LYTTELTON REGATTA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 1510, 2 January 1873, Page 2

LYTTELTON REGATTA.

Commodore, P. Cunningham, Esq. ; vice • *J commodore, Hon. E. Richarsdon ; starter, d Mr H. N. ; Nalder, Captain M'Clatchie ; 1 judges, Messrs Montgomery, Herdson, Crosbie, Woledge, D. Davis ; time-keeper, Mr .:< Cohn ; stewards, His Honor the Superinten- ~ dent, Messrs Hennaway, Marshman, Turner, Saunders, Craig, Cobb, Palmer, Peacock, W; -, D. Wood, A. C. Wilson, jun., Aynsley, • Coster, Milton, Connor, M'Kay, Hargreaves, -1 Day, Herdson, Cobb, Sawtell, Laurie, Lang- j down, Stoddart, Hawtrey, Glasaford, Thomas, i| Hesketb, Mayors of Lyttelton, Chriatchuroh, and Kiiapoi j hon. treasurer, Mr T. Hall, hon. secretary, Joseph Carder. | Whatever may betide in other portions of 4 the province, Lytteltonj with anything short A of hurricane weather, may S£?e! v *"* r? I '!^. j upon for an amplitude of amusement when : the day for its annual water festival comes J round. Not only is the most enthusiastic ' energy concentrated in this the [great local event of the year — all residents entering con amoreiato the work, and the capable ones^ Subscribing most liberally for the prizes— but * they also havo important elements of success \ which others cannot boast. They are indeed •> greatly favoured above their inland compeers, \ for should anything interfere to militate * against the lighter class of rowing, on which great value is placed by • the public, they have still a prolific fund of amusement not only in watermen'-s -■ competitions, but in the ever attractive yacht * and other sailing contests. And perhaps no i greater proof of how far the two latter , elements may constitute success at an aquatic J gathering could be givon than the experience of yesterday. Consequent upon the unusual quiescence, in the fashionable kind of boating 4 this season, Christchurch has had to forego "- its annual regatta, whilst tho meet at Kaiapoi, -J even with the river in a most satisfactory state, and the Clerk of the weather favouring^ the committee with his best smiles, woulcP? have been far from a success, added to which the projected tryst on the Heathcote holds forth promise of anything hut a really good issue. The. influence which has worked all this misfortune was, however, powerless to injure the Lyttelton regatta even toa noticeable extent. Wirhout doubt tho paucity of outrigger boat races must be deemed • matter for great regret, but the Regatta was ."■'., still, through other means, a conspicuous sue- - ceas, and it is questionable whether on the whole a more enjoyable day has been spent in the. port town of the province than the one which ushered in the present year. Certainly congratulations on the enjoyment afforded were general amongst the visitors, and expressions of disappointment, i f heard at all, were so few and far between as to leave •' no hinge nor loop to hang a doubt on" as to the complete success of the day. :i The first subject of interest, as the eventful day— harbinger of a new year.^nd so fraught with holiday-makers' anxiety — dawned, was tho weather, Happily it was from the 1 first typical of the line, " Summer grows adult and ripens into man.".. The shone with Elysian brightness, but an~ -easterly- breeze agreeably tempered his .rays, whilst at the same time its strength was iusfc sufficient to ensure good sailing races without ruffling the water to an extent prohibitive of rowing. The 'trains from Christchurch commenced - running early, but not one moment before the public were ready, all the carriages put on at seven o'clock being crowded: The rush 'for the later trains was exceedingly great, surpassing anything experienced on former regatta days, and taxing ' the departmental arrangements of the raUway to their uttermost, but tho strain vtas no more than could T be borne, and all went with most creditable smoothness throughout. As the vast crowds werC disgorged from the' railway trains the jetties and principal streets assumed a most* : animated appearance, the more so as the natural holiday decorations were so profuse that the only wonder was where air the 'flags fluttering in tho breeze camo' from: In a seaport town a large display of bunting is naturally expeoted, hut on this occasion Lyttelton " out,-Horoded Herod." Land seemed. tp have vied with the sea, and both had done so well that neither suffered in