’VARSITY BOAT RACE.
SUCCESS OF CAMBRIDGE CREW. ASCRIBED TO “ BROWN SUGAR.” By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. ’ Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, March 28. The crowd watching the boat race at Mortlake was no great that the rising tide washed the ankles of many unable to press backwards. Police boats rescued numbers ol panic-stricken women, enught in the backwash. Tho victory- is jocularly regarded as one for "brown sugar.” ’ Each Cantab received two spoonfuls When embarking as a tonic. Their spurt at Chiswick completely unsettled Oxford, whoso No. 5 cracked badly, and thereafter scarcely rowed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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94’VARSITY BOAT RACE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 30 March 1926, Page 7
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