Steve Fairbairn's No.7 seat from the Jesus College Boat Club [Cambridge] rowing boat used when finishing Head of the River in 1882, 1883, 1884 & 1885

Steve Fairbairn's No.7 seat from the Jesus College Boat Club [Cambridge] rowing boat used when finishing Head of the River in 1882, 1883, 1884 & 1885 and when winning the Henley Grand Challenge Cup of 1885, inscribed in gilt with arms and the above details and achievements, and additionally with the names of the oarsmen in seats.5-8 J.W. Dickson, A.M. Hutchinson, S. Fairbairn and C.H. Bicknell (stroke) plus the cox C.E. Tyndale-Biscoe Steve Fairbairn (25 August 1862 - 16 May 1938) was a rower and an influential rowing coach, notably at Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University, Thames Rowing Club and London Rowing Club in the early decades of the 20th century. All of the features of his coaching methods are referred to as ''Fairbairnism''. In 1926 he founded the Head of the River Race for men's eights held annually since on the Championship Course on the River Thames in London. Similarly he donated a trophy for a head race to be held annually on the River Cam ''The Fairbairn Cup.'' A memorial to Fairbairn is situated on the southern bank of the Thames between Putney and Hammersmith. This memorial, a stone obelisk popularly known as the Mile Post, is exactly one mile from the Putney end of the Championship Course. A bronze bust of Fairbairn by George Drinkwater is the winner's trophy for the Head of the River Race.