The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
CANTAB OARSMEN PAVORITES.
EXPECTED TO BEAT OXFORD ny
SIX LENGTHS.
Ex-president Chapman Has Seat In Cam.
bridge Boat-Ireland Beats England
~ Rugby Footbail-Cansdian Crew
for Henley-Forcign Sporting Gossip.

| bridge Boat--Ireland Beats England
~ Rugby Footbail-Cansdian Crew
| for Heniey-Forcign Sporting Gossip.
! TIE crews Of oIfcrd ard Cambridge are
fast rour ding into shape for the annual boat
race and somehow or other there "A q feeling
| among the Cantabs that the L gLt uss have
! this years match at their mucy They won
last year by Ave Lengths from Oxford and
! the current opinion now ID that this will
be improved upon and ak lengths, II is said,
! win be the winnins margin next month.
! Those who closely watch the work OF the
! Cambridge men say that the crew, " surely
ensths faster than last year at this stage Of
/ the training Down Nuneham way they
! msde a trial last week which openfd the tyss
OF the critics ard coaches. II was described
! by an eye witness rs the fastest bit OF row.
! ine done by l. ght B rs In me- year. But
| against this there are shrewd ONES who say
| that oxford will turn out an exceptionally
! fast eight In the opinion OF great many
: ex-blues ken on the science OF handling o.,
oar Cnmbr 70 will have to be Al good a.
last year to hold her own with Oxford The
fact that e1-Prst dent Chapman OF Cem-
bridge has a seat In the eight has caused
I lot OF talk Putting II mildly the oxford
men cons der II a piece Of sharp practice
ard II has been suggested that some hard
and fast rule should be made ARE only men
In residence competing In representative
fray"
The third international r ,sby football
match OF the season was played between Enf-
land ard ireland at Landsdowne Road. Dub
in, and resulted in a victory for the Sham
rock over the Rose. by one penalty goal al d
one try, @ points TO nil There was ire
mendous crowd including Lord Dudley. the
new Lord Lieutenant and all the Castle ON
cials ireland won the toss ana elected to
play with the breeze. which was blowing
fairly strong. For the first fifteen minutes
the Enslt men played well. but AFTER that tne
strength and weight Of the Irish forwards
told on their lighter opponents. Then the
Irishnoa bucked up a bit and had matters
their own way TO half timf. when the score
was one penalty goal and one try to nothing
No Improvement In these figures was made
by the Irishmen In the second half TIE
same day. Feb. II. England and lreIan met
In the Association lnternational at Wolvcr-
hampton where the Rose waved triumphant
over the Shamrock. In the first half the
soore was one goal for England and goose e. 9
for ireland and In the second hall Englind
added three more goals. thus winning In
hollow fashion by 4 goals to q.
The sensational mare Soepre has been
ip, rodu ced In the betting for the Lincolnshire
Handicap and very soon her name rtleGated
snI ins Gi n ;Is ~ osGe y entitled 10 the
Or, mier position following the acceptsnoes
there were bets Of eish, .hfsies several r times
was fsil 10 10 when sl bstaniial amount
appeared WaGers were traced TO the name
sad Per s., 's g. Of For the GRAND Ssops f:s
livery Vas spppOIsd 20, ~ g. fnd e,,re nss
onr sand had been made l. o. to 70 was ten
90 has crew 81 ne VIZ,
Tub viii go 20 Eenley for the Stewards .np,
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, entries viii be heartily welcome.
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= p cislly 0 this patriotism eNinced when
vi, fr' spe,R GSpG @osSsr ,cnsus
case mentioned above II 10 propetle sko
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! combination will row at the Cork 5esaus
sCw Hart IN. professional. has completed
| his heart -breaking task Of walking 2.0o miles
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