AUCKLAND YACHT CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 299, 19 December 1898, Page 5

AUCKLAND YACHT CLUB.

THE DONALD CUP

The Auckland Yacht Club held their second race of the season on Saturday, when a class handicap raca for the cup presented "by Mr A. B. Donald was sailed. The strong northerly, gale arid heavy sea which prevailed deterred many yaqjits from starting. The course was an 18 mile one, and was from Queen-street wharf round mark boat off Bastion, then?* round mark off , Rangitoto, return same way, rounding, tnark boat off wharf, twice round. ™Mr J. Anserine was starter, Mr H. Haines judge, and Mv A. Buchanan time-keeper. Seven boats started, the handicaps being: — Volunteer scratch, Thelma 7 mm., Aorere 24 mm., Heartease 24 mm., Yvonne 21 mm., Zinita 24 mm., and Mavis 45 mm.' A start was effected at 2.53 p.m., Thelma being first to cross the line, followed by Heartsease, Zinita, Mavis, Volunteer, and Yvonne. Yvonne pased the mark boat on the wrong side and had to return. Off Campbell's point something went wrong with the Volunteer, and she had to return to her "moorings. Thelma rounded the Bastion mark first, followed by Heartease, Z,mta, Aorere and Yvonne, the Mavis dr:>pr.in»- out. Thelma maintained he.: lead° round the Rangitoto _ buoy, Aorere coming up third. Passing the wharf on the first round the times were: —Thelma 4h 26m 30s, Heartease 4h 32m 455, Aorere 4h 39m 16s, Yvonne *h 40m 30s. Zinita 4h 41m. The wind bad become very strong and the sea extremely light. The Zinita made tor her moorings, th.» Aorere doing the same, while the Yvonne also retire d leaving Thelma and Heartsrja.^e o fight out the finish. On the second round Thelma was in the lead, but lost ground by standing m too near the southern shore. The finish wa-: Thelma Ah 59m 50s, Heartease Oh Jim 495. Heartease therefore wins on tare allowance by 5m Is. The Patiki race was also held, three boats, Eka. Bommerang, and Zoe coming out. The course was from.Queenstreet wharf to Calliope DocLto Sandspit buoy, twice round. lms event proved very interesting, and reulteV in a win for the BooneWfflg Ihe times being: Boomerang 4h'4,m 9s, Eka 4h 47m 455, Zoe 4h s^m UJ.

The Newton Brass Band have chw> tered the p.s. Wakatere for OmjJmM afternoon and wi 1 run *" f^?* sl? s n _ (weather permitting) round the is lands in Tamaki Straits, via Waiheke and the Man-o'-war Passage _ -An Infant named Cyril Geo. Ryan died at three o'clock this morn Pg at Bursea House. Wyndham-street, where it was boarded out under the care of Mrs Rachael Gusscot. -\ Peath is reported to have been clue to con_ vulsions while teething, but in £ cordance with the Infants IHe « o tection Act an inquest will have to be held. '• ' , „ At the Polk* Court this "orntag UrAnre Mr H W. Brabant, S.M., ii-ate gSS pleadedVuilty to jtartgy bed quilt, the property of Josepa 'Franich, and was sentenced to tW months hard labour. Robert Bate m an for drunkenness *atJ»f «/ and costs or 7 days hard laoour, three first offending ™f^^J e*t discharged with a caution. lor ai Swing Worses to stray f B^ wns fined 10/ and costs (/, "llua , Henry Essex and .Archibald each 1/ f«,TLsts Walter Cunningham was fined T/andSts for driving round a Corner at other than a walking paceStraw hats straw hats straw hats, 50 dozen at 1/ each, «sual P nC* eet*Srnest Moore, 240, Queen - street. Te'are requested to state that there i, no truth in the statement that-two deaths from typhoid lever have oc -^ifr^hey intimate «-*" their pr emj f l t^J»sffis£su oTen^alTiay i£ W/. being Christmas Eve.—(Advt.|