The fourteenth race of the season was sailed on Saturday, starting at 1 pam., the course for class "A" being down river, round the "Feima" buoy at Woosung, and return—22 miles. The wind was from the N.W., gusty and variable, and the starters crossed. the line in the following order:—Najade, Ethel, Spoondrift, Thresher, Kid, Winsome, Violet, Irvine.
Kid soon took the lead, followed by Thresher and Spoondrift in the order! named, and these three maintained their ition until reaching the lower end of ough Island, wi they had to beat to the Feima buoy against the strongthening flood. Spoondrift here shook out the roof with which she had started, and rapidly overhauled the loaders, both of which made the mistake of standing too far over towards the Signal Station side of the river, where the tide runs much stronger. Spoondrift, avoiding this error and holding a better wind, worked to the weather of both Thresher and Kid in fine style and succeeded in rounding the mark with a substantial lead. Thresher was next, closely followed by Kid. It was a run and reach to off the Cosmopolitan Dock and a best home. Thresher grad-ruled Spoondrift and managed, by slipping through the junks close to Pootung Point, to get the first gun, Spoondrift being only 15 seconds behind Elapsed and corrected times were Corrected for Handicap. 00. 4.08.00 4.06.15 4.12.00
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