Three Men in a Boat 1891, "Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch" by Constance MacEwen was published. This book relates the journey of three young university women who set out to emulate the river trip in "Three Men in a Boat" in an effort to raise the spirits of one of them, who is about to be expelled from university. To take the place of Montmorency, they bring a cat called Tintoretto. Three Men in a Boat is referenced in the 1956 parody novel on mountaineering, "The Ascent of Rum Doodle", where the head porter Bing is said to spend "much of his
The Boat Race 1925 illnesses, the Oxford crew was not finalised until five days before the race, and according to former Dark Blue rower and author George Drinkwater, "the innumerable changes prevented the crew from ever really getting together". Drinkwater also stated that the Oxford boat rowed with "three unfit men in the boat". Similarly, Cambridge were affected by illness, in particular the boat club president Robert Morrison who was forced to leave the crew. The Oxford crew weighed an average of 12 st 0.875 lb (78.5 kg), per rower more than their opponents. Cambridge's crew included six participants with Boat Race experience, all