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case each works with its fullest energy. And not 

 only so, but by the simultaneous use of arms and 

 shoulders, that sharpness of motion can alone be given 

 which is essential to the propulsion of a modern racing- 

 boat. 



We have said that the two crews are severally 

 rowing in the style which has lately been peculiar to 

 their respective universities. But the Cambridge crew 

 is rowing in that form of the Cambridge style which 

 brings it nearest to the requirements of modern racing. 

 The faults of the style are subdued, so to speak, and 

 its best qualities brought out effectually. In one or 

 two of the long series of defeats lately sustained by 

 Cambridge the reverse has been the case. At present, 

 too, there is a certain roughness about the Oxford crew 

 which encourages the hopes of the light-blue supporters. 

 But it must be admitted that this roughness is rather 

 apparent than real, great as it seems, and it will 

 doubtless disappear before the day of encounter. 

 We venture to predict that the "time" of the ap- 

 proaching race, taken in conjunction with the state of 

 the tide, will show the present crews to be at least 

 equal to the average.* 



* The race (that of 1869) was one of the best ever rowed, and the 

 time of the winners (Oxford) better than in any former race. 



(From the Daily News, April, 1869.) 



