Show cambridge and oxford FINE anticipated tom reeds presidential boom mcw another chood injun loncoa march 27 special the great annual boat race between oxford and cambridge takes place tomorrow to morrow on the thames there is as much interest in the event as in any previous year and the contest between the picked oarsman oarsmen of the two universities promises to be witnessed by an immense throng of spectators although there will be fewer royalties on the banks than in previous years both crews took their final practice spin today to day several thousand people a goodly number belonging to the betting fraternity turning out to form their final judgment on the performances for mances of the two crews throughout the week the have been in excellent form although the cambridge men have had the benefit of the supervision of trevor jones the celebrated coach and as a result tho dark blues ara slightly the favorite in the betting this will be the fifty second boat race between the two universities oxford has been the winner in twenty seven contests and cambridge in twenty tree while the one of 1877 was a dead heat the start will be made between one and two london time the thames being at high tide 35 |