The second race fur the Fuiry Challenge Cup was sailed on Saturday the 26th mat., under the following conditions The course to be from Shanghai round a stake-bent moored off the Sukong Creek (keeping it on the port hand in rounding)
back to the starting point. Each to handicap all.the yachts except own, and the average to form the hai leap for the race. The Cup to become the absolute property of any owner who shall have won it three times. The winner to hold the cup till the next annual race, and the names of the yachts, and of their owners, to be engraved pon it.
The day was fine, and with agood breeze from the southward, and a strong flood tide running, the five yachts entered got away as follows Just as the Louise started, the strap of hier upper main halliard block broke, and the sail dropped about three feet, being kept from falling altogether by the standing part of the halliards, which was fast around the mast head, "two men imme-Giately went aloft to repair the damage, and with the main boom topped up tokeepit clear of th cabin she beat through the shipping: Among the junks the Thistle weathered the Louise temporarily, and soon after the Tudine on the port tack crossed her bow and forced her to go about to avoid a col sion. According to the sailing regulations this constituted a font, and would have disqualified the Tndine from winning, had it been claimed. When off 'Tun-ka-doo Dock the Louise was able to set her main-3430 sail properly, and thenceforth hunted the Undine pretty closely. All the yachts fetched through the Arsenal Reach' without tacking, except the Charm, which yacht did not perturb as well as was expected, Lhe Ariadne, that with s soldier's wind won the cup last year, stood no chance in this race, which was a beating match to the stake-buat, and, but for a mishap that betel the Charm, would have remained Last throughout the' race. At the lower end of the Seven Miles Reach the Undine was half a mile to windward of the Louise, which yacht was about as far to windward of the' Thistle and the Charm, the wind blew fresh, straight down the Reach 88 og inst the tide, making lumpy water, all in favour of the Undine; but the Louise maintained her relative position tothe stakeboat, Soon after entering the Reach, aman fell overboard from the Charm, and Dir, Gove gallantly jumped after him, the accident obliging the Charm to lower her salle and stop until the two were rescued, Up to this time the Thistle, steered by a novice, had sailed a cluse race with the Charm, somewhat to the advantage of the wid the mishap enabled to obtain a long lead of her opponent. the. stake-buat was rounded by the. yachts as dh, 20m, n4 93 404 4 48
Charm 4 80
After gyping round the stake-boat, the yachts, with slivers eased off and balloon jibs boomed out, sped swiftly homeward along the river bank, ax much out of the current as possible. Lhe Louise set her swallow-tailed topsail, and gradually ened the distance between herself and the Undine. At the lower eud of the Reach, her topsail hailiards yot loose from the belaying cleat, and the anil came down by the run, unreeving the halliards and going overboard, but it was recovered. In the Pagoda Reach she got alongside of the Tnuline, and apparently had the race in hand; but on rounding the point into the Arsenal Reach her skipper kept away for the Shanghai shore to benefit by the ebb tide that had made there, while the Undine stood down river in mid-stream The wind hauling a little ahead, the Louise was close hauled and had to take in her big jib, while the Undine, being well to windward, carried hers and left the Louise astern, As the yachts neared home the wind fell light, and the Undine crossed the line the wimer of the Cup for the year; the Louise taking the entrance fees as Elaywed Corrected. Finish. "ime, time. tio & thu.
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