Chapter XXVI: Part IV: Procedure

21. _Penalty for offence against the Act._--Any person convicted
of an offence under this Act shall, where no other penalty is
provided by this Act or any of the Acts mentioned in the First
Schedule hereto, or by any by-law made thereunder respectively,
be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

22. _Penalty for continuing offence._--Any person convicted of
an offence which is a continuing offence under this Act shall,
where no greater penalty has been provided for such offence by
any of the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, be
liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

23. _Jurisdiction of certain justices._--For the purposes of
this Act, and of every by-law to be made by the Conservators
thereunder, the jurisdiction of all justices of the peace for
the counties of Surrey, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucester,
Oxford, Buckingham, and Middlesex, and of the magistrates for
the city of Oxford, and of every other borough, the police
jurisdiction of which extends to any place upon the River Thames
within the limits aforesaid, and the jurisdiction, powers, and
authority of the Proctors of the University of Oxford and the
marshals and officers acting under them, and the power and
authority of the Metropolitan Police, and of all police officers
and constables acting for any of the said counties or boroughs,
shall extend over the whole of the River Thames, and the
towpaths, banks, and precincts thereof, within the limits
aforesaid.

24. _As to place where offence committed._--For the purposes of
any proceedings in respect of any offence under this Act, or
under any of the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto,
every such offence shall be deemed to have been committed, and
every cause of complaint in respect thereof shall be deemed to
have arisen either in the place in which the same actually was
committed or arose, or in any place in which the offender or
person complained against may be.

25. _Bailiffs and servants of Conservators may be sworn in as
police constables._--It shall be in the power and at the
discretion of the Conservators to procure all or any of their
water-bailiffs, river-keepers, lock-keepers, or other servants,
to be sworn in as police constables for any of the counties or
boroughs aforesaid, but they shall not be liable, without the
consent of the Conservators, to be called upon to perform the
duties of such police constables, except for the purposes of
this Act or of the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto.

26. _Proceedings for summary conviction._--Proceedings in
relation to any offence or continuing offence under this Act or
any of the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, or under
any by-law already made or hereafter to be made by the
Conservators, or for the recovery of any penalty under this Act
or any of the said Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto,
or any by-law made thereunder respectively, may be taken before
a court of summary jurisdiction, according to the provisions of
the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, and all such penalties, whether
recovered summarily or otherwise, shall be paid to the
Conservators, and shall form part of their funds.

27. _Moneys paid to the Conservators to be carried to the
Conservancy Fund._--All moneys recovered or received by the
Conservators or their secretary, or other officer under any of
the provisions of this Act, shall be carried to the Conservancy
Fund, and all moneys arising in respect of the Upper River, as
defined by the Acts mentioned in the schedule hereto, shall be
credited to the Upper Navigation Fund.

28. _Saving clause._--Saving always to the Queen's most
Excellent Majesty, her heirs and successors, and to all and
every other person or persons and body or bodies politic,
corporate or collegiate, and his, her, or their heirs,
successors, executors, and administrators, all such right,
title, estate, and interest, as they or any of them could or
ought to have had or enjoyed of, in to or in respect of the
river and the banks and towpaths thereof within the limits
aforesaid in case this Act had not been passed, excepting so far
as relates to the said right of navigation and other rights
expressly declared and provided for by this Act.

29. _Definitions._--In this Act the following terms have the
several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be
something in the subject or context repugnant to such
construction (that is to say):

The terms 'the River Thames' and 'the said river' shall for the
purposes of this Act mean and include all and every part of the
River Thames specified in section one, excepting the cuts,
inlets, and channels specified in section two;

The term 'the Conservators' means the Conservators of the River
Thames;

The term 'due notice' means a notice in writing given by the
Conservators or any person duly authorised in writing by them to
act in their behalf;

The words 'consent of the Conservators' shall mean permission in
writing signed by the secretary of the Conservators;

The term 'by-law' includes rules, orders, and regulations;

The term 'person' includes corporation;

The term 'land' includes land of any tenure, and tenements and
hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and houses and other
buildings, and also an undivided share in land, and any rights
over land whatsoever, whether appendant, appurtenant, or in
gross;

The term 'precincts' includes any place within a hundred yards
of the said river on either side thereof;

The term 'vessel' shall include any ship, lighter, barge,
launch, house-boat, boat, randan, wherry, skiff, dingey,
shallop, punt, canoe, raft, or other craft.

