Saturday, 23rd.

Cleaned teeth about 8.30 and loft in a hurry to catch bus and see the rowing. A most pleasant trip over tussock covered Cashmere Hills passed signs of Takaka and Kiwi to Governor's Bay. Sea calm marred only by tidal waves. A prompt start saw V. U. C. away, hakas echoed in the hills. Then C.U.C. drew ahead followed by O. U. and these positions remained unchanged to the end of the race. Home via Lyttelton and Sumner. To rush up to the boxing end learn that V.U. C. had five finalists. And in the evening won five finals. And was Trainer Coveney bucked! Collage Hall, an ancient Gothic edifice, lofty and airy, was the stamping ground for rendezvous.