It is now definitely decided that the Yale 'varsity crew will not row the winner of the Cambridge-Oxford race this spring. Until recently there was a strong probability of an international race taking place, but as Cambridge and Oxford have both signified their unwillingness to keep in training until after June the whole matter had to be given up. The only other way in which a race could be brought about would be that the Yale crew would keep in training all summer after the Yale Harvard race, and then go to England in the following winter, a couple of months previous to the Cambridge-Oxford race. This plan, however, would, if carried out, cause great expenditure, and the loss of fully one half the college term, and the boating authorities at Yale have therefore refused to consider it.
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