Judging from the accounts of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race which have reached Shanghai through the mails, Cambridge's "superiority was by no means as great as the five lengths victory would seem to suggest. The Cambridge crew on the day" of the race were not so well together as they had been during practice, while the Oxford eight excelled themselves and rowed with a rhythm and life which they had never displayed before. The Cambridge victory seems to have been due largely to the fact that there were some exceptionally fine oarsmen the boat. Laurie and Wilson have been specially mentioned by the critics, They have been described by Me, P, "Haig Thomas, the former Cambridge coach who has been assisting Oxford this year, as in a class fby themselves. The predictions of [the prophets that Cambridge would do well in rough water owing to their superior watermanship, do not appear to have been fulfilled, since [Oxford led during the whole of the Jarst part of the race when the water was roughest and conditions favoured the more experienced crew.
Cambridge eight do not seem to have made their boat travel in this rough water as well as was expected. It says a great deal for Laurie and his No. 7, Wilson, that they were able to rally their' men at the halt way Jmark and, with better water, to walk away crom opponents obviously tired by their early efforts. In Cherry and Winser Oxford have oarsmen' who may cause a lot of trouble to Cambridge next year, when several of the light blue rowers who have been the backbone of the brilliant eights which have represented the junior university have gone down.
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