Synopsis
This book contain old tips and tricks to improve rowing and or crewing. The information is brought about by British traditions and methods that have been used for hundreds of years.
The devotees of the oar are numerous and widely distributed, and their capabilities vary considerably, but it can hardly be disputed that the standard of rowing is maintained by Oxford and Cambridge, and their feeders the schools of Eton, Badley, Westminster, &c., and that if boating ceased to be one of the chief recreations of British youth in these its strongholds, it would materially and rapidly deteriorate : there would be little or no competition, and therefore no incentive- to excellence.
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