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 Cantab crew wore fink, while Oxford sported blue, The late Mr. R, M. Vhillips, of Christ’s, used to tell the writer that he it was who fortuitously founded light blue on this occasion. He was on the raft at Searle’s when the Cantab crew were preparing to start (either for the race or for a day’s practice) the race so far as recollection of Mr. Phillips’ narrative serves the writer. One of the crew said, ‘We have no colours.’ Mr. Phillips ran off to buy some ribbon in Stangate. An old Mtonian accompanied him, and suggested ‘Eton ribbon for luck.’ {t

was bought, it came in first, and was adhered to in later years by Cambridge.

Tn 1837 the head college crews of the two Universities rowed amatch at Henley. The Brascnose book says, Christ Church were head, but took off because their Dean objected to their rowing at Henley ; the effect of their ‘taking off’ was to leave Queen’s College, on whom the representation of the ‘college crews would devolve, with the titular headship.

The B.N.C. book. says, the Queen’s crew went, ‘as was