SCULLING

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160723, 9 August 1920, Page 4

SCULLING

GEORGE TOWNS WINS HANDICAP, FELTON AND BARRY PILL PLACES. SYDNEY, August 7. The final of the Sydney Handicap was rowed on the Parramatta in fine weather, and resulted; —Towns (45sec) 1, Short (lOsec) 2, Felton (scr.) 3, Barry (scr.) 4. Won by two lengths, with a length between second and third, the same distance separating third and fourth. Time, Urn ll^sec. From a good start, Barry was the slowest off the mark, the stem of hia boat being caught iu a whirlpool caused by the propellers of a ferry steamer. Felton passed the umpire a length ahead of the Englishman, but in the next few strokes they were level. After passing Mortlake, it was apparent the finish would be between Towns, Short, Felton, and Barry. Over the last two hundred yards Short made a brilliant effort to overtake Towns, but the ex-champion, although in his fifty-third year, and having rowed a hard race, was able to spurt and cross the line a winner. Felton and Barry were rehandicapped, owing to the short distance, but the result proved that the latter is fast over any course. Although he eased up twice when passing rough patches, he finished only a length behind Felton. In the Consolation Handicap the first heat was won by Arnst (2sec) in llmin 14sec. Within a couple of hundred yards of the finish Arnst raced to the front. He was not afterwards troubled, and flashed over the line like a champion. He. did not compete in the final, which resulted; McDevitt and Kent dead heat 1, Messenger 3. Time, llmin 2-isec.