The ‘Varsity Boat Race.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3681, 30 March 1904, Page 2

The ‘Varsity Boat Race.

oANOTHER WIN FOR CAMBRIDGE. London, March 27. Cambridge won the boat race after n splendid struggle by two and a-lialf lengths. The weather was tine and the water smooth. Barnbridge won the toss and chose the Surrey side of the river, Cambridge going oil at 35 and Oxford at 3l> strokes to the minute. At Wahled’s Cobtree Oxford was lending by a length. Cambridge then began to improve their petition, and at the saccharine works had reduced the lead to three-quar-ters of a length. Passing Hammersmith Bridge, 'where both had settled down to 37 strokes per minute, OxTcp'd had a quarter of a length advantage, which gt the lead mills i they had increased to half a length. { Cambridge began to forge ahead tit | Tiiornaycrofi’s, and had established I a slight lead, which they gradually I increased eventually winning after a .splen lid struggle by 2- lengths, I he Cambridge ai e.v showed perfect ioi’m throughout ihe• race, andnever bustled. At Thoruoycrofi.V, Oxford wore rowing rather rugged, Cambridge, spurting, took the and came tight away, winning '•>)' -Ij length,'-:. Time, 2min. .T,Lee. Oxford rowed a dogged stern raceCambridge has now won three years in succession. The totals now f eland Oxford GG, Cambridge 2V, dead j ;.ea!. '!s7v. ' ; Forty >- iuusiml deaths occurred dur- i ,ng the week in the Bom buy presidency. I