The August Monthly Cup Competition was held on Sunday last at 10 a.m. Ranges: 500 yards deliberate, prone, and 500 yards rapid, lying behind cover Regulation targets and scoring.
There were 31 competitors, "B" Class Cup was won outright by Pte, The following were the best scores them to port, then up the Yangtze round the buoy at the head of Bush Island and return, Jeaving sll marks to starboard. Distance, 124 miles, here were only three yachts, Hertha, Kid, and Spoondrift, and they got away to an excellent start at 2.20 p.m. There was a good sailing breeze from about E, N. E., making it a rench, with the wind a little forward of the beam, over to the quarantine buoy at Bush Island, "run from there upriver to the buoy at top of Bush Island, a close haul back fo the quarantine buoy and a free reach home, There was thus no beating to be done "ud Kid soon took the lead, but Spoondrift, considering the conditions, was sailing well and hanging on to the leader more closely than usual, being only about 2} minutes behind at the quatantine buoy. on the return journey. From there home, however, the skipper of Spoondrift steered " wrong course and in correcting the error got under the lee of a steamer at anchor when an eddy breeze took the spinnaker aback and it was some time before she got properly going again. This mistake, probably, cost Spoondrift the first place by handicap for which she was eventually only beaten by a little over a minute, Hertha did not show up well at any point of the race, Finishing times wore— hom 4 09 58
4 15 00
4 18 40
By the handicap Kid allowed Spoondrift 4 min. and Hertha 7 min, Corrected elapsed times for handicap W. J. Tyack, b. Connelly.... 0 W. P. Lambe, b. Turnbull,. 4 M, Graybuen, ¢. Lynch, b. Connelly 0 R.M. Dalgliesh, b. Turnbull. 2 G. Perfect, b. Turnbull. 1 Hent. Waller, not out. 3 J.B. Walsh, b. Turnbull. 4 A.B, Lanning, GO. Dew, did not R. ©, Farbridge. ("id not bat W. Beswick, Extras 7
Total (for G wkts.)... 31 coo M K w. Tornbull 6 we 4 Comelly 5 Moo A. B, Woarne, b. Dew. 38 E. H, Lynch, c. Lambe, b. Dew 11 J. Connolly, b. Dow 5 W. J. Turnbull, b. Waller: 0 D. Medlister, b. Dow G. Close, ¢. Lanning, b. oar Guilfoyle, run out 2 H.W. H. Wolfonden, run out 12 Simpson. b. Waller.
'A. Haywood, e. Tyac F, Prince, not out 2.8 Extras 4
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