Doggetts Coat and Badge
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Doggetts Coat and Badge Boat race rowed against the stream annually on August 1 by young waterman, from Old Swan Pier, London Bridge, to Chelsea, five miles. Founded in 1716 by Doggett, an old Drury Lane comedian.