A BIG THING IN ACQUATICS.
Speaking of the proposed International Boat Race at Sydney, in 1873, the Sydney Morninu Herald says : —“ The committee of the Balmain Regatta have decided upon transmitting invitations by the mail, through the hon. secretaries of the London Rowing Club, and of the Atalanta Rowing Club, New York, to the oarsmen 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 about the 9th November, 1863, in Sydney harbor. The committee guarantee a prize of Australian ti*ophies of the valine of L2OO steiljng, audtq give a cheque'for 1500 towards the expenses of an English amateur crew, and the same amount in aid of the expenses oi a crew from the United State. If these spirited proposals should lead to the appearance amongst us of picked crews from the two countries to compete with the champions of the several Colonies, the event would indeed be a red letter-day in onr aquatic ca’endar, and they would, it is n63dless to say, receive an enthusiastic welcome. ”
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Evening Star, Issue 2968, 23 August 1872, Page 4
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183A BIG THING IN ACQUATICS. Evening Star, Issue 2968, 23 August 1872, Page 4
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