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Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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The Mays

The May races take place at the commencement of June. The races are bumping races, and the starting posts are 150 feet apart. The First Division row in keelless "light" ships with sliding seats, the Second Division in clinker-built boats.

No club can have more than three or less than one crew in these races. Thirty boats take part in two divisions. The races last four days.

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