On Sunday last the race for the]! Rear-Commodore's Cup was sailed. Starting at Shanghai Line at 10 a.m., the boats went up to the foot of Seven-mile Reach and back to starting line, a distance of 21 miles.
very light, changeable 8.E. breeze prevailed at the start, and by the time the Arsenal was reached thi had died away altogether, the boats doing no more than drift on the strong flood tide. About midday, however, a few puffs came along and took the last of the competitors up
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