The race approaches Hammersmith Bridge. Oxford are on the right. Oxford supporters are chuckling over a victory for "psychological" warfare." They reckoned that their rumoured secret weapon for nerves had Cambridge worried from the start of this hundredth race, which Oxford won by for and a half lengths. For the Dark Blues, with four Australians in their crew, held the lead from the first stroke against the heavier Cambridge crew, who had been dosed with vitamin capsules. On the eve of the race there had been rumors that Oxford were taking phenobarbitone pills to steady their nerves. April 5, 1954. (Photo by Daily Mirror).