‘We, A, B, C, D, &c., the captain and crew of the and members of the Club, having been this day declared to be the winners of the Henley Royal Regatta Challenge Cup, and the same having been delivered to us by E F, G H, I K, &c., Stewards of the Regatta, do hereby, individually and collectively, engage to return the same to the Stewards on or before June 1, in accordance with the conditions of the annexed rules, to which also we have subscribed our respective names.’
Committee.—29. All questions of eligibility, qualification, interpretation of the rules, or other matters not specially provided for, shall be referred to the committee, whose decision shall be final.
30. The Laws of Boat-racing to be observed at the regatta are as follows (see [chapter on this subject]).
A good deal of the history of old regattas at which watermen contended is necessarily mixed with the history of the rise of professional racing, and will be found to be dealt with under that heading in [another chapter].
BISHAM COURT.