Thursday a small group of locat yachtsmen gathered at the Point ai chorage fo watch the trial spin of a new boat just built in a Battery Creek yard, from designs by a Shanghai Yacht Club member one of whose hobbies is the production of small racing craft at a very low coat.
The gr Yacht Club's new. "C" class, of ten Star boats built last summer at 3
Joost of Chinese $900 per boat led the ow boat's designer to try his hand Probably the best polo game of the season was played on Thursday at Kiangwan, when the final match for the Cathay Polo Cup took place between the Lions and the Tigers, the Lions winning the match by 7 2/3 te 6 goals.
Mrs. C. S. Sprague, at the request of the donor, Mr. Y. ¥. Hung, pre-Jzented the Cathay Cup and miniatures: to the winning team, T. Y. Turin. F. Harris, E. Sutlerle and H. D. Rodger.
Lions:—Tung, Harris, Sutterie, Rode: Tigers:—Lutey, Sprague, Clu' Riveau, with on iron centre-board in place ut the Star's expensive fin-keel, making up the stability thus lost by adding eighteen Inches to the beam.
The most striking feature of the new boat is the comfortable cabin which this extra width has made it possible add: for this reason the new craft hag been dubbed the "Star" Plus." And, best of all, the substitution of <—|an iron centre-board for keel, and simplification of gear, has \enabled the designer to turn out the [*Star Plus" for $500, as against the $900 for the regular Shanghai star.
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