SCULLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2475, 14 April 1909, Page 5

SCULLING.

AYHELCH AND FOGAYELL INTERVIEWED.

[Per Press Association.]

CHRISTCHURCH, April 13. “The race was hard going lor the first mile and a-lialf,” said AY belch, when interviewed. “I did not know what Fogwell could do, but I thought it was going to be a pretty hard go, | hut that if I could hold him for half : the distance 1 was right. He led me I bv half-a-length for a mile and a-quar- ! ter, but I was digging them in pretty : hard, and feeling as tit as a fiddle. I I was level at a mile and a-lialf, and then jhe seemed to tire. No; I did not rcek- | on anything on position,” he said, “as j if I had won the toss I believe I would I have taken the outside position. The | water all the way was everything that j could he desired. 1 must say the boat ! built in New Zealand is a really good ! one, and the model of her, as a racing j skiff, is excellent, but the weight is. in her too, and for a man of lOst a boat |of 311 bis too heavy. Twenty-three, or Ivjlb is quite enough. 1 rowed in . Webb’s boat, length 25ft, beam llin, ; and weight 271 b. I rowed with_ New : Zea'and sculls made by Harry Nortou, ! and everything was satisfactory, j “J. have no intention yet of taking 'on any sculling. I will vest- lor a spell jon ihe championship. Of course the ! man I would naturally like. to meet first ! is Thorough good, but I think he ought : to come hero on the same conditions as ; [ went to Australia on.” Whojch stated that he felt much bei- : tor than when he met Thorough good, ' for then lie was only 9st bib, although his ordinary weight is lOst. “Mv good condition.” lie said, “I put down to Webb's tr.vning. We have worked ; hard for a win with different exercises , in and out of the boat.” FOGWELL’S STATEMENT.

; Fogwell frankly told an interviewer, ' in a few words, that he had rowed unj til ho was retching with the unusual exi option, the pace being too strong for him. “After I had gone a mile,” lie said, “I thought I had him well in hand, but after that lie kept on coming ;at me. Whelch is still a sticker. 1 will never >ace again,” added Fogwell, ••this is mv second defeat, and 1 would ! not ask anyone to back me.” He stat'ed that Whelch had considerably sur--1 prised him. and had put up a better j race tliau lie expected, i ARNST’S OPINION.

••There is not much to say,” said R. A rust, tlio world's champion sculler, who trained Fogwell. '‘Whelch was too good, and rowed him until he was sick. Wlieieli will be a terribly hard man to beat, because 1 know what Fogwell can do over a distance.” THE WEBB-ARN.BT RACE. A, strong effort is being made to have the A rust-Webb world's championship rowed at Akaroa. It is understood that it is merely a question of monetary inducement. People in Akaroa will guarantee a certain sum. It is believed that the decision will depend on the allowance, if any, which the Union Steamship Company may make per head on passengers carried to see the race.