Page:Boating - Woodgate - 1888.pdf/137

There was a problem when proofreading this page.
Sliding seats.
111

In 1871 Goldice’s (third) crew were supposed to do wonderful time (20 min. 11 sec.), on a good spring and smooth

Practising stroke (3).

day. It sufficed to make them hot favourites. In these days a sliding crew that could not beat 19 min. 40 sec. on a

Practising stroke (4).

smooth spring tide would be reckoned to have a bad chance of success.

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.