The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-03 00:00:00

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THE ROWING CLUB.

The annual ine.•ting of the Weymmth Bowing CI ,b
was held immediately after that for ti.e Yoomatiry
sports, thrra beitw preeent—The May,r,
Bunton, Dunn, Itobert,m, Naugle., Cur ii, Freeman,
wallis, T. B. Groves, Cuatance. J. A. Sherren, .1. B.
C•de, Stephen Brown, R. Rolls, Fisher, Beale, Hurdle,
Tel &c.

Mr. .1. 11. blobs presented the balance-sheet, which
eh kwed that laat year they left if with a balance to
the ha I ..1 £53 10, 9 1., including that due to the
treasurer, and the out,ta,bing account/. The total
receipts had been 1:59 Se. GL ; th.,y had paid if the
whole of these account., end now the balance duo t
the treasurer is only £.14 78. 5 I
The Makon : And I take it you have tangible pro.
petty.
Mr. Coil said—e4oo worth.

The MAYOR : flow iia-pn the ;:olleCtion rile ?
Mr. Co tdc cad about £l6 bad been collected.

The h..n.treasur.,ear.port Wan accepted cod p wed.
Mr. COLZ mentioned thlt some of the gentlemen
elected OH the committed had n. 4 paid their subscrip-
tions of 104. 01.

The Mnrun suppl•ol that then they were not
eligible to act.
This was the rule.

Mr. CURTIR was willing to subscribe 10s. 11, and
the MAYOR forthwith noininaLd him on the com-
mittee.

Being asked, Mr. NANGLIC s ho took a very great
interest in the club. when the b lat-homat was Inuit--
(hear, hear)--but he hat not ,een it bear the fruit be
wished. lie had not been c.illed to a single committee
meeting the wh l year. He felt very dilappointed
with the cluh, and until he saw something better, be
certainly should not be disposed t join it again.
Mr. UUHTIS Jin one year more, and let us mite
it one of those attractions that the Boat Club can be
and should.

Mr. I's AlitMllquits agreed it should be, and was very
sorry to say it Nal not. It was stated Mr. Nao_le,
though a regular subscriber, was not a member of Vie
cAntnittee.—Mr. It. ROLLS said Mr. Nangle was
elected in a previous year, awl was nut satisfied with
the doings of the club; he hardly attenlel any inset-
so the young men did not re-elect him. But the
people who found all manner of fault with the
management of the club are the very people wanted to
come in, and put them •-ight.
Mr. Naticut claimed that he had laken some
interest in the foundation of the Club—(hear, hear)—
but it was not intended ft the use of persons who could
afford to pay for boats elsewhere ; but for the purpose
of instructing the young men of the town to row.
Mr. .1. B. Cots backed up Mr. Nangle's remarks;
the club had drifted into a boat-lending one. They
wanted some interest excited, by way of offering cups
for prizes. They want.-d to cat the throat of being a
boat-leudirg society, not I,r people to take out the
boats and go fishing, and injure the boatmen of the
town, because the club's were prettier awl lighter
boats than the wateruien's. A rule said members shall
be drafted into one of the four colours; but if they
w mid not come forward to row in the races, they
ought to pay a very long fee to be members—not to
pay their half-guinea, and take out the boats for three
or.four hours.
Mr. NANGLE and Mr. COBTIS said this was not fair
to the regular boatmen, and the latter pressed that if
Mr. Naugle were on the committee these abuses
would be stopped. Every active member ought to
take part in the competitions.
Gut of consideration for the Mayor, Mr. NANGLIC
promised to all he could t.) resuscitate the club.
The following committee were elected: The Nl.,yor,
Messrs. Sheerer,, (le, Groves, Brown, Bennett, W.
Hurdle, G. Crickmay, jun., Robertson, jun., R. Rolle,
Costa ice, Howard Targett, Curtis, and
Naugle, with power to add.
Mr. GIViVES said it h.ol been proposed to have
active and honorary members as before, the latter on
paying 10.. 61. to be members of the committee;
active members to bo of two cla•ses those
Paying 101. 61 to have the power t.) use ph, boats
attr five, others paying a guinea to be allowel to use
the boas, the previous part of the day, this gem nee
cl :se prolub!y including tilos • who will not engage in
the contests. They might chall.zrze the half-guinea
against the i„uinesa ones, awl so get tip more interest in
order to increase the income; it was proposed to re-
impose the et:trance fee., ss. fir half-guinea awl 10s.
for guinea members. The club is getting into the
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sere and yell.,w leaf, and wanted to be cut -down and
replanteiL
Mr. SHERREN said the etmersti,dig nett, very goad,
but not altogether in accordance with the aisle s of all
the committee, and could hardly be carried at a üblic
meeting. They should be refut-d ,o the committee.
FII6IOIAN. as the club was trying to improve its
ways, sh .01,1 be happy to i.ub•eribe half-a-guinea, but
trusted tht club would work better with the Retatta
Committee, and give better matches. He did not
say i.here was not genuine rowing; but it Ii td that

