AQUATICS.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 21, 7 May 1892, Page 5

AQUATICS.

SULLIVAN ¥. iSTAEBXJBS'.

The race for the Sculling Championship aiia £200 k-side, between J. Stanbury,- of New South -Wales, .the .present holder, and JT.'Sulliyan,theyoang.lSrew ; Zealand oarsman, took place on the Paramattaßiver on.Monday. The day, 'was raw arid.cold. There was & large attendance to witness the race. ■? The course was from Uhr's Point to the Searle memorial. The tide was about half ebb and the water smooth. The betting was .2 to 1 on Statburyj Who won the toss and chose the north side. ..■-■'.•■ Sullivan f got away quickly, and.had a lead of half-a-length crossing to Blaxland's .Point. The boats then came gradually together, both men rowing desperately, for supremacy. The straggle i Was i w.elb.worth.seeing, m Passing Blaxfead's Stanbury forged ahead *and secured -half-a-leDgtii advantage, at •which,point the champion was;rowing -2.0 and, Sullivan 26 to the minute, i : Towards Putney both men ■ were still rowing,vigoroEsly,'but Sta^bury's easy style gave his supporters renewed; cdnJ fidence, and s'to 1 »was freely laid on the champion. i. i ;!A;s the boats shot'past 'Putney Stan?bury4ed % a length, 'Sullivan not steering so>good: a; course as his rival; r Gladesville saw both men rowing despetately, .but the superior strength' of

the Australian waa seen by the way he increased hisUead. Passing i'GlaQesville, Wharf he was three lengths to the good. Sullivan, however., struggled hard to reduce the. gap, and succeeded temporarily, but it was his last .effort,, and ;Staribury drawing "away -again won by four .lengths. Time, 17m. 26|s. This is fast time,'bdt is partially doe to the change in the^course. Sullivan rowed.listi 101b "while Stanbury's weight is 12st 41b. ; The official time of the boat race "is given as 18m. 275.