30. _Short title._--This Act may be cited as 'The Thames
Preservation Act, 1885.'

SCHEDULE I.

24 Geo. II. c. 8, 30 Geo. II. c. 21, 11 Geo. III. c. 45, 14 Geo.
III. c. 91, 15 Geo. III. c. 11, 17 Geo. III. c. 18, 28 Geo. III.
c. 51, 35 Geo. III. c. 106, 50 Geo. III. c. cciv., 52 Geo. III.
c. xlvi., 52 Geo. III. c. xlvii., 54 Geo. III. c. ccxxiii., 20 &
21 Vict. c. cxlvii. (the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857), 27 & 28
Vict. c. 113 (the Thames Conservancy Act, 1864), 29 & 30 Vict.
c. 89 (the Thames Navigation Act, 1866), 30 & 31 Vict. c. ci.
(the Thames Conservancy Act, 1867), 33 & 34 Vict. c. cxlix. (the
Thames Navigation Act, 1870), 41 & 42 Vict. c. ccxvi. (the
Thames Conservancy Act, 1878), 45 & 47 Vict. c. lxxix. (the
Thames Act, 1883).

SCHEDULE II.

PURPOSES FOR WHICH BY-LAWS MAY BE MADE UNDER THE POWERS AND
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.

1. For preventing offences against decency by persons using the
River Thames, and the banks and towpaths thereof, or any land
acquired by the Conservators under the provisions of this Act.

2. For preventing disorderly conduct, or the use of obscene,
scandalous, or abusive language to the annoyance of persons
using the said River Thames or the banks or towpaths thereof, or
any land acquired by the Conservators under the provisions of
this Act.

3. For preventing any nuisance to riparian residents or others
by persons using the river.

4. For preventing trespasses upon any riparian dwelling-houses
or the curtilages or gardens belonging thereto.

5. For regulating the navigation with a view to the safety and
amenity of the said river in relation to the purposes of this
Act.

6. For preventing injury to flowering and other plants, shrubs,
vegetation, trees, woods and underwoods on or near the said
river.

7. For preventing bird-catching, bird-nesting, bird-trapping,
and the searching for, taking, or destruction of swans' and
other birds' nests, eggs, or the young of any birds or other
animals on or about the said river, saving all existing rights
of fowling, shooting, hunting, and sporting.

8. For preserving the various notice-boards and other works and
things set up by the Conservators or with their consent.

9. For preventing disturbance of the navigation provided for by
this Act.

10. For registering and licensing boats or vessels, and for
regulating the conditions of such licences, and the letting or
hiring of boats, vessels, conveyances, horses or other animals,
in connection with the purposes of this Act.

11. For imposing penalties for breaches of by-laws, subject to
the provisions of this Act and of the Acts in the First Schedule
mentioned.

INDEX.

Abdominal strains, treatment of, 175
Ailments, 172-176
Amateur, the,
anomalous status of, 193;
definition of term, 48, 194;
Henley executive definition, 194;
foundation of Amateur Rowing Association, 195;
A.R.A. rules, 195;
regulations for the conduct of amateur regattas, 197-199;
conditions imposed on foreign crews, 199;
laws of boat-racing approved by A.R.A., 239
Amateur Rowing Association, 195-199, 239, 240
Amateurs, past and present:--
Babcock, J. C., 105;
Barnes, 35;
Bayford, J., 35, 36;
Birch, R. O., 104;
Bishop, 35;
Brickwood, E. D., 29, 107, 138, 172, 174, 185, 234;
Brown, M., 86;
Brown, W., 105;
Bulteel, 315;
Carter, 35;
Casamajor, 134, 137, 138;
Chambers, J. G., 44, 223, 239;
Chinnery, Walter and Harry, 231;
Close, J. B., 105;
Clutterbuck, Rev. J. C, 315;
Cobb, Rhodes, 234;
Copplestone, 35, 36;
Corkran, Colonel Seymour, 86;
Cox, J. R., 138;
Donaldson, Rev. S. A., 209;
Edwardes-Moss, T. C, 181, 227;
Fawcus, 184;
Godfrey, 85, 86;
Goldie, J. H. D., 86, 117, 181;
Griffiths, W. R., 86;
Gulston, F. S., 87, 88, 105, 107;
Henley, E. F., 152;
Herbert, C., 184;
Hoare, W., 86, 176;
Hornemann, 35;
Hughes, G., 156;
Jacobson, 89;
Labat, R. H., 226;
Le Blanc Smith, 195, 197;
Lesley, R., 86;
Lewis, 35;
Lloyd, 35;
Long, A. de L., 105;
Long, W., 87;
Lowndes, 141;
Marsh, 35;
Marshall, T. H., 92;
Menzies, F., 156;
Montagu, C. F., 203;
Morrison, Allan, 234, 235;
Morrison, George, 89, 234, 235;
Mossop, 87;
Musgrave, 32, 314;
Nadin, 184;
Parker, J. E., 134, 137;
Payne, 141;
Peard, 35, 36;
Pelham, 34-46;
Percy, 103;
Phillips, R. M., 37;
Pitman, 86;
Playford, Frank, 134, 227, 234;
Playford, H. H., 234, 235;
Revell, 35;
Rhodes, H., 86, 116, 117;
Risley, Rev. R. W., 234, 235;
Rowe, G. D., 179;
Shadwell, Rev. A., 92, 156;
Shaw, Captain, 35, 36;
Staniforth, Rev. T., 30, 32, 34, 319;
Unwin, W. S., 134;
Wallace, 184;
Warre, 209, 213;
Way, 116, 117;
Weedon, 35;
West, 86;
Wood, 182;
Wynne, 89;
see under Temple of Fame, 243-296
Aquatic championship, winners of the, 296
Authors quoted, see under Books

