Postponed from the previous week the opening cruise of the Yacht. Club was held on Sunday last. The fleet set sail from the Bund at about half past nine for Pagoda Reach, followed by the Foam, which was towed up to her rendezvous at the top of the Reach.
Five yachts took part in the cruise, the Violet, Haikuan, Ella, Viking and Monsoon. It took them several hours to reach the anchorage, there being but a very light easterly wind blowing. After tiffin a series of three races for a cup presented by Commodore Byrne was sailed off in a steady downpour of rain, many of the yachtsmen_ discarding everything but bathing suits. The series was won by the Violet, sailed by Mr. Gates.
A race back home was then order-which was won on a_ sealed handicap by the Haikuan, sailed by Vice-Commodore Mellows, who was in charge of the day's cruise in the absence of the Commodore at Henli.
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