, 1879-03-17
OXFORD.

nr.,,.. ,...
n n,oy h. t,,o,oa,,a". ~ .as'aa uotserafty.
on luis s!do of tho water to know l.ow an nv
ford undergraduate of tho present s,v =" "
ills tmo wbot he ts,,,t .urn,.o,I y. ~, =. oeenPica
viii, hi. hon,. f,,,",. puasa ,,.s. W oo At work
na,.,,... s on'' ...... ."".5 ''at Ercat man,
Americans o"o i'oat Ut their ideas Of what coc,
on at tlls Engllsf university to "Tom Tross :"
and "Vcslnut Grccu't: hnt INV c,d .aa,s,'
tcli nm lint utl,.no, f.. r...., ~ esout viii
slnro linn u,;,1 ,,,n, ~. ~, etanrcd"
l'.'s.,., s'.'t. l"t WIS Jeass aGo. The hsrd
nearly disappeared, anA tl.cir pace In. hs's ha's
taken bs another lot, who, wb[lo thcv ,o.,.'' @ta
In eorc fnr t,,c ,,ood th,re ~ III. ~, sclta'hy
~. ,o,,, r,.,, .,.a.. ~ '''a 'e, At lea.t
unn 'nc''s WI" 'so.e anooeFatfon'
It's worry natural tl'at when ono eocs up Ia
ot,,,so btn,sclf In ,ts le,aurc t,onrs su'ns 70
q In ios hoo,, n, trto,, ..s s, s".s' VI eoafte,
..,,,,,,' s",,oa,. T.. ~ s"u VI Tue E'c'bh
p'o''c se'loo!e nc nas IoFinco slls Tastes, Or hh
sports nre enlrcEnc1,-buk If not, this. nnrh.n.
Is ono Of tho iffet questions t1u nuta ~ n
sell. ~ aa'
('f nsl the tlItngs to do at Oxford thtnt h.,
itz, tnknE !hg wIlolo year round, Is tIc na!. ,s.
popular s!,py leca,leo It rnn he int1t,'r.I oss
with tst Iuast expense u nv one i1i'ea wi1i ;,%, 10
stanl thut. wl,crn 50 ,t,any .lct rc b,o,,ra ats s
Euthrr, the lrlajurttY have luls little tu1u,ns
throw AWAY. 'l'heru are two rivers, or. ratbss %
one river seuara:cd into twu parts. ono nSJ, m'nh,
Say. by thu l0cts ncay thu town aid rIlcI EI! H.
upper sls,d lowcr riycr,-llc former Of With h.s e
',ccn chtistcned tho Isis. On tlc,e a fln,as Ia
turll1-tts,,u, ti,ny bc seen scores anI ecos.'
buats gliding nout, from the graceful ssrn. ~
tl.n awkward punt, thu puntlag Of whrh +
ct,uu never stu lile plcas,1rv III. Each iG rnI.r.
Tins its boAt-clnb ,lhd ol The lover river a,s.
wherc onc nay To mn, rcal thu uapcrt or hhs s,hhss
Ills latly.p. HIRE, too, the "'Varsitf cirt H.
bo bcen taktng Its daily practice h0nr weeknbefors
the race. Dar'iis thu SUMMER turn, wiys liz
tuecs nru G1Iug on, nd tic barges are ta,rrr..s
with flags, nl crowded with excited nton1s
thr river Il Indeed sight to bu relueuIhs!pp%
In TIM Isis Il few centre. buartl boats IRA n.
hire. but don't think. a3 rule. rllrh hantjr,i
srldDn. ,,,l when there h. enpslzjl,rs fnr w.!
Of ballast III Z Numerous. Illc river IL only
hundred yards Or ST wnte, and when t1,n h.
gues tlti,rtl |. r.s very shallow, 81 that nnic,
culnr Into pInr ut every tack. however onc ns i.
nhlc to rrfrust fineef nj The rml ri h.. rn", n"s
VI tllr 1i.tlc i, 1T Godssow Abbsy an oS .n.
which would be very 1,Iclu, cs1lio werc il mi
that II wus ytuyustu.l into u sort pf n rowshed
The nn,icni Eae If sisittlcs can be l,Ilyr hsrs
auY time The proud unsicreradunte syi conls.
llcar,'s content. '1S
Next to bouting comes cricket. AImo,t nj,
the colleges have their own cricket clubs a,,i
fields d mile ar two from tho tpyn. If ann
HtltHllt lnt,ttCn to llpluDT tn otto ut tc rat1cas
cleye1la, he lnay 20 nll llaye an ho1lr or txo
With professional bowler, three Or four NJ
wnn uru el,tsngctl hy each cub. ,Ibe athietis
stIt,rts urn nlsu hrI here. Cricket, Of course il
II sl1,nnler GniiIc, unI II tLere Ia tuth|nr hptr-
tu l:u 1t IL ysyY plcas,ut tn stroll III IN ti,e
ground lnt watch lie pn,t,c. nr. Il n,srs cnrr.
,.ultr play net Or two u; !uwt, tennis for m En-.
ClIsh turf this gcptlc exercise is nj itt m,itr,
t!ou. Many nCaiu, 70 Ia for fook baji mora p ~
les. sta.Gllrt pro daily unyed between tho df;.
fcrent culivgca, nI.I su,v vi them take njarsi
.t!: lurEs, IT., iilyy nrG called, nearly opmsits
tint l.NteoI1s STRUCTURE, Kcbtc Cp]Im,r. w;fch
louks t,p;ern In ille last ,lerree whrn rG.Dna,rI
With Tic t,:hrr tvil,oua Ut lcurniur, fin Parts
uro also ,hp fnsniornble rpsorL m n snn1,y II.
trrllut,p, when ri,r l,ns ratrn M unorIn,,sInasb
md wishes trs u;Ter:s to t!tsa,car us ranis AZ
ptssAe, uutt lien wa1lIurit niT srrm. Il, Ia ths
o1ly tl,luv to tio ua Till 1Iost dotcfnl nrs.ton nv
thu English tlay Of rest. ' >'0'- '>'@'
There pre ju,r racouet.courts Mt f,,tord
held liz TIM (jrktrtl TtrnI,rt Inn ,ri Il
is Ifl)|ui,1s ut,ulIr.1 su tmi u,r ,,wr,,n,pd IN.
icss cl'.urci ,r onI o9 f"r IN tbr stnl,, Ip
terms Jayl ,t vuii.ratjy ,,,i,,s NJ d md mt.
al Il. Ox!urti utst, tw,sts ri II irpnis.,,,,st sni
in Il Il 1JIayeI nrr,nns liz. n,n4t har,,ut ;,ms
in the HUri{i. ind thc innsr .s,,'1,i, h.vs
hcurt1 many MN NV Ihat fl,nr,, IL m com.
p1rstu lctwcr,i ia iussina.,nl, n,,i TINA at
rucuruts, bit no t;vuht ui,inions unnn ths