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Brocket – Breast-race

Brocket

A two-year-old stag; also called KNOBBER or KNOBBLER. (Several of the old terms for deer at various ages are now never used.)

Brow

The lowest and forward projecting branch of a deer's horns.

Burr

The rounded swelling at the base of a deer's horns, just above the skull. Also called the CORONET.

Bedford Regatta

1 mile.

Belfast

River Lagan Course, 1 miles.

Bewdley

I mile.

Blyth

Flanker to Cowpen Gut, 2 miles.

Bourne End

mile.

Bridgnorth

I mile.

Burton-on-Trent

1 mile.

Bow

(1) The foremost extremity of the boat, sometimes extended to the forward half of the boat, e.g., "the bow oars are too heavy." (2) The oarsman who sits furthest forward. The side upon which his oar comes is termed "bow side" all down the boat.

Breast-race

- A race in which the boats start level, and make it their aim to reach a given point in the shortest possible time. [See also BUMPING RACES.]