When the s." President Hoover left Shanghai yesterday noon for the south, she will carry on her. deck the little Shanghai-built "Star" yacht Yankee, winner of the points championship for 1994 in the Shang-hal Yacht Club's "C" class of ten one-design boats, as well as first winner of the new Byrne Challenge Cup.
Yankee's owner, Henry Killam Murphy, who sailed her into the lead ing position in the local fleet after her original owner, C. R. Chase had salled her to victory {2 the Arst race of the Byrne Cup series, is also leaving for Manila in the President Hoover, having accepted a cabled invitation received about ten days igo from Commodore Rockwell of the Manila Yacht Club, to. sail his Yankee against her eight sister "Stary" which form the racing flee {in the Philippine port.
Quick work will be required to get! Yankee re-rigged and conditioned in time for the first of the four days! of racing in which she will compete. during the President Hoover's stay in Manila, For a scant six hours after the Hoover's arrival on Saturday morning, March 16, will see the start of the first race.
'Mr. Murphy expects to be back in Shanghai on the Hoover's return trip for a few weeks' stay before return. ing to his home in New York. He will probably ship the Yankee straight Through from Manila to San Fran~ cisco in the s. President Hoover to have her ready to race there on his arrival in America later in the spring.
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