The race on Saturday was for the 23- rating glass, the course being again down river to the Kajao Creek and back, a distance of about 15 miles. ie start was at 2.45 p.m. with a whole sail breeze fom S.S.E. and a strong ebb tide, which lasted all through the race, These were no handicap allowances, the Alone not starting, and the Mascotte, which is considerably snialler than the other four boats, not having been nieasured, The official times of ct the starting line were as follows, may be noted that the interval between
good deal longer than 20 seconds the Violet and Bpoondeif seemed to bea Princess he 46m. Tis, Mascotte. 46m. 20s, Lamb 47m, 50 Violet 47m. 50s.
Spoondrift 48m. 10s.
All five boats were sailed by their owners, The wind which had very little east in it, was fair to the stake-boat, the main changes in position being that the Princess, which tarted with agood lend, gradually dropped buck, and the Spoondrift, which started some distance Inst, gradually gained on nearly all the other boats, The little Masvotte was also sailing remarkably well, and was almost first round the stakeboat, where the boats were all within a very few seconds of each other, and the sight of them rounding practically all together, was avery pretty one. The order of rounding, asnenrly as could be made out was, Princess, Mascotte, Lamb, Violet, Spoondrift The real race now began, as it was a dead beat back to the Point against the ebb, and the Violet at this her own special work soon assumed the lead. Before long the Spomnudrift passed to windward of the Princess, and shortly afterwards took warning from the Lamb's touching bottom, and avoiding a similar mishap, gained second place, The little Mascotte had in the meantime fallen behind, being no match here for the larger boats. The Vivlet and Spoondrift continued to draw away from the fleet, the former having still the best of it, but not gaining very Fapidly on the latter. At the middle ground the Spoondrift went too far out into the stream, and touched the bottom two or three times before getting into dee in, and this lost her stance. After passing the Point sheets could be checked, and the Spoondrift began to make up the' interval between herself and the Violet, but not sufficiently to give her a chance of winning the race, which as shown hereunder was secured by the latter by 2 mins. 48 sec:
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