thejeomparison. From overy flagstaff, and they aire by no means limited in number, one or more bright . coloured . national emblems ; floated, even far' up the face of the hill, he* yond tpe town; whilst the principal buildings, were moro or -less dressed' with strings of flags, in some instances comprising whole codes of signals. Amongst these buildings may be noticed the '■'.' Harbour-master's office, the '"* stores of Messrs Miles and Co., Matheson's > ; Agency, and other commercial houses, also the railway buildings. Looking seaward, nearly all the vessels wore enshrouded from •* stem to stern in a mass of colour. Near the jetties the Pet, Cleopatra, and S ft ra J)reyfus were most noticeable, whilst out in the harbour the ships Lady Jocelyn, St. Leonards, Helen Denny and Celestial Queen, " with all their bravery on and tackle trim" were alike con-» spicuoufl, such was the gay effect of the scene, that the eye constantly found some new point to admire. As usual the jetties made ex*

cellent grand stands from ; which to view the' races, but by the thoughtful care of the railway officials a great improvement was made even to this accommodation. A series of trucks were drawn up "between the goods sheds and the jettys, provided with tarpaulin awnings and seats, thereby affording a meat agreable shade and resting place for ladies and children. Thus it is unnecessary to say proved very acceptable to many, and deserves the moat hearty public acknowledgment. During the day Mr Horaefield's band was stationed in one of the trucks, and by their •excellent playing, gave a more enjoyable tone J to the proceedings than otherwise would have been the case. The owners of the vessels at the wharves allowed free licence to thoae who chose to examine them, or to view the races from the rigging. Pleasure boats were of course very numerous on the harbour, the variety of sailing and rowing constituting a very intereating picture, and the steamer Halcyon made several trips around the harbour, each time crowded with passengers. The steamer Gazelle which again acted aa flag-ship was moored off the railway jetty, and during the day was thronged with officials, amongst whom we noticed his Honor the Superintendent, and others. An excellent luncheon and liquid refreshments ad libitum were provided by the commodore, and it is needless to say that the •effect of the sea air was to cause ample justice to be done to them. The arrangements for the day worked with commendable smoothness and great credit is certainly due to both officers and committee for the zeal with which they worked. The four-oared £;•; JJaue had, as last year, 'been 'fixed to come off at eight o'clock R,iu.. the chanceof smooch weather being considered better in the early morning than at any other time during the day. The fates were, however, this time against the committee, for, although no wind prevailed to hurt anything, there had been such a heavy swell up the .harbour for some days past that the water off Baker's Point was too broken for the lighter •cless of gigs. The Endeavour did not, therefore, put in an appearance, and one of the •Snowdrop crew being ill in bed from the results of careless training for the race, the Lyttelton Trades' Club Fernleaf was the only boat up to time. The conditions being that two boats should pull or no money be given, the race was deferred until a more favourable opportunity Bhould offer. The Youths' four-oared race, in watermen's Jboats stood noxt on the list, and produced .three entries — the Rangitoto and Hero, ; manned by Lyttelton crews, and the Just in .Time, manned by H.R.C. Club boyß. The -Rangitoto crew pulled a very nice even stroke, fwith plenty of swing, highly creditable to youths who only practise in the heavier class of boats, and much superior to what was the rule come years ego. The Heathcote boya were far from steady or uniform in style, showing a want of coaching, but is it fair to say that a great portion of the deficiency is due to the inability of the proper stroke oar to pull, in conaequence of severe illness, and thd grafting of a youth into the crew who has had littlo or no practise with an oar. The boys in the Just in Time boat pulled rather short, and jerked their oars a little, but their rowing was far from discreditable. Besides their excellonco as a crew, the Rangitoto boys had also the best boat, and tho race was never in doubt from the first.