appearance.
Mr. J. B. COLS said the Reg.dta Committee ..hould '
take the club more in hand; but th.-y collected £250
or so, spent the greater portion 41f it on races for the
great yachts and only gave the club about 250, ex-
pecting them to furnish a great afternoon's sport. He
was very glad to see the ya, hts there, but the general
public were mote attracted by what the Rowing Club
cud give
Mr. NANGLF returned if the yachts are wanted here,
substantial prizes must be given. The Rowing Club
are &whited during the yea-, hoping they will come
forward at the Reggatta, and must feel a love f it the
art of rowing more than what they gain.
Mr. ROLLS said mechanics will not slave in training
and row two or three miles for email prizes. He knew
all the clubs from Plytuouth to F ,Ikestone, and none
of thin got up fortnighdy races. The Regatta
Committee should give 250 1,4' an open prize, and
though the Weymnuth men would not win it, others
would come here, and our young men would learn to
row.
Mr. HURDLI contradicted the statement that the
races were not genuine; he had been in them for years,
and every man who went out in the boats did so with
the intention of winning.
It wile remarked the Chairman was the one who
started the B 'at Club, and the meeting filmed with a
vote of thanks to him.

PORTLAND.
THE BATHING CLUB are making a start, now the
fine weather icon, they intend moving the ladies to the
westward on more even ground, and having a machine
for g,iiticmen, and their tenders ar3 out for repairs of
the damage caused to the ship by the vessel which
ran ashore.
CHILD SUFVOCATED.—On Sunday morning John,
the infant child of John Holt, of the Grove. prison
officer. was found dead in bed, about five o'clock. It
was all riht at one, but at five, when the mother
went to give it the breast, it Wal dead. -Mr. R. N.
Howard held the inquest on Monday. It appears
the child was never very stron cad WWI only about
five months old.—Verdict: Sudocated by the side of
its mother."
DISSINTIRS' SUNDAY SCHOOL UsroN.--•Last Friday
evening the various teachers of the dissenting Sunday
schools met at Reston Wesleyan School, Rev. W.
Waugh presiding, and 80 being present. The meeting
decided not to have • demonptration in the summer,
but a conference at Easton. on Wednesday, May 25th,
when Mr. T. Flew, Mr. Robert Pearce, and Mr. W.
A. Attwooll, are to read papers on Sunday school
work.
Mona CONVICTS.—About five o'clock on Monday •
party of about 25 convicts from Pentonville. under
charge of five warders, arrived, and proceeded lip-hill
in the machine from Mr. J. U. K. Thresher. Bach
wore iron "bracelets," and . chain raa through all
the eyes on the bracelets. They were not a young
class of criminals, and appeared to be between 30 arid
40. and well-built,.
PROMIN•DE TO TRH NAVAL RANGll,—About three.
quarters of a mile of the new seawall constructed by
the convicts on the east of Portland, outside the pro-
tection of the Breakwater, has born completed, and
extrude from Balaclava tower la Folly Pier, termin-
ating at the Naval Range. It f, rum a convenient
promenade, being about Isft. to 20ft. wide, and will
be very serviceable for the volunteers to go over this
formerly rough part to their practice.
TRAMWAY Farm PRIORT.—The death of the lad
Frampton not only suggests that the stone merchants
should mend their ways, but also that they should
make • gowl deal more use of trains. If the \Vest
Quarries had a good system of tramways and were
connected with • ""tin, railway "from Priory through
Chesil to the Railway Station, how much labour
might be saved for the poor beanie, and how inueh
wear and tear of tolling stock for the merchants
themselves?