2-799-028 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Manchester Regatta - from a sketch by Mr. Hayes, 1844. Boat races on the river Irwell. ' The sports of this day consisted of four races - the Stanhill Hall Stakes, for four-oar pleasure-boats, value £10, won by Mr. Jones's Fearless; the Ordsall Stakes, for two-oar boats, won by Mr. Beardsall's Mystery; and the Swinton Hall Cup, value £16, won by Mr. Walker's Sons of the Dee, a Chester boat, by half a length - the Britannia, a Manchester boat, with a young crew, struggled manfully for the Cup, and the honour of the town. The Irwell Stakes of £12, won by Mystery - Forester second'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.