Canadian Illustrated News September 16, 1971

Click here to see full size. The Winship-Taylor (English) Crew-- From a photograph by Notman. Left to right: Thomas Winship, Robert Bagnall, J.H. Sadler, and James Taylor.

Click here to see full size. The Regatta-- The four-oared boat race between the Tyne and Saint John crews, on the Kennebecasis--From a sketch by E.J. Russell.

 

The funeral of Renforth took place on Sunday at Newcastle. The attendance was extraordinary. Some accounts represent the number of people who witnessed the burial at 100,000. The concourse was so great that the cemetery where the remains were deposited was much damaged.

In the inquest on Renforth's body the jury have returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by congestion of the lungs, which may have been caused by over-exertion in the boat race.

A match between the St. John and Taylor-Winship crews has been arranged to take place on the 4th of October next, at Springfield, Mass. The race cannot fail to be a close and exciting one, as without the great strength of Renforth to contend against, the St. John crew will be much more evenly matched against the Taylor-Winship men. The race is to be for $5,000, each crew to pay their own expenses.