For some time past Captain Kelton has received letters from R. C. Lehman, coach of the Oxford crew, in which he says the Oxford eight are very desirous of arranging a match with the winner of the Harvard-Yale race. He does not wish it to be understood that his utterances are in the form of a challenge to the American colleges, but he would like to provoke an expression of opinion from the Cambridge and New Haven oarsmen. The Englishmen wish the race to be rowed in September on the Thames river, England. W. C. Forbes '92, president of the boat club, says that no official action has been taken in regard to Mr. Lehman's letters. Every year there is talk of an international race on the water but the Oxford crew always demand the conditions mentioned above. It will be quite improbable for such a race to take place until the Englishmen decide to row on American waters in a more convenient time of the year.
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