Owing to some inexplicable cause the Lady Jocelyn was the only boat that came k> the start for the ship's sailing boats race md it did not therefore come off. The other boats entered were the Pleiades, Helen, Denny, St. Leonards, and Celestial Queen. ! For the sculling race in watermen's boats, Jfessiter who won last year was looked upon J frith favour, but he is evidently getting too rid for boat racing, and it is much to his >redit that he kept up to his more youthful ipponents as he did, the more so as tho jreater height of his boat caused the wind to lave a more prejudicial effect on him than he others. Watson is a very powerful man >ut has. not so good a swing forward or pull lome as Snoswell, had ho gone a straighter burse, or had there been a little further to mil, there can be no doubt however that he

rould have won the race. ••-••■. The pair-oared gig race, open to all comers, squires very' little comment. The Ripple I rew were the most- powerful, and though apable of much improvement in their [swing, rere still far.from had. The Namelesß .crew lulled gamely and well, though in spurting hey were at times rather wild. Their cox raß much too heavy, and the boat was thereare down astern, the rudder being under rater one-half of almoat evory stroke. The .ipples evidently had the race well in hand fter the first half mile. The sailing race for vessels under thirty ms was a very pretty one during the first ule or two. The Rambler was very well andled throughout, and the Gipsy would 0 doubt have done well had not her bowjrit been carried away. . The Margaret iowed very bad weathering qualities. The pair-oared race in watermen's gigs was I very good one between the Rangitoto and ;in Time. The latter had the beat crew oint of. stroke, but tho Rangitoto as a boat much superior to it. The H. R. C. crew ed very preditably, but were evidently ■-matchetl in muscular power, he ship's gig race waa an exceedingly good throughout, the spirit of determination •very crew being very marked. The Lady >lyn crew pulled with remarkable evenneßs length of stroke for a ship's crew, but r boat was much inferior to moat of the its. The lines of the Pleiades wero a ,t deal faster than those of any other boat, her crew pulled with moderate style. The was the worst boat in the lot, and conring its build, the crew are to be comded for the way in which they sent her g. The Helen Denny and Celestial en crews pulled very creditably throughThe excitement at several points in the ,"the cheers and counter-cheers for the ova crews as they passed a sailing vessel, the interchange of seamen's chaff between

the crews being highly, interesting. The winners received little shovt of an ovation as they passed the post. The sailing race for vessels under 150 tons was a very pretty rase in the early part of it, and decidedly good between the second and third vessels when nearing the finish. All the vessels were handled well. The Four-oared Whaleboat race, open to all comers, was rather a hollow affair. The Rengitoto winning as she liked. In the Yacht Race all the entries — Lapwing, Edina, Coquette, and Dewdrop — appeared to have such a dread of the clipper Annie Ogle that they did not come up to the scratch, and the event was therefore erased from the programe. In the Sailing race, for open boats, it is impossible to make many remarks, as the distinguishing pennants were so small that to note the varying chances of the race was simply out of all question. In the Fouroarcd Gig race, for youths under 18 years of age, the Fernleaf came to the scratoh, but the Naiad, H.R.C., the only other entry, did not do so, and the race was therefore struck out of the programme. In the Four-oared Whaleboat race, for Mr Pratt's silver cup, value £15 15s, the Rangitoto was the only boat that put in an apuearance, and as the committee would not allow a walk over, the cup waa helu over. The crew of the Rangitoto complained very much at this, pointing out that they had gone into special trying tor tho cup, aud b-yi refrained frem competing in several events during the day, because tbey preferred winning this cup to any other prize iv the list, The minor events of swimming, duck hunts, &c., produced some good sport, and proved an excellent wind-up to the day's proceedings. Fotjr-oabep Qtiq Race.— Open, to all members of clubs. First prize, £20 ; second prize, £5 ; entrance, £1 ls. Fernleaf, L.T.C, ; Snoswell (bow), J. M'Donald, J. Allwright, W. J. Wyman (stroke), Gardiner (cox) 0 The other boats that were entered, Endeavour (A.R,C.) and Snowdrop (L.8.C.) did not come up to tho scratch, and as there were to be two entries or no race, the prizes were withheld. Fotjij-Oaeed Whale Boat Race. —In licensed watermen's boats, for youths under 18 years of age. First prize, £5 j second prize, £1 ; entrance, 10s. Rangitoto j Toomer (bow), Rutledge, Kerr, H. O'Neil (stroke), J. O'Neil (cox) ... 