SCULLING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13035, 31 March 1910, Page 5

SCULLING.

WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP, THE ARNST-WHELCH MATCH. LATEST NEWS FROM AKAHOA. (Per Dulled Press Association.) AKAROA, March 31. Both Arast and Wheleh took a day off yesterday, except for walking exercise, and spent the day polishing their boats and adjusting the riggers. Wheleh is heavier than when he rowed his last race, scaling 9st 121b. He declares himself to be very fit, never better in his life, and his party are quietly confident. Arnst was off colour on Tuesday night, with some slight stomach trouble, but? the day's spell set him right again. He weighs •13st 3lb this morning, and will probably be a shade heavier on Saturday. Wheleh was out first this morning shortly after 10, with G. Westenra, an Akaroa amateur, to pace him. The water down the harbour was lumpy, but the challenger probably had 1} or 2 miles of good water, and he came hack -with his pacer at a solid three-quarter speed. He was getting a fair swing, and finished the stroke with a push that suggested improved leg work. Then Arnst and Felton left their shed. They pulled out to the edge of the rough water, and came back over the samecourse as Wheleh. The champion was pulling at the rate of 23 or 24 to the minute, but even at that measure his pacer was of little use to him over the last three-quarters of a mile. When he returned to the shed his only reply to a question as to how he felt was—“ Grand."'