Bumping Races
-Races in which, owing to the number of competitors, or to the narrowness of the course, it is impossible for all to start abreast, and in which, therefore, all the boats start at a fixed distance behind one another, and endeavour so to gain upon the one in advance as to touch it with their bows, or one of the oars.
Such success, or a rowing completely past the one in advance, is termed a "bump."