Heigho for Rowing!
The Frog beat the Bull by a length and a half,
With your Mossop and James, licked by Boudin and Cuzin,
Heigho! says R. C. Lehmann!
So in 1893 he hailed the appearance of the French crew at Henley:—
Punch greets you with cheers, may your shades ne'er diminish,
Though you row forty-four from the start to the finish.
Only friendship could result from such contests. At the same time, in "The British Athlete's Vade-Mecum," he rebukes his countrymen's contempt for the foreigner's idea of sport. When Oxford beat Yale in the inter-University sports in 1894, Punch was wise enough to foresee that the triumph was not final:—
Come again, Yale, come again, and again;
Victors or vanquished such visits aren't vain.