IjSTTERPROVIXCIAL FOURS

Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 50

IjSTTERPROVIXCIAL FOURS

For Edmond's Challenge Shield— Otago v. Southland. Two miles.

Southland (Rose Pink)-E. S. Perry (stroke), B. C. Basstian (3), T. S. Mitchell (-2), D. Morton (bow) 2i

Otago (Dark Blue)— C. Braithwaite (stroke), W. Porter (3), J. Yeomans (2), W. Olsen (bow) 2

The crews were the same as in the Senior Fours, except that tho veteran Olsen took White's place in the Otago boat and Mitchell (Riverton) took Christophers' place in the Invercargill crew. For the best part of the way the boats kept well together, but approaching the wharf Southland drew rapidly away, and won comfortably by half a dozen lengths. The folowing are the results of the previous luterprovmoial contests between Southland anel Otago: — Year. Regatta Winner. Waihola Otago 19 °2 Invercargill Southland !903 Waihola Southland 1304 Invercargill Southland Maiden Pairs. One mile. Prizes, £2 and £1. Five entries.— Kia Ora (H. S. Beer and W. Beer) 1, Riverton (W. Bomfpce and M. Hayes) 2, Invercargill (T D. Campbell and S. Berndt&on) 3. A good race. Wen by three lengths.

Junior Pairs. One mile. Prizes, £3 find £1. Three entries.-— lnvercaigill 1 Riverton 2. Won by a foo\

Senior Pairs. One mile. Prizes, £5 and £2. Four entries.— lnvercargiJl 1, Riverlon 2, Railway 3. Won easily bj thiee lngths.

The result of the intcrpro\incial rowing race between Southland and Otngo -nag received in "Dunham shortly after 5 last evening, but owing either to the excitement of the Otago Rowing Association's representative at the scene of action in vaguely framing his telegram or to their official in Dunedin wrongly construing the wire, the news became general that Otago had wrested the handsome Edmoud Challenge Shield from the Southlanders. The ■\\iV.<. no cYi'M, ivhs father to the thought, mul in© jubilations of the local rowing mm were rudely put a stop to when a labor telegram in more intelligible phraseology came to hand giving tho correct result — too late, however, to undo the confusion thus caused, and the tclegi.im^ of con. gratulatiun to tho Otago cicw from our prominent rowing men had to bu lep-eated; to tho Southland men.