AN OCEAN RACE.
A great ocean race has just been completed. The British ship Rahan left San Francisco on November 20th, and the Puritan, Cromartyshire, Queen Margaret and Ross-shire on tho 21st, all bound for Greafc Britain. A dinnor and several suits of clothes were wagered on tho outcome of the race, but bhe Puritan was the favourite. When a month out the Ross-shsro, Cromartyshire and Puritan were in company off the coast of Central America, and there was a good deal of good-natured badinage over bhe matter. The captain of the Puritan, as she moved ahead, offered the other two boats a tow, but as the mattor turns out tho Cromnrtysbire has beaten them all. She arrived at Queenstown after tho smartest run of bhe season.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 73, 30 March 1897, Page 4
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127AN OCEAN RACE. Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 73, 30 March 1897, Page 4
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