OTAGO ANNUAL REGATTA.

Evening Star, Issue 9888, 27 December 1895, Page 1

OTAGO ANNUAL REGATTA.

m, jk’hS S : ] .wrote, tothf ■. of >6mb.of Ms fM9 es .M,V%g^iS?Pi hn,e*o#ior h?8 #enfe. 'hi ffeAtiwe i the,.inta*g«n)o9t gperhUy,; BP9OM ppinC i about this being the strict |served throughout i !T4o*9rtpiM : plfiy/ad. on thp,flagship of. appreciated aelectionß. ; ReUnite } . , >■;.■:■;• . ..ivr . ’• lascoND Class.filfacht Race (not* exceeding five, Lj," .pttse,i,h?,|.. secofih * 3, ®*o. i tons!;. ... 1 , Asm, ft S Also nnd away, Bpthe run; down; Matakana got to . thefron*; and ■ when ;on a wind in returning ahe furthltr lnoreaseid her lead, winning. from PfemteP-my 49min,: .Aone cooiing in 7min lateii *■ i<; • ;

Malidbn diiyfi-dAnED Inrigged Gig BaCe.—First ' <-ji ■jgmo.&S/, second, £2. Twomilea n A RJVjrM. Bhgerson istrqkel, E,Ppwer, W. HTS’Esiizie, G. Brooks, Grierson (cox) ... 1 NdKtß' (sttokeh'P. O’Driscoll, : ' Ji Stctfm R. : NoMeh, Lambeth (cox). . ... $ ,J[.M‘Qu,een, L- L. . ji. H. Friefit, Wafson (cox) ... 3 ■Queen’sSiye.f-J. Oahbrne(stroke),o. Duttcan, W.’ Gbrdtth.’d. Ward (cox) • ... 4 ■ Tkicrtiand Fort Cbalmers also started, but; kvo in after going half a rpile.‘fiha Port did not finish. The race being gHitad ifi. smooth water, at the slack of ldgh Aide, would have provided a fair test if had been equally well steered, but some coSswains took an erratic course. Tift J!f 88 an exception, and hence the ease with wkipb his lour won by fully,vthree lengths, though on the merits of the qtaf s the’ ''’“Dabs ’’ had a decided ,adyantagh. Time, 15min 46seo. Open Boat Sailing Rac?.—Boats not to exceed 20ft oVer all. First prize, £5; second, £2. Five’iniles. MFA'TibW’fi Dash ... ... I 1 MrS-H. InneFs-Janb ... ... 8. Mrß; Asber’s.¥.iAlrt... ... .-3

Psyche and Carbine also started. Jane and: Dash were .'smartest under way, and Psyoheiast. Dash soon got a clear lead, of whi to* top was never deprived, winning with a lot to 4pare.

JuNstoßouk-OARim.iRACE, In stump outriggers. > (stroke), C, Golumb, E. Holmes, J. Hume, Grierson (cox.) ... 1 ...' 1: Queen’s Drive—A. Shanks (stroke), A. Bell. J. Stewart, J. Imrie, Ward (cox.) ... ... 2 Port Chalmers-W, Erridge; (stroke), J. Bonnor, J, Dow, T. Erridge, Anderson (cox.) ... 3; North End-C. Neave (stroke), F. Lambeth, A. •; BeVeridge, J. Dick, Lambeth (c0x.)... ... 4 The Timaru crew (L. Brown, stroke) also : started. D.A.8.0., holding the inshore) position, made a course of their own across* the bows of the barque Star of the* East, which lay in the fairway, while; the others rowed under her stern. I North End established a lead half-way, down) but: steered wide in going to tke hklf buoy, and Queen’s Drivd turned; first. North Fn'd; lying second oh the home: rudj made a big effort to get up, but Queen’s’ Drive, rowing 4Q to their. opponents’ 38, ■ kept ih front. y The “ Dabs, still holding their separaio course, were not' thought to be dangerous till entering the last half-mile, when, the ’ angle of the different tracks: bringing them all more together, Mil “Dabs” were seen to be in it. So they were, and with a long, cktua stroke of 36? they crossed the line fully three lengths ahead' of Queen’s Drive, Port Chalmers passing NhrtK' End 1 bef6re the finish', the! la,tter being rowed clean out. Time, ISmin s 34scc. '/ ’ ; Third-class Yacht Race (not exceeding three ‘' tons).— First'prize, £5; second', £810s; Seven; i miles And a‘halfi' :I; Messrs Fenwiokand Hazletts Dream,2 tons... 1 Mr F. Oakden’s Waterwitch. 2 tons ... ~, ... 3 Mr A. T. Little’s Phantom. 2 tons ... ... 3 ( . Gem.and Hula ata° started. This was a S'ft to Dream, the, times of finishtag being ; rqam >2.37}, - Waterwitch 2.53, Phantom 3,p.m.. Boys’ Race (open to aJI to .ba ; ; rowed in four-bated gigs.—One mile. ; j Ariel— J. M ‘Donald (stroke), P.‘ liigh«bou*ie, ] E; Brown, Anderson, Thomson (cox.) i ‘ Mahinapua—L. A. Barton (stroke),, Neil, ? A.M'^y.iAKuddy,M , Q^lu m ? ; Won by ; half a .dozen lengths. Time, lOmin 30aeo. A protest has yet to be cpn: sidered.

