Note 151 — Chapter VI · UNDERGRADUATE LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE—OCTOBER 1850 TO JANUARY 1854—Æt. 19-22.
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According to the “contemporary Cantab,” Peterhouse and Sidney really won the race, in spite of the removal of the bank of weeds. The reason why Trinity got the cups was that the pistol of P. and S.’s umpire missed fire.