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OSFOED y. CAMBEIDGE. fBJ JtWCOJ'JWO ’JuIjfQUAFB rr- mPTJUGBI,I [SPKCIAJ, TO Pb*Sß ASSOCIATION.] [Eeoelvad March 31, at 6 45 p.n),l LONDON, MaeOH SO, The annual boat race between Cambridge and Oxford Universities was rowed oyer the usual coarse from Putney to Mortlake to-day. The Cambridge crew led throughout, and won easily by three lengths. Time —2.omin I4ge,p. [The interrUpiyerßity racp was instituted in 1829, Th® contest now decided is the forty-sixth, and mates the respective number of wins-rr-Oxford, 23; Cambridge, 22. In 188? the race resulted in a dead heat. The quickest time was in 1873 (IDmin 35aec), when sliding seats were used for the flrpt time. The PutpQy.-MprtlaliU sipce 18114, is abcnt four
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 8756, 1 April 1889, Page 5
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114AQUATIC. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 8756, 1 April 1889, Page 5
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