Bathing, 156
Beach, W., champion of the world, 236, 237
Biglin-Coulter crew, the, 105
Biremes, 12, 15-17
Blisters, treatment of, 173, 175
Boats,
early history of, 3;
sanpans, 4, 6, 10;
Ulysses' boat, 5;
dug-outs, 6;
canoes, 7;
cayaks, 8;
Madras surf-boats, 9;
analogy of construction with that of orders of fishes, 9;
Chinese junks, 10;
Egyptian boats, 12;
Ph[oe]nician vessels, 13;
ships of Homer, 13;
biremes, 15-17, 25;
triremes, 17, 18, 20-23;
pace of the ancient Greek galleys, 24;
early Roman vessels, 24;
boat-building, 142;
wherries, 142;
skiffs, 143, 144;
gigs, 143, 144;
'carvel' build, 143;
inrig and outrig, 144;
dingies, 145;
dimensions, 145-152;
prices, 146, 148;
shape, 150, 151;
position of seats, 151
Boat-builders:--
Archer (of Lambeth), 35;
Clasper, Jack, 146, 147;
Goodman, 213;
Hall (of Oxford), 314;
Little (of Plymouth), 314;
Perkins (Sambo), 213;
Salter, Messrs., 145, 152;
Searle, 35, 213;
Sewell, 147;
Swaddell and Winship, 147;
Taylor, Mat, 87, 147-149, 151, 213, 322;
Thornycroft, 322;
Tolliday, 213
Boils, treatment of, 173, 174
Books, &c. and authors quoted:
Archeologie Navale, 25;
Aristophanes, 18;
'Argonaut,' 147, 148;
Bell's Life, 28, 34, 35, 110, 147;
Boating Calendar, 206;
Boat Racing, 27, 31, 162, 172, 185;
Brickwood, E. D., 27, 31, 32, 95, 103, 104, 162;
Denkmaeler (Lepsius's), 10;
Egan, T., 110, 147;
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 20;
Field, the, 40, 107, 188, 319;
Fleet of an Egyptian Queen (Duemichen's), 10;
Frogs, 18;
Graser, Dr., 20;
Glossaire Nautique, 25;
Herodotus, 9;
Homer, 4, 5, 13;
Horace, 3;
Jal, M., 25;
Land and Water, 30, 313;
Lane, 122;
Merivale, Dr., 33;
Notes on Coaching (Dr. Warre's), 77;
Oars and Sculls, 161;
Old Blues and their Battles, 34;
Record of the University Boat Race, 34;
Rowing Almanack, 241;
Socrates, 154;
Stonehenge, 174;
Staniforth, Rev. T., 30, 32;
Treherne, G. T., 34;
Urkunden ueber das Seewesen des attischen Staates, 20;
Warre, Dr., 64, 77;
Westminster Water Ledger, 27;
Williamson, Dr., 28;
Xenophon, 24
Brandy, as a restorative, 172
Building (boat), see under Boats
Bumping races, 33, 313-315, 318
By-laws of boat clubs, 187

