Boating

by Walter Bradford Woodgate

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];
  • Phœnician 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:
  • Archéologie 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];
  • Denkmäler (Lepsius’s), [10];
  • Egan, T., [110], [147];
  • Encyclopædia 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 über 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]
• Diarrhœa, 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]
• Phœnicians, 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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