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YACHTING NOTES
Azuma Wins Night Race Round Tonku & Lantau
(BY SHELLBACK)
On Saturday night the Yacht Club held their Arst night race of the present, season for cruisers and four tonners salling over a 53 mile course 'round Tonku and Lantau Islands. The course Was set "elther way" so that heimamen had the choice of going through Capsulmun Pass, past Castle Peak, round the Tonku light which is about five miles west of Castle Penk, dowr. the Canton · River estuary and 30 back south of Lantau past Cheung Chau, or if they so elected, the other way, and the choice was a diktinctly difficult "one, since there were four different tides to compete with and the final result was bound to depend on whether one had the
I. Mistral, Tavy II and Curlew, the last two named both gave up, while U and I and Mistral arrived within a minute of each other at 1 p.m. on Sunday: theory thus coincided
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1935.
CHAMPIONS DAY
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IN SHANGHAI
Radiant Morn's Superb Victory
Shanghai, Nov. 7.
There has always been magic for Shanghai in the word "Obam pions," and yesterday was no ex option to the rule, despite all adverse circumstances that have come upon the city during the past dance was not a great as in past months. Though perhaps atten- with practice, as the more conser. vative helmsmen of U and I and that backers were more cautious, years though there was no doubt Mistral arrived exactly one ide the Shanghai Race Club's Autumn' later on Azuma and Wanderer who Race Meeting's crowning, day was went the other way round.
every bit as attractive for the trun racegoer na it has ever been,
Actually as conditions stood on the sail down the harbour with a
If anght had been needed to Ight N. W. breeze. the South route superb victory of Radiant Morn in make the meeting great, it was the was the proper one to sall, the the day's big race. This pony, not other "being distinctly speculative. over-distinguished to look upon, However, fortune favoured the bold proved a Champion of Champions, and a hard N.N.E. wind which with the heart of the greatest and must have every bit of force $. ficet of foot when it was required sprang up between 2 and 3.30 of him. Nothing could have mere a. on Sunday morning, and blew delighted the true lover of horse tide behind one for a majority by until 7 a.mi, so that those going ing from out the pack as the flesh than his brilliant win, dari- North made very fast going down straight was reached to increase from Tonku Light and along the his lead with every stride till, at South shore of Lantau. Their the winning peat, he was four more conservative opponents were lengths or more in the lead, going thus faced with a long bent windward from the South-West With this victory, F. (Peanut)
the stages of the course.
For those interested in such sub- jects. it was a very pretty pro- blem: according to the official tables, high tide would be a
8.01 p.m. so that starting at 1.30 p.m. from the Yacht Club anyone electing to go North about would have about two and a hail hours
tu away.
corner of Lantau Island up" to "the Tonku Light and they were unable to concede this advantage
to
of fair tide to get down the bar-yachts running free for the major bour, through Capsulmun Pass and so far on the way to Tonku light as possible before the tide started to turn against him on the ebb. After turning Tonku he would have the ebb tide until 3 am, to help him down the Canton River estuary and well on the way along
the south shore of Lantau
On the other hand if one elected to go round the course south about. then the prospect was that one would be exactly one tid- late on each stage of the journey. In short the North route was the bold
Marshall rode his fourth winner in
five consecutive Champions starts.
the
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In the Autumn Race Meeting of 1933 he first brought Opera Eve in part of the course.
ધ Champion, repeating in spring of 1934. In the autumn of On the other hand those that 1904 he managed a second with the missed the tide at Capsalmun same pony, vindicating this defeat Pass very properly arrived behind by bringing Opera Eve in a Cham
and I and Mistral,
that pion for the third time in the
these fields aret (7).. Spring masting of this year. He roughly speaking the yachts arribas now ridden another Champion. 26. It should be safe for ever ved back in three separate
sec-Radiant Mora, who, from present considering “its recent bulld " tions, the bold and ambitious who indications at least, should de
(anagram) (14). got to Capsulmun Pass in time every whit as well as his famous (Azuma, Wanderer and Typhoon) predecessor. finished in the first contagent.
of
So
Of the crowd yesterday. asirle
next the conservative, and safe from the fact that it was a Cham ones ( and I and Mistral) and pions Day crowd, little need be in the last bunch, distinctly spread said. Enthusiasm was there, love one for anyone wanting to do aut came the bold ones who went of the sport was as ever evident. quick trip. but it required suff North and falled to arrive at Cap-Fair ladies came and wout, prov cient wind to get you to the vari-imun before the golden gates in, as has been the case for some
quite as years.
their expert in success were closed (Tern, choosing
their companions. Monsoon, Norseman Penguin and Bat one touch was missing, though Sai Long) In fact, one of the few made up in part by a new broad occasions when theory and prac- casting system. That was the tice work out with any degree or military hand concerts which have truth and a very useful lesson for been so much a feature of former.
meetings. yachtsmen on future occasions.
ous points in time to take advan tage of the favouring tides.
