The first of the three races for the above cup took place on Sunday over a A7}-mile course starting from the usual ling and sailing down river vid ship channel, round the Woosung spit buoy, formerly called the Red buoy, and back to finishing line between Woosung Station and Inner Bar (Feima) buoy. The starting time was 9.30 a.m. and the following yachts got away well together Kid, Winsome, ift, Hertha, Phyllis, Violet, Thresher. In the earlier part of the morning the breeze was blow-fresh from the eastward and looked ike increasing, and consequently several yachts started with a reef down, but there were soon shaken out. It was a good full-and-bye reach on starboard tack to the Waterworks where Kid had alrendy secured s decisive load with Phyllis in second place and this order was maintained all the way down river.
The run dead before the wind from the Flour Mill to Pheasant Point was hot and tedious and i was a great relief when the course of the river brought the wind abeam in the reach for the Woo. sang spit buoy which was rounded as follows of a series of Bisley Spoon Competitions on Sunday last at 9.30a.m, Rai yds. and 500 yds, targets and scoring.
There wore twenty-on competitors, the following being the yest scores 22 rer anti Reha .27 31—58 Winner. Lieut, Innocent......25 31—56 Pte. Christopherson.23 29 4 56 L.-Corp. High......24 26 6 56 Pte. Parry 0 6 L,-Corp. Swanstrom ines The Tennis Championship Singles.
0 two concluding ties in the first round of this competition resulted as follows Moore beat Mr. Li, Fearon, 6-3, 6.0,
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