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BO^T-I^^OIIsrC3- ; 



OR, 



THE ARTS OF ROWING AND TRAINING. 



EDWIN DAMPIER BRICKWOOD 



(KX-AMATEUR CHAMPION OF THE THAMES). 



CONT 



ROWING. 



Chap. 

 I. — Introduction: Past and Px-esent 

 Condition of Boat-racing. 

 II. — Racing Boats : Their Historj^ and 



Fittings. 

 III.— The Sliding Seat : Its Invention. 



Adoption, and Theory. 

 IV.— How to Use an Oar. and Sculls, 

 v.— Faults and Errors : What to avoid. 

 VI. — Steering: Coxswain and Non- 

 coxswain. 

 VII. — Teaching Beginners. 

 VIII.— Coaching for Races, and Selec- 

 tion of Crews. 

 IX. — The Varieties and Conduct of 

 Boat-races. 

 X.— The Laws of Boat-racing. 



'x?:- 



XII. 



ENTS. 



Char 



The Qualifications of Ama- 

 teurs. 

 Boat Clubs : Their Organisation 

 and Administration. 

 XIII. — Historical Records, A.D. 171.3 to 



1S3S 

 XIV.— Historical Records, A.D. 1839 to 



18.>5. 

 XV.— Historical Records, A.D. 18-56 to 

 I 1875. 



TRAINING. 

 XVI.— Its Principles. 

 XVIL— Its Practice. 

 XVIII.— Prohibitions, Ailments, (fee. 

 i Appendix.— Rules for Betting. 

 I Index. 



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THE ROWING ALMANACK AND OARSMAN'S 

 COMPANION FOR 1887. 



Edited by E. D. BRICKWOOD 



(EX-AMATEUR CHAMPION OF THE THAMES), 



Author of '• Boat-Racing ; or, the Arts of Rowing and Training." 



CONTENTS. 



A Calendar with Space for Memoranda 

 and High Water Table, with a Table 

 of Tidal Obsei-vations. 



A Review of the Rowing Season. 



Record of all Regattas and Principal 

 Club Races, with a copious Index. 



The Championship of the World. 



Amateur Rowing Association. 



The Definition of an Amateur. 



The Laws of Boat-Racing. 



Henley Regatta Rules. 



Metropolitan Amateur Regatta Rules. 



A Rowing Directory. 



The Lengths of the different Racing 



Courses. 

 An Itinerary of the River Thames from 



Oxford to Putney, showing all the 



points of interest, with Hotels, <fcc. 

 The Rule of the Road on the River. 

 Thames Navigation Rules. 

 The Thames Preservation Act, 188-5. 

 The Thames Bj-e-Laws, 1886. 

 Tables of W^inners of all the principal 



Races and Regattas . 



THE field" OFFICE, 346, STRAND, W.C. 



