INTERPROVINCIAL REGATTA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 16, 18 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL REGATTA.

i Second, Day. jAn angry -looking; sky and a stiff breeze from the north east, gradually increasing in strength, made people begin to wish as eleven jp'clock drew near that advantage had been takeniof ,^the glorious weather and glassy sea o| yeste^yito^up the Champion outrigger race. r rßut ;^gret!.wa3 useless,, and all that, could be done wa3 to hope that the wind .might lull as soon as the ebb tide set in. Shortly hefqm eleven the first-class sailing bbat rsce, T postpohed from yesterday, for .■tfhich .tei^tiny craft came to the post, was started,; and. while they are running thehvflve^nile course, the same which was rowed by the whaleboats in tho champion race, we will revert to yesterday's proceedings. And first we may express bur regret .that in the hurry of setting up our report one or two errors occurred that may perhaps "have misled some of our readers. By pure accident the order of arrival of thevachts and ciaast^rs yvas given in the list of winners,' alt fe9>*gK asstat'ed in the fuller report.of the :r : proceedings, neither of those races had con- / eluded when we .went to press. In the former, the; Gannet i was the first by a few minutes to arrive at the winning post, and consequently her owner claims the prize, but a protest has been lodged by the owners qf the Secret on the ground (1) that she was ; unable to complete the race as there was insufficient water *oh the course laid out by the Committee ; and (2) because when she grounded she was the leading boat in the first round by 13| minutes. For the Coasters' Race the prize is claimed by the Maid, of Italy,' as having "sailed the course and finished in due order in accordance with the sailing directions." In the matter of the Junior Gig Race, si protest has been lodged by.the.Wairaea against the Eclipse, on the ground that she, had In her two men who pulled, in ,-the"Chathpion Gig Race. These protest's, &c, will be.considered and decided hpon by the Committee thia evening. We will how return to this day's proceedings. Between 10 and ll a.tn. the (Ringarooma arrived from Wellington, bringing a large number of excursionists [who had been induced by the promise that * h .e hJ£ race should not take place until to-day to;pay Nelson a visit. By her waa .brought the handsome silver cup presented iby Messrs Shaw, Saville & Co., and which .was appropriated to the yacht race by the 'Committee. As we have said the first-class sailing boats started shortly before eleven, |a,od!a T very pretty sight the ten little white iwingedcrafts presented. Mr Tpask's Ada 'went :away?wiU- the lead but waa being j closely pressed by the Greymouth boat I Water Lily, when unfortunately an accident I occurred fo fche latter's rudder which compelled her to withdraw. A similar mishap to Mr. Cross's, Minniehaha had shortly before shut her out of the race. The Ada was never overtaken and came in an easy winner. And now a long and vexatious delay took ; place. : ; There was a strong wind blowing I against the tide which was flowing, and the j consequence was a nasty lumpy sea that ; tendered it ont of the question to sta^t the ; outriggers. . .Those who were weatherwise ; said the wind would drop shortly after noon, ' n pd that the sea would go down,* while others : seemed .tp. say that it would be better to decide not, to have the race to-day. The Committee were placed in a quandary; They didnot want to disappoint the public, and were equally, unwilling to order the boats out possibly to be capsized and their crews to run the chance of being drowned. And so an hour or more passed, by, when the force' of the . wi °AS£P 3 ibly, decreased, and the water began $0;) get jaj, trifle smoother.. The Volunteer Whaleboat Race was then' signalled, aqd three boats came to the post, ' the Echo; manned by a crew of Wellington Artillery Cadets, the Thistle by the Nelson ;ditto, and the Cutty Sark by the Nelson City : Ri#e; Cadets, the latter being ji^arly a quarter, of an hour late in putting Man appearance— by the way why is it -that Mr Taylor's boats are invariably late ? This ,rjwse, the beat . contested in the regatta, terminated in favor of the Wellington boat, and will be found described below. By the time this was over the wind had gone down completely, and the sea was so smooth that the outriggers were ordered out, and by the time they had reached the starting post there was scarcely a ripple on the water. Without further preliminary remarks we will proceed to give a report of the racing. First-cias- Open Sailing Boat fiace, 5 miles, (boats under 24f fc on keel), first prize, 1 ' 0 ; £16; second, £5. Entrance, 15s. Ada, Nelson, F. Trask ... ... i Electra, Nelson, T. Astle . ... ... 