On Saturday the twelfth sailing match of the season took place from the Rit Police boat as starting station. About 2.50 p.m. there was much flapping of loose sails on these sources of so much pleasure and picturesqueness, but a moment latter the sheets were seen to stiffen in the breeze and the various craft slipped from their several moorings beside the Bund pontoons, makin the most part down river to the chowchow water s far as the Japanese Consulate. A few tacks brought the competing boats by 2.59 p.m. in the vicinity Of the police boat, and as the Customs clock chimed the hour of three the various craft slipped os from s'lessb. 4 splendid start was cried from boat to boat and there never was truer word spoken. All seemed to get away in line, but Kid in a moment was seen to have had the best position, of which she immediately took test advantage and led by about four lengths from Violet with Thresher third. Passing the French Bund there was considerable mancuvring between the various shipping at anchorage which materially changed the positions of the, yachts which, when at the junk anchorage, were: Kid (1), Spoondrift (2), Najade (3), Winsome (4), Violet (5), Thresher (6). From this position the wind became very puffy; one vessel having the advantage of the breeze for a-brief moment only to yield the advantage to another a fow Seconds later.
Opposite the Catholic Church in the native city Kid began to show a fine line of spray and a clean pair of heels and the Najade overhauled Spoondrift and momentarily took second position, which position was quickly regained by the latter boat. There was as much changing places for non-official positions the chief being that the Thresher, with hor greater spread of canvas, took the various uncertain buffle of strong wind much sooner tha her consorts, disputed for some time with Najade for third place and the latter boat dropped to fifth place behind Winsome fourth. Spinnakers were run out at this point and Spoondrift gained on while Thresher slowly ate up the short distance dividing her from Spoondrift. These throe boats took a long lead from the crowd of "white wings" when the upper gun-boat opposite the Arsenal was passed 8.36 p.m, At Pagoda point Thresher drow level with Spoondrift for second position to the long load of Kid. Hero Thresher appeared to outmaster the Spoondrift by working the latter into shoal water until the latter dropping back to third place went to leeward of the former boat soon gained on the black boat, In this stretch Winsome es od considerably, followed closely by Najado, on the heels of which was Violet.
At 4.8. pin. Kid slipped beautifully round the mark boat with four minutes' lead from Thresher, second, and four three-quarters from Spoondrift, third. Rounding the mark the times were hom Kid. 4 8 00pm, Thresher 4 12 00 Spoondrit 4 BW 45 Winsom: 4 14 30 Najade 4 1 00 Violet. 4 15 35
Having rounded the mark Kid at once caught thebestof the puffy wind and rapidly increased the lead from Thresher. Ap. proaching the Pagods on the down run the latter boat began to eat up the lead of Kid as did Winsome that of Spoondrift, which had lost a lot of time from Thresher. Kid only passed the Pagoda three minutes: ahead of Thresher, and five and a-half minutes before Spoondrift, having another minute's advantage of Winsome. Racing really started from the Kiangnan Arsenal butts with the boats in the same order as they rounded the mark-boat.
assed the Arsenal in the follow-
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