The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-09 00:00:00

ROWING MATCH.

The great boat race for a purse of sixty sovereigns, gig"'
by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who have frequently
been the donors of large sums of money for competition on
the Thames, took place yesterday. The task of selecting
such men as would afford first-rate sport had been entrusted
to Castles, one of her Majesty's watermen, who very ably and
impartially discharged the duty, by picking an equal number
from above and below bridge, and lotting them together• in
pairs. In the list were to be found Charles Campbell, Ale
ex-champion ; Robert Newel, who rowed against Robert
Coombes for that enviable distinction ; F. Lett, E. Maynard►
and others, with whose names as first-rate men the public
are familiar.

The anticipation of good sport produced the largest cow,
course of persons that we have witnessed for a length' '3l
time at any corresponding exhibition. Independently of the
brilliant and fashionable assemblage on the lawn of his
Grace's mansion, the craft on either shore was covered with
spectators; there were hundreds of boats of every denomiha-
tion afloat, and Westminster-bridge, to the imminent risk of
many of the most venturegom one mass of anxious sPec-
tators.
The race was with eight I air of oars, in three heats, and
was, we regret to say, what Is termed a fair waterman'o
wager, or, in plainer words, one in which fouling is allowed,
a practice reprehended of late by leading gentlemen ama'
tent's, and from very good reason, as it but too frequently
occurs that under its conditions indifferent men carry off.tho
prize, whilst those of more pretensions are engaged in trylog
their skill at fouling.
Shortly after four o'clock the sports commenced. --
"FIRST HEAT.

Frederick Lett, Lambeth, W. Robins, Battle-bridge,
Horsleydown, crimson • 1
Francis Braithwaite, Hungerford, Thomas Baker, Hors-
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Thomas Cook, Hungerford, Richard Robinson, yellow
David Ceombes, Millbank, J. Morgan, Horsleydown, blue
The men started from off the Earl of Liverpool's, up round
Lucas's barge road (just below the Horseferw), down to,the
Earl of Liverpool's, up again to the barge road, and finished
by returning to Montagu House. On the signal being given
blue took the lead at a rattling pace, followed by crimson,
and stripes. After a few strokes the two leading boats be'
came oar and oar, and in the return down from Lucas's roads
crimson had the load, and maintained it throughout, winning
easily. Blue, despite the efforts of the rowers, dropped astern
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