Show I CAMBRIDGE CAM DEFEATS i iTHE THE OXFORD EIGHT Great English Annual Futurity V Race Over the Thames Course LED FROM THE START TART Wi Within Two of or Rec Record d Time Made Mad Fifteen V VS V S Years Ago Lon Lon-lon April 4 The The he annual eight oared race between Oxford rd an and Cambridge which was rowed o over oer er the tho t Thames course today was as ll won on b by V C Cambridge for the third consecutive o time The fiac he light blues were favorites and Justified th the confidence of or their i supporters b by forging to the front at the crack of or th thu pistol and ana maintaining main maln- taming the time lead to the finish where the they were were- two an and a half lengths In front of ot the dark blues The Tho time of tho race was 19 minutes an and 1 19 lii seconds s. s The record is 18 minutes and 17 H made b by Oxford In 1893 The rue crews got away to a splendid l start stait at 31 o'clock this afternoon un under 1 ideal 1 al conditions Oxford 1 worm won o the to toP toe and chose the Surry side o of tho tIme river rl which g gave O them a a. considerable erable a advantage 1 taking them out of tho the v heavy water at tho the start At Cambridge was moIn moving mo inov- V In fag ing in Eplen splendid form an and had Increased Increase e ed their lea lead to one half length Crabtree Crab- Crab tree tho the light blues were one and a a. half hat lengths alLea ahead 1 The Tho runaway V continued continue with Cambridge Cambridge- t slowly increasing Increasing In- In 4 I. I creasing the lead until two lengths of V open water separated Cambridge from Oxford at naro v. At this point Cambridge let down In inthe tho the work oik to some som extent nt au and Oxford rt regained a l length on the leaders rs 1 In which 1 order thc they passe passed until Hammersmith's Ham V bridge gc At this point poin Cox Cox- Coxswain swain Boyle of ordered au an au Increase n the tho stroke of crew and within a a. quarter of a mile aft r r. pap pass pans Inn n. n the the- g i the tho li a TH hn hail had re regain regain- n V V i a d tn they thu length and were vy lo fa fast t and m casH easily I V The respective positions ott of the c tv two r ti K were cre maintained UJ until tU crewl f y T J Darns Darn's br v t V ford tord hit bit up up their stroke cu cutting cutting- lI down wn the Cambridge lead to one ann ana a a. halt half le IC length From Barnes bridge CambrI Cambridge t continued to gain distance upon the Oxford eight Both Doth crews spurted 1 as aa the they approached the finish line at Mort 1 Lake but the tho of ot 1 tho tite Cambridge e was superior to that of tho the dark clark blue an and 1 the they continued I to gain sain steadily until the end cad of l. l the tho thoi tho i m race ace |