AQUATICS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue III, 20 January 1900, Page 116

AQUATICS.

THE “DONALD” CUP YACHT RACE. On Saturday afternoon the general haudicap race of the Auckland Yacht Club for the cup presented by Mr A. B. Donald took plaee in the Auckland harbour, and was won by the Rainbow. The competing yachts were Rainbow, Thelma, and Viking, and as the breeze was a moderate one all the yachts were on scratch. The course was from the Queen-street wharf round the mark off the Bastion Rock, thence round chequered buoy in Rangitoto Channel, finishing at starting-point, twice round. The Rainbow got the best of the start, but Thelma took the lead in the Rangitoto Channel. On the beat back Rainbow assumed the windward position. The mark off the Queen-street wharf was rounded at the end of the first round as follows: Rainbow. 4h 6m 55s;J Thelma. 4h 8m 40s; Viking. 4h 11m 15s. Running down before the westerly breeze Rainbow increased her lead, and on the final beat home she gained a further advantage. The race finished: Rainbow, 5h 20m 425; Thelma, 5h 26m 21s; Viking. 5h 33m 12s. Although Rainbow won the race the cup goes to Thelma, which had five points to her credit in previous races. With the two points which she gains by the second place on Saturday she wins the cup outright. The Yacht Club officials for the day were Messrs H. Haines, R. S. Reynolds, I’. F. Battley, and G. H. Bellamy.