On Monday there was a memorable race from Putney to
Mortlake between Ernest Barry (England) and Richard Arnst (New Zealand) for the Sculling Championship of the World and £1,000. A fresh south-westerly wind made the water very bad from Hammersmith to Duke's Meadows. Arnst was a length ahead at the mile-post. Soon afterwards Barry took the lead for a few moments, but Arnst went ahead again and remained ahead till the worst water was encountered. Here Barry gained, and was a length ahead at the Griffin Brewery. He was four lengths ahead at Barnes Bridge, when Arnst made a magnificent spurt, and actually regained three lengths. But Arnst was then "all out," and stopped sculling. Thus the result of the race on the Zambesi was reversed. It was a victory of form over strength. It is thirty-six years since an Englishman won the Championship.
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