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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 303

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se he makes an effort atthis point, and in this effort grips his oar-handletoo tightly. The beginning is often made less effective,even when there is no hang, by the blade Vjeingbrought towards the water in a slanting direc-tion, instead of being covered up to its fulldepth when the oarsman is at… … Well Awav. {Taunt and Co.) called a hang ; it is a bad fault, not onlybecause it makes the keeping of time moredifficult for a member of a crew, but also be-cause it invariably causes the beginning to bemissed. The chief causes of hang are asfollows: a hurry of the swing forward, whichbrings the…

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