SANDERS CUP TRIALS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12008, 10 December 1924, Page 8

SANDERS CUP TRIALS

ANOTHER WIN FOR WELLESLEY. AN EXCITING* FINISH. ' ■ Tho third Sanders Cup trial was heM last evening when Wellesley, All Black, Efnin. and Clare competed, the-race r»snltimr in a ,win for Wellesley by a'small a -‘■•Sh’+bat -was full of in- - cadent. This, makes- 1 the fourth" meeting eU And Ap Black, and the fourth'Time- tbat All Black has had to ackoowledgo defeat. - - The course .wae fyom Clyde quay wharf round and CoromandeThnoya twice, thence toihe finishing line latwcsa and’die. Queen**.wharf. A moderste north-west bnftf -was blowing at' the* start, but thns fell gw.ay. eomowhat 'towards; the finish,' though . it-, never ®Purely failed, * A. good start. was' made ,ev al 1 tfi.' boats, and leading-jibs ’were "•SSBSWr:"MS4‘ hy WeUeslev and All Bliicx. - About" avquartor mile from tht start, .'hpwver',"" Wellesley’s leading j:l jutd- a man had to'gn t,r. RMdto hpjet.-the working-lib. >sven IJlicn.'. they rounded Jemingham -15 re-Blank.-She slightly advantage on the beet to Coromandel,.roundinq the buoy the're 44 i second to the • good- • Spinnakers -flashed out fiuickij"__for run back to Jerniag*hftmt bfibcWdlleNley got with p ht 1^6 *over-ran the buoy, ajod allowed All: Block to. .get round ahead of 'he*-,.,The '.wind was patchy for the’, beat td-Coroipandel, and-All. Black monedltan held her "own under these condition*. She "roupded ,the .buoy and headed for hon>4’ and' victory: 59. sect,lids ahead of the 'Wellesley, and hor chances at'this stage cefilamlv looked bright. But'Wellesley -'bad- fitill to be reckoned with” and plalnirnt’beautifnlly over the water before tjhe.-Wind.. came jon to 'win by 18 seconds, Thct-,C3j»jro came in third, and Eynirf trailed ..the field home. * , The Welleeley was skippered by "Boy” White.- win* .had, with Bim MeGregor. and W. Greenbanks;.. while tha Atl Kack earned four—E. .Bailey 4akip- ! per), ' Bailey,. L. McGregor, and N. i Rqwntree." ’ At' tho conclusion of the trial- last night, the selectors-agreed to eliminate pi afro end Eynin 'as candidates., leaving "only "Wellesley and All Black to fight it oM” The fourth trial takes place t» tnorrow evening at 520 p.m."

CANTERBURY TESTS

• LINNET AGAIN SUCCESSFUL. Ret ,Press .Association, v CHRISTCHURCH, December 9. The fourth of the series of tests to selegt the -Canterbury representative in the-Sanders Cup competition was sailed on Lyttelton harbour 'thus evening, red resulted in. a win for,Linnet, who haf now registered, three wins. . She beat Secret by '122 seconds; and Pio Pio by Smin 17seo