The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

BOAT RACE FOR £lOO.

In chronicling another scullers' race at this early part of
the season, we have great pleasure in again introducing
Tom King, the ex-champion of the prize ring, to our readers;
and it will be seen that within a fortnight he has won two
races of £lOO each. His opponent yesterday was Frederick
M`Mahon, attendant at the London Rowing Club Boat-
house, Putney, a very fast starter and good at a two miles
row, and the race was from Putney to Hammersmith-bridge
(nearly two miles), f0r.£.50 aside. It would be useless to give
King's antecedents, as they were publishedin ourimpression
of the 27th ult. in his £loorace with Percy ; but Mlfahon
has only rowed two races, and those last year, with one
Joseph Green, of Putney, whom he once defeated, andwith
whom he once rowed a good heat, for £5O. He is 24 years
of age, and weighs about 10 stone ; while King, four yearsp
his senior, weighed yesterdaynvlaH:tejzre:';htrbho'ewaceTivliiahetntrele:Citizen -
Capt. Turner, accompanied the race with a large partyL -11,:
very excellent view was obtained from
umbeginpirnemfgor King,
and J. Ireland was referee, Mr. Wilcox
station. Bet-
and Geo. Kippen, for M'Mahon, who won theoinncreased as half a
ting was 3 and 4 to 1 on King,
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13 minutes, on
but M.Mahon was no good in the lumpy water.

PITGILISI:--

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the
backers of " the Doctor," as it interfered with Woolwich
races, Bendoff's backer (Bos Tyler) was induced on Mon-
day last to postpone the meeting until yesterday (Thurs-
y). Bendoff is well known to the metropolitan patrons
of the art, and the time was when "my peopleish " looked
upon him as a man who—if he had enough of the essential
qualifications, gameness—was likely to attain a high position
among the stars of the Ring. After " Bendy's" performance
with young Callaghan, in August last, his friends consi-
dered him good enough to meet " the Doctor," a man who
has seen some service, and who for the present match was
brought out under the auspices of W. Ward, of Greenwich.
Yesterday the men and their friends proceeded to a well-
known spot where, in modern days, many a battle has been
decided, but, arrived there, now came the difficult question
of selecting a referee. The stakeholder had appointed Fred.
Oliver, the commissary, to officiate, but this arrangement
was objected to, and as on the knotty point of a
o
remune-
ration out of the stakes to that functionary the
tbackerse f
the men could not come to any settlement, they
re d to
town, it being agreed that they would meet this day at the
the
stakeholder's office to make some new tarangenfsat for
meeting.