1 Hero ; Jenkins (bow), F. Messiter, W. Bayfield, T. Arnold (stroke), J. Gardiner (cdx) 2 Just-in-time, H.R.C. ; R. Nankeville, H. Nankeville, T. R. Earle, F. Sheath (stroke), W. Sheppard (cox) 0 The Rangitoto was the favourite, but the H.R.C. boys were very much fancied. A capital start was effected, and the Rangitoto waa firat to show in front, gradually drawing clear, until off the flag ship, when she was a length aiieaa. I 1 * $h» meantime, the Hero and Just in Time, after pulling together for some distance, were separated by the former [ drawing ahead into second place. These positions were maintained to the buoy off Baker's ! point, the Just in Time, however, dropping further astern. After rounding the buoy, the Hero crew put on a smart spurt and gained a little on the Rangitoto, but the effort to take fisrt place was unavailing. The Rangitoto, with apparent ease, maintained her lead until the Hero crew were burst, and then going away again further in advance, ultimately winning by quite eight lengths. The Hero crew much more punished than the Rangitoto's, and the H.R.C. boys pulled up some distanco from the winning post. Tho winner's timo was llmin. 30scb. 3. Snips' Sailiko Boat Race. — For ships' boats in harbour. Firat prize, £5 ; entrance, 10s. Only one boat; — the Lady Jocelyn — came to tho scratch, theeeforo the race did not take place. 4. Scullebs' Race. — In watermen's whale boats. First prize, £5 ; entrance, ss. Hero, J. Snoswell ... ... 1 Just-in-Time, Watson . .... 2 Challenge, G. Messiter 0 Messiter was favourite, but Watson was also much fancied. Watson sprung off with the lead, but soon after took such a wide berth to leeward that Snoswell had firat place in Eassing the flagship. Messiter was last, ut In going up to the point Watson, still pulling wide, permitted him to tako second position. Rounding the buoy at Baker's Point. Snoswell, who had pulled a beautifully straight course led Messiter by a good length. Putting on a little extra steam he increased his lead in the next 100 yards to at least four lengths, and Watson though still pulling a wide course, closed rapidly on Messiter. Nearing the buoy at the 'turn for homo Messiter went 'to leeward, and lost a great deal, Watson thus coming second. After rounding the buoy Watson, by a splendid spurt, began rapidly to close up the five or six lengths between him and Snoswell, and looked like winning. Snoswell, whon but a length ahead, nearly ran foul of a small sail* ing vessel, but evading it smartly and putting on a splendid spurt, held his own for the last 80 [yards, and won by about half a length ; Watson second, Mes9iter out of the race. Time : 17min ssec. Paib-oabed Gig Race. — Open to all members of clubs. First prize, £8; second prize, £2 ; entrance, 10a. Ripple •: A.R.C., J. Peacock, lOst lOlbs ; E. Howell, list 61bs (stroke) ; J. Turnbull, 4a t 91bs (cox) 1 Nameless : H.R.C, A. R. Pavitt, lOst 2lbs; J. W. Davia, lOst 61bs (stroke) ; Sheppard, fist (cox) • ... ... ... ... 2 The Ripple jumped away with the lead, and though the Nameless spurted gamely several times, continued in front all the way, and passed the post over 100 yards ahead. Time : llmin 43fcsec. Sailiko Race.— For vessels under 30 ton 9,

trading to the Bays. First prize, £15 ; second prize, £5 ; entrance, 10a. Rambler, Cole 1 Margaret, Bennett '. ..'. .]. 2 Gipsy, Mathews ... ... ... i#i o The Courier (Sinclair) was also entered, but did not put in an appearance. The Rambler was the favourite, but only at very slight odds. At the start, the Margaret had the advanced position to leeward, with the Gipsy second, and Rambler third. The Margaret fell away from the firat, being fully a quarter of a mile to leeward at Officer's Point, which was weathered by the Gipsy and Rambler in fine style, both keeping equally woll up to the wind, and the former only having a very short lead. The sail-wetting process was soon resorted to — firat by tho Rambler, and then by the others. The vessels disappeared round the point in the order named ; and on coming into sight again, after rounding the ship, the Rambler had a very long lead, with tho Gipsy still second, and the Margaret, bar accidents, out of the race. In running up to the reef, the Rambler continued to increase hor lead ; and on rounding it, there could be little doubt that, ill-luck excepted, she must come in first. Tho Gipsy, unfortunately, carried away her bowsprit in beating down to tho ship for the second time, and retired from the race. The Rambler came in 2h 16min iiTsec from the time of starting, and the Margaret lh 15min 3Saecs afterwards. Paib-oabed Race, in watermen's Boats, with coxswains, for residents in Port. First prize, Messrs Beath and Co.'s Cup. Entrance, ss. Rangitoto; J. Thompson, W. Eden (stroke), J. O'Neil (cox) 1 Grace Darling ; T. M'Donald. J. Wyman (stroke), T. Messiter (cox) S3 Juat in Time, H.R.C. ; A. R. Pavitt, J. W. Davis (stroke), Sheppard (cox) 0 The Rangitoto was again the favourite, and had the advantage of best positing i^-y ro a* the start. The Rangitoto was first to show in front, with the Grace Darling second and the Just in Timo last. The two former were close together, but even in the firat hundred yai*ds the Just in Time began to lose distance. Nearing Baker's Point the Rangitoto drew away and turned the buoy two or three lengths ahead. The Just in Time by a plucky spurt closed on the secoud boat, but was evidently too far astern to have a chance cf winning the race. The Rangitoto continued to hold her lead without any effort, and ultimately won by many lengths, tho Grace Darling second, and Just in Timo third. Time : 14min 30aec. Ship's Gig Race. — Ship's boats and crews in harbour ; first prize, £6 j second, £2. Entrance 10a, Pleiades ; E. Mock, C. Anderson, W. Mennail, J, Hendy (stroke), Mr Yiotor, third mate (cox) 1 Lady Jocelyn; F. Snary, A. Perrian, Foster Ernest, F. Lampett (stroke), G. Carr (cox) ... ... ... ... 2 he Helen Denny, Pet, and Celestial Queen, also competed. The Lady Jocelyn had the best position, whilst the Pleiades had decidedly the worst. The Lady Jocelyn was the first to assume a lead, with the Helen Denny second. All the lot, however, came on to the buoy off the flagship in a cluster, and in passing it a regular crush took place. The Lady Jocelyc kopt too close in to the buoy, against which she bored the others, and was run into by the Helen Denny, which in turn was similarly treated by the Pleiades. Tho Lady Jocelyn got clear very smartly, and still maintained the lead ; and, after all were again under weigh, the Celestial Queen showed second, with the remainder in a ruck. Nearing tho buoy at Baker'B . point, t-kio order was still maintained, but all except the Pet had closed on tbe leader. After rounding the buoy tho Pleiades crew put on a fine spurt, and rapidly improved their position. Within a hundred yards she took Becond place, and closed on the Lady Jocelyn fast. The latter giving a responsive spurt, tho two drew away from the remainder, and for the noxt half-mile a fine struggle took place for the lead. The Lady Jocelyn, however, kept ahead, and, aftor a short time, drew away again. The Celestial Queen then tried a spurt, and gained on the Pleiades. The latter made an effort to shake the Queen off, and by the spurting, both boats drow rapidly on the Lady Jocelyn. The three raced almost together for some time, and then the Pleiades showed in front, Lady Jocelyn second, Celestial Queen third, and the Helen Denny fourth. Tho Lady Jocelyn made another effort to catch the Pleiades, and the two drew rapidly away from the others. IThe Pleiades [finally won by about six lengths, Lady Jocelyn second, Celestial Queen a good third, Helen Denny a bad fourth, and the Pet a worae fifth. Sailing Baoe. — For vessels under 150 tons. First prize, £30; second prize, £10 ; entrance, £1 ls. Aurora, 52 tons, Chapman 1 Emerald, 40 tons, Whitby 2 Jupiter, 27 tons, Hobbs ... ... ... 0 Onward, 69 tons, M'Clatchie and M'Leilan 0 The Aurora was tho favourite, and the Onward held second best position. The Jupiter was to windward at the start, with the Emerald, Onward, and Aurora respectively in the next best position. All got well away at the start, but in weathering Officers' Point, Jupiter held her wind the beat, and got a good lead. Going up to tho Helen Denny, the Onward, although not considered to be in a position to weather it, luffed up, and by excellent management, just contrived to clear the Helen's bowsprit. The Emerald was flrst to go about under the far shore, the Aurora being second, and then the Onward. The Jupiter made a fine reach and improved her position a little, but otherwise the positions as previously given were unaltered, in running before tho wind the Onward being, strange to say, without a square-sail, lost distance very rapidly. From thia the race was not very easy to follow, but the Aurora came in first at 3h llmin Sl^secs from tho time of starting j the Onward, 3h 15min ; the Emerald, 3h lSmin 18|secs; and the Jupiter, 3h 21min 54isec8, from the time

