Punch, July 9, 1853.
The Boat Race,
“Verrimus et proni certantibus æquora remis.”
We had stripped off our coats, for the first gun had fired;
Our starter intent on his watch set his eye;
On the bank there were hundreds in flannels attired,
The lean ones to run, and the fat ones to try.
The last gun was fired, we are off and away,
With fast flashing oars, on the foremost boat’s track;