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OR, 



THE ARTS OF ROWING AND TRAINING. 



EDWIN DAMPIER BRICKWOOD 



(EX-AMATEUR CHAMPION OP THE THAMES). 



CONTENTS. 



ROWING. 



Chap. 

 I. Introduction: Past and Present 



Condition of Boat-racing. 

 II. Eacing Boats : Their History 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 Eaces, and Selec- 

 tion of Crews. 

 IX. The Varieties and Conduct of 



Boat-races. 

 X. The Laws of Boat-racing. 



Chap. 



XL The Qualifications of Ama- 

 teurs. 

 XII. Boat Clubs : Their Organisation 



and Administration. 

 XIII. Historical Eecords, A.D. 1715 to 



1838. 

 XIV. Historical Eecords, A.D. 1839 to 



1855. 



XV. Historical Eecords, A.D. 1856 to 

 1875. 



TRAINING. 

 XVI. Its Principles. 

 XVII. Its Practice. 

 XVIII. Prohibitions, Ailments, <fcc. 

 APPENDIX. Eules for Betting. 

 INDEX. 



PUBLISHED ANNUALLY. Price Is., by post Is. Id. 



THE ROWING ALMANACK AND OARSMAN'S 

 COMPANION FOR 1887, 



Edited by E. D. BRICKWOOD 



(EX-AMATEUR CHAMPION OF THR THAMES), 



Author of " Boat-Eacing ; or, the Arts of Bowing and Training." 



CONTENTS. 



A Calendar with Space for Memoranda 

 and High Water Table, with a Table 

 of Tidal Observations. 



A Eeview of the Bowing Season. 



Eecord of all Eegattas and Principal 

 Club Eaces, with a copious Index. 



The Championship of the World. 



Amateur Bowing Association. 



The Definition of an Amateur. 



The Laws of Boat-Eacing. 



Henley Begatta Bules. 



Metropolitan Amateur Eegatta Eules. 



A Bowing Directory. 



The Lengths of the different Bacing 



Courses. 

 An Itinerary of the Biver Thames from 



Oxford to Putney, showing all the 



points of interest, with Hotels, &c. 

 The Eule of the Eoad on the Biver. 

 Thames Navigation Bules. 

 The Thames Preservation Act, 1885. 

 The Thames Bye-Laws, 1886. 

 Tables of Winners of all the principal 



Baces and Begattas. 



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