PEARCE INTERVIEWED
It te -t-htj hardest raco I have ever towed/ said Harry -Pearco to a "Sun" reporter on "returning to his shed vesterrlay. "I reckon thatrAnist is a great sculler, and should beat everything before him. He rowed a fair race, so as to avoid fouling. He \Vas too good for me, and I will not tackle him again. Wo got away well together, and- at .Uhrc Point I think I had a lead of about a length. . Arnst mado the pace torriSc, and soon caught mo. I think wo Juiist have broken the mile record. - '■'£■&&■&: »lyJ?J#:^gai 11:■ and;catight him. i|i^ps^;qita^fcors :tdnsfenny^>ny wjipre /h'etwaa; ia^ength^orltAvdrin front ■of; mitv; .1 ; caught; him at Grladesville, ; b;ut h©;p.iijß]if>^''mp;hard arrd cleared out. T ■ went hard 'after, him' at; Ab^isfordbet ho had gained about tAvb .lengths an<t a half on me. I rowod hard on to vho finish, but was unable to catch him. I was very tired,, and beforo wo shook .hand?: I could hardly see anybody: I had rowed myself out."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 12 August 1908, Page 2
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169PEARCE INTERVIEWED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 12 August 1908, Page 2
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