Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
CLEVER STEERING
Was What Won the Victory For
 Oxford To-Day.
THE COXSWAIN IS LIONlZED

the Lead and Looked Like a Winner
 Slowly, but Surely, Oxford Over
 took and Passed Her.
 London. March 3O.-Oyford's cox s"aln snatched a victory from Cam bridge to-day in q boat steerinn race aiter the light blues (Cambridge) had 1eu U! Il length and a half at Barnes Bridge. an advance which. at that point. is supposed to mean I sure victory.
 1he crews were so evenly matched tiat clever steering meant everythinr III tnlS alone the dark blues (OXfortD had the advantage.
 he weather could hardly have been worse Rain fell all night. and. with Il strong south wind, made q discourage Ing outlook. The race was uD ,strea1n on q flood tide, with q seven knot pIeeAe, on the port quarter. at the start Which was made at 1925 a. m.
 Both crews rowed down to the start ing skiffs. There was little to choose petWeen them in action or Dhysiuue. At colonel Williams signal the crew caught the water together: but. Cam pfidSeS Sn;ppy stroke gave them q shade the best of the start. Cam bridge roWed 34 strokes to the infinite at the start and Oxford :s5. which brought the dark blues abreast of Cambridge and gave them fractional lead- which they lost before Hammer smith Bridge was reached. Cheers rose from Cambridge's steamboat as Iheir crew passed Ham1nersmith Bridge half length ahead. On the ONford steamer there was q deeD silence and anxiety.
 At IhorneycrOfts very rough water was met and the turn of the course brought the wind around and ahead. There the superiority of Brocas (OX- ford) boat showed itself. Both crews dropped their stroke to 20, but Oxford was the steadier Still Cambridre gained. At Barnes Bridge their lead Was a length and a half. Then the Oxford champions. on the Oxford steamer, gave tongue for the first qlme- and yelled encoura cement to Their crew. The response was in simultaneous and as heartbreakinr as the pace had been for the first mile. which was one second under the rec ord. Oxford quickened her stroke to 32 and then to 54 and Cambridge quickened to 36. But the latter lack ed the driving power of Oxford who went up. foot by foot. The crowds on the banks caught the contagio of the struggle and Surged along towards the finish.
 Oxford crept slowly up and over came the Cambridge lead. in spite of the constant quickening of the Cam bridge stroke. On the Cambridge steamer the passengers following the race cheered despairingly and the light blues (Cambridse,. quickened again to 36, then to 3S and finally to -.9
 The Oxford bow Tapped the Cam bridge stern for q time and the race hung in the balance. Oxford quick ened to 36 and Cambridge struggled gameiy but lost her hard won lead by inches. failing signally in her steering at each turn, while Oxford never lost an inch on the geometry of the course.
 In the last two hundred yards OK lords bow began to show ahead and she relentlessly overhauled Cambridge who rOwed strong to the finish. Never the less, deep throated cheers arose as the crews slasied between the red flags at the finish and Cambridge sa- luted Oxford as they ceased rowing. The winning crew then rowed to their landing stage and carried in their own oars and boat.
 The time at the main points of the course were.
 Craven's Steps. 2m 2Ss: mile.. 3m. 54s locating the record by one secontD; Hammersmith Bridge. 7m. 3Os: Chis- wick. 11m, 5Ss; Barnes Bridge, 19m
 London. March 3O.-1O:JG a. m.-The university boat race was won by OK ford. finishing half length ahead of Cambridge. Time p minutes, 31 sec Onds. It was q grand race. Both crews were greatly distressed.
 9:39 l. m.-Cambridge won the toss and chose the Surrey side. A half gale from the southwest is blowing and the water is rough, so the choice of position is considered | great ad- vantage.
 1O:25-The crews embarked at Put ney.
 1O:35-The boats quickly took up their respective stations. The start was made at 10:31.
 1O:37-On Dukes Head. Cambridge was rowing twety-nine strokes to the minute and leading by q quarter length. Oxford was rowing thirty strokes.
 10:S9-At Craven Steps, Oxford led by q quarter length.
 10:40-At Crabtree Oxford was still a quarter length ahead.
 1O:43-At Hammersmith, Oxford maintained the same lead but Cam bridge was hanging on splendidly.
 At the Lead mills Cambridge. get ting the advantage of the turn. pulled up and led by q quarter length.
 1O46-At Chiswick EyOt, Cambridge increased their load.
 1O:47-At Thornycrofts Cambridge led by more than a length and was gaining.
 1O:4S-Of Devonshire meadows Cambridge was still a length ahead.
 1O:51-At Barnes's Cambridge was . length md a half ahead.
 Oxford overcame Cambridge's lead Z and finished half a. legth ahead. 1onfon, March 3O.-The closeness of 6 sHntsh of the Oxford- Cambridge z F boat race. which was rowed 7 s 16ntng, over the cotlrse from
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