DARK BLUES WIN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 79, 2 April 1912, Page 7

DARK BLUES WIN.

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. STRONG WIND AND CHOPPY WATER. By I'elegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received April 2, 8 a.m.) LONDON, Ist April. The University boat race Oxford , v. Cambridge was re-rowed to-day over the Putney to Mortlako course; a distance of four and a quarter miles. On Saturday last, when the crows met, the weather was very bad, and both boats were swamped. Oxford finished the course, but owing to the fact that at Chiswick others than members of the crow helpod to bail out the Dark' Blue boat the race was ordered to be re-rowed. , To-day, when the crews went to the starting point a strong northwesterly wind waa blowing, which made the water choppy. The boat* had seven-inch splash-boards, and bladders were carried under the seats. The Cambridge men were quicker than their opponents at the start, but the boats were level when half a mile had been covered. Then there' waa a heavy hailstorm. At three-quarters of a mile, Oxford went to the front, and steadily drew ahead, leading by two lengths at Hammersmith Bridge. The Dark Blues took Cambridge's water half a mile further on, and thenceforward the race was a procession, despite Cambridge's plucky epurts. Oxford won by eight lengths, the time being 22min fisec. [Oxford and Cambridge have met> on sixty-nine occasions (of course leaving out Saturday's unfortunate meeting), Oxford winning on 38 occasions and Cambridge on 30, one race (that in 1877) ending in a dead heat. The time tor last year's raco, won by Oxford by two and three-quarter lengths, was IBmin< 29sec— a record. Oxford has been successful in the four last contests. Prior to that, Cambridge had a sequence of three victories. There has been some speculation, as to whether D. C. Collins (son of the Hon. W. X Collins, of Wellington) ' had a place in the Cambridge crow. Mr. Collins rowed No. 2.]