'THE 2f-RATERS, 'The race on Saturday was over the usual upriver course; distance 16° miles, The wind atthe start, which was at 1.45 p.m, was' about ESE: being very: light, and the"weather promised a drifting match. the Viole being third.. With the Teroras of about e a ce a flood to help them along fair- pr was made, but the breeze was very fickle and first one boat and then the. other. would tthe benefit of it. No - definite wage in position' occurred until the to Ransged to pass the Lorna to wind wi of the Pi Reach, where the cSpeondrit fo windward when the wind came out recat was passing her shi the Spovtrytand era esr ahead, taking both the boats aback.. Thi stopped them both completely, so much so that nearly every. other boat in the other which. were hitherto "long way caught them up and passed them. The breeze here was~most peculiar, the boats going about in all directions, each with a different wind. The Lorna got Spoontrity -about a length behind,. the round the; stake-boat first; followed by the violet some little distance astern. In beat back the: Sp ate galness tle the Lorna and la the beating work the fre ing and running. the Lorna Anenal home ft ai each a3 un, and was showing wonderful speed. From the ough the it a Jead the
with her shortly" after getting be showy ser going tg th junks, From here if was a most exciting neck-and-neck race, sind although the 'Lorna' several times' got ahead, each time the ' Spoondrift partially blanketted her and regained her position, eventually succeeding in winning the closest-and most exciting race of the season by about a length. The finishing times were:
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