THE JUBILEE

Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7235, 3 February 1892, Page 3

THE JUBILEE

TEtE REGATTA; „

At 10 o'olook yesterday morning the genera* expression was tbat.it was a perfeot day for a regatta— -a splendid spring tide, bright sun, and moderate breeze— it was perfection. But, from near noonday the breeze freshened^ till it was rather heavy for. the smallest, olastrof sailing boatß, and rendered the postponement ot the rowing raoes until a later hour onavoidable. Speaking of the sailing races, with the exception of the third class sailing raoe and the first olass yaoht raoe, tbere were agood number of Btarters. At about noon, when the first and third olass open boats and eeoond class yaoht raoes were all on at tbe same time, the haibor presented a very pretty sight,, with, the 20 contestants dotted about,. bOAideß' the numerous other vessels. It was approachiDg 4 o'clock before the boats were sent fromctheisheds fbr the Maiden Fours, jthe first of throwing eyehts. The attendance in the morning J was rather poor, perhaps to be ; . aocounted for by : the large .number whol took advantage of the excursions "affordingf an : inspection of H.M.S. Bingarooma, but injthe afternoon the attendanoe was very large, 'the Port Hills beingalso well patronised, and a Very pretty sight they presented fr din ' the whßrf. During the day the Fire Brigade Band; 1 enlivened the, proceedings with numerous selections, and the usual walking the 'greaß^boon. and^Ho riding of ; 'the:aea'horses,'&d, daused the greatest amuaemehti-and^the shore spbrts I ahd ic6ntiibWedlld!t v qf J fun. ? : ThtfS-icifetary Land the various officials] worked hard to get ftitf dayd bate* tbrtugh with de^te&,'auct>