of starting. The Onward, having^-to; allow ten seconds for every ton in excess blithe Emerald and Jupiter, the Emerald thus takes second place and the Jupiter third. Foub-Oabed Whaib Boat Race. —La licensed watermen's boats, ODen to all comers. First prize, £10 ; second prize, £3 ,- entrance, £1 ls. Rangitoto— T. Westlake, H. O'Neil, G. Graham, E. O'Neil (stroke), J. O'Neil (cox) - 1 Hero — J. Eden, J. 'Snoswell, junr., T. M'Donald, Or. Wyman (stroke), F. Messiter (cox). 2 The Just in Time, manned by the Heathcote club men's crew also competed, and at the start had the best position. The Rangitoto was, however, first to show in front, and though the Hero stuck to her for some timo, she rapidly increased her lead. The Juat in Time continued to drop astern from the start, ana never looked liko winning the raco. Tho Rangitoto won by at least 150 yards, the Hero second, and the Just iv Timo nowhere. The time was 21min 40aeca. Yacht Race.— First Prize, Purse of £10 given by ladies holding stalla at the Church of England bazaar, and £5 added by the Committee. Entrance. 10s. None of the vessels entered caved to face the Annie Ogle, therefore the race fell through. Sailing Race. — In licensed watermen's boats (boats not to exceed 26 feet in length.) First prize, £8 ; second prize, £2 ; entrance, 10s. Post Boy, Walsh „* ... ... ;!J \ Peeress, Agar ...' '-} J .\-f- \ tt 2 Prosperous, Vines ... ... „ , ttt q The Post Boy had tho beat position, but the Prosperous waa first to take the lead. The whole of the boats weathered Officers' Point well, and after this it was impossible to tell their relative positions, for not only were their distinguishing pennants too small, but they were not according to the card. Peeress and Post Boy came in almeel necls-and-neck for the winning post, the former having a trifle advantage.] Unfortunately Peeress sailed by a shade to weather the buoy at the post, and the Post Boy thus came in first. Prosperous now came up, hand over hand for second place, and Peeress had evidently to pull round by the buoy tackle to get n second, and even then it was very doubtful if she did so. Under the circumstances we cannot but thing the Prosperous ought to have had second prize. A protest by Mr Vine, the owner of Prosperous, against Peeress, was however disallowed by the committee. 12. Foub-Oaeeb Gig RAQE,~For youths under 18, members of clubs. Pirat* prize, £10 ; second prize;£3 ; entrance, 10s. The Naiad, H.R.C, and the Fernleaf, L.B.C. were entered, but the former did not appear at scratch, therefore there wa3 no race. 13. Saucing Race. — Open boats. Open to all comers. Centre boards sealed up or down. First prize, £8 ,- second prize £2; entrance, 10s. Dewdrop, Deans l Old Chum, Allwright 2 Joliba, Cunningham 0 The pilot boat Reid was also entered, but did not come to scratch, Old Chum was first to fill and get away, but Dewdrop soon showed the cleanest pair of heels, overhauled and passed her. Joliba fell away to leeward directly after (starting, and it was evident she had not the slightest^ chance of winning. The Dewdrop passed the winning post a long way ahead, but Mr Allwright, owner or Ola Chum, protested against her on the ground that she is not an open boat, being decked fore and aft. Foub-Oabed Whale Boat Race. — To be pulled for by residents in Port. Open to all comers. First prize, Mr Pratt's Silver Cup, value £15 15s ; entrance 10a. The Rangitoto, Juat-in-timo, and Hero were entered, but the former only camo to the post, and the committee decided to withdraw the race from the programme. Swimming Match. — First prize, £3 ; entrance, 6s. B. Unwin ... ... ... 1 J. Gahagan 0 Gahagan got away with the load, but Unwin, with tho Australian side-stroke, soon passed him at a tremendous pace, and at tho end of 100 yards Gahagan retired from the contest. Ten Race. — First prize, £1 ; entrance, 2s 6d. G. Messiter 1 J. Rutledge 0 W.Bayfield 0 S. Armitage 0 This race created immense fun, the capsizing of the tuba being moat amusing. Messiter was the only one who contrived to keop his tub afloat, and therefore won. Gbbast Bowspbit. — First prize, £1 ; entrance, 2s 6d. There were , competitors for this event, and some ihet with, the usual fate attending this affair, hut it was. cleverly won by a young man named M'Kenna. Duck Hunt. — First prize, ,£2; entrance 2s 6d. '-„.. W. Bayfield acted as duck, and fi 'Arnold as drake m a four crew, which pulled td the Hero. The duck had a bad boat, and, aftef'a little dodging, was compelled to take to the water, when he was easily caught by Arnold. Duck Hunt. — Prize, £2. In this event H. O'Neill, in a capital skiff, acted as duck, and — Toomey as drake of a four-oar crew, who pulled in the Rangitoto. The drake crew were very smart, but they could not catch tho duck, which created great amusement by his dodging, in the prescribed time, and the duck, therefore, took the prize, Gbeasy Pole. — Prize, £1. After several amusing attempts, the greasy pole waa climbed, and the prize won. At a meeting of the committee, held in the evening, it waa decided to withdraw the Fouroared Gig Race from the list, and not carry the regatta into a second day. The return to Christchuroh commenced about sis o'clock, and the crush waa necessarily

very great. The unanimous opinion was that the officers of the' day deserved very great credit for the manner in which they had carried out the regatta.