winters managed to save the lives of two drowning men in the canal in Prospect street, New York. He had learned to swing the lariat When a cowboy in the Western States.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12605, 7 March 1903, Page 3
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