Result of the Race. (BY ATLANTIC CABLE.)

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 49, 10 May 1884, Page 3

Result of the Race. (BY ATLANTIC CABLE.)

The annual boat race between the Oxford and Cambriolge University crews occurred on the morning of April 7th. The course was the regular four miles and two furlongs on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake. The weather Avas unpropitious, and the air filled with drizzling rain. A heavy mist overhung the river, while the water was decidedly choppy. There were but few spectators. The Cambridge crew was tho favourite from the start, and gained an easy victory. Oxford won the toss, and chose the Surrey side. After a false start, Cambridge at the word "Go" gripped the water first, and gained a lead of nearly half alength. Oxford, by a great effort, almost caught Cambridge in the first one hundred yards, and a dingdong tussle was kept up for the rest of the first mile, when Cambridge led, and was never afterwards headed. Passing Hammersmith, Cambridge was nearly a length ahead. Oxford frequently spurted, and Cambridge promptly answered. A nasty, choppy sea, and a head wind, seemed to favour Cambridge's rowing, and the steering of Oxford was somewhat wild, but the men worked gamely until Barnes's was reached, when they went to pieces, and Cambridge finished fresh nearly three lengths ahead. Time, 21mins 29secs.