Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-19 | Page 7 | Ancient Rowing Barge Regained

ANCIENT ROWING BARGE REGAINED New York, N. Y , Jan. 19. Phe Ox ford University Boat club has regained regain-ed possession of the rowing barge 111 which the Oxford crew of 1S29 rowed nnd won the first inter-varalty race against Cambridge university on the Thames river near London on June 10, 1829. The boat, which is 45 feet long and 4 feet 4 inches wide at the middle Is constructed of nine streak or lap boards, a keel and a gunwale. A long plank runs the length of the center of the boat and the thwarts are supported by single upright iron stays. The heavier material is spruce, the smaller ribs ash. and the main timbers oak. The thowl pint are narrow and the oarsmen sat at the extreme opposite end of the seat in rowing The boat was used for a number o: succeeding races, and some ten yearn later was stored in an old boathouse at Oxford as unfit for further use. In 1841 Sir Robert Menzies. then a student stu-dent and oarsman at Oxford, purchased pur-chased the boat and had it shipped to Loch Rannock There the historic grandfather of all racing shells re mained until his death, when it was sold with other relics of Castle lieu zles. Thus after seventy years the primitive racing craft has returned to the scene of its earlier triumphs and history making. no