_Inquirer._ Well, then, what does this mean? (_Reads._) "Both yesterday and to-day Cambridge rowed with a bucket. They must improve this if they want to win." _First W. I. M._ (_smiling_). My dear fellow, they call their big practising-boat a bucket. _Second W. I. M._ No, they don't--they call it a tub. _First W. I. M._ Well, tub or bucket, it's the same thing. (_To_ Inquirer.) What you read just now means that their practising-boat has gone rotten, and they'll have to mend her up a bit. _Inquirer_ (_dubiously_). But they don't row the race in a tub or a bucket, do they? _Second W. I. M._ No, they row in a Clinker-Clasper. _Inquirer._ What the deuce is that? _Second W. I. M._ (_plunging_). Oh, it's a specially fast kind of racing-boat, built by CLINKER AND CLASPER. They're a firm of boat-builders--I thought everybody knew that. _Inquirer._ But then, what does this paper mean by saying that Oxford are rowing in a Rough? _Second W. I. M._ Why it means that their boat isn't so smooth as that of Cambridge. _Inquirer_ (_puzzled_). But then it goes on to say that "She is as fine a specimen of a racing-craft as this eminent boat-builder has ever turned out." How can she be that, if she isn't as smooth as the Cambridge boat? Besides, who's "this eminent boat-builder?" _Average Man._ ROUGH. _Second W. I. M._ Rot! _Average Man._ ROUGH, not Rot. ROUGH'S his name. _Second W. I. M._ Let me see the paper. (_He reads, and addresses the_ Inquirer.) Why didn't you say the word was printed with a capital R? (_To_ Average Man.) Perhaps you're right, after all; but I know some boats _are_ rougher than others. [_A pause._ _Inquirer._ What's the difference between First Trinity and Third Trinity? Three of the Cambridge men are from First Trinity, and two from Third Trinity, besides the Cox. _First W. I. M._ What's your difficulty? First is first, and Third's third, all the world over. Don't you see, the First Trinity men come first in the crew, and then the Third Trinity men. _Inquirer._ But why don't some of 'em call themselves Second Trinity men? _First W. I. M._ Oh, that's one of their silly bits of College etiquette. These chaps at the Universities are never happy unless they do things quite differently from all the rest of the world. _Inquirer._ This beastly paper says, "the Cambridge stroke rowed much longer to-day." _First W. I. M._ Well, what then? _Inquirer._ Oh! nothing; only I thought they all rowed exactly the same distance when they're practising; so I don't quite see how any of 'em could have rowed longer than the rest. _First W. I. M._ I daresay they made him row a good bit by himself; they often do that to give the stroke some extra practice. He wants it more than any of the rest. _Second W. I. M._ Why? _First W. I. M._ Oh, ah--well, because he's got to set the stroke for the others, or something of that sort. _Inquirer._ How far do they row in the race? _Second W. I. M._ About six miles or so.