The Archive · 1904

Saturday's Yacht Race

The programme for the Yacht Race on Saturday gave the usual up-river course for both classes, sixteen miles for class A and twelve miles for class B, starting at 3.30; but owing toa mi sun: derstanding by the mark-boat mon, the marks were stationed further up river than they should have been, making the distance twenty miles for class A and sixteen miles for class The yachts started in the following order Class A: Ethel, Kid, Winsome, Coquette, Violet, Phyllis, Class B: Wee Wynn, Red Tape, Sybil, Madcap. Leven' crossed the line before gunfire, and did not return, so she was disqualified.

Tomes, Schewe,

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