The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

AMATEUR_t ROWING ASSOCIATION. No person shall be considered an amateur oarsman, sculler, or coxswain : 1. Who has ever rowed or steered in any race for a stake, money, or entrance fee; [This clause is not to be construed as disqualifying any otherwise duly qualified amateur who previously to April 23, 1894, has rowed or steered for a stake, money, or entrance fee in a race confined to members of any one club, school, college, or University.] 2. \Vho has ever knowingly rowed or steered with or against a professional for any prize; 3. \Vho has ever taught, pursued, or assisted in the practice of athletic exercises of any kind for profit; 4. \Vho has ever been employed in or about boats, or in manual labour, for money or wages ; 5. Who is or has been by trade or employment for wages a mechanic, artisan, or labourer, or engaged in any menial duty; 6. \Vho is disqualified as an amateur in any other branch of sport. An amateur may not receive any contribution towards his expenses in com~ peting in a race or a regatta except from the club which he represents, or a bona fide member of such club; but the committee shall have power to make special rules for any International regatta or competition. SHOOTING ASSOCIATION (CLAY BIRDS). Any person who shoots or has shot in public as a means of livelihood, or who engages or has engaged in the teaching of shooting as a means of livelihood, or who has shot in any competition open only to professional shooters, shall be deemed a professional shooter. AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION. An amateur is one who has never competed for a money prize, declared wager, or staked bet ; who has never taught, pursued, or a sisted in the practice of swimming, or any other athletic exercise, as a means of pecuniary gain ; and who has not, knowingly, or without protest, taken part in any competition or exhibition with anyone who is not an amateur. A Professional.-That a swimmer shall cease to be an amateur, and becomes a professional by- (a) Engaging in swimming or any other athletic exercise-or per onally teaching, training, or coaching any other person thereiI1-for pecuniary gain. (b) Selling, realising upon, or otherwise turning into cash, any prize won by him or her. (c) Asking for, offering or accepting remuneration or expenses except under the conditions set out in exception F. (d) Accepting remuneration for swimming in public, or by being employed for money or wages in a swimming bath or elsewhere as ail attendant on swimmers. (e) Asking for, offering, or accepting any consideration by way of employment or otherwise for becoming a member of a club, except in cases where clubs or associations give scholarships or free membership of clubs to children at or leaving school, the holders of such scholarships not to exceed fifteen years of age.