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Carrying the Chienam silver mark, this large standing cup that carries the inscription under the also engraved
club motto “Fidelitas vincit”:
Victoria Regatta, Hong Kong, 1883
American Cup: Four Oars 1Mile
Won by
E.G.Wilford, J.H.Stewart-Lockhart, H.Muller,
T.R.Fisher Stroke
H.E.Angier Cox
The Victoria Regatta Club was founded in 1849 and was renamed The Victoria Recreation Club in 1872.
Stylistically, the decoration of the cup would indicate the cup dates according to the inscribed 1883.
