Jed slightly but, at Bulls Head, Cam~ bridge, striking 32 to Oxford's 20, was half a length ahead. At the White Hart, 300 yards from the end of the course, Oxford wore leading, by a length, and at Mortlake Brow ery by 1% lengths, finally finishing three lengths ahead. The Dark Blue victory was received with terrific applause by the crowd. Oxford finished paddling, with Cambridge vainly but gamely racing.
Neither cox steered a. particularly ood course, and several times it Tooked as if the blades of the two crews would foul, Once they actual. fortunately—without any trouble, Anished comparatively
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.