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the Oxford crew have had set them the true Oxford stroke that 

 we may have an opportunity of witnessing something of this 

 kind on Saturday, though the manifest superiority of the 

 Cambridge crew in strength and the lateness of the change 

 in the Oxford boat are unfavourable to the chances of the 

 dark blue. To return to the point from which we started. 

 The just style of propulsion for each class of boat is a matter 

 to be determined on scientific principles. There is no real 

 conflict between theory and practice in this matter. Every 

 change which has tended to increase the speed of racing 

 boats has (like the changes in Poncelet's experiment) 

 rendered necessary an increased energy, or, as one may say, 

 an increased intensity of propulsion, 



