Saturday's Yacht Race, Class A, was over the usual down-river course—16 les—start xt 230 pin. The starters wei Mr. Duncan Glass's Violet Mr. A. E. Jones's: Spoondrift Messrs. Seitzand Bennett's. Winsome Mr. Duncan Glass's "Ethel.
Violet and Spoodrift were steered by their owners, Ethel by Mr. A. L. Hall, and Winsome by Mr. H. Sau who has so often guided her to victory this scaser The line was crossed in the fa er:—Winsome, Spoondrift, Violet, the local tide-tables Hiongkow Resch. Porta p.ane—the ships were partly sun; Fortunately for the race, it was neaps, and the current had not much fore. There was a very light breeze from N.W, and after a tack or two to round the Pootung Point, it was a free reach down to the Waterworks.
The Spoondrift set her jib and showed a Dit of her old form by passing, first the Win-through the Violet's lee Soon after passing some ff Homgkew Wharf and later running the Waterworks. The Winsome, for some unexplained reason, was sailing very badly: and gradually dropped further and further astern, The turn in the river brought the light breeze more ahead. The Violet was kept nipping along the Hongkew shore in the slack water, whereas the Spoondrift. took a freer wind and crossed over ty Pootung. Here the tide was stronger and there hein, nO compensation in breeze to equalise matters, off the Chinese Gardens she returner to the Hongkew shore. Her mistake, however, had caused her to forfeit the premier position, the a short lead. Short tacking along shore here commenced and prospects of be: ing able to got lo the mark-boat were dismal in the extreme. Fortunately the breeze shifted suddenly round to N.E. and thas enabled both boats to reach the Point and then run along the shore out of the tide. The Spoondrifi, which had taken in her jib for the close-hauled work, here put' it up again and a fine race ensued between the two old antagonists. Of Halfway Point, the Spoondrift gob past to windward and rounded the mark-boat nearly minute Leven The "Madcap takes both Rating a Handicap prizes.
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