Champion Yacht Race.— Firpt prize,.£2o; ; ..... , secon4^£6., J ", ; j Messrs, Baker, Wall, and Co.’s Leader, 7 tons... 1 Messrs Bannister,: and Bwxam a

7Lelma,'stons ;.. 2 Messrs W; Gutten and Co. s Trilby* l s tons •••; 3 The other starters* were; :-—Anpnyma (40 tons), Madge (12 tout), and White Wings (7 tons). Thelma; showed the way from White Wings and-Trilby an the early part of s the run down, Leader getting off badly, and'toepgiantie * Madge falling to the reat ■almost at onoe. In working back on alternate long and short legs Thelma’s wondeif ful etriartness in goingiaboufc was of assist- : anoeto h»V but-Leader .gained, withievery little puff, and nearing the half .distance she lay a good second, White Wingsi just.ahead of Trilby* 5 White Wings, who wanted more canvas than -she carried, took the ground, lor fully a quarter of an hour. off. Crowder’s (Point;and Leader hadthe bad luoktofall into the doldrums-, while Thelma caroled a taeath of wind round the taming mark and estata lished a 5 Mg lead on the second round. Thelma eased offiher Sheet at.2.S7i, Leader - at*3 S;iTrilby at 3.% andiAuenymajabjaia Until half admle lromhome toe race,seemed a gift to Thelma, but she in turn beoamja. * becalmed, and Leaders. bringing upi witih her a faint zephyr from the southward. got .home; first, crossing theriine at 4.34, while Thelma was beet Atii 4i4U<’ qdt and s Anonyma ■ finished fourth; nearly 20mih later. - ■■ r -J ;

Junior ■ Pair-oared i Inrigged Race.jFlrst prize, M; aecond, £2. DjKomiies. 1 , Port, Chalmers*—N- Erridge ,and r T. Erridge, f , Litotbourne (cox) ;.. ... ... ... ji D.AJB.C.—A/ Baxter and W. Farquharson, ' Moffat (cox) >i ; , -y Li: i 2 North End.—J. Burk and A. Burk, Lambeth , — L( L IttnAe. ?/ Watson (cox) ... “Queen’s, Dri vk(A.' Bell atod J.linrie)carae ! lengths, wherefore "th^ vJ in rowing a -, quarter! Wyk- mllei 1 The/'Baror* fm** Mrs iek& hf; % .three/Quortera of f> nfffei /Fort' up level, and rohrid^lK^W ' V.I. .--i; ■- ■'; j I'M ttftW 'si| 5 < *J-T G’ .M ’ I ’ • ? «.

,t j -iwi jy mm vw ff I wd v "• hr rr I Mr J;' M'Ldlaa's Yagilant ; ..!. ,v/.I ; S MrT. %pdiy’ffHornet, i j.. > . % - f.,,.,3.. ! oper, sl*rU%.Amateur aM retired after the first round, Itho^sQOhjd;;' >if; ,. n '', .. ; ; lt ’ Ships’ Pour oared Gig RACE,/l7rs pri?e £5, . !.■ ... ... second £%. Two niiles. ! by cUw by ten lengths. ..They rowed light barvel-huilt boat. " The Taianakfa Ssecoud, BttUed mngh-the agig of Ifi it they .hac[ no abpjvi though jmaking' a very 'clever. job of rounding the (hnpy at they gaihed an Advaht?Mwjhipb jTOh e d fh®W to the intpe |tmhear the finish. (Ladies’. Eour-oared Race, for trophies. Half a I ' ‘ 'mile ' . v [Queen’s Drive—Misses Innes;'Kettle, Kelly, r and Gibb, Caltliorp (cox) ... ... ... 1 (Port Chalmers—Misses Moss.AiuJerson, Howes, • , and Weir, Dale.(cox) ; ... / ~,v ... 2

: One condition of thig pee had to be abandoned, the girls reMaiog to pull In practice clinker boats, for fear, it fa said, of shares ip case of a. oapsize.; The boats tljey did consent to u,fe wfiit most unequal for the purpose, but as good luck would have it the better, crew got the worse boat, sq thut there ; was a real , race, whioh ended ip the Queen’s Drive crew- winning by three or four lengths. A foul that occurred at half distance is the subject of u protest.

