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Prefatory Note
I WISH to express my grateful acknowledgments to the
following:
To the Editor of Fry's Outdoor Magazine for permission
to incorporate in this volume the substance of an article
contributed to his magazine;
To the Leander Club for permission to reproduce two
engravings belonging to the Club;
To the First Trinity Boat Club for permission to photograph
the ancient rudder and sculls in the possession of the
Club;
To Messrs. Blackwood and Sons for permission to reprint
"The Perfect Oar" from "Crumbs of Pity," published by
them; and
To the Editor of the Rowing Almanack for permission to
reproduce in the Appendix the tables of winning crews.
I have endeavoured to illustrate the various movements
and positions of the stroke by means of photographs. It was,
of course, impossible for me to obtain the services of an eight-oared
crew for this purpose, and I have had to confine myself,
therefore, chiefly : (i) to photographs of a single individual,
and (2) to photographs of a pair-oar, both at rest and in
motion.
R.C. L.
May, 1908
Contents PART I HISTORICAL AND INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER I - THE EARLY HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BOAT-RACING At Oxford At Cambridge In London Leander Club CHAPTER II - THE EMANCIPATION OF THE AMATEUR Early professional assistance Tom Egan's view The two Universities and Amateurism CHAPTER III - THE EVOLUTION OF THE RACING SHIP AND ITS OARS Paracelsus Early racing boats Outriggers Keelless boats CHAPTER IV - THE DEVELOPMENT OF STYLE Tristram's oarsmanship Early ideas of style Casamajor's criticisms in 1858 PART II THE ART AND MYSTERY OF OARSMANSHIP CHAPTER V - THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF OARSMANSHIP Elementary conditions of the problem The beginning and what follows after CHAPTER VI - THE SLIDING-SEAT STROKE Its component parts from A to Z CHAPTER VII - ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION Fixed seats Their importance The method of teaching beginners CHAPTER VIII - ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION ON SLIDES New difficulties How to master them CHAPTER IX - OARSMANSHIP IN EIGHTS Boats and oars and the arrangement of the crew CHAPTER X - OARSMANSHIP IN EIGHTS (continued) Practice for a race Faults and how to correct them The perfect oar in prose and verse CHAPTER XI - COXSWAINS Their importance, characteristics, and methods CHAPTER XII - WORK AND TRAINING General considerations A country-house boat club CHAPTER XIII - TRAINING PHYSIOLOGICALLY CONSIDERED By R. B, Etherington-Smith, M.B., F.R.C.S. CHAPTER XIV - FOURS AND PAIRS Measurement of a racing four Measurement of oars CHAPTER XV - ROWING STYLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES Belgium New South Wales Other Continental countries The Harvard Crew of 1906 CHAPTER XVI - SCULLING By F. S. Kelly PART III FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES CHAPTER XVII - THE THAMES ROWING CLUB: THEIR METHODS OF TRAINING AND THEIR VICTORIES From 1874 to 1882 By W. H. Eyre CHAPTER XVIII - FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES (continued) Two great victories of the London R.C. at Henley, 1878 and 1881 The historic victory of T. C. Edwards-Moss in the Diamonds, 1878 CHAPTER XIX - FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES (continued) Some college victories at Henley: Trinity Hall, 1887, 1895; New College, 1897; Third Trinity, 1902 CHAPTER XX - FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES (continued) The resurrection of Leander in 1891 The Leander victory over Pennsylvania University, 1901 CHAPTER XXI - FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES (continued) The dead heat between Oxford and Cambridge in 1877 The broken oar CHAPTER XXII - FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES (continued) The three University Boat Races won after Barnes Bridge, 1886, 1896, 1901 CHAPTER XXIII - FAMOUS CREWS AND MEMORABLE RACES (continued) The Cambridge victories over Oxford in 1899, and over Harvard University in 1906 PART IV THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SPORT CHAPTER XXIV - THE GOVERNMENT OF ROWING The Amateur Rowing Association - The definition of an amateur CHAPTER XXV - THE A.R.A. AND THE MANAGEMENT OF REGATTAS Duties of a Regatta Committee CHAPTER XXVI - THE LAWS OF BOAT-RACING The umpire and his duties - Fouls TABLE OF WINNERS, ETC NAMES OF CREWS, ETC APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV APPENDIX V INDEX
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