Sue a Vug nf t’ e proposed International Boat Race at Sydney, in IS,’3. the Siiihinj Mommj Herald savs u The committee of the Raima n Rpgat a have decided upon transmitting invitations hv the mail, through the lion. secretaries of the ho iron Rowing Clnh, and of the At'aida Rowing Club, New York, to the o'lvsinen of Great. Britain and of the United States to send representative crews to take part in a grand International Gig Race, to come off on or ahont the 9th November, 1579, in Sydney harbour, The commit ter guarantee a prize of Australian trophies <ff the value of £‘2oo sterling, and to give a cheque for £SOO towards the expenses of an English amateur crow, and the same amount in aid of the expenses of a crow from the United States. Such an event would indeed be a red-letter day in the aquatic calendar of the Colonies.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 148, 10 September 1872, Page 7
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