SCULLING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13336, 27 March 1911, Page 6

SCULLING.

,fTEffi PARRAMATTA HUNDRED. 1 W. RIPLEY WINS. Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY, March 25. The “Parramatta Hundred” final resulted as follows:—\V. Ripley (Gssec) 1, Norman Towns l (2<3sec) 2, S. Hagney (20sec) ... , ■ i ■ Ripley’s generous allowance secured him a runaway victory. None, of the. other eleven starters ever had a look in . Shaping , well alid going strong,' Ripley easily main-' talked his lead, finishing seven'lengths to the .godd'. -Hagney and; N.- Towns made- a good Showing, being close, together at the finish.' 1 Theo.-Towns (30sec) was fourth. Fogwell gave a disappointing effort, owing to indisposition. Beaten Scullers’■ Handicap.—McKinhon (48s8c) .1, -Messenger (28sec) 2, J. Arnst (26sec) 3. . ■■”SfiVerahTight:?misliaps*'occurred'.early iir the; race. ...Hopping turned turtle, and

threw Carter and Kemp out of tho. running. When-’ the' scullfers. settled down, McKinnon, took chargerhand was never ’headed, winning by .two;,lengths. Arnst, who w.as shaping well, pushed Messenger close for second place. LADIES’- CHAMPIONSHIP. : SYDNEY, March 25. The Ladies’ fcculling Championship of Australia resulted in .Miss Lewis' fthe holder) beating. Miss Ryan (tho challenger). FOGWELL v, WHELCH. On Saturday Mr G. Seifert, of Tokomaru, Palmerston -North, sent to the stake-holder the second deposit of ,£75 on behalf of Fogwell,,-who is to row Whelch at Akaroa on Easter Monday, April 17. The race is for £2OO aside, and Mr Seifert is Fogwell’e chief baoker. .. The conditions of_ the race provide that in the event of his winning PogweTl is to : receive the whole of the loser’s stake (£200), and if Whelch wins he is to receive the amount of: the loser’s stake, less £SO, whichis to be. paid to Fogwell for expenses'in the event of his being beaten. Win. or lose, Whelch receives the whole, of the;net proceeds from the, “gate.” ~ ■ „ i; ,; W. Fogwell is to leave Sydney to-day .for New Zealand, and, ho. will -thus ohly diave a fortnight’s training at Akaroa. However, he should be very fit after the work, he has done getting ready for the Parramatta Handicap. George Whelch. is' training steadily, and says, that he feels as well, or better than ever before. He is thoroughly satisfied with , his trainer (Alf Birch). George is putting up good times over the course, and his rowing is giving satisfaction-to"his -friends.