Paddling, 72, 73 Pair-oars, the acme of watermanship, 123; give-and-take action, 124; 'jealous' rowing, 124; balance and steering, 126; the start, 126; manipulation of the oars, 126; winners of, at Henley, 246, 293 Paramatta, rowing on the, 229, 236 Passing swimmers at Eton, 203 Ph[oe]nicians, the, 13 Pleasure-boats, regulation of, 325 Professional races and their winners:-- The aquatic championship, 296, 297; Thames National Regatta (champion fours), 298; sculls, 299; apprentices' sculls (coat and badge), 299; T.N.R. (second series), fours, 299; pairs, 300; sculls, 300; apprentices' sculls (coat and badge), 300; Thames International Regatta, champion sculls, fours, and pairs, 301; Royal Thames Regatta, watermen's prizes, 301; British Regatta in Paris, fours, pairs, and sculls, 302; World's Regatta on the Thames, 302; winners of Doggett's coat and badge, 303 Professional racing, 217; the London waterman, 217; first championship of the Thames, 218; defeat of Kelley by Chambers, 218; Green defeated by Chambers, 220; Chambers beaten by Kelley, 220; Cooper and Chambers defeated by Kelley, 221; Hammill beaten by Kelley, 221; Hoare defeated by Sadler, 221; second defeat of Chambers by Kelley, 221; anecdote of Chambers, 222; Kelley defeats Sadler, 223; Renforth beats Kelley, 223; Sadler defeats Boyd, 224; Trickett defeats Sadler, 225; Boyd beats Higgins, 225; Higgins beats Boyd, 225; Higgins defeats Elliott, 226; Elliott beats Boyd and Higgins, 226; Elliott defeated by Hanlan, 227; Trickett beaten by Hanlan, 229; Hanlan's victories over Laycock and Boyd, 230; he beats Kennedy and Wallace Ross, 231; cause of deterioration in professional rowing, 232, 233; bad form with sliding seats, 224, 225, 229, 230, 232, 235; lapse of professional regattas, 233; Beach defeats Hanlan, 236; Gaudaur beaten by Beach, 237; Beach paddles away from Wallace Ross, 237 Professionals, past and present:-- Anderson, Jock, 225; Bagnall, 224; Beach, William, 236, 237; Biffen, 229, 234; Blackman, 225, 229; Boyd, R. W., 224, 225, 226, 229-231; Bubear, 146, 231, 236; Cannon, Tom, 204; Chambers, Robert, 103, 105, 137, 218-222, 228; Campbell, 28, 218; Clasper, Harry, 124,143, 218; Clasper, Jack, 103, 124; Clifford, T., 236; Cole, 29, Cooper, 220, 221; Everson, 219; Fish, 204; Gaudaur, 236, 237; Green, 137, 138, 220; Elliott, W., 226, 231; Hall, Jack, 204; Hammill, 221; Hanlan, Edward, 134, 137, 225-230, 235, 236; Haverley, Jack, 204; Hoare, T., 221; Kelley, Harry, 138,172, 218-223, 228; Kemp, 29; Kennedy, J. L., 231; Largan, 231; Laycock, Elias, 230, 231, 235; Lee, 199, 227; Luke, 226; Lumsden, 225; Matterson, Neil, 236; Noulton, 36;