31 MARCH 1877, Page 3

The Oxford and Cambridge boat-race came off as usual On

Satur- day, and was unusually well contested, the racehavingencied, for the first time since the competition was commenced, forty-eight years ago, in a dead heat. It was at first believed .to have been won by Oxford, but the Judge pronounced that the beateirbre exactly leVel. The ocdurence is the more remarkable; liecatie Oxfoid would lia+e won, thdtrgh only by a short lewd; but for the Inlet- plained breaking bf one- bar.