The Oxford-Cambridge Race
May, 1962
The Oxford-Cambridge Race, a waterborne ceremonial rite, has been practiced yearly with few interruptions since 1829. When the fragile nine-man shells are set down on the Thames at Putney in the still-chill early English spring, and the iron-muscled young university men bend to their oars while the coxswains adjust their megaphones, the air is electric with the tension built up over months of tedious, rigorous practice. Old Blue alumni of both persuasions crowd the launches hovering behind the s...
