Paddle Brads, 204;
Perkins, 231, 236;
Piper, 204;
Renforth, 104, 105, 223;
Ross, Wallace, 230, 231, 237: Rush, 229;
Sadler, J. H., 103, 221-223;
Strong, 184;
Tagg, 234;
Taylor, 105;
Teemer, 236;
Trickett, 224, 225, 229, 230;
West, George, 33;
White, Tom, 219;
Williams, 28;
Williams, C., 218;
Wise, 234;
see also 296-304
Prizes, rules regarding, 51
Public Schools Challenge Cup for fours, winners of, 251
Punctuality, 84
Racing courses, length of, 305
Raws, cure of, 174
Regattas,
amateur rules governing, 197-199;
lapse of professional, 233;
see Temple of Fame
Regattas:--
Barnes, 43;
British Regatta in Paris, 302;
Harvard, 279;
Henley, see under;
International, 44;
King's Lynn, 104;
Metropolitan, 42, 189;
Molesey, 43;
National, 42;
Paris International, 119, 152, 221;
Philadelphia, 226;
Reading, 44;
Royal Thames, 301;
Sons of the Thames, 234, 235;
Tewkesbury, 184;
Thames, 42, 180, 221, 234, 260, 263;
Thames International, 301;
Thames National, 298-300;
Walton-on-Thames, 43;
World's Regatta on the Thames, 302
Registration of boats, 325
Renforth, James, champion, 223
Rivers and courses, 304;
distances of locks, &c., on river Lea from Limehouse to Hertford,
304;
length of racing courses, 305;
distances of weirs, &c., from Oxford to Lechlade, 306;
tables of distances of locks, &c., from Oxford to London, 307-310;
intermediate distances on river Medway from Sheerness to Tonbridge,
310;
intermediate distances on river Wey from Thames Lock to Godalming,
311
Rowing,
rise of modern, 26;
Doggett's prize, 26, 303;
Westminster 'Water Ledger,' 27;
match between randan and four-oar, 28;
modest championship stakes, 28;
Kemp's match against time, 29;
foundation of Wingfield Sculls, 29;
University training, 30;
first University race, 32;
records of college racing, 33;
Oxford eight steered by professional, 34;
London and Oxford amateurs, 35;
adoption of 'light blue' by Cambridge, 37;
match between Universities at Henley, 37, 38;
foundation of Henley Regatta, 38;
pair-oar races established at Universities, 38;
Colquhoun sculls and University sculls, 38;
four-oar races, 39;
regattas, 40;
Grand Challenge Cup at Henley, 40, 42;
the 'seven-oar episode,' 42;
Thames Regatta, 42;
'National' Regatta, 42;
Metropolitan Regatta, 42;
Barnes Regatta, 43;
minor regattas, 43;
constitution and rules of Henley Regatta, 45-52;
first principles of scientific rowing, 53-56;
muscular movement and mental volition, 54, 55;
instruction in details, 57, 58;
stroke, 57;
set of back, 58, 59;
swing, 59;
use of legs and feet, 59, 60, 62, 64;
government of oar, 60, 62;
recovery, 61-63;
feathering, 63;
notes on stroke, 64;
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