| Show iFORD WINS OVER I Coxswain Snatched a 8 Bt 0 by Y Half naif a nelor After Alter Cambridge Had as Good as Won the Race coxswain JO Oxfords Mar fh h j from rom Cambridge go to I a victory race after acter tho thoat boat c had led by a 11 blues s bridge ridge an nn and a a hill half at at that point Is sup victorY a ure td to mean evenly matched we ere so The mil reW meant everything that clever Oxford dark blues the In this alone could weather bad b the cantagO The 33 felt fell all 1111 hardly ave I en worse orse wind and fl a 11 strong I Imade outlook The ThC ruce made a flood tide with a In as up U str am on II A quarter on the port syn made at 1025 it at the start which was a CL rowed down to the start starting cre was Utile little to choose ing kit there then in action or physique Ignat the croW At Col Cain hut but caught the water r together them a arade aade nappy stroke gave gae trIe Cam eam of the start rade ade the better 34 31 to the minute e rowed and Oxford 35 whIch at the start brought the dark blues abreast of t Cam lead them a 0 and Gave which they In It before reache Chem Cheers rose from front bridge bIdge was as steamboat us IS th their lr boat passed Hammersmith bridge halt hiatt baUD a length ahead On the Oxford steamer stean t i there ther wa wac deep and anxiety 1 At very rough ro gb water t was met and the chic turn of ot tie course brought the In around ahead i There Then the superiority 8 of Ox On Ont Oxford t ford tord boat bot bo t e itself Both crews dropped their stroke to but Oxford I was the steadier Still CambrIdge gained M At 1 flames Darnes bridge their lend na was as a tenth lenth i lh and a h halt half lf Then tho Oxford champion on the Oxford steamer e raer gae art tongue for tor the first time timeT and an d yelled encouragement to their crew T e response was wits Instantaneous us and as n heart breaking as ns the pace had been for forthe fortha or orthe the tha mile which was one second under the record Oxford quickened her stroke to 32 3 and then theta to 3 34 31 and Cam Cambridge Cambridge bridge quickened to JO d But Hut the till hitter lutter lucked lacked the driving power of oC went up foot toot by lIy foot The flie crowds on the banks hanks caught the tue contagion of ot the struggle und and surged along ulon aion toward the till finish Oxford crept slowly up and und overcame the Cambridge lend lead In spite of ot the con quickening of ot the tho Cambridge stroke On Oh tho the Cambridge u steamer tho the passengers following the race cheered despairingly anti and Cambridge quickened I again to 36 then to 28 38 and finally to I 40 4 The bow bo lapped the Cam Cain Cambridge Cambridge I bridge stern for a II time and the race hung hun In the balance Oxford quickened to 30 36 G and Cambridge struggled gamely but lost her hard won lead loud by Inches falling failing signally In her Item steering at each turn while Oxford never n er lost an lIn inch on the geometry g of or course coune In the last 00 JO yards Oxfords bow be begon began gon garm to show ahead and she relentlessly overhauled Cambridge who rowan strong to the time finish Nevertheless deep deer throated cheers arose as men the crews flashed between the red flags nagS at nt the and Cambridge c saluted Oxford ns aim tIme they ceased towing rowing Then to thin the American spectators came a 11 surprising feature The winning crew rowed rowe to their landing place pIneo and carried In their own oars oary and boat In Instead stead stend of being themselves carried Iti I Iun ir un the of or their admirers na ne would happen In the case of ot an nn Amerl Ameri American can crew The time at the main points of o the course was Craven Steps 2 minutes minute 28 S SMile seconds Mile 3 minutes 51 lit seconds beating the record by one second Hammer Hammersmith smith 7 minutes 30 80 seconds hl 11 ii minutes US S B seconds Barnes Bridge 19 10 minutes Time 22 minutes 31 seconds n |
