The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-12 00:00:00

TWICKENHAM ROWING CLUB.

The annual meeting of this club was hold on Wednesday
last at the club-rooms, Twickenham, when the president,
vice-president, and treasurer were duly re-elected. The
late captain (Mr. Cox) resigned his office, and Mr. A. J.
Ebsworth, who has for some time taken an active part in
club matters, was elected to the post. Mr. V. Griffiths, the
late honourary secretary, who has filled that office from tho
commencement of the club, having now resigned, Mr. Bohn
was elected to his post. The committee was then voted
for, and 22 candidates admiitted to the club, and, after a
little business, the meeting, which was admirably presided
over by Mr. Smith, was adjourned.

The Oxford and Cambridge Athletic Sports.

On Saturday this great annual competition between
what we may call for this occasion the rival Univer-
sities was brought to a moat brilliant close in the
meadows of the Christ Church Cricket Club, beyond
the bridge at Magdalen. The general feeling was
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these athletic sports have been practised for some
time, and it is only within the last three years or so
that she has challenged Oxford to compete with her.
For the last few years Oxford has generally lost in
these games, but has as regularly reversed the ver-
dict by winning the great event of the year—the
boat race, the honour gained by which is indisput-
ably greater than a victory in all the other athletic
sports put together. Within the last two years, how-
ever, the Oxford men have paid more attention- to
jumping, running, throwing hammer, &c., and the
result has been a very close approach to the excel-
lence of Cambridge. Thu on Saturday, though the
odd event was in favour of their antagonists, the
honours of the contest were on the whole equally
divided, for though Oxford did not win so many,
what she did win were the most important of the
games. The general feeling as to the merits of the
competitors was also most curiously reversed by the
actual tests. Cambridge, for instance, felt certain of
winning most, if not all the races, and the Oxford
men were as confident of victory in throwing the
hammer or putting the weight. But as it turned out
Oxford won most of the running contests, and was
just as signally defeated in the latter trials. The
competition, as we have said, was carried on in the
cricket ground meadows, which on Saturday were
about the dampest and bleakest fields in which a
large company ever shivered without shelter. The
dav, too, was bitterly keen, and the piercing north-
easterly blasts were only varied by short driving
showers of rain and sleet. Yet in spite of all this,
such was the interest felt that from 8,000 to 10,000
visitors w ere present, and remained from the very com-
mencement of the sports till they were brought to a
most exciting conclusion at half-past 5 in the even-
ing by one of the most keenly contested tie races
ever run. The first event of the day was throwing
the hammer, one of the few things which were
looked upon as a certainty for Oxford. Yet Ox-
fold lost, both the Cambridge men beating her
champions. The most conspicuous of these latter
was Mr. D. Morgan, of Magdalen Hall. Mr. Mor-
gan, it is stated, can easily throw the hammer 100
feet ; but just before the trials he had been very un-
well, and on this important occasion could only send
it whirling to a distance of 86 feet 6 inches. Mr.
R. T. James, of Jesus, Cambridge, beat this by