Cambridge University Boat Club, 32, 36, 42;
head of the river, 292;
pair-oars, 293;
four-oars, 294;
sculls, 295;
races with Oxford, &c., 252-288;
college and club races, 292-296;
see Temple of Fame
Canoes, 7
Captains, 79;
qualifications for, 80;
multitude of counsellors, 80;
dealing with malcontents, 82-84;
enforcement of punctuality, 84;
position in boat, 85, 207;
former identity of stroke and captain, 86;
duties of, 87;
recruiting, 87;
selection by, of candidates for trial eights, 88;
coaching of juniors by, 89;
conduct of, on retirement from office, 90;
resident in college, 90;
lessons of the post, 91;
list of captains of Eton boats, 214-216
Championship of the world, 296, 297;
see also under Professional racing
Chitty, Sir Joseph, 320
Clothing, Henley rule concerning, 51
Clubs,
practical advantages of, 178;
Star and Arrow, 179;
early records of the Leander, 179-181;
the Leander's matches with the Universities, 181;
the Argonauts, 182;
foundation of the London Rowing Club, 182;
past and present composition of the Leander, 183;
suburban clubs, 183;
provincial clubs, 184;
draft rules for the formation of, 185;
by-laws, 187;
extinction of small clubs, 188-191;
list of those contending at Henley, 245-73;
O.U.B.C. college and club races, 289-292;
C.U.B.C. college and club races, 292-296
Clubs:--
Argonauts, 189, 269, 320, 322;
Ariel, 190;
Atalanta (New York), 106;
Bath, 184;
B.N.C. Oxon, 119, 122, 181, 267;
Burton-on-Trent, 184;
Cambridge London Rooms, 263;
Cambridge Subscription Rooms, 285, 289;
Chester, 182, 183;
Christ Church, 31, 208;
Corsair, 190;
C.U.B.C., see under;
Dublin, 106, 184;
Durham, 184;
Grove Park, 183;
Guy's Club (London), 264;
Ino, 190;
John o' Gaunt, 184;
Kingston, 43, 79, 87, 106, 109, 182, 183, 190, 210, 234, 322;
Lady Margaret, 38, 106;
Leander, 33, 34, 79, 117, 179, 180, 183, 190, 192, 211, 254-256,
258, 260, 272;
London, 79, 87, 88, 105, 106, 180, 182, 183, 189, 190, 210, 211,
226, 228, 272, 273;
Mersey, 184;
Molesey, 190;
Nautilus, 189;
Newcastle, 184;
Nottingham, 184;
Oscillators, 122;
Oxford Aquatic, 263;
Oxford Radleian, 119;
Oxford Etonians, 152, 180, 210;
O.U.B.C. (see under);
Pembroke (Oxon), 106, 109;
Queen's College, Oxford, 31, 38, 85, 86;
Radley College, 209;
St. George's, 182, 261, 262;
St. John's Canadian, 119;
Severn, 184;
Star, 189;
Thames, 42, 79, 182, 183, 233, 265;
Thames Subscription, 42, 234;
Twickenham, 183, 190;
University College, 87;
Wandsworth, 181;
West London, 183, 190;
Westminster, 208, 209;
see also Temple of Fame, 245-296
Coaching, 66;
tendency to become 'mechanical,' 66;
coach should be a scientific oarsman, 67;
testing rowing apparatus, 67;
cause of faults in rowing, 68;
'lateness,' 68;
over-reach of shoulders, 69;
meeting oar, 70;
faulty swing, 70;
screwing, 70;
feather under water, 71;
swing across boat, 71;
prematurely bending the arms, 71;
exercise of crew in paddling, 72, 73;
watermanship, good and bad, 74, 75;
firmness in dealing with pupils, 75;
selection and arrangement of crew, 76;
Dr. Warre's 'Notes on Coaching,' 77;
consumption of liquid in training, 161
Colds and coughs, treatment of, 176
College races, 245-251
Colquhoun Challenge Sculls, 38;
winners of, 295, 296
Conservators, Thames, powers of, 323-327
Course, boat's, 238
Coxswains, Henley Regatta rules concerning, 51;
see also under Steering

