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University Oars Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
This Race took place on Thursday the 29th of March. The day was cold and showery; after a severe struggle Cambridge drew ahead, and kept the lead easily, reaching Mortlake exactly 22 minutes after the start was effected at Putney. The Oxford men laboured under some disadvantage in their boat, which was heavier and less springy than that of their opponents; but they made a most chivalrous effort to gain the victory, and rowed with indomitable pluck.
The names of the Crews were as follows:
Cambridge.
H. Proby,2nd Trin.
W. J. H. Jones,2nd Trin.
A. de Rutzen, 3rd Trin.
Charles James Holden,3rd Trin.
W. L. G. Bagshawe,3rd Trin.
W. H. Waddington, 2nd Trin.
W. C. Hodgson, 1st Trin.
J. Copley Wray, 2nd Trin.
Coxswain, George Booth, 1st Trin.
oxford.
David Wauchope, Wadham.
J. W. Chitty, Balliol.
Henry H. Tremayne, Ch. Ch.
E. C. Burton, Ch. Ch.
Charles H. Steward, Oriel.
Arthur Mansfield, Ch. Ch.
Edward Sykes, Worcester.
W. Gordon Rich, Ch. Ch.
Coxswain, C. Soanes, St John's.
Life-rate of the Crews.
The death-rate among the Cambridge men who rowed in this Race has been very heavy. Four of them died early, two from accidental causes, one being killed by poachers and the other drowned. Hence, the calculated life-rate of the two Crews cannot be set down at more than 584 instead of 640 years after the Race. The individual lives, therefore, must be estimated at 36.5 instead of 40 years.
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