NELSON REGATTA.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 800, 15 January 1877, Page 3

NELSON REGATTA.

[By Telegraph.] (From a correspondent of the Press .) Nelson is thoroughly roused from its proverbial slumber and the excitement about the Interprovincial regatta becomes greater every day. All hotels are full and visitors experience great difficulty in procuring sleeping accommodation. The entries for regatta closed last night with the following result : First class open boat sailing race, five miles, first prize £ls ; 2nd, £5. Minnehaha, Wanganui Victoria, Nelson Red Jacket, Nelson Llewellyn, Picton Pride of Erin, Charleston Waterlily, Greymouth Ada, Nelson Telegraph, Nelson Victory, Nelson Blectra, Nelson Champion Whaleboat race ; five miles ; Ist prize, £SO ; 2nd, £5 Danger, Grahamstown Colonist, Nelson Echo, Wellington Thistle, Nelson Our Boys, Tiraaru Cutty Sark, Nelson Scullers’ Dingy race ; Ist prfee, £3 ; 2nd, £1 Atua, Nelson Gulnare, Nelson Spec, Nelson Mystery, Nelson Overboard Jack, Nelson Yacht race ; twenty miles ; the course to be out seaward ; the time allowed to be according te the rules of the Royal Alfred Yaeht Olub; Ist prize, £3O, and a cup presented by Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co Gannet, Nelson Secret, Auckland Claymore, Nelson Champion Four oared Gig Race; three miles, straight course; Ist prize, £6O and cup ; 2nd, £lO. Transit, Wellington Waimea, Nelson Eclipse, Wellington Torea, Auckland Gazelle, Greymouth Volunteer Whaleboat Race—lst prize, £l2; 2nd, £B. Echo, Wellington Aux, Nelson Thistle, Nelson Danger, Thames Coasters’ Race—lst prize, £2O. Planet, Nelson Maid of Italy, Nelson Arthur Wakefield, Nelson Nelson, Nelson Junior Four-oar Gig Race—lst prize, £ls; 2nd, £5. Transit, Wellington Waimea, Nelson Eclipse, Wellington Second-class Open Boat Sailing Race— lst prize, £10; 2nd, £2. Victoria, Nelson Red Jacket, Nelson Llewellyn, Picton Star, Nelson Waterlily, Greymouth Peep ’o Day, Nelson Telegraph, Nelson Blectra, Nelson Tommy Dodd, Nelson Ada, Nelson Pride of Brin, Charleston Champion Pair-oar race, Ist prize, £3O Roman Fall, Wellington Kiwi, Wellington llyssus, Timaru Dolphin, Nelson Champion Four-oar Outrigger race, 3 miles ;

Ist prize, £l5O ; 2nd, £lO. Valentine, Thames Cam, Kaiapoi Dolly Varden, Wellington Wakata, Nelson Stella, Wellington Ilyssus, Timaru Amateur Scullers’ race; let prize, £ls ; 2nd, £3. Moa, Wellington Meteor, Wellington Smiler, Wellington Volunteer Cadet race. Echo, Wellington Cutty Sark, Nelson Thistle, Nelson