The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-20 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

CHAMBERS V. KELLEY.—On behalf of Chambers, Mr
Blakey deposited the fourth required sum of £25 yester-
day, making now down .£lOO a-side for this important
contest. As was expected, Chambers' new boat, from
the shed of. Messrs. Clasper, Bain, and Clasper, ar-
rived per steamer on the Tyne yesterday. After
breakfast Chambers took a preliminary canter, to
test her capabilities, and so satisfied was he that all
was right, that in the afternoon he took a spin from the
boathouse to the High Level Bridge, and thence to
the Meadows house to his training quarters. Tha skiff is of
the usual dimensions, but her benranees aro so placed that
.iha carries the champion without a fault; and although
the:water was "lumpy" Chambers tipped the waves in n
manner that botokens hard work is his forte. Kelley's
eol,iurs have arrived and refl. ,et great credit on his taste.

cht3 handkerchief is of immense dimensions, white in the
centre. A brow' blue border encircles it, and each comer
is set with en elegant device of a rose. ChamborA's colours
An yet have not arrived, but in the meantime Kelley's
colours can be seen at Messrs. Baird's and Blakey's. No
betting.

Chambers took good exercise on the river yesterday, and
his remarkab'y good -condition inspires his friend:l with
great hopes of success. His present weight is nearly 12
stone, but as his iron constitution will admit of any amount
of work, there is no doubt, if all goes right with him,
somewhere about list 81b will be his weight on the day
of the race. Lately he has been practising in the Ade-
laide skiff, and a boat built expressly for him by H. Clasper,
but J. li. Clasper and R. Bain, of London, hale built him
another, which will arrive in the Tyno on Monday. From
a private source yesterday we hear that Kelley is quite up
to the mark, and equally confident. lie will probably
row in a new boat by Jewett, and, if all keeps right,
in a week ho will take his airings on the Tyno. Taylor
is all that can be required. He occasionally takes spins
with the champion, and both are located at Mr. Brown's
hotel, Blenheim House, under the superintendence of Mr.
Moffit. Young Chambers seems determined not to lose a
point, and takes his daily.exercise from Percy's boat-house.
Bright also does not neglect to use his utmost exertions.
He is occasionally attended by Mr. J. Hall, and may
generally be seen to put off on his trials from his trainer's
boat-lpuse, Elswick. There are several other matches
made of minor importance, which we will notice in due
time, and everything augurs well for a busy and successful
season, not only for boat rowers, but also for boat builders.
Clasper has as much work as will serve him for some time,
and Jewett has plenty of orders, and James Hall has
satisfied the clubs so much that, independent of putting
the T.A.B.C. and the Albion boats in working order, the
former club are going to augment their number by four
boats, and the latter by two boats, the whole to be from
the shed of this' enterprising builder and repairer. Percy
is also not behind hand, and every day the hammer is
heard in his shed either building new boats or repairing
others for actual use. Cooper's match with Sadler is now
definitely settled to come off on the Thames on the 22d
of June, consequently the Redheugh hero will soon be up
and doing. Percy is still taking his
.breathings on the
Wansbeck, but will soon resume his doings on the Tyne
early next week.

J. ►SADLER AND R. COOPER—The following are, the
articles of this great match. It will be See that the race is
fixed to take place on the Thames on Saturday, June 22 :
" Articles of agreement dated this day Wednesday, April 3,
1867, between Joseph Sadler, of Putney, and Robert
Cooper, of Newcastle, who hereby agree to row a right
away scullers' race, from putney to Mortlake (the champion
course), on Saturday, June 22, 1867, for £2OO a-side,
Cooper to receive £2O for expenses to row on the Thames.
Tho first deposit of £5O a-side now made ; the second
deposit of £5O a-side to be made on the 13th of May to the
editor of the Sportsman, who is to be final stakeholder; and
the last deposit of £lOO a-side to be made on the 17th of
June. The referee to be named the week before the race.
The match to be rowed according to the recognised laws of
boat racing. The men to be at their stat ions one hour
before high water, and the cutters accompanying the
race to keep astern of the sternmost man. Either
party failing to comply with conditions to forfeit the money
down. In the event of Mr. C. Bush naming R. Cooper as
the Unknown for the previous match with Sadler, this
match to be off.—(Signed) Charles Bush for R. Cooper.
(Signed) Wm. D. Foster for Sadler. Witness, G. Drewitt."
The boat in which Sadler is to row Cooper, and also "The
Unknown,' has just been finished by the celebrated boat-
building firm of Clasper, Bath, and Clasper, Lambeth and
Westminster. We understand the above firm have also
just completed a very nice specimen of the outrigger, in
which Hickey, of Australia, is to row against the renowned
Green for the championship of that colony. She is 31 feet
11 inches in length ; beam, 11 inches, and weighs 221bs.
The boat will leave Lambeth for her destination► on Wed-
nesday next.