AUCKLAND REGATTA

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 92, 25 January 1872, Page 3

AUCKLAND REGATTA

A meeting of the Regatta Committee was held on Tuesday evening, at the Thames Hotel, Captain Casey in the chair. It was stated that the p.s. Golden Crown could not he placed at the service of the committee on regatta day. The prizes were then arranged for the races as follows : Ist race : Trading vessels, registered in

Auckland (brigantines, schooners, and ketches. Ist prize. Shaw, Saville Cup,and £lO added ; 2nd, £lO ; 3rd, £s.—2nd race: Trading cutters, 25 tons and upwards. Ist prize, £25 ; 2nd, £lO ; 3rd, £s.—3rd race : Trading cutters, under 25 tons. Ist prize, £25 ; 2nd, £8 ; 3rd, £s. 4th race : Sailing boats or yachts, of any class, 5 tons and under. Ist prize, £lO ; 2nd, £5 ; 3rd, £3. —sth race, sailing boats or yachts, fixed keels only, over 5 tons, and under 10 tons. Ist prize, silver cup, presented by Chairman of Harbour Board, and £ls added ; 2nd, £5 ; 3rd, £3.—Gth race : Champion Scullers’ Match, rowed in opens skiffs, not exceeding 21 feet over-all, to be rowed on the gunwale. Ist prize, £8. —7th race : Licensed watermen’s boats, manned by two licensed watermen ; oars and sails allowed, usual working sails only. Ist prize, £0 ; 2nd, £4 ; 3rd, £2. —Bth race : Four-oared gigs, the property of any recognised club, rowed by amateur members ; no housing or outriggers allowed. Ist prize, £lO ; 2nd, £5. —9th race: Ships’ gigs, merchant ; rowed by bona fide ships’ crews. Ist prize, £8 ; 2nd, £4. —10th race : Four-oared gigs, open to all ; no housing or outriggers allowed. Ist prize, £ls ; 2nd, £5. —iltli race: Dingies, under twelve feet over-all ; rowed by hoys under 1G years oi age, horn in the colony. Ist prize, £3 ; 2nd, £2 ; 3rd, £1. —12th race : Sculling match, for square-sterriod boats ; open to all; sculled in rowlocks cut out of the tuck in midships. Ist prize, £5.