The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

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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Tyne

High Level Bridge, to Waterson's Gates, 1 mile; to Meadows House, 1 miles; to Armstrong's Crane, 2 miles; Arms to West Point of Paradise Quay, 2 miles; to Scotswood Suspension Bridge, 3 miles 713 yards; to Leamington Point, 4 miles.

Walton, I mile.

Warwick, 1 miles.

Westminster to Putney, nearly 5 miles.

Windsor, short mile.

Worcester, I mile.

DESBOROUGH.

GLOSSARY.

A.R.A. The initials of the Amateur Rowing Association, which was established in 1882, and controls generally all the concerns of amateur rowing. Its definition of an amateur is as follows: "No person shall be considered an amateur oarsman, sculler, or coxswain (I) who has ever rowed or steered in any race for a stake, money, or entrance fee; (2) who has ever knowingly rowed or steered with or against a professional for any prize; (3) who has ever taught, pursued, or assisted in the practice of athletic exercises of any kind for profit; (4) who has ever been employed in or about boats, or in manual labour, for money or wages; (5) who is or has been by trade or employment for wages, a mechanic, artisan, or labourer, or engaged in any menial duty; (6) or who is disqualified as an amateur in any branch of sport."

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