Show THE ANNUAL ra cn h between won mon I 1 alad am cambrino Cam brido GREAT enthusiasm A close contest watched by great crowds of tors oxford wins I 1 LONDON april 9 the tha forty ninth annual boat race between tie th a oxford orford and cambridge eights took place to day genuina easter weather favored me ebent and as a result there was an am im mense turnout of spectators not kot less lers than half a million people lined the banks of the river thames along the course coarse A largo large majority of course were on foot foat but there were ca cats bs and carriages omnibuses omni buses and cars care and vehicles of every oa everyone every ona cf which with its load of humanity while the river itself was to go crowed with rowboat b oats and steam launches and rafts and river river crafts of every other description that it was with graat difficulty that the police were able to keep a clear courie A light wind prevailed making the river a trifle rough but not sufficiently 8 ai J to occasion any annoyance to the crews john elin who officiated in the same capacity last I 1 year was the e tar ar for or cambridge while pitman the tha eaton oarsman and a brother of the celebrated cambridge ro e stroke for oxford I 1 he course was me usual one from to mortlake morblake Mort lake a distance of four miles and four hundred and forty yards tho the cambridge team won the toss and the light blues chose the on oft tide of the river at the crack of the starters pistol both crews crews cot amay away about even but oxford by a sudden forged to the front I 1 and by a splendid span did stroke kept to toe the head bead until t the claspers clashers Cl aspers was reached here they were oyer overtaken taken by ake Can tabs and for several lengths both brats were on the level at crabtree inn and hammersmith bridge the light blues wera well in the lead in the stretch through a lodi telling stroke Oxford again forged to the front and ultimately crossed the tha line at mortlake morblake Mort lake nearly two lengths ahead of their opponent amid a scene of intense enthusiasm the time was a fraction over a minute not counting the race of today to day dav oxford has hai won 25 and cambridge 22 one race being be a dead heat beat an immense amount of betting was done cambridge being slightly the favorite nil abradi yoac ap april il 9 anians the passengers today for france on the steam erla bourain To urain wits leslie giffon caul duell a prominent society leader of ef this city find and who goes abroad to officiate as best beat man at the tha wedding wadding of mile siegfried niece nieca of ill II juies siesfried bies fried the noted member of the frence parliament from the lower lawer seine and mr oliver senn the affair will be celebrated at havre two weeks hence and will be witnessed by a large number of french parliamentarians and aad statesmen |