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Excerpt from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 54: July to December, 1890 Amongst Boat Race records, the race of that year will always hold a prominent place, as it resulted in a dead heat. The following year Mr. Grenfell again rowed, and in a crew admitted to be the finest one ever sent up from Oxford University. On the retirement of Mr. Edwards-Moss from the Presidentship of the University Boat Club, Mr. Grenfell was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy. Unfortunately he was prevented, by medical advice, from occupying a seat in the boat during his year of office. It may be recorded that he was at that time President of the University Athletic Club, and that whilst in residence he ran in the three mile race against Cambridge. Mr. Grenfell, in addition to running and rowing, found time to hunt the University Drag Hounds, and he proved himself to be an excellent master. And here it maybe remarked that, in spite of these attractions, Mr. Grenfell paid due attention to reading, and when the time came took a degree in honours. Our portrait shows Mr. Grenfell in the act of punting, which is one of his favourite pastimes. To punt well is undoubtedly an art, and especially so in a raoing punt. That he is a thorough exponent of this art, his title, "Amateur Champion," will testify. During the past few years he has been coached by Abel Beasley, the professional champion, with whom he can now hold his own, a fact which does credit to both parties. In order to waste no time, and to while away a few leisure hours before starting for Scotland, in August last, he, in company with two other capable oarsmen, sculled from Oxford to Putney, a distance of 105 miles, in about twenty-two hours. It may be mentioned that previous to that row he had not touched a pair of sculls for two years. But still the river is not the only attraction for Mr. Grenfell, for during the autumn he generally finds his way north, to moor and forest; and spacious as is the hall at Taplow Court, it will not contain the numerous trophies of his shooting expeditions. The walls of the smoking-room are adorned with horns, many of them bearing the words "Reay Forest," which is the Highland seat of the Duke of Westminster. The love of sport has induced Mr. Grenfell to visit the Rocky Mountains, from which his characteristic energy and unerring eye have enabled him to add many fine specimens to what was already a good collection of trophies. When the shooting season is over, Mr. Grenfell turns his attention mainly to hunting. He is now master of the pack of harriers which belonged to the late Six Robert Harvey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.