4 APRIL 1896, Page 3

The Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race was rowed last Saturday in

tempestuous weather. The race, which was won by Oxford, was a most exciting one. Cambridge led almost for the whole distance, but towards the end of the course Oxford crept up and finished, contrary to general expecta- tion, two-fifths of a length in front. This was the seventh successive victory for Oxford. The race has been rowed in all fifty-three times. Oxford has won thirty of these and Cambridge twenty-two. There was one dead-heat.