'The Visitors' Cup was compoted for on Saturday by eight yachts belonging to the Club, including all the cracks. The cup, value €140, was subscribed by gentlomen who had, during the season, as visitors or crew participated in the racing and hospitality of the yacht-owners.—The programme provided for the yachts to start underway by crossing an imaginary lino between the Police Hulk and the Pootung Church spire, within a period of five minutes after the lowering of the blue poten to be hoisted on board the Police alk at 10.55 a.m. and hauled down at 11 a.m., to sail down the river and round the Red Buoy and back to Shanghai, finishing on the starting line. The leading boat to luff round the buoy, and the others to follow the same way. The subscribers stipulated that the race was to be over the course named, but left all the rest of the arrangements' to the Committee of the Club. Having obtained the names of the yachts who proposed to compote, the Committee invited each entrant to handicap every boat except his own, and the average of nine handicaps sent in made the following very satisfactory handicap for the race, The Undine to start scratch and allow—
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