THE REGATTA.

Evening Star, Issue 7406, 29 December 1887, Page 4

THE REGATTA.

TO THE EDITOR. Sin,—Under the heading of “Sporting Intelligence ” in your last night’s issue you say that you were informed that the Nellie, when bolding second position, went out of her course to rescue the crew of the Red Jacket. This she did, I admit, and with much credit to her crew, who are deserving of recognition ; but allow me (as one of the crew of the Skater) to state that the Nellie, at the time of the accident, was not holding second place. This the Pearl held, with the Skater leading. The Skater, the last but one to get away when the signal was fired, owing to a misunderstanding, and at least 300 yards astern of the other boats, succeeded in rounding the No. 4 buoy first by fully thirty seconds, retaining that position until nearing the powder magazine, and would, without a shadow of a doubt, have won had not her throat halyards unfortunately given way, thus allowing the Pearl and the Kate, during the delay of some ten minutes or so in repairing, to forgo ahead, the former ultimately coming in the winner, with the Skater second and the Kate third, or a quarter of a mile behind the Skater. How by the official report in your Tuesday night’s issue the Kate was given premier position I am at a loss to conceive, as are doubtless her crew. The Nellie, even had she not returned to the Red Jacket, could never have overhauled the Skater for second place, notstanding the latter’s accident. —I am, etc., Skater. Dunedin, December 29.