ROWING.
Aquatic carnivals are to bo prominent features of the Coronation festivities. King George is giving a silver cup to be competed for at the Dublin regatta on 22nd and 23rd June, and this is , expected to give a great fillip to amatenr rowing. Trinity College, Dublin will compete against craws from Cahada, Germany, and Holland. At Henley, beside Oxford and Cambridge and the leading Thames club, it is expected that the. Belgians will appear, and it is generally hoped that they will turn out, because several British combinations have adopted the much-discussed Belgian style. A representative Cambridge eight contemplates visiting the Belgians’ own course, and this visit will be specially interesting to determine whether the Belgian style is as effective over a long distance as it has been undoubtedly successful at Heulev.
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Evening Star, Issue 14574, 24 May 1911, Page 10
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