All comers-’ Ot>KN Boat Sailing Race.—First Brize, £5 j Five miles, ale and,NeU'’s Waitangi ... ... 3 Messrs Oallan and Webber’s Volunteer ... ‘ Port Chalmers-Naval Artillery’s Nelson ... 1

The other starter ß were Thistle, Skater, andrßolie. Wolf easily. ‘ ' ‘ Senior Four-oared Stump OutriggedCig Race. —First prize, £ls; second £6. Two miles. North End—M. Higgins (stroke), J. M’Kenzie, J. T, Stone, J. Breen, Lambeth (cox) ... 1 Qiieerfk Drive—T. Wright (stroke), W. Porter, A. Shanks, H. Pritchard ... ... ... 2 D.A.B.C.—J. Connor (stroke), J. Foster, J. Harvey, D. Sourr, Grierson (qox) ... ... 3 0.R.C.-P: J-TPriest stroke). W. Leekie, J. 1 Howlison, H. A. Le Cren, Watson (cox) ... 4 1 North End were first to assume the lead, but, taking a corksorewy course that seemed too much inshore, considering that by so shaping they lost the best of thd ebb tide, Queen’s Drive rowed up level at a quarter of a mile, and at half a mile Queen’s Drive Were jttsb leading the “Dabs,” ’the other pair abreast half a length astern. From that point, however, North End made a good course, and the three crews named practically reached the mile together; ©.iRO. a couple of lengths away. QaePn’e Drive actually showed the first broadside to the flagship, but North End spun round the smartest, Higgins getting a start 'on the home journey one stroke in advance, i The drag against the tide Soon Sorted out the competitors, and at half ’a mile from home North End had a load of three lengths from the Drive, thongh Higgins had slowed down to 38, whereas tie ; was rowing 40 on the down trip. This lead was slightly reduced towards the finish, but from the point named North'6dd had the race in hand; and they‘Crossed’the line two'lengths and tf-half ahead of the Drive, who in turn led the “Dabs” by a length, O.R.C. several lengths away. Time, ISmin 15sec. Naval Twelve ■ oared Cutter Race. Two ■ ■'miles. ' v Chief Petty Officer Irvine’s orew in the Vanguard won by perhaps 100 yards from Petty Officer Craig’s lot in the Orlando. Senior PAir oared Inrigged Gig Race.—First; 1 prize, £5; second prize, £2los. Two-miles, i Port Chalmers —F. W. Platts and J. A. ■; Bauchop, Ligjitbourne (cox) ... ... 1‘ Queen’s Drive—W, Porter and T. Wright, , ' RnmmeU(cox) ... ... .. ... 2” O. W. Leekie and P. J. Priest, Watson ; (cox) ... ... ... ... 3 North End—J. Burk and A. Burk, Lambeth (cox) ... ... ... 4D.A.B.C.—A. Baxter and W. Farquharson, Moffat (cox) ... ... ... ... 5. The two Port crews got away smartest,aiia as between the localjrivala tbeP.C.R.C.i men established a decided advantage early; i; the second mile'. They seemed, indeed, | \o be winning easily,when the steamer Inver-: Cargill crossed the'bows of the approaching boats and made a bit of a.’ tumble for them? all. This appeared to seriously disconcert the veteran leaders,who were fast tiring, but they hung on long enough to stall off the ex-, ceedingly plucky challenges of “ the Drive ” and the 0.R.C., and the pair of oldsters secured the victory by three quarters of a length, Queen’s Drive a couple of feet in front of the 0.R.0. Time, 17min 59sec. Scullers’ Race.—First prize, £l2; second, £3. Two miles. J. F. M'Gratb, D.A.B.C. I iun., Wairowaß.C, ... ... 2 P. Graname, Wellington R.C. ... ... 3

,E.; Davy? (D.A.8.&), also competed. Grahameled for about three-quarters of a mile, but M'Grath was first to the turn, anil fro* l ® that ppiut } held the race quite safe. £fe stopped, once, looking round to fix hta position by, the buoy, and yet was able to f it home, by; fo.ur lengths from Chapman; rahame two lengths pff. Time, ifirnin |49i,eC. ,