Rowing . . .

The rowing was held at Stewart's Gully in excellent conditions. In the contest for the Hebberley Shield, an impressive exhibition of eight-oared rowing was given by all the placed crews. Auckland gave a grand display to win this event, and it is a long time since such evenly matched crews have taken part.

All the Victoria men have been raining hard for this Tournament and we may say that in most cases it was sheer bad luck that we did not do better than we did. In the Hebberley Shield race it was bad placing at the beginning that caused Victoria to break towards the end and gain only fourth place.

In the fours event for the Canterbury Oar, another excellent race was seen. The Auckland crew rowed strongly and drew away over the last quarter mile, to win the race by about four lengths. Otago finished slightly better than Victoria to gain second place.

In the double sculls event for the Otago Pot. Victoria was beaten off into third place, after Otago and Canterbury had fought out the first two places in a hard struggle over the last quarter-mile.

There is every indication that the strength of our Rowing Club is growing and we believe that they will give a far better account of themselves at [unclear: meet] Easter tournament.