The Eton Boating Book (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from The Eton Boating Book

It is also an interesting fact that the first race honoured by the pres ence of a Head Master was the Pulling Sweepstakes in. 1847, when Dr. Hawtrey' was rowed in a boat by Rev. H. Dupuis and Mr. Evans. It, was thought a most liberal concession of Dr. Goodford when, on the 1st of March, 1860, at the request of the Captain of the Boats, he allowed the Boats to go to the Brocas without shirking, though in the following half that absurd custom was abolished for all the School.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.