The championship course on the Parramatta River (Sydney) was again the scene of the struggle for the world's championship on the 30th of July. George Towns, the prosont holder, had been challenged for the title and. £500 a side by Richard Trossider, a boatman of renown hailing from Neweastle, N.S: W., the nursery of waterman. Groat public interest was taken in the event and every point of vantage was taken possession of by partisans of the competitors, Throo steamers had been chartered to follow the race, whilst some twenty more took up good positions along. the course, a distance of over throo miles. Altogether it is estimated that between 50,000 and 60,000 people witnessed the contest.
William Beach, the ex-champion, acted as judge." Punctually to time both mon put out from their boathouses Trossider, the challenger, won the choice of stations and selected the southern side. Starting by mutual consent the challenger declined the first attempt. The second time they got away Il together, and for the first. two minutes Tressider had the lead, but never by more than half-a-length, both rowing thirty strokes a minute. For the first mile it was a hard-pulled race, but that distance, the champion who was taking things more coolly than his opponent began to come to the front. At the mile and s-half Towns was in the lead by three-quarters of a length, and from that point the issue was never in doubt, as Tressider.had evidently dono his best. Towns for the rest of the course took matters easily but finished up with a spurt as he neared the finish, eventually winning by about ton lengths, in 21 minutes 48¢ secs. The time has boon eaten, but Towns was not out for records. Tressider pulled. about two stone heavier than his successful opponent, The Light that Failed.
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