. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . ome of which are occupied by the proprietors of rowing boats, but the more handsome ones by the Rowing Clubs of the various colleges. These are in fact floating club-houses> * This meadow was the gift of Lady Elizabeth Montacute (see page 70).1903.] F 66 Aldens Oxford Guide. well supplied with newspapers, periodicals, writing materials, andevery accommodation for members who indulge in aquatic exercise. On the river in summer-time a most animated sight is presented by thenumberless craft, fiom Canad
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . ome of which are occupied by the proprietors of rowing boats, but the more handsome ones by the Rowing Clubs of the various colleges. These are in fact floating club-houses> * This meadow was the gift of Lady Elizabeth Montacute (see page 70).1903.] F 66 Aldens Oxford Guide. well supplied with newspapers, periodicals, writing materials, andevery accommodation for members who indulge in aquatic exercise. On the river in summer-time a most animated sight is presented by thenumberless craft, fiom Canaders to ei^ht-oars, which crowd its the Lent and Summer Terms the Collrge Eight-oar races are rowedhere, when some twenty-two crews compete for the glory of heading the river. The Procession of Boats was wont to be one ol the most popuhir events ofCommemoration week. About fifty eight-oars, each manned by nine men in* blazers of distinctive colours, rowed in procession past the University Barge,•which was crowned with fair spectators, manifesting delighted interest in the. COLLEGE BARGES ON THE I&IS. pretty sight, as the boats in their order passed the fortunate crew who were head of the river, and gave a heaity salute by adroitly tossing their oars inthe air—an achievement which when clumsily attempted sometimes entailed thepunishment of submersion, to the no small merriment of thousands of a resolution of the in Oct., 1893, this custom is now discontinued. Returning by the new avenue, and recrossing the Broad Walk at its western extremity, we approach the noble buildings and spacious quadrangles of the most magnificent academic and religious foundation in Europe,— Christ Church. 67
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