Last Saturday being mail day, the usual regatta was postponed till Monday, the 10th ing., when unfortunately, the Undine and Thistle. did. not compete for the prize, owing to some. business engagements of their respective own The course was down the river, round Gough's Island and back.to the starting point, and when the ry line between the and the Pooting Church Spire Yachts, Allowance, Ariadne 10 min at 1 13 05 Louise soratel " L 1320 Fairy scratch " 1 1430
The wind blew fresh Is from the eastward, against ing rough water through the Hongkew Reach and for the beat to windward as far as the Point... The Fairy and Ariadne had sinyleroofed their, mainsails, and the Lowise had experiment, which would dono otter with more f the Tannery, the Fairy weathered her, and soon after passed the Ariadne. The yachts kept near the Pootung shore in the ship channel to benefit by the last of the ebb, and after rounding the Point had a loading wind down next reach, Below Black Point, the Lou was in the middle of the river, the Ariadne near the Puotung shore a little ahead of her and Fairy halt. ahead, all he: Gough's and. The flood tide parently: for the ship channel the, Louise, shaking out a reef, kept away for the Junk Channel, her example being. followed by the Fuiry'and Ariadne. This gave her second place, and, as she and the Fairy approached the stakeboat in converging lines, lessened the distance between them to a quarter of a The Fairy rounded at 3h. 10m. followed by the Louise at 3h. 1m. 453, and the Ariadne at Sh, 12m. 25., and after clear ing the upper end of the Island and keeping away for the Point, the Louise shook the roof out of her mainsail and began to leave the Ariadne and to overhaul the Fairy, which yacht she passed before reaching the Point. Here the other yachts shook out their roofs, and all throe sot balloon jibs and boomed them out for the run before the wind to the finish. The Louise came in firat, followed by the Fuiry and Ariadne, the loiter winning on time allowance, though she needed very little, as will be seen from the record. The Fairy was only beaten 10 seconds over the course by the Louise, which time might have been Jossoned had she shaken out her reef fgouer NO, 2 ©0, S.C, MONTHLY CHALLENGE CUP.
'The Monthly Challenge Cup of No. 2 Go., 8.V.C., was competed for on Saturday and won by' Private Ewen. This was not the highest score, but the others were'more heavily handicapped than he was.
The following are the scores Choy would be even more impressive.—I confess that I am inclined to think, as other have already said, that when a real census is made it may surprise us, as Ini officers are surprised by theirs, by exceeding our guesses.
Your obedient servant, GE, Movue, Bishop.
6th September.
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