Diamond Challenge Sculls,
rules, 48;
Edwardes-Moss's victory, 227;
winners of, 248
Diarrh[oe]a, treatment of, 175
Diet, 153-163
Dingey, the, 145, 146
Doggett's coat and badge, 26;
list of winners of, 303, 304
Drink, 158
Dublin Trinity College, results of matches at Henley Regatta, 210, 211
Dug-outs, 6

Egyptian boats, 12
Entries, regulations concerning, 49
Eton,
rowing at, 86, 87, 200;
fishing and shooting at, 201;
the river out of bounds, 201;
Dr. Keate and the sham eight, 201;
shirking abolished, 202;
swimming enforced, 202;
river masters and bathing places, 203;
'passing,' 203;
changes in the course of the Thames, 203;
first race under official patronage, 204;
watermen as stroke or coach, 204;
upper and lower boats, 204;
names and number of boats, 204, 205;
entries for eights, 205;
captains and 'choices,' 205;
procession on opening day, 206;
practice, 207;
procession on June 4, 207;
position of captain of boat, 207;
_v._ Christ Church four, 208;
_v._ Westminster, 208, 209;
_v._ Radley, 209;
lists of results of races at Henley Regatta, 210-211;
upper sixes, 211;
four _v._ watermen, 212;
punting and tub-sculling, 212;
courses and winning point, 212;
the Brocas, 212;
times, 212;
build of boats, 213;
style of rowing, 213;
list of captains of boats and notable events, 214-216

Festers, treatment of, 175
'Field,' article on Henley Past and Present, 319-323
Firearms, use of, on river, 325
Foreign crews, regulations concerning, 199
Fouls, 239
Four-oars, 118;
without coxswain, 119;
steering apparatus, 119;
in practice, 122;
winners of races, 249-251, 292, 294, 298, 299, 301, 302

Gigs, 143, 144
Gold Cup for eights, 42, 260
Goodford, Dr., 202, 209
Grand Challenge Cup, 40;
rules concerning, 47;
racing record, 182, 183, 210, 211, 253, 258, 259, 261, 262, 264-268,
270, 272, 273, 319, 320;
list of winners, 245

Hanlan, E., Canadian champion, 227, 229-231, 236
Hawtrey, Dr., 204
Henley Regatta,
foundation of, 38;
old and new courses, 40;
qualification rules for cups, 47;
general rules, 48;
definition of an amateur oarsman, 48;
entries, 49;
objections to entries, 50;
course and stations, 50;
a row over, 50;
heats, 50;
clothing, 51;
coxswains, 51;
flag, 51;
umpire and judge, 51;
prizes, 51;
committee, 52;
restrictions on foreign crews, 199;
Eton eight first at, 209;
results of Eton racing at, 210;
advantage of Berks station at, 228;
Oxford _v._ Cambridge at, 254;
Leander _v._ Oxford at, 254;
random recollections of, 319-323;
see also Temple of Fame, 245-253, 258-262, 264-270, 272, 273
Hornby, Dr., 320
House-boats, 324, 325

Junks, Chinese, 10

Keate, Dr., 201, 202
Kelley, Harry, and his contests, 218, 220, 221, 223

Ladies' Challenge Plate,
rules, 47;
racing record, 210, 211;
winners of, 248
'Land and Water,' article on Boat-racing at the Universities, 313-319
Laws of boat-racing, 238;
boats' course, 238;
fouls, 239;
code adopted by Amateur Rowing Association, 239, 240;
rule of the road on river, 241, 242
Limehouse to Hertford and intermediate distances, 304, 305

Medway (Sheerness to Tonbridge, and intermediate distances), 310
Milk, cautious use of, 161

Navigation of the Thames, regulations for, 324

Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, list of winners since 1828,
252
Oxford to Lechlade and intermediate distances, 306, 307
Oxford to London and intermediate distances of locks, &c., 307-310
Oxford University Boat Club, races of, with C.U.B.C. and other clubs,
32, 36, 42, 89, 252-258, 260-288;
college eights (head of the river), 289;
winners of pair-oars, 290;
winners of sculls, 291;
winners of four-oars, 292;
college and club races, 289-292;
see Temple of Fame

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;
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;
origin and use of sliding-seats, 102-117;
four-oared rowing, 118-122;
pair-oared rowing, 123-126;
sculling, 127-141;
training, 153-177;
clubs, 178-191;
amateurs, 192-199;
Eton, 200-216;
watermen and professionals, 217-237;
laws of racing, 238-242
Rule of the road on river, 241
Rules for boat-racing, 316, 317
Rules for the formation of rowing clubs, 185
Running, 168, 171
Rupture, treatment of, 175
Rypecks, 321

