INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.
3AMBRIDCE DEFEATS HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS PRESENT. Received 10th, 12.23 a.m. London, September 8. Th" Harvard and Cambridge Uni versiti.-s' beat race attracted a record attendance, including thousands of Americans. The enthusiasm was intense. Cambridge won the toss and chose the Surrey side of the r iver. The boats got away at 4.29. Cambridge were the smarter at the ■ art. and were socn leading by a hngth. Parsing Crabtrep Reach, nbridge increased the lead two and a-quarter lengths. Harvard, putting on a spurt, shot Hammer smith Bridge a length and a-quarter in the wake of Cambridge, but the effort was valuless, though Harvard rowed a dogged, stern chase. Cam bridge continued to improve theii position, leading by three lengths at Barnes", and eventually winning by two in n)min iSsec.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81844, 10 September 1906, Page 3
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133INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81844, 10 September 1906, Page 3
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