OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2161, 15 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

Cambridge won the University Boat Kaeo on the Thames, April 3. The weather was cloudy but mild, and the wind was strong at the start, and during the race the water was lumpy. The betting" was in favour of Cambridge. The river banks were crowded with people, thousands making a holiday. The boats started even, were kept so by as fine a contest as ever was seen on the course for a mile, when the Cambridge boat pulled a few feet ahead. In the second stage the race was veryexciting—the Cambridge men made several desperate spurts to get away from their opponents, but the latter responded instantly and successfully. When Hammersmith Bridge was reached the Cambridge beat was about a quarter of a length ahead and one mile and a-half had now been pulled ; the contest continued stubborn, fairly even, and exciting up to the two and a-half mile point opposite Chiawick Church ; here the Oxford men spurted, and the boat responded by shooting along until "the bow got even with Cambridge, and then passed it by a few feet The contestants were urged on by cheering that was loud and inspiriting. The Cambridge men then gradually sent their boat even with Oxford, and the boats were kept even till Barnes Bridge was passed ; they neither had any visible advantage, and both were straining their greatest. The people along the banks and in the boats following were almost wild with excitement, and cries of acec-J heat were heard, but near the finisfe-th* Cambridge men were able to add one more, spurt to their long-sustained pull, and it moved their craft (forty-two strokes to th*. minute) a few feet a-head, and they passed the limit almost half-a-length in advance, making one of the grandest races ever rowed over the course. The excitement at the close was thrilling. At no point during the entire race had it been possible for either crew to get more than half-a-lengtb". a-head of its rival.

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