... LIGHT BLUE OR DARK BLUE CHOOSE YOUR COLOURS 55 THE BOAT RACE CREWS PUT UP FOR SALE: MEL BUYS SOME TOW-PATH MASCOTS. Here are the heroes of the great race from Mortlake to Putney. At the top are the two coxes, E. R. Edmett, who rides 8 stone at Oxford's helm, on the left, and J. M. Ranking, who is Cambridge's 7 stone steersman. The Dark Blues, starting with the first pair at the top on the ...