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Show Olli-r (imrlla( Matter Tho greatest rowing contest of Kit rope that betwetn tho Oxford and Cambridge crews was won by the lat ter this year In hollow style, a quarter of a mile separating the contestants ot the finish Slowly but surely the nej.ro Jockey 1 passing out In the whirl und the flurry of events ot the turf the most of us hat u not noticed It hut it Is a fact that the colored boys once so potent i factor lu turf affairs are losing their grip and wo hate not had a really Kreat colored rider slnca Willie Hlmms went Into tho ranks ot the has hcens," laments a turf writer hdward Hinlan the tx champion sculler of the world who Is now li Ilotton says ot the aquatic sport Tho coming of the Kngllsh champions will create a stir on this side nnd particularly particu-larly In Canada, where much Interest Is still shown In professional racing Aa regards the championship It will dlo a natural death unless somebody gets It away from fjaudaur who Is up In the northern part of Canada and will not come out I don t blame Oau daur, who I In business there, but It would be better for rowing It the champion would come out and meet the ambitious men as I used to do ' |