one o'clock
The crew dispersed to their rooms , delighted with the performance now that it was over , and feeling that they were much the better for it , though they all declared it had been harder work than any race they had yet pulled . It would have done a trainer 's heart good to have seen them , some twenty minutes afterwards , dropping into hall -LRB- where they were allowed to dine on Sundays on the joint -RRB- , fresh from cold baths , and looking ruddy and clear , and hard enough for anything . Again on Monday , not a chance was lost . The St. Ambrose boat started soon after one o'clock for Abingdon . They swung steadily down the whole way , and back again to Sandford without a single spurt ; Miller generally standing in the stern and preaching above all things steadiness and time . From Sandford up , they were accompanied by half a dozen men or so , who ran up the bank watching them . The struggle for the first place on the river was creating great excitement in the rowing world , and these were some of the most keen connoisseurs , who , having heard that St. Ambrose had changed a man , were on the look-out to satisfy themselves as to how it would work .