CASA MAJOR

Arsene August us Joseph . Winner of junior sculls at Barnes regatta 1852, of senior sculls 1853; won diamond sculls at Henley on Thames 1855, 1856–7–8 and 1861; won Wing field challenge sculls at Henley 1855, thus becoming amateur champion of the Thames a title he retained until July 1861; rowed upwards of 50 public races winning more than 40 of them Aug. 1852 to June 1861, he was never beaten in a sculler’s race; an early member of London rowing club; aquatic editor of The Field . d. from breaking a blood ve el Belmont terrace, Wands worth road, London 7 Aug. 1861 aged 27. Rowing Almanac (1862) xiii-xvi, portrait ; The Field 10 Aug. 1861 p. 132, 17 Aug. p. 147 .