London at the End of the Century:A Book of Gossip
a Beckett, Arthur William
1900
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
We returned in triumph. We passed the Cambridge crew shortly after Hammersmith. They glanced at us critically as we left them. And here I may note that the best feeling of exists between the rival Blues-it extends to the coaches and all concerned. As a proof of this, take the case of Mr. Lehmann. He is a Trinity Cambridge man; was in reserve for the eight when up at Cambridge; and yet he has been the Oxford coach. are as popular as Before taking my leave, after the most delightful of morning's recreations, I asked Mr. Lehmann if the French were really beginning to take up rowing seriously. | |
he replied. | |
And I believe they will. Well, if they do, and invade us, we will tolerate them. A man who is worthy to rank with an Old Blue is worthy of anything and anybody. | |
And when I say this I do not fear contradiction from the globe in general, and from the banks of the Thames between Putney and Mortlake in particular. | |
