The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-27 00:00:00

ROWING MATCHES.

THE LAMBETH, CHELSEA, AND BANKSIDI REGATTAS.—
The Thames, on Monday, from London-bridge to Chelsea, was
one continued scene of animation and bustle, of excitement and
struggle, occasioned by three regattas, so arranged as to afford
a diversity of sport for the extent of five miles. The unusual
fineness of the weather drew to each a larger assemblage of
persons than we ever remember to have met with at any similar
wagers.
The match at Chelsea was the most attractive, the various
steam-boats during the day landing some thousand persons.
It is some years since a wager took place here amongst the
watermen, but a subscription was got up this season by some
of the most respectable inhabitants of St. Luke's, to be rowed
for by sixteen free watermen (eight pair of oars) in three
heats. The two first pairs of the first, and two first pairs of
the second were entitled, according to the condition, to row in
the grand heat, and the list of competitors comprised the fol-
lowing : _ .

FIRST HEAT.—Edward Atkins and George Brown, blue ;
James Thomas and William Woodford, yellow; James Wight
and William Wright, orange ; and Thomas Southern and
Thomas Woodford, pink.
SECOND HEAT. Thomas Chittle and Edward Coates,
green ; James Woodford and Richard Bruce, scarlet; Thomas
Coates and Joseph Cole, white; and John Thomas and William
Cole, black. The distance in the two first heats was from the
Swan up to the half-mile post, Chelsea, down the Middlesex
shore, round the White Ferry-boat, and ack to the Swan ; and
in the last heat from buoys moored facing the cricketers, round
a boat facing the ferry-house, up to the half-mile post, and
finish facing the Magpie, in Cheyne-walk.
After two well-contested heats, at a little before seven,
black, white, blue, and yellow, started for the grand heat.
Yellow took the lead, but held it only a short distance, when
black went into the first place ; and after a trifling foul against
tide, yellow gave place to blue. Black held the lead, and won
by half a dozen lengths ; and after a very severe contest be-
tween blue and yellow, in which it was difficult to determine
which were the better men, blue came in second, and yellow
third, white being fourth.
The Lambeth regatta was amongst men who have acquired
much celebrity as wagermen. It was their twenty-second an-
nual match in two heats, with six pairs of oars, for a purse of
sovereigns, subscribed by the inhabitants of St. Mary's, Lam..
beth. The competitors were—William Wilson and William
Rolls, white ; Richard Wilson and George Maynard, blue ;
George Wild and George Wilton, pink; Edward Perry and
Lewis Richards, green; John Maynard and Henry Maynard,
yellow ; and Charles Maynard and Henry Shelton, scarlet.
The whole six started in the first heat from Westminster-
bridge, up round a boat moored off Sir Robert Burnett's,
down to Hungerford, and back to Lambeth. Scarlet took the
lead and kept it with apparent ease, winning the heat. Yellow
came in second, green third, and blue fourth.
These were entitled to row in the grand heat, and at seven
o'clock they went away from Vauxhall.bridge down to Hunger-
ford, up to Sir Robert Burnett's, and back to Lambeth-stairs.
This heat varied but little from the first. Scarlet took the lead,
kept it, and won in style; yellow was second, but blue came in
third, after a good pull with green.
The Bankside wager was a double scullers one—the first
time we remember it to have been so at these stairs, and there.
were men who had won the coat and badge and had otherwise
distinguished themselves engaged in it. The contest was with
twelve pair'of sculls (two pairs in each boat), three heats, the
distance being the same in all the heats. The first heat was
composed of Joseph Harris and Thomas Harrison, purple;
James Weed and P. Morton. yellow ; and G. Allen and W.
Neville, red; and the second of John Harris and John Har-
rison, pink ; B. Kelly and C. Lipscombe, blue ; and Wm.
Weed and John Moore, green. The first heat was won by
yellow and purple, and the second by pink and green, and these
four boats were started at about a quarter past seven for the
grand heat, to row from Blackfriars-bridge down, round a beat
teeing Phoenix Wharf, up round Horne's-road, the distance being
performed again, and finishing at Thames-street-stairs.
It was a pretty start in the grand heat; they were scull and
scull for a few yards, and then yellow drew ahead ; pink, who
was on her quarter, bumped the boat in rounding, but yellow
held their own, and won by half a length only, after a very sharp
struggle; pink second, purple third. The race was for a boat
audgood money prises.

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