The second race of the season took place on Saturday, for a prize value $20, the course being from the usual imaginary line, down river, luffing round a stake moored off the Harbour-master's Woosung, and back to the starting, ship channel only to be used. Why the Committee insist on this last provision is not generally understood, nor do they define whether it means the east channel by Gough Island only, or the ship channel the whole way from the Point House to Woosung. It seems to us that the fairest way would be to allow the yachts to uso whichever channel they like, both going and returning. It was blowing strong from the north-east, with " cloudy sky, and a thermometer at least fifteen degrees lower than the previous day, the tide being on the ebb. The ''strong breeze" flag was hoisted on the Yuen Fah, and so, by the terms of the race, the Clutha had to allow the Undine 7 minutes, the Thistle 16 minutes, and the Wild Dash 20 minutes, this being the result of the Clutha's easy win from the Undine on the previous crossed the line as under The four competing yachts
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