OTAGO ROWING ASSOCIATION SPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12737, 10 August 1903, Page 7

OTAGO ROWING ASSOCIATION SPORTS.

To aid the' Otago Kowing .Association in the matter ; of .raising sufficient funds t, hold the championship regitta ..this yeai at Waihola, the OJR.F.U. generously allowed the kindred body the" proceeds of. Saturday's trial match, wbichf judging by the sttendanee. should amount to something between £40 and £50. Added: attractions were he!d out in the form of a fancy costume football match, motor cycle iace,_e r tc. Tht flrst-inentioned , wa. of eliort duration, ns-the public was more interested in the trial match, and the uitics of the grotesqnely-attired "costume" footballers were not.particularly lunny no; very interesting. The j motor cyclo race, however, was watched ■with.great interest, and tho element of risk as the >jnaehine3 whizzed round the- Caledonian track was-sufficient in itself to rivet tho attention.of those who lovo sensation. The nature of the track forbade anything like top spesd, andjeven the most daring riders had to slow down on tho north-western comer to negotiate it ea'fely, The race was a handicap event, and was ivon by Dennison, of Oamaru, who covered the two miles in 2inin 45aec. The starters were; Dennison (scratch), Kidd (40sec), Williamp (oOsee), Siae (70sec), and Nees (70sec). Dennison had no difficulty in overhauling the other competitors, and made n. race of it. Bell wa9 a non-starter owing to his machine not being Teady for him. Dennison subsequently cut out a mile.from a standing start in 2rnin, and from a flying start in lmin -lSaec. ' Tl|e'. Harrier Steenlcchast bro-.ight out 18 starters, tjie majority of whom did not last half'the distance. course was over a. mile and a-half, with a couple of jumps. The result ■was;—Biirk, scratch. I;' Murray, SOj'ds, 2; Eeid, 180 yds, 3. Burk and" Mnrray cut down the h'andicaf men when there were still two laps to go, and, accompanied by Reid, made tho pace in turn till, the final iprint, when Burk had the race in hand, and Murray finished wellv.p. ' ,'

Tho arrangements, in connection with the motor race were unclortalten and successfully carried through by Mr George Sise Mr Deniiison, the winner, drove a Torpedo, made by Messrs Herman Houso and Co., of Oamaru. This machine was specially built for racing, and had tht advantage of being fitted with Mr Denriison's patent chain gear with flexible grip'.: Mr Sise steered a- Thomas (made in America), while all the other competitors used. Werner's,(English-made machines);