Beautiful weather again favoured the
yacht race on Saturday. It was a fine Shanghai Sailing Club for, their weekly autumn day, with a good working breeze from the N.N.E.; but the number of competing boats was not so large as has been the casein the majority of the races during the season, five only cruising off the Bun at the time of starting. These were the Pinafore, Arrow, Fairy, Gemini and Falke, and with the exception of the Falke, which had a time allowance of fifteen minutes, they raced on even terms, 'The conditions of the race were, briefly, to start over an imaginary line from the' Yuen-fah to the Customs signal station at Pootung, race up the river to a stake-bent moored at the foot of the Seven Mile Reach, which had to be rounded on the port hand, racing back, and finishing on the starting line. Punctually at the time appointed for the start, twelve o'clock, the Blue Peter was hoisted on board the' Yuen-fah, and it was hauled down five minutes afterwards, when the boats were to go, no allowance being given in any difference of time there might be in their crossing the line, According to Captain Dobie, who acted as official time-keeper on the Yuen-fah, the boats sroeeed the line as follow hms Arrow 0.5 40 Pinafore " 0 6 02 Falke 0710 Fairy 0 628
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