1 oannot be held accountable for the delay (necessitated by the having to postpone the rowing raoes. We have to express our thankß to tho Seoretary, Mr Pollook, for his courtesyto,our representative. The following: is the list of events and ths various winners :— Thied C_.iss Opes Boat Sailing Handicap.—Boats not exceeding 14ft over-til ; distanoe, 3 miles ; twice round oourse. Firat prize £3 ; 2nd, £1. E Moore's Sunbeam .. .. .. 1 W Capper's Dream .. .. ..2 ,W Johnston's Cygnet.. .. ». 3 . Threa only started for this out of five entries, and the winner had no troable in appro*: priating the event. -.. ■ _ ['.-■ Fibsi Olass .Open Boat Saiiinc...Handi- '"' OAPi- Boats not exceeding 24ft over all; distanoe 5 miles ; twioe round ; oourse. yFirst prize, ;joß{ 2nd, £3. E Well's Blue Bell (4 mm); . . . . 1 ■ W Weatrupp's Annie (4 mm) ..2 A Bradley's Meteor (6 mm) „ .."• 3; - The ; bthe'r. starters were Comet (sor), lons, Violet (4 min)if Soud (5; min)j Hiawatha (6 mm), and Seagull (6 mm). In getting away the Blue Bell, and Violet fouled, oaußing tlie latter to break her bobin; which put ber out •ofTthtfriis?. The Bine Bell won by If min,the third boat being fif mm behind. There being only two entries for the First Class Yaohtf Baoe, : a matoh between the Jessie Logan and the Oanhet for £16, oyer a course of^ 15' miles, was 'substituted.- A start was made about ririon, but on beating to windward on the Second round the Gannett at about 25 mihs past two, lost her .mast by her chain plates being Oarried away. . Oonr siderable consternation was Caused ashotei when tbe aooident' was observed, it being feared that- tbe .vesaeLhacl oapaized. A boat being manned and sent from H M.S Binga* rooma somewhat relieved the anxiety as the cftew could alsd-be disbernedoh'the tiu.l,: After a while it' waß seen- that a |ary%iast hai been rigged,- and the boat ran baok. On the mishap being observed, trie Jessie Logan put baok to render asßislanoe. Second Oi-Ass Yaoht Baob, : Handicap. — For bona fide deobed or half-deoked - boats, not exceeding 5 tons j distanoe 8 miles ; 2} times ronnd the course. First prize, £10; 2nd £4, G.Talbot's Jubilee (4mins)..i .. 1 E. Low's> Secret (lmin) '..'.-.. ; . 2 V ; Noble <fc Brown's Doris (4mins) ■;■;.• 3 The other Btarters were the Wave.(scratoh), Madge (lmin), Spray. (3mins), and Dorothy (4mins).' The Jubilee won by 2min 45secs from the Secret,ahd ; 3mins , from : the Doris. The Madge was fourth. ■. Seoond OtA'ss Ons Boat . Swung Handi-, , cap.— Boats no,t exceeding IMS over alt ■•• distance 5 miles; twioe round oourse! First prize, £5; 2nd £2. ■ J. Hart's Violet (ser) 1 E. Well's Bluebell (sor) .. .. 2 . ,B. Jaokson's Seagull (2mins) , . . 3 "-] The other starters were the Annie; Meteor» and Holiy. The Violet OBttne in 2mins Ssiecs before the Bluebell, whioh was over 6mins in advance of the Seagull. Maiden Fours (inrigged).— Distanoe 1 mile. First prize,' £6 ; 2nJ, £2. Wellington Bowing Club . . „ 1 Star Boating Club . . . . . . 2 Nelson Bowing Club . . „ . . 3 Wakatu Boating Club.. „, .. .4 Wellington won Tby iibbut three lengths, the "Stars being several length's -in" advance; of Nelson, who in turn were 8 or 9 lengths ahead of the Wakatus, who' made a poor show. JuNioß Foobs (in outriggers, with coxs-wains).—-Distance ij miles. First prize, £8 ; 2nd, £2. Nelson Bowing Club . . ... . . 1 Wakatu Boating Club.. .. .. 2 : Star Boating dub .. .... 3 Wellington Bowing Club .. ..,4 Nelson won easily by four length's; a couple of lengths separating the Wakatus .-.oni; the Stars, who were a half length clear of Wellington. The rowing of the Nelson crew was much admired. Champion Foubs (in outriggers, with coxswains). Distance 2 miles. First prize £25 ; seoond £10. j Canterbury Bowing Olub— -J. M. j Laurie (stroke), J. Y. Daly (3), B. ! Speight (2), N. L. Mcßeath (bow) 1 | Star Boating Club— FPownall (stroke) A. W. Newton (3), H. W. Powriall . (2), N. Galbraith (bow) •»« . . 2 Wellington Bowing Club 0. Jenkins (stroke), M. F. Marks (3), W. Wil- * son (2), S. Waters (bow) . . . . 3 Wakatu Boating Olub - W. Westrupp (stroke), .Ed. Hale (3).OEb. Hale (2) v ' . W, Borough (bow) .... .... 4 This was the easiest of wins for the Canterbury crew by about half a dozen' lengths. The Stars ma3e a great race with the Wellington crew, who were about a length behind them. The bow of- the Wakatus broke his oar, and they merely paddled in. Champion Sculls (in best and best boats). —Distance 1 J miles. Prize, £5. M. Keefe, Auoklarid Bowing Club" .. 1 E.J Bose, Wellington Bowing Club. . 2 ~ A. W Newton, Star Boating Club . . 3 G. S Hill, Wellington Bowing Club, was the only other starter, Daly, the Canterbury man, not eleoting to try. The men early in the race took the positions in which they finished, Eose gamely keeping olose to the leader, and calmly accepting hia backwash. Keefe won by about a length, but appeared to have plenty iri hand. Newton^ after his efforts in the Fours, rowed a good race, and was only a length away from Bose. Hill did not complete the course. Ladies Plate , (four-pared outriggers, with coxswain ; riot open to any competitors in any of the Championship Baces, arid Senior Four Inrigged.- Distanco lj miles. First prize, £10 ; 2nd, * £3. Nelsori Bowing Olub .... 1 WakatW Boating ''■ Club '.. ..2 Wellington Bowing Olnb ..' ..3' The prow who .won this 1 event were the same who won the Junior Fours— H, Curtis (stroke); WoodwOod (3), Catley (2), and A. Shallcraas (bow). The rice was a ; mere prbdesßibri, the Wakatns being distanced, arid the Welling 1 -. ton's did not finish. The form of the winners was very much admired. As" this rioe was finished after half-past seven, the remainder of the rowing events will come off at Bix o'olook this morning. They consist of the Champion Pairs, Oharnpiori Double Soullb, and Senior Inrigged Fours. v.j SUBMABINE EXPLOSION! '-i Great interest was evinced by the publ" s when it was announced that Capt. Falconer, of the Torpedo Corps, would, by means of a submarine mine,, blow, up a vessel anchored off the Bailway wharf. At ai little before three o'clock the explosion took place, throwing a very large body of water high into the air, arid blowing the boat into fragments so small that from the wharf not' a trace could be discerned of her, though 1 a few splinters were to ' be observed ascending with the column of water. The display was thoroughly successful,' and very much admired by those who witnessed it.