The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-09 00:00:00

WEIGHTS FOR TH

Forfeits to be declared on of
p.m. Should the highest Weigl
it will be raised to that weight,

Age st lb
Saunterer 5 9 3
Tournament
Zuyder Zee 5 8 1
Underhand
Sir Colin
Vanity
Fadladeen
Prioress 6 7 6
Sunbeam
Hadji 4 7 4
Blackthorn
Blanche of Middlebie 4 7 4
Ditto
Eclipse
Tunstall Maid
Pole Star a 6 12
Bel Esperanza
Simpleton
Rocket
Longrange
Jordan
Physician 4 6 8
Costrel
Herne 4 6 6
Pensioner 4 6 6
Hydromel 4 6 6
Prince of Orange
Wrestler
Go-a-head
Gladiolus
Master Bagot 5 6 0
Heads or Tails
Hamlet 4 6 0
Satinstone
Ralpho 3 6 0
Little Cob
Grand Secret
Royal Sovereign

AQUATICS.

THE PARIS REGATTA.

This annual regatta for rowing matches, given by the
Paris Regata Society, came off on the Seine, at St. Cloud,
on the sth inst.

Owing to the great development that has taken place
here in rowing during the last few years, this regatta is con-
sidered quite an event. The best crews from Rouen, Havre,
Nantes, and other places, generally come to dispute the
honours of the day against the Parisians; but this year
quite an unexpected circumstance occurred, which has pro-
duced a sensation that will not be easily forgotten by the
French people. An Englishcrew, composed of Thos. White,
of Bermondsey, Geo. Driver, of Wandsworth, Robert Bain,
of Lambeth, and George Drewitt, of Chelsea, who availed
themselves of the offer made by Mr. John Arthur, an Eng,
lish gentleman living in Paris, and well known as a
great promoter of aquatic sports. The prizes
offered were for sculls, pairs, fours, and six-oared
boats, open to all. Nothing was known until
the previous day that an English crew were going to
row; however, the French crews, who know pretty well
what English oarsmen can do, soon felt uneasy ; but
many, on seeing our men row before the race, began to re-
gain a little confidence, I presume, from their not exactly
understanding the real English stroke, for although they
said they appeared to row well, still it was according to
their idea not quite the thing; in fact, they said the men
looked strong, even John Bullish, but that they wanted
" elan," or
.fire and energy, such as they had, but what
we in England should call action or gesticulation.
Some few over - ardent admirers of theirs went so
far as to- back- their energetic or fiery friends, feeling
convinced that thoy would crush their English opponents
as they would their Arab or Austrian rivals, but the fol-
lowing account of the day's sport will give an idea Itow-1
things went.
The sculling race came off first ; an easy affair, the
French having - withdrawn, Driver and Bain winning the
first prizes. Then followed the pair-oared race, eight beats
started. The two English pairs came in first, pulled by
Thomas White, George Drowitt, Robert Bain, and George
Driver; a very good race, the Frenchmen gradually falling
off astern, after half the course was over. Immediately
after the pair the above four were off for the four-
oaredo race, and they had to pull against fresh crews.
This race was thethhaerElish four,densgtoftheda and it wasy.Averypluncirty French
till the
crew hung on to
race was two-thirds over that the British pluck showed its
superiority, their opponents falling into the background.
After these successive defeats there was some delay in
bringing on the six-oared race, owing to the French
crews trying to pick the six best men out of their whole
numbers in order to defeat the English,
who, theytiomt weree getting used , began
to but atn
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ne—the English four, to
tphie'ee byboa this
ts got
complete the number of six, were joined by Messrs.
Frederick Lowe and John Arthur. Just
as boats were going to start, the news arrived of a
great the
vic-
tory over the Austrians-7,000 •
prisoners, 15,000 killed
and wounded, &c.-.which was received with immense
enthusiasm and shouting, many people crying out to the
rowers, Now, then, beat the English ;"
" Vive la France,"
&c. Off went the gun, away
went the English, gradually
increasing their distance a-head
of the others, when, alas
the floating blade of an oar placed itself right
across the bow of the boat, ploughing up the water
awfully, and, strange to say, although bow attempted
to remove it with his oar, it stuck on. This mishap soul
caused the boats behind to creep up, but a tremendous
spurt was put on by the English crew, who managed
still to keep their boat _ ahead with the oar blade
still clinging on, till at the turn it was knocked
away, and an easy run home settled the day's sport. The
people seemed quite surprised how the English had man-
aged to keep up under such great exertion without any ap-
parent fatigue.
The English crews rowed each race in new boats, built
for Mr. John Arthur by E. Wyld, of Lambeth.