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The Ward brothers were four members of one family who rowed as a team and sometimes individually. They were declared World Champions after a four-oared race in 1871. ==Ward family== The four brothers were part of a large family; nine sons and five daughters were born to Isaac and Winifred Ward. The children were born at Middle Hope, New York. Isaac Ward was a proprietor of fishing vessels, sloops, and schooners along the Hudson River. He taught his sons watercraft skills and four of them became particularly adept at rowing. These were; William Henry, b 1827, known as ‘Hank’, Charles, b 1831 Joshua, b 1838, known as ‘Josh’, Gilbert, b 1841, Additionally another son, Ellis Ward, b 1846, sometimes shared the honours if one of the others was unavailable. Later he went on to coach rowing for some forty years at the University of Pennsylvania. Joshua was proficient at the single sculls and after a number of early races he was good enough to win the American Sculling Championship in 1859 and 1863. He won numerous other races and his backers hoped he would row Robert Chambers (oarsman) the then Champion of England. However the race never happened. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ward brothers (rowers)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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