The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-07
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LONDON. March 3o.-Oxford's cox
swain snatched q victory from Cam
bridge today in boat steering race
after the light blnes Cambridge
had led by length and q half at
Barnes Bridge, an advantage which
at that point is supposed to mean q
sure victory.
The crews were so evenly matched
that clever steering meant everything.
In this alone the dark blues (Oxford)
had the advantage The weather could
hardly have been worse. Rain fell all
night and with strong south wind.
made a discouraging outlook. The
race. was upstream. on a food tide.
with a seven-knot breeze ON the port
quarter at the start, which was made
at 1925 a. m
Both crews rowed down to the
starting skiffs There was little to
choose between them in action or
physique At Colonel Williams sig
nal. the crews caught the water to-
gether but Cambridge's snappy stroke
gave them a shade the better of the
start Cambridge rowed "a strokes to
the minute at the start and Oxford So.
which brought the dark blues abreast
of Cambridge and gave them a frac-
tional lead, which they lost before
Hammersmith's bridge was reached.
boat as their boat passed Hammer
smiths bridge half length ahead.
On the Oxxford steamer there was
deep silence and anxiety.
At Thorncrofts 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 90. but Ok
ford was the steadier. Still Cam
bridge gained At Barnes bridge
their lead was a length and a halt
Then the Oxford champions. on the
Oxford steamer, gave tongue for the
first time and yelled encouragement
to their crew. The response was in
and as heart-breaking as
the pace had been for the first mile,
which was one second under the rec
VI OAAOtu ACA StAohC ~
80 and then to "a and Cambridge
luickened to So. But the latter lack
ed the driving power of Oxford who
went up foot by foot. The crowds on
the banks caught the contagion of the |
struggle and surged along toward the |
finish.
Oxford crept slowly up and over
come the Cambridge lead in spite of
he constant quickening of the Cam
bridge strike. On the Cambridge
steamer the passengers following the
ace cheered despairingly and Cam
bridge Quickened again to 36, then to
IS and finally to 40.
The Oxford bow Tapped the Cam
bridge stern for time and the race
lung in the balance Oxford quicken
ID to SO and Cambridge struggled
,amely but lost her hard won lead
~ inches, failing signally in her steer
ng at each turn, while Oxford never
ost an inch on the geometry Of the
course.
In the last 200 yards, Oxfords bow
,egan to show ahead and she relent-
essly overhauled Cambridge, who
owed strong to the finish. Neverthe
eSS, deep-throated cheers arose as
he crews flashed between the red
lags at the finish and Cambridge sa-
uted Oxford as they ceased rowing.
Then, to the American spectators,
anne a surprising feature. The win
ing crew rowed to their landing
lace and carried in their own oars
nd boat. instead of being themselves
arried in on the shoulders Of their
dmirers as would happen IN the case
I an American crew.
The time at the main points of the
curse was:
Craven Steps. 2 minutes, % Sec
nds; mile. minutes 81 seconds
beating the record by one second
bridge, minutes. 80
econds: Chiswick, II minutes. IS
econds: Barnes bridge. 10 minutes