The second race for the Challenge Cup! took place on Sanday, the L1thinstant, the course being from tie us vil starting line, sail down river, round che Customs' Hulk at Yangtzepoo, thence up river to the finishing line between the houseboat Thistle and the Dougkew Creek. Dis-18 miles. eof start was 10 am. and competing yachts and crews were assembled well in time at the P. and O. pontoon, out for some unacenuntable reason all one were Ite in gettin pers having entirely failed to grasp the situation, which was that the ebb wis running like a mill-stream and that tect on the right side of the line got "hung up" and instead of making a bold dash and going under her stern, continued on and lost much time thereby.
Spoondrift was the next to go across, and she did the same thing, but in a very much less degree, Kid then crossed, and then Winsome, who had continued on the Hongkew shore rather too long. Along Pootung shore Kid gradually drew nearer to Winsome, and Spoondrift was closing up on both, After passing Pootang Point the three leaders mule over to the Shingai shore, as the tide was still ranning strong ebb in the centre. It was a dend beat, and some very me teresting tacking work took place between the opium hulks and the shore, where there is very little room to manceuvre, and the navigation from here to Tangkadoo was intricate and called for more than ordinary skill ox the part of the helmsman. The work done by ull three yachts here was highly creditable.
At Tangkadoo, Kid still had a good lead, bat' Spoondrift bad caught and his mviwin in BY Cage, of Mowing are th hi hest s-ores 201 509 yds. yds, Total. exp.
Pt. 93 96 4D 5 rp. Mir 3 21 dt 0 Po samlys... 23. 23 46 8 43 Sit. Mavstield 22° 214340 "B" Class, Pte, Adams Ql 83 444 McGuone2l 9 40-837 Bowel 18 87 1 86 Fegan..22 0 14 360g V. ©.—Reserve Company.
st Sunday the members of the Reserve Company opened the current season with a competition at the Range and, notwithstaniling the excessive heat, more than twenty put m an appearance, The ranges were 200 and 500 yards, regimental targets, any position.
The light, which varied considerably, was very trying and this accounted for the results of the shooting which were not as good as usual.
The following are the best scores 200 500 yes, yee, Total. Priv. A. H. Brooks... 23 24 47 Dixon 23 22 45 FE, Taylo 2 92 45 E. Burgoyne.. 23 20 43 J.B. Roach 3 19 42 Moutrie 21 20 41 Lieut. L. J. Cubitt... 21 19 49, Priv. W. P. Lambe... 19 20 39 FIL. Marshall... 21 18 39 E.R. Palmer... 19 19 38 Corpl. H. Browett...... 23° 1437 Priv, H. Weber... 22 15 37 Sergt. D. Campbell... 19 17 36 Priv. T.J. Rowland 210 435 Spoonur 19 35 Private B. Dixon, receiving 3 points on the handicap, won the ha: disap prize (a silver gable:) presented by Private Nesbitt, Private A. H. Brooks winning the Company Cap for the highest score without handicap.
After the competition the members sat down to tiffin (supplied by the Central Hotel) in the pavilion, Lieut. Cubitt, Woo is now' in charge Of the Company, presiding.
Major Watson and Major Brodie Clarke were the guests of the Conpany on the oveasion and during tiffin Major Watson presented the prizes to the winners. before starting it was a dend bent gainst a southerly breeze of very m: passed Winsome and taken second place, erate strength. The exception to which In the close reach to Pagosa Point no has been made was Winsome, change in position ocenrret. On round:
skipper was the only one of the Pagoda Point the freshening breeze crowd who had his wits about him was brought ahead, and from there to Winsome edged up quietly between the the mark-boat—about two miles up the opium hulks and the shore in the slack Seven-mile Ryach—the race may be said water, and when five-minute gun went to have been a dead beat all the way, with he was all there, well in time for the towards the later part a lumpy soa on, forting gun." The other yachts were all It was a grand race between the three taken aback, so to speak—they had only leaders. Spoondrift and Wiuscme passed (ust got away from the pontoon, sails and repassed ench other a number of were hardly set, and they found them-times, until finally Spoondrift came out selves being swept back by the tide, the "on top" and gradually closed up on strength of which had not before been
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