The first trial heat will commence at FOUR o'clock precisely.
The second trial heat will follow immediately.
The final heat will take place at SEVEN o'clock precisely.
The Race for the
TOWN CUP,
Will take place at SIX o'clock precisely.
Previous to each Race, a Signal Gun will be fired at the Bridge to clear the course, another when the course is clear, a third at the Island when the Boats start, and a fourth at the Bridge to announce that the race is ended.
Lithographic Drawings of the Cups,
Two Shillings per pair,
And the Henley Guide, Two Shillings,
May be had of Hickman & Kinch, Post-Office.
Hickman & Kinch, Typ. Henley.
CHAPTER II.
FIRST LESSONS ON FIXED SEATS.
If the tiro who aspires to be an oarsman has ever seen a really good eight-oared crew in motion on the water, he will probably have been impressed not so much by the power and the pace of it as by the remarkable ease with which the whole complicated series of movements that go to make up a stroke is performed. The eight blades grip the water at the same moment with a perfect precision, making a deep white swirl as they sweep through; the bodies swing back with a free and springy motion; the slides move steadily; and almost before one has realized that a stroke has been begun, the hands have come squarely home to the chest and have been shot out again to the full extent of the arms, the blades leaving the water without a splash. Then with a balanced swing the bodies move forward again, the oar-