Sanpan, the, 4, 6
Scientific oarsmanship, art of, 53-65
Sculling, 127;
management of sculls, 128, 129, 132, 136;
first lessons, 128;
stretcher, 128;
rowlocks, 129;
thowl, 128;
even action of wrists, 130, 131, 132;
steering, 131;
feathering under water, 131;
the swing, 134, 136, 137, 138;
steering apparatus, 134;
slides, 135;
pace, 137, 138;
taking an opponent's water, 139;
pilots, 140
Sheerness to Tonbridge, 310
Siestas, 176
Silver Goblets for pair-oars, rules, 48
Skiffs, 143, 144
Sleep, 163
Sliding seats,
their origin, 102-106;
use, 107;
merits and defects of, 108;
superiority over fixed seats, 109;
practice at, 112;
swing, 113;
recovery, 114;
remedying faulty work on, 115;
introduction at Eton, 213;
professionals at fault in use of, 224, 225, 229, 230, 232, 235;
Hanlan's superiority on, 227, 228
Smoking, 165
'Sportsman' Challenge Cup, 146, 226, 229
Sprains, treatment of, 176
Steamers at races, 219
Steering, 92;
early days of the coxswain, 93;
the coxswain's attitude and action, 94;
handling the rudder-lines, 94;
words of command, 94;
turning, 95;
'coaxing with the rudder,' 95;
landmarks, 95, 96;
characteristics of the boat, 96;
four-oars, 119;
boy coxswains, 122;
pair-oars, 125;
in sculling, 131, 134
Stewards' Cup,
rules, 49;
racing record, 261, 262, 264, 266, 267, 269, 320;
winners of, 245
Strains, treatment of, 175
Stroke, notes on the, 64
Surf boats, 9
Swimming at Eton, 202, 203

Tea, 172
Temple of Fame, the, a list of winners, crews and men, 243-304
Thames Challenge Cup,
rules, 47;
winners of, 250
Thames Lock to Godalming, 311
Thames Preservation Act, 323;
navigation, 324;
regulation of pleasure-boats, 325;
general powers of conservators, 327;
legislative procedure, 328
Thirst, 160-163
Torpid, the term, 316
Town Challenge Cup, winners of, 251
Training, 153;
diet, 154;
old training of a prizefighter or a waterman, 155;
present course, 156;
morning bathing, 156;
breakfast, 156;
luncheon, 157;
dinner, 158;
drink, 158;
practice, 160;
thirst, 160-163;
consumption of fluids, 161-163;
sleep, 163;
period of training, 164;
smoking, 165;
aperients, 165;
work, 166;
running, 168, 171;
the 'set' stroke, 169;
starting, 169;
avoidance of over-fineness of condition, 170;
use of the toothbrush, 171;
value of the 'odd man,' 171;
the 'long course,' 171;
meal before and between races, 172;
ailments, 172-176;
wraps, 176;
siestas, 176
Triremes, 17, 18, 20-23

Universities,
results of races at Henley Regatta, 210, 211;
record of inter and club contests, &c., 254-288;
early history of boat-racing at the, 313;
Brasenose Club Book, 313;
bumping races, 314;
'no hired watermen,' 314;
the 'Buccleuch,' 314;
first use of a raft at Oxford, 315;
boats and crews in 1824, 315;
the term 'Torpid,' 316;
rules drawn up for boat-racing in 1826, 316;
ditto for 1827, 317;
results of racing in 1828, 317;
racing in 1829 and 1830, 318
University oarsmen, lists of, with their weights, and races in which
they rowed, 243-296

Visitors' Challenge Cup, winners of, 249

Water, abstraction of, from river, 327
Waterford, Marquis of, 34, 35
Water-gruel, as a corrective of thirst, 160
Watermanship, as a technical term, explained, 74, 75
Watermen, employed as stroke or coach, 204;
and see under Professionals
Westminster School, 208, 209
Wey (Thames Lock to Godalming and intermediate distances), 311
Wherries, 142, 218
Wingfield, Mr. Lewis, his institution of the prize which bears his
name, 181
Wingfield Sculls,
foundation of, 29;
winners of the, 243, 244
Wraps, 176
Wyfold Challenge Cup,
rules, 48;
conditions held under, 320;
winners of, 250

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