The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

REGATTA AT PUTNEY.

The sixteen most celebrated watermen on Tuesday con-
tended in an oars' wager, at Putney, fur a purse of sovereigns,
given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen comprising the Lean-
der and London Amateur Scullers' Clubs. Tho reach of
water selected for this trial of skill was the finest on the
Thames, and owing to the beauty of the weather, and the in-
terest created by the match, there was, at an early hour in the
day, a very fashionable and full attendance of company.
At half-past four the following took their stations for the first
heat :—Henry Maynard and John Doubledee, both of Lambeth,
yellow ; John Williams, Waterloo Bridge, and George Everard,
Old Barge-house, dark blue ; John Phelps and John Freeman,
both of Pelham, red; Thomas Goodram, Vauxhall Bridge, and
Charles Hill, Hungerford, brown.
Blown had the best station, being the nearest the ;mint on
the Middlesex shore, and the others were towards the Surrey
side, in the order in which they stand in the list.
The Leander, and others of the celebrated club beats, having
moved to the bridge, the start took place. Brown took the
lead for the first two or three yards, but as a punt was a little
distance a-head in their course, they appeared to hesitate which
side to row, and a moment's delay was the consequence. Red
was second in the start, and yellow and blue scull and scull ;
red gained on brown, and passed them by about half a length,
when yellow dashed by both, and led the way up the reach,
alter a slight and unintentional foul with red. Yellow retained
their position all the way up, and made a strong push to
round the boat, which was stationed jest above Hammersmith-
bridge first, in which they succeeded, closely followed by red,
brown being third. 'The whole of the men then turned into
the slack to row down against aide to Putney-bridge, and
brown began gaining upon red, and in the course of a quarter
of a mile rowed by them outside, and in five minutes after
went up to the leasing boat. A sharp struggle ensued, and
when within a mile of the winning.post brown overhauled
them, and went into the first place. Brown came in first, yel-
low second, red third. There was about ten yards between
each of the boats.
Immediately after this the following took their places for the
second heat :—Henry Shelton and Robert Doubledee' Lam-
beth, white; James Dodd, Hungerford, and Robert Newel,
Battle-bridge, light blue; John Connoway, Horsleydosn,
and John Kelly, Fulham, green ; George Campbell, West-
minster-bridge, and Joseph Godfrey, Strand-:age, pink.
Pink had the station to the Middlesex shore. The start was
very excellent. Pink and blue were beautifully together at
first; white shot by them ; in an instant green touched blue,
but not so as to occasion any inconvenience. White slashed
up in advance of the whole of the party, and first rounded the
boat, closely followed by light blue. White made a short cut
to the shore ; blue shot longer, and out them out, taking the
first place, which they kept, winning by a dozen yards. White
was second, and pink third, close upon their quarter.
t The gentlemen then sat down to a splendid dinner, at the