To be rowed for at every Regatta, and ing crews to engraved on the Cup, and the winners Of each race to receive pewter This race was a were the favourites at starting, at backed against the field at sone odds. For some cogent reason, this race was rowed before that for the Double Sculls, which it followed on the card. The toss This race being a new Club's programme, naturally siderable interest, and speculation—ioral, not mercenary—was strong as to whether a long residence in this climate had interfered with the staying powers of the veterans, and rendered them unfit to cope with their antagonists, frosh from the waters of Isis, Cam, or Thames, The result in this respect could not have been unsatisfactory to the ancients themselves, for a more cheery crew never stepped out of a boat after fighting hard for first place, and just, and only just, losing it. minutes after the race, it was impossible to tell from appearances that they had been pulling a mile at racing speed. The opinion of many was, however, decidedly in favour of the juveniles, but before the race was over, sonic of the layers of 2, 3, and even 4 to 1 against the veterans, began to drop their lips, The senior crew won the
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