ANNIVERSARY REGATTA.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1299, 21 January 1897, Page 26

ANNIVERSARY REGATTA.

For the Port Nicholson Yacht Club’s rices on Anniversary J)ay the following entrios were received bv Mr J. B. Speed, secretary j—• Ki sa-class Yachts. —Pastime, Waitangi, Ngair a. ."Koond-cl ass Vach rs. —Waiwetu, Rona, At llama, Mapu, Mahiua. Thi rl-class Yachts. —Corona, May,Greyhoun l, Toa, .Ylahaki. Vixen. Handicap Yachts. —Onapua, Dolphin, Novice, Pet, Jennie Reid. Excellent entries have been received for tb® Arawa - ailing club’s races. A race for men-of-w.vr sailing boats, for which post entries will be received, has been place 1 on the programme. It is prob ible that the Rotomahana will be the fl igahip. The Penguin is to follow the race-. Tne Waitangi, Rona and Jennie Reid cam© < ff the Patent Slip on Tuesday afternoon, after having received an overhaul, and the Ngaira was also removed from the Blip, where she has received exf.onsive alterations. Owing to the northerly breeze, the Mapu. and Waiwetu eon Id not. be taken on to Pauli and Robei ts’ slip at Clyde quay, and they have been put on the hard and scrubbed. 'The Dunedin yac v >t Thelirn, will not after all be a com etitor at the regatta. T lie committee are disappointed that the fi-hermen have not re-ponded to the offer of a race. Not, a single entry was received, and the event has been ab mdoned. Owing to the fact that there was not a. quorum of the committee present, the application of the Swi inning Club for a share in the iGgttta receipts could not be oo&bidered on Tuesday The mi eting stands adMr M LYlitUr, the ownerof the Pastime, has deei led to enter b>r the first-class yacht raoe. The owners of the yacht Onapua (Messrs Nixon and Emenv) have decided to enter th ir sm irt little craft for the Third-class Handicap Yacht Race on regatta day. This will be her maiden race ; and the locallybuilt vessel is expected to give a good eusoount of herself