Favoured by fine weather, and a nice il breeze from the $B, the above club had araca on Saturday which proved enjoyable affair for all who took part therein. At 2.25 p.m, five yachts were dodging about off the Recreation Ground, their skippers anxiously waiting for the starting gun. Punctually at 2.30 the signal was made, and the fleet got away splendidly; the whole five crossing the imaginary line between the Yuen-far and the naval buoy within three minutes, Louise got away with a slight load; Undine and Thistle side by side close after her, Fairy and Pinafore some distance astern. Tt was almost a dead heat up through the ippi ug weather-yoing ug rapidly. Undine from Louise and off Tankadvo was increasing the distance between herself and the rest of the fleet very fast. Thistle was holding on to Louise in a surprising manner, and was evidently doin, her best on this occasion. Pinafore olecte to go betwoon the upper tiers of junks and the Tunkadoo shure, los ig, aomemhat thereby; she did not soam to be sailing in her usual style, and occupied the rear posi n all the way up to the stake boat, which was invared about half way up the jereach. tile sea on ich, and Thistle appeared to dislike the motion, as she began to drop astern, Only afew boards, however, had to be made
stakeboat. Undine rounded the mark frat, in the lumpy water before rounding the about four minutes ahead of Louise; Thistle well within her time was next to square away and Fuiry was a good distance astern, istle. Pinwfore did not go round the stakeboat, but bout ship for home some distance this side of it. After rounding, balloon jibs were quickly boomed out by all the boats, the fine breeze enabling them to rip through the flood tide that was still ranning up strong. Louise supplemented her balloon jib with fine weather kite that almost baffles description; viewed from a distance, with this extra canvass hoisted, Louise's appoarance is certainly unique. When the large jib-headed sails that are now used by racing yachts in Groat Britain and Am ca when running down wind, wre first introduced, the yacht sailors wore much exercised to find a name for them. Mr. W. Gordon the eminent sailmaker of Southampton having been the first to set the newfangled sail in his 40 ton cutter Niobe, the yachting fraternity thought it fitting that it should be dubbed a 'Niobe.' Shortly after Mr. H. Maudsley'
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