'The start for the fourteenth race of the season sailed on Saturday last, was from the usual starting line, up river, round mark boat invared off Whatung' Wharf (on Postung side just below the junks), thence down river round the Customs hull: at Yangtsepoo, thence up river round mark-beat off Whatung Wharf, and return finishing across the starting Tine. Distance & miles. Start at $.0+ vin, and the Grst yacht was to finish before 30 p.m, or to be'a "no race,'
Phree beats crossed the line in the following order: Thresher, Hertha, Violet. "The Into typhoon had left. a strong and gusty N. N, Wester, and the yachts were well reefed down, especially jo: showed an area of mainsail which, while quite comfortable for cruising, wns not enough to give her any ea in the race. The run to the mark-boat on the flood was quickly: accomplished, Hertha being frst round, followed by Thresher, with Violet close astern. The real racing now commenced, el. it bei almost a dead beat against wind and tide and the "springs" being on was no mean task. Violet showed weatherly qualities by almost imjoly taking the lead, and she conto draw away from Hertha, who Thresher being handicapped by carrying insufficient sail and being badly balanced with close ofod mainsail and two head sails, the sult being that she was blown off the ind and was making tacks to and fro across the river more like s China junk than a yacht, so that on reaching Pootung Point she was hopelessly beaten oven for second place. Thresher has shown on previous occasions that she can do very much better than this in similar weather.
Ie was a run down to Yangtsepoo against the strony flood and a beat back to Pootung Point and then: a repetition of the first prt of the race, Violet eontinupd away and Hertha struggled on Finishing elapsed times were.
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