BOWING NOTES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 276, 21 March 1889, Page 2

BOWING NOTES.

There will be much activity in local rowing circles next week, when the annual matches with Napier take place, the Napier team this time visiting Gisborne. The visitors arrive by tho steamer on Sunday, ao that they will have plenty of time to recover from tbe effects of the trip, as the flrat race will not be rowed until Wednesday, the orew leaving again by the Friday's steamer. Not one oj the crews competing Is likely to be up to the uaual standard, as each of the different clubs has had various difficulties to contend with. The Gisborne Club's craw row in the first match, which takes place on Wedneaday afternoon, about 4 o’clock, and the Poverty Bay Club compete on the following afternoon.

• Neptune" is an occasional contributor to the aquatic columns of the New York Turf, Field, and Farm, and la evidently a respected writer. It was only recently that he fell foul of John Teemer, who receeived rather the worat of a short war that followed on some of “ Neptune's ” remarks. Teemer’a recent defeat by O'Connor was an opportunity for throwing darts at hla opponent that “ Neptune ” was not likely to mils, and the following extract from a contribution of hie which appeared in the Turf, Field, and Farm, will be of much interest to our aquatic readers : —Nothing could have afforded me more pleasure than to read of tho defeat of the so-called invincible John Teemer. My predictions have been verified, for if your numerous readers will look h-ric to my criticism of the various oarsmen in your issues of November and December, 1880, they will see where I stated that Canada would produce the man to defeat the renowned champion of America, and the “ would-be champion of the world," and that his name was O'Connor. I never considered Teemer an expert or polished oarsman, and always considered him overrated! He pulls a jerky stroke, and is nowise skilful. His success in the past has been due mainly to his endurance and pluck. The majority of oarsmen who rowed against him were afraid of him, and this Teemer knew, and played his hie cards accordingly. Defeat has knocked the conceit out of Teemer, and he now tries to attribute it to the cold weather, and says that it stiffened him np so that he could not row. Rats 1 Bate ! he cannot give that kind of stuff to the Canadians or (o the boating community. Teemer’s defeat was received with great joy by all lovers of the sport, On behalf of the Southern oarsmen I congratulate O'Connor on his great and easy victory. I would advise Teemer to crawl into a hole and pull tbe hole in after him. His name is “ Dennis,” and be had better take a stove in his boat next time he rows; for in his last race he could not even row fast enough to keep warm.

Searle, the Australian champion oarsman, in a letter written to Mr Fox, of New York, says if O’Connor or anybody else wante to row him he must go to the Antipodes, aa he (Searle) has no idea of leaving New South Wales.