2 Victory, Nelson, John Freeman ... 3 Telegraph, Nelson, J. Lukins ... .. o Llewellyn, Picton, W. Pugh ... ... 0 A good start was effected, all the boats runtamg down, the harbor under a , clQjid of cauvas which was astonishing, and it was wonderful how ; the tiny crafts contrived to if 6 ?. themselre 9 above water. 'Oil rounding the buoy, and coming up in the tide it waa

at once, appar^nts thaf ?;the Ada was the I superior boat, the/.vraer|havin^>had a large ;fin fi^ed to the keel, pic^helpeajier wonderJullyj with the tide, Snd^iie Waif the first to round th^ buoy, cljisely '"followed by the : wit^ t_^E*Sactra,thira: This order was maintained untal^hetfiee"!; came on the wind, when the Electro," pased the Victoria, and came in second,, the Ada winning by several lengths. The Minnehaha's rudder became unshipped on the first round, and the Water Lily carried away her sprit, which .threw "them butlof the "racer>, Ten boats started; Yv 7-. "V -i " : ' r ? \ Volunteer Cadet Race, in whaleboats, 5 oars, to be steered by steer oar, 2 miles. The ■••-• ~ owhole.- of I ,.each.-.crew^..to_ v bejpng^. to one corps, first prize,~£6; second,-jdPlßn^ '-- trance,. 6s. •«;_- ,rr . . , . x/ . . . Echo, Wellington, Wellihg-or. kxta-tay*. <J I Cadets... .... ... i Cutty-sark; Nelson'/Nelsoii City Cadefs" *""* '■'■■- -2Thistle, Nelsoa, Artillery Cadets ...' 3, *;The Echo shortly s&er the start assumed ,a slight lead, the Chtt^ Sark making a terri- ! bfe mesa of it _sssM)eing several {lengths behind before she got fairly into the course. Rounding the upper buoy the Echo ifefhalf ' a length in front of the Thistle, thi" Cutty t several lengths %j£ii_d the latter. jC^Mng ' down the _arb6r Jhtfe Echo gradual^,dxew ■ awayjftcm Hier opponents, the stroke pulled by heparew, being far superiorin evlfty^way^ to that pi. hfer opponeitfs, \yho aj^eared to be^ a Httl_ ! 'f nghte_rea.?;*>f w;etlu_gj then;- oars. Aftek rounding the lower butfy the CSft-ty .-Sark $«g__d the Thistle »and gained con- E Siderably on the )gell-nfefo_feboatH^ a* splendid race home' .skiusi' the EehogPri^ingl three-quarters oJ-a ; lehgth r in adyanceof n the| Cutty Sarkj w__.ch,'iuJher[i£urni was aflength, and achalfin advance of the Thiatlef' ' I [I . "■" ---••-% -^j._^ g^ Champion Pou&pared Outrigger' Babe,- with* bj without;coks\siinsi :! -&. 'nfyes, hsfeeaighfc--fepurse^ firit prize, ilSO^fiecohd, £10. Entrance, 467 I Os. ,■'-*• q^ Doll|"YVarden, Wellington! ...Wellington Rowing Clufr—Woodsf stroke), fWai- r jker (3), M'Gtath (E__s P Pysstrr A Tima^u|';Hi Bradley, Tfmarh *_ i 'Eotefink Club J f~~.t. fr WalEafofrNelson^Nelson Rowing Cluh\i. g Stella, Wellington, Star Rowing Clatb '""... (£. Valentine, Thames,A. D. Bennett^Cap- £ tain Naval R.C.i ... ...,,.___:.. ct Cam, Kaiapoi, D. W. Eily, SecretaryGure P Club ........ ... •"CJJm'O 1 A good start was effected, the Dolly ani' Wakatu gojng~£i!Kay , 'with a slight lead, ani"" keeping very close for the first mile when thi liyssus challenged., the„S^katu _and passed her, the Dolly improving he_' r 'p6iiKos'"ai r ' • leader; Passing . the. . Government? vW.ha_f = the Dolly was two lengths; in advance dftthe liyssus, which, was about the, .same distance uhead of the Nelson boa..' J Afc the winning post the Dolly VHfdeh was "six; seconds before the IlyssW , the * Wakatu <_t ye/ lengths behind' "the ' J Tima'_i_' ! lf__tg s , n ''" The* Valentine was a bad.fourth, and tfi§ : Ste_la'& : Wor^e fifth, both of them, probably, having ceased to ! exe.t<thefflselvesiwhda'Jih©yi "Standi it useless. The GaifiiJretired kt vthe .Com^f cial Wharf. Time, 16mins. v :,•._, Second-class Open Sailing Boat Rsice, (pnder . ; 20ft on keel)^3: miles, first prized £10; second £2. Entrance, 10s. »._ Water Lily, Greymouth, T. Coy... — .„-li_ Telegraph, .Nelson, £. .Lukins ■_...-. rJ ,„ , ? .