The fact that Oxford beat Cambridge in the Sports last
Saturday by seven events to four will not be remem- bered so long as the individual performances of Mr. H. M. Abrahams, the Cambridge President. In a sense he beat four records, as the special correspondent of the Times has pointed out. First he won the Hundred for the fourth consecutive year, and that has not been done before. He ran it, by the way, in even time. Secondly, he beat the record for the LongJump by jumping 28 feet 71 inches. This beat by an inch the 1914 record of the late Mr. H. S. 0. Ashington. Thirdly, he upset all expectations by winning the Quarter from the American runner, Mr. W. E. Stevenson, who in America had beaten 49 seconds, but apparently has not quite settled down in our climate. Fourthly, hc brought his total of suc- cesses in the University Sports up to eight as against Mr. Ashington's seven. Mr. Abrahams jumped over 24 feet in his first long jump, but the jump was disallowed. After his second jump he ran off to the pavilion to save himself for the Quarter, which was the race of the day. At the turn into the straight in this race Mr. Stevenson seemed to have the race in hand, and the demonic effort with which Mr. Abrahams passed him and reached the tape blind and "all out" will mark for many people the best Quarter that was ever run.
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