Show ox FORD THE niker I 1 tte the carob ld ide e lift in Is the lh race ka LONDON march 20 oxford non tile ie great university boat race th toils I 1 a afternoon alter noon the water waa was choppy i aa all dented crowd dithered gi along the tile hanki banki of the river and the die Inter sit displayed waa was without parallel in the tile annals of tho the race the cambridge crew waa was the decided favorite in the betting it won the toss ton i lor for position po ailion and chose the surre surrey aide time of race 29 minutes an and 3 seconda seconds I 1 I 1 ja I 1 0 oxford was first away cambridge pulled the taster r stroke overtook oxford and passed them they led at at clashers Clae Cl aspers pera six furlongs from lie the start oxford had gone to the front again passing hammersmith bridge a mi auila ii further cambridge had the lead of half a length at thorney crofts yard cambridge led by sis feet when devonshire meadows ead 0 Z three mils miles from the e start tart were era ro reached blued clued the arwa were pulling on even terms oxford let ie 1 at barnes bridge four furlongs fur furlon lones vis further farther on by hilf h ill a length oxford then forged ahead and won the race by a length tile course was the usual one from putney to morblake mortlake Mort lake four mil mils mila a and a i nailer |