NELSON REGATTA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 265, 7 November 1874, Page 2

NELSON REGATTA.

pTp the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.'

Sib— la looking over a Marlborough paper of a late date I observed the advertisement which wa« to take place otrthe 1 2nd ojlthis month; being- a boating mankind i an ardent lover of all aqua' ic sports, I* naturally made inquiries as to whether thero was any Regatta Club in Nelson, and was told TEeTe~had^bißen~d^ fallen into abeyance; how is this ? I have heard thareare three yachts, the Minnehaha, Claymore, and Lightning, and two whaleboattrtheThistte • and-Pbanton^in~Netsoirr theß « mi Bnt8 nt *<>«« Hrae^nuci^oai' or a=Tfegat«a, and if sufficient iSii&ucement were offered it could be m*de an iHttrprovincial gnc, as there ar% many small fromi the djfferantlnprti) of We other provinces who wduldjThavVno'aoubi, gladly igoin for the regatta; could there not be a nubUcjnetting convened, by %ty& Mayor-herev ;few who could .and would p&rtidpate in it. IJ V ato told 7 tbV Cooimodore is s> thoroughly man; surely the natural inherent tendency to such matters cannot.be lying in, a somnolent state, or is it aif : miTMrdonable^ a meeting be Cal'ed, without; Mm. , ; lam certain, if the mafter ; jf ajsj.placedj before tne^pubHcj &s&(< true light it would receive the «ttectton;9f , many ; could not the symnathiea of| tfa«, publicans; be c enlisted to.thaexteni of putting" their shtfnfdere to the wheel, and making up < a purse amongst themsehrei';' could oot'tfie' ' sympathies of th« leading shipping flrtns"be also enlisted on its behalf; buf Itf pfopbdng it I am afraid thatit'Will; aSrwtth moat other projected schemes • in' Nfelebn, fall to the ground; l s Progreffsibri'ii'not the watchword of Sleepy Hollow. -■■ | I am told it ia ne«l> two yearS sirice there? wereany r yacht,raceain Nelsjoa* jpThey were ' a success, I believe. Now is it not poisible to doth^samef^Jaiiu^jrstff." f^' v: r taken part in both' boat and yacht races' ut^sll ■' parts of tho world,"! Mill *6toin a natural I .ye of such spnrta, and- would like to see them revived in! Nelabn^aad I think it can be done by placing, the matter in^tha baads of, an enterprising and judickiuajcommiite^; is it not worthy o^t^ll' .jl^i^fAl who have tiken.pactiD.a yaqhfe jtace wilt' concur with ■' me when I »ay thpre unothiog-aQ exhilarating and thomagh|y,'euioy^bfe as taatandl-on the dean :); ol { aJ^a> J: yacht sa she ceaves her^ay^fhrough.t^ea water, ; your, , inndon the tiller, and your: weather eye open to the" ' " l "' : "?W«t ebect and;* flowing, se* v , And a wind .that follows faajLj' . ..- . ..-■ ';> lam.&Cr -. ",.i I'!!-." . rijp.-.r, 1 • :.,; .-:■; xROBVEOTf..'-: 1 Nelson, November 7,-jrf- I ,. Jt -. : -', ■.., . ; -i n - ,\y.