Joseph Sadler's opponent was T Hoare, who was reputed the second greatest contemporary oarsman after English sculling champion Harry Kelley, of whom Sadler was a pupil.
12 Facts About Joseph Sadler
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Joseph Sadler won easily, and the following year on 22 November 1866, contested the English Sculling Championship against Robert Chambers.
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Kelley, Joseph Sadler's mentor, had retired that year, leaving the championship title an open race between Joseph Sadler and Chambers.
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Halfway through the race Joseph Sadler seemed to have the measure of his opponent, but Chambers took the lead and did not relinquish it.
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Joseph Sadler accordingly ordered the two to row again the next day.
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The stakes were awarded to Kelley by the referee, but Sadler brought an action against the stakeholder, M J Smith, then proprietor of The Sportsman newspaper.
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Joseph Sadler had formed his opinion from hearsay and separate statements.
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Boyd of Durham, to whom Joseph Sadler had previously lost by three-quarters of a length in a mile race on the Tyne.
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Joseph Sadler rowed steadily, overtook his opposition, and went on to win very comfortably in a time of 28m.
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Joseph Sadler announced he would not return to training suggesting that the race would have been his last.
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Joseph Sadler was reported to have retired after this race but he must have continued some later training.
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Joseph Sadler coached the Kingston Rowing Club in the eights in 1880.