^ 2-. : The wind had changed by this, "tim_ roitfi <£ to the S.W, and the boats were fcbnsequen-_P sent up the Mi b'oK X'Th&wind^wasrjiigtifoafc' the time, and the Wafer-- lily Isoon forged ahead, coming in an easy winner, followild by the Telegraph- „•_,, Champion Paiftoared Race 'with "or'witholi^ , coxswain, (no,restr.ctioh as 1 to boats),^.:" 1 . n^es,p_iz^iSi.--''Enti_ihce,- , iei-: f -^'ls;:i c Roman Pall, Wellington, Wellingtoi' SRowing Club ... I.V ... { , 'ij: f,! l Dolphin, Nelson, T. R. H. Taylor •-■ V.: 2 Pyssus, Timaru, H. Bradley —.-.;■- .-. 3 Kiwi, Auckland^ T. Henderson ; .v„ , V ,.J ,4, This, as jyas expected, waa a gif t"*to Hedrn and VVoods who in the Roman Pall won as'" they pleased. : Ti_ae, : i6min9io-e... - ' : '-y. - . ; The Open Amateur Scullers' Race for which three Wellington boats had entered had not taken place when our reporter le_t. : At five o'clock, in accordance with a notice that had been posted up to that effect; Cofaimodore Cross' Cup. was presented/ to the winners, the Wellington Rowing Club. Miss Cross, by whom the gift was gracefully made, accompanied by a number of lady friends, having taken their seats, on the balcony of the Ship Hotel, Mr Stewart th< captain of the winning club waa introduced .to hei:""aud, the Clip was placed bri ' the' tahle 4 hy tiapfara : | Maclean of the Ringarooma; Who said, | j This .handsome silver Cup,y^hich does credit to the sister colony of Victoria, where ;it,was made,;i3, the. gift ..orf r Gaptain Crqgs,, bhpself a thorough. .sportsman. I shouitf have been proud to'see it retained in Nelson, ,but am not altogether sorry that it goes to a neighboring, port, "as" perhaps (def^aii; Way have the effect of stimulating the rowing men here to go in. for mo^e regular antr steady practice. I my_elf halve done a bit of racing lately, when..!, wa^hejtteni-byfther jWellington because I stopped to fish. I can itherefore apeak with some degree..of^author- i ity when 1 aay^to^vdj. jtiua&MeiM&Bre, \ Practise steadily so as to make sure^hat.you ' lose ho time" in "catching crabs. x The^vafh^ • ;of this Cup will, I a_i : __re> be enhanced by I its being presented. by a,:very 7 nice young lady,a.daughter : of Captain .Crpasi. . ,V „- ! I rJVliss Cross,^^ addressing Mv: Stew^t, _4ii ji- , ; _In compliance with the Avfshes'difmy i father I present yon. with this beautiful 1 • . silver cup, as the winner of the Champion i Pour-o^red Gig Race. /I can assure youjand all here that It affords me imuch pilaiure, i and is exceedingly gratifying-to me^tfha^ing been chosen to perform this a^rfeeable office. In the . ancient days of ') Greece 'Jhe Victors in the celebrated Olympic Games were crowned with laurel and received the acclamations of the spectators, but I am glad to say in modern times customs have-changed,' and mbre than empty praiseand laurel is Awarded valuable prizes are now given tor successful competitors, ahd I feel 'persuaded ! -his'Cup, will be valued' by yqundt :< _n'efeiy fo'fits intrinsic worth but as. ah evid-bce tff ~> youi? pjcowe'ss '4hd ski Huh the" NeUbh Int¥rpro-l yinchtl Regatta of 1877: :ii l hope 7 wlll^regird it in future years as a souvenir associated { \WtH pleasant,.rne^ngj:i^]of .the JB^fjana that adverse .> ( cu;cumstances t m^y never press heavily ttrihda(.eyott r 'to ! -^art- wittf'l^u. A Regatta is,.o__a_L-.public; ; amuaeni^tSJ OQQi.of the most harmless, and least open to censure; it is not connected in any -degree -with physical suffering, which cannot be said of many others. Ml will not' detain (^od..lo_§Sr, j only to thank you for hearing thegfew remarks I have, had the privilege to make' oh this occasion, and wish "you similar '-good fortune and success. in all future trials off skill and manly exercise. , j Miss Cross then presented the cup, and! three hearty cheers, were, at. the requesj of! the Vice-Commodore, Mr A. J. Richmond, given for the winning crew;. (y,; r ; 5~ t f v Mr Stewart returned thanks u^arjlew Wil chosen words, saying that he and his men \ : had been hard at work for six weeks praptis- i ing, and had come over determined to win! ' the Cup, which he valued even more than the I big money prize, as he thought! sUohttflSphi^a : far more suitable for rowing prizes than j "' money. He wished to thank the Nelson peo- J pie most heartily for all their kindness, and j '■ called upon his rpen to give three pheers fori them, which was done wiih'a wilt as als^ for ! Miss Cross, Captain M^ari. and We Corinno- ! ddre. . 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