By the time that Forts Buoy was reached, Leda, Sun Lee and Catherine with only two aboard were all fnding that the going was rather heavy and the rst named went about and stood across to the Pootung shore where there was calmer water due to the early flood creeping up the bank, but in doing so (in which she was followed by Catherine) she lost 2 Jot of ground and Dorothy and Dragonfly with three up sailed through to take second and third places.
Tt was a distinctly wet beat out to the mark involving a short port tack and a long starboard tack right into the breaking waves. Daphne rounded the buoy after 56 minutes and reached across to the Pootung shore to get the tide and calm water from where it was a run to the Woosung Creek.
Dorothy rounded after 62 minutes being followed 1 minute later by Dragonfly and then 8 minutes later Leda, Sun Lee and Catherine rounded in that order. By this time the flood had began to make everywhere except in the main stream and Eileen who was not yet clear of the breakwater gave up and turned back for home.
In the upper bracket Mme L. des Courtils and Mme Saint Pol of the French Club had little difficulty in trouncing the Chinese combination of Miss Jostphine Yung and Miss Rosie Yen by 6-1, 6-2, the winners never being extended throughout the match.
In the lower half Mrs. B. Krenov and Miss C. Tavares, another powerful French Club combination, took the measure of Mrs. L, A. Popoff and Miss K. Petroff with similar ease, winning, 6-2, 6-3.
The semi-finals of this competition will find Mrs H. C. Collaco and Miss M. S. Holwill battling with Mmes des and Saint Pol in the upper and Mrs. Krenov and Miss Tavares clashing with Mrs. L. H. Ten Bruggen Cate and Miss D. Rudge in the lower bracket.
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