'The postponed race for the Visitors' Cup, value about $110, currie off on Satudlay Inst, and owing to the perversity of the tide, the start had to be fixed for 9 a.m. At the Racecourse in was almost " dead calm, the yachtsmen sank will another postponement would be necessury, But at about half-past seven a gentle air came in from the South-east, and as the morning advanced it strengthened, until by the tim start " nice breezes was blowing. The course was from the usual starting line down river, round the Rud Buoy and back to the starting line, with no restriction as to channel, the mark to be luffed round, as usual, and ti race being sailed under a sealed handi cap. Three yachts had their fighting flags up before the start, the Clutha, Komola and Undine, but the owner of the Clutha was unfortunately unable to get away in time, and she did not cross the starting lino, The ebb was running strong when the two re 1g competitors crossed the line as under 10m, 3 lim. 35s. the Clutha, sailed by her laodah, following some two minutes behind them. Down the lower reach one oF tio tacks had to be made, and the Undine caded the Ro-mola, which kept her distance from the Clu tha, Towards the Puint the wind was brought abeam, and the three yachts sailed along fairly through the ebb, jib topsails having beet sot after passing the Cotton Mills, At the Point House, the Undine made the grave mistake of keeping ti shore, and had the mortification, whil slmoat in calm and with little y tide under her, to see the Rumola and Clutha gallop by in the ship channel with a fine breeze and a that when the two cutters crossed the Deep Hole to take the junk channel side of Gough Island, they were more than a mile ahead of the Undine, the Kumola leading with the Clutha close after her. In this order they crowded on for the Red Buoy, the wind being brought dead aft as the Bar was reached, and spinnakers set; and the three yachts going wing and wing one after the other were a very pretty spectacle, After rounding Pheasant Point sheets were tightened and spinnaker booms hauled aboard and the yachts Jaidout for the Red Buoy with freshening breeze. There was a bit of a sea in the Yangtse, and the foam was flying up gaily from their bows as they ran out to the mark, the turn of the tide having been timed so accurately hich was at anchor in the Big River outside the Red Buoy, swang to the flood exactly as the Romolo rounded. The times of passing the buoy were aa under It waa a fine anil home over young flood from the Red Buoy, the yachts ramping along on the port tack, hauling closer te wind as Pheasant Point was reached, inside which the Romolo and Clutha had to begin tacking, while the Undine, with more luck ran to the Signal Station at Woosung before she had to make a tack, which considerably diminished her distance from the two cutters. Here the Romolo, which was now passed by the Clut'a, had the misfortune to lose her jib sheet, and was some time recovering it, which was all in favour of the Undine. It was a dead beat over the flood up the junk channel, the Clutha keeping hee lead, and the Undine at Jangth crossing the bows of the Komola; a touch-and-go business, the Rumula being on the starboard tack, and there being only a fow feet, as she crossed, between her bowsprit and the Undine's quarter. Here the Romolo, which had d_ to Inbour under it in' the strong wind, took in her gaff-topsail. Past Black Point, where the Clutha crossed over the river to the Pou-(ung side, she got a sudden puff which laid her almost on her beam ends, and looked fur moment as if she must capsize, but she righted herself, and kept on. The other two yachts were flying along on the Pootung side, the Romolo close after th Undine, and coming up fast when a yachts flew along to the winning line, the Komola hunting the Undine very close. At the Pootung Pui Komola cut in the Undine an i 1 guue wore fired from the Yuen Fa under Clutha 45m. Os. Und 46m. 16s, 46m. 30s, It was a pity that the Clutha was not in the race, as she would have stood an excellent chance ut winning the Cup. The Undine did the whole course, twenty-eight miles in " straight line, in 3 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds, one of the quickest runs over made; and it would have been much closee race between Romolo, which was for th off Woosung. It la these apparently inevitable accidents however that prevent the monotony that might otherwise accompany repented races between the sao Unree yachts. On opening the handicap, it was found that the Romolo and Undine were sailing on even terms, so that the Tndine wou the cup by 1 minute and 16 seconds.
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