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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9954, 2 April 1895, Page 2

if; h is: Gaily, Q.O <J|R^B|^H^HH^H 'date for tt]eJ|SH^^^^^B|^BßHH The 9>W^^^BHH yesterday i^H9H^^B^^HJHB^^BBB ties and EflHH^^B^^^^B^H^B oontest Libero|HßH|^Bß^H|Hpßßß^B The .water.was lump^^SH^yareityffl race in consequence of the stifi.head wind. , blowing yesterday, and Oxford winning the toes, chose the Surrey shore. Im< mense crowds lined tie banks of the river.; Cambridge was the first' to get away, bub Oxford led by half a length at Craven's and increased the pap by another quarter of a length at the end of the first' mile.. Hammersmith Bridge was ehot in 7min 383ec, The Cambridge boat, which had Ehipped some water at Chiswick, made repeated spurts, but without avail, and at Thorneycrofb'a tha rival crew led by two lengbh?. After that the race was merely a procession. The defeated crew, who were all new handß, were much dls. tressed at the finish. The Oxford crew contained six old " Bine?." ' There is mnch disappointment in crickeb circles because it has been foand impossible- for Sboddart's team to meelThe resb of Eogland nntil Hastings week, at the end of the season. ' The following is - the resnlb of the race for the Grand National Steeplechase at Liverpool, run yesterday :—Wild Man of Borneo, 1; Cathal, 2; Vanderberg, 3. Tallow, medium mutton 22s 91, mediant beef 21s 3d, The English wheat) market is lifeless, the Continental dull, and the American . changing a little for the better. A.oargo of Victorian wheat by the ship * Soudan from Geelong sold at 24a 7Jd.