The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-07 00:00:00

THE WEST LONDON ROWING CLUB.

The newly-clected officials of this club are evidently bent
on taking time by the forelock, and even thus early active
preparations have been made for opening the forthcoming
season with eclat. In addition to several cups, &c., which
we understand will be given by individual members for the
encouragement of club rowing, the president and captain
have announced their intention of offering handsome
prizes for outrigged pairs, and the two secretaries, Messrs.
Shephard and J. Tyler, jun., for junior sculls. It is hoped
that this year the club will be worthily represented at all
the leading regattas, and with this view arrangements have
been made for the purchase of a new racing eight and four.
A now cap and uniform will also be issued shortly, and a
revised code of the rules, which will contain a full account
of the various matches and regattas in which the club has
taken part since its establishment in 1855 is in course of
preparation.

BELLE SAUVAGE ROWING CLUB.
The annual meeting of the above club took place on Sa-
turday, the 3d inst., in the large room in Belle Sauvage-
yard, T. J. Crafter, Esq., in the chair, when the following
officers were elected for the ensuing season :—Mr. J. A.
Campion, as captain ; Mr. T. K. Jeffery, as treasurer ; Mr.
Horace Grattan, as secretvy ; and the following gentle-
men the committee :—Messrs. Bonney, Ricba.rdson, Cooper,
Bedingham, Lawrence, and Wheaton. Other important
business was then transacted, and a vote of thanks to the
chairman and late treasurer brought the meeting to a close.

AQUATICS ON THE TYNE.
The preliminary stages of coming aquatic events on tne
Tyne aro going on most satisfactorily. On Saturday night
three consecutive deposits in as many matches were made
at three several sporting houses in Newcastle.
WINSHIP AND TAYLOR.—The friends and backers of
James Taylor, of Ouseburn, and Thomas Winship, of Der-
wenthaugh (brother of the well-known Edward Winship,

one of the champion four-oar crew), met at the house of
Mr. James H. Baird, Star Hotel, Northumberland-street, to
make a third deposit of £7 for a race for £5O a-side, from
the High Level Bridge to the Meadows House, on Easter
Monday. Both the competitors put in an appearance, and
amongst the largo gathering present were Messrs. Hogarth,
Kennedy, Waters, Wakefield, Bright, Gallon, &c. The
money was duly staked, making the sum now in the hands
of the stakeholder amount to £2O a-sido. * There was no
betting; indeed, much speculation on the event cannot be
looked for until the nearer approach of the eventful day.
Both men go into training this week. Taylor will have
his quarters at the Dun Cow, Dunston, where ho will re-
ceive the benefit of the advice of Hall Nichol. Winship
will take up his residence at Harry Clasper's, and in his
preparation will be guided by the experience of the veteran
oarsman and his brother, Edward Winship. The fourth
deposit of £lO a-sido will be made on the 17th of March, at
the house of Mr. Win. Blakey, Adelaide Inn, Newgate-
street, Newcastle.

BRIGHT AND TuLir.—The second meeting for deposit
was at the house of Mr. Hunter, Blue Bell Inn, Ouseburn,
Newcastle, where the friends and backers of John Bright,
of St. Laurence, near Newcastle, and Robert Tulip, of the
Felling-shore, assembled in considerable numbers to wit-
ness the posting of the third deposit of £3 a-side, making
the money down £9 a-side, for a race from the High Level
Bridge to the Meadows House, on Easter Monday, for £2O
a-side. All went on harmoniously, and the requisite sum
was duly deposited in the hands of the stakeholder. The
men have not as yet gone into training, and there was no
betting on the result. The next deposit of £3 each comes
off at the house of Mr. 3Plinight, Greyhound Inn, High
Felling, on the 10th.
BOYD AND SCURFIELD.--The match between James
Boyd, of Gateshead, and Smith Scurfield, of North Seaton,
to row from the High Level Bridge to Scotswood Railway
Bridge, on the 14th April, for £5O a-side, is progressing
satisfactorily. The men and their backers met at the house
of Mr. Wm. Blakey, Adelaide Hotel, Newgate-street, New-
castle, to make a second deposit of £9 a-side. Amongst
those present were Messrs. Robert Cooper, J. Percy, T.
Winship, Robert Boyd, Robert Chambers (Wallsend), and
other rowing men. The money was all ready, and was
paid over, making a sum of £l2 a-side now in tho hands
of the stakeholder. The men have not gone into training
as yet. The third deposit of £lO a-side comes off on the
17th March, at the house of Mr. Richard Fawcett, North
Seaton, Low Quay.

SCULLERS' HANDICAP.-Mr. Robert Jowitt, of Dunston;
the well-known skiff-builder, is arranging a handicap for
scullers, to come off at Dunston, on the Tyne, March 31,
for a money prize. Entries, ls. 6d. each, close on the 26th,
and acceptances, ls. 6d. each, on the 30th. Mr. Jewitt's
handicaps are generally very successful.
A four-oared race came off on Saturday afternoon for
five models of pair-oared boats built by T. Smith. Four
crews entered, but only three contended, which were as
follow :—Messrs. Rice, Guest, East, C. Taylor (stroke),
Carpenter (cox.); Greensheils, Thain, J. Cunis, Mann
(stroke), R. Hunter (cox.); Scales, Steel, Pymm, T. Cunis
(stroke), Williams (Cox.). The course was from Chelsea
to Westminster. They effected an even start ; if there
were any lead Taylor's crew got it. Mann led his crew
with too quick a stroke, and pumped it all out of Green-
sheils by the time they got to Pimlico Pier. Taylor's
crew got to the front soon after starting, maintained the
lead all the way down, and came in a winner by a length;
Mann's crew second ; and T. Cunis third. A finer race has
seldom been witnessed, considering it was an off-handed
affair. The prizes were given up the same evening at
Pritchard's, the " Two Sawyers," Palace-road.