THE OUTRIGGER RECE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XI, Issue 2863, 26 February 1877, Page 2

THE O UTRIGG ER RECE.

i At 3 o'clock on Saturday aftern ( opn two- . crews contested for the cups presented by Mr Jas. Anderson, the late captain of the . (jlub, and.air ardent boating man. The a' Ked ; oameliawas nisinned'b^'tnW winning 9 crew in the race for, Str Gibbs' cup s, viz., j o. Powell (strcke)j, Andersonj' /Wheelor, c and Hurley, this last i gom^rj7, -who was, unable to puUJ the only y change. ' The White Oaimelia :A. Stedman s (sferoke)! 'White 1 , Duncan, and Jones. ■ When, the (boats left the boating shed ,! there waa a nasty jobble on the jriver, i which accounted in a great measure for ; themishaps^hichjbQf ell the Red Camelias, r this crew' having ' invariably practised i in smooth wafe,r» and with a low feather. . 'At" about 3.30' J tHe ! bbats ! gbt) welt away i together, and ttii steniand^fcem f<Jr some , distance. A little above; ;ithef bend t Stedman quietly } /hinted, and got a j f .slight! leadf/and m trying to recover this, i one of the Bed Oamelias ( unfortu- . nately caught a crab, whiclr checked their way, , the. remainder "improperly i waiting until he' laid recovered himself, [ and thus losing the swing. On entering 3 the'straight-'reach ab'out'half&'mile from . home, i the> White I Oamelias had ajlead of I' about , two , ( lengths, and , .were .jmlling , strongly and well. Here,, J*o well made a ,• plucky effor^to retrieve his ppsitiop, and . collar his opponent,' 'but| ( wis' aga'in"unforl , turiate, ''another 6f Ms' brW : coming to i ' £riefini the" brokrih \tater, l att«a losing hJB .' •'ThiSiilast.'raiHhap settled '. ' the mattier, for althobghithe jßftd; Oamelias I huugi < ftxJ .theb ,oars flijse, -ipenv and made a ;. fdesperatp) . spurt,; ,'it, Jate { their . ; oppements j coining in' winners %j about ■ three lengths. '• Had the 1 ' water 5 been : firtiooth'the r^ace 1 Wtfld 1 undoubtedly have I ,been, ,a 'Vef/Jctttee'ortb/'thei crows being well 'Msttche'd) Jaifd^both pulling an ex- '•• cellent stroke. The Red Camolias, it is " TmMle^s~to--'BayT'-*'took-~ theirHicking like. 1 genlilameft; ttust^^to better luck . next time. The remainder of the afterr :nqon/;waa,d l evo£ed '^Oj^crafceJ^ patches, in which some of the members of.tfle club tgreatly themselves; any Vane of s'tylb'b'eiri^aittip'ly -> compensated for by zeal. Thup ended a most enjoy-* f able afternoon, heaofty/unahlinltjt being the order of the day. Should the lnter- ' proymcial- regatta be held- here- next season} of 'which there is some probability, we think a Wanganui crew can be found '■ well worthy, to icontest for, the[qlrampion-