3-034-656 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Regatta at Halifax, Nova Scotia: the boats returning to Halifax, past Dartmouth, 1871. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. A. Gilmore, of the 61st Regiment. 'The great four-oared boat-race for the championship of the world, contested by two British crews (both from the Tyne), one from the United States, and three from the Canadian or British American Provinces, took place in the harbour...The course rowed was from the Halifax Yacht Club-House to M'Nab's Island, a distance of six miles...The Halifax men failed to overbake Winship's four, who came in winners by a length and a half; Chambers' crew were third, two lengths behind the Pryor crew, and the Biglin crew finished half a length in rear of the third. The Barton crew were fourth, and the Roche crew, who were hopelessly beaten, were last...The sketch, taken from Wellington Barracks, on the opposite side to Dartmouth, shows five of the boats coming back, Roche's having retired. The boat of Winship's (and Taylor's) Tyne crew is leading, followed by the Pryor, the Biglin, the Chambers and Kelley (late Renforth), and the Barton and Tangier crews. The yards and rigging of H.M.S. Royal Alfred are manned with sailors, all cheering lustily'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.