The alternate route, going out via Cheung Chau was the conserva- tive one, sinci if one assumed that winds would be Ught and the
trip consequently a slow one, then you would probably have the tide behind you for most of the stages. And how did all this theorizing work out in practice Twelve yachts started off from the Yacht Club at 5.30 p.m. on Saurday, in a lightish N.W. Wind. U and I and Monsoon were well to the lore on the beat down the harbour and it looked then as South about was: the obvious way round. However, by the time the western end of the harbour was reached, the wind had started to veer round to the north a bit, so that it was possible to lay Capsulmun Pass very nearly on, one leg. close hauled on starboard tack.
the
Yacht Azuma
RESULTS.
Finished Corr. Pas. 07.19.20 07:12,25 1 (Mr. E. B. Lambert)." Norseman 16.30.59 13,49,52
(Mr. L. F. Nicholson)
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U and I........ 13.00.40 12.31.24
(Comdr. D. Orr-Ewing) Typhoon
........09,59.22.08.20.28 (8quad Ldr. Kary
Curlew ....... Tern
D.N.F
13:33.05 11.32.47.5
(Mr. P. F. Foley) Wanderer 07.59.15 07.44.46
2
(Mr. H. Tilley) Monsoon 14.47.10 12.28.48--0
(Mr. H. W. Dulley) Mistral 13.01.27 11.04.18 4
(Mr. A. G. Dalziel)
Tavy II.......
"Here the fleet parted company. eight yachts deciding to take the
D.N.F... bold course and had a shot at get-
Penguin and Sai Long had not ting through Capsuimun Pass be
Anished at 18.30. This is too late fore the turning of the tide; the other four were more conservative to off set corrected times of other
and paid away for the Cheung Chau' channel. The eight bold ones were led by Azuma who reached Capsulmun Pass at 8.30 p.m. Here it should be mentioned that the knowing ones had esti- mated that the tide would be one to one and a half hours late on the official tapiss. This, precast Wax bom out in practice, Bo that Azuma got through the channel quite easily on the tide, Monsoon following next just got through on slack water, while Wanderer and Typhoon scrambled through on the beginning of the ebb. The other bold ones were not rewarded for their decision with the result that Norseman, Tern, Penguin and the
yachts.
LONDON WELSH WIN BY A POINT
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Oct. 22. In spite of a great rally by Bridgend in the closing stages of their home match with London Welsh, they could not ayert defeat, the visitors winning by a goal and two tries (11 points) to a dropped
Sal long had a somewhat protraci-goal and two tries (10 points),
ed stay in the region of Cappuimun The strong Anish of the Welsh
and Ma Wan, and acquired a lot club was remarkable, because at
of experience in the art of aging and anchoring (also getting an- chors up in a fast running foul tide.
Of the four yachts that FOL through the Pass, Monsoon suc- ceeded in losing the wind com- pletely, for about three hours un- der the Castle Peak shore, while the other thres, Azur Wan derer and Typhoon justined the wisdom of their decision by aalling round the course in a very credit able time to occupy first, second and third places respectively, ar- riving at the Tacht Club between seven and ten o'clock on Sunday morning.
the time. Indeed for the whole of the second hair-they were with out I: Owen, their full-back. They were 11 points down at the end of the first half, during which the London Welsh backs, in spite of a strong wind, controlled their passes admirably. All the three tries came as a result of sharp passing movements initiated by Maddocks, who played a clever game at scrum half. Rees, Cascoyne and R. J. Thomas went over in turn and V. Jenkins converted one of the tries with an excellent kick.. á cleverly. dropped goal by Cyn Evans was Bridgend's first score, but in the last few minutes Matthews added two tries and London Welsh were
Of the four yachts which took rather lucky to get home by a single the South passage, to, wit, U, and point,
FU5
The holder of the sweeptakes ticket No. 4429, which draw Radi ant Morn, received $46,381.44 No. 1730 on Rochester receive $13.231.84; and No. 11142 on Bostor Drill won 88,625.99. All qualified ponics. whether startera or non starters returned to the, holders of their respective sweepstake num bers $294,80 each.
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KING'S PARK HANKOW'S CHAMPION
Hankow, Nov. 8. The Champion Sweepstakes,
run here which was
to-day, re- sulted as follows:
1.-Kirg's, Park (Ho); 2-Hoppity (Dupree); 3.-River Avon (Chen), The winning tickets on the dollar Champions sweep were:
1st Prize-7566; 2nd prize--10353; 3rd prize-11014,- Reuter.
LADIES YACHT RACE
Third Championship Series
The Ladies 3rd Championship Series was held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over a course of 8.3 miles, Kow- loon Rock (8), Channel Rocks (5), Rumsey, Shoal (P), Mark. op Line (P), Channel Rocks (8), Club Line, with. the following re sults:
"A" Class-Started At 14.45
Carpenter, Al
(Mrs. E. R. Edwards) La Linda, AS
(Mrs. M. G. Keary)'
JOSE, AB......
(Miss M. Larssen) True Blue, All
(Mrs. Ingle) Pat, A12
(Mrs. D. W. Persse)
Stella, Y1....
(Mrs. M. Ellerby) -
Robena, Y4
(Miss Gerrard) Widgeon, Y5
Finished Pos. Pts. Til
18.53.43
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17.00.20
嬖 27
16.47.47 1 13 39
16.49.08 2 11
16.53.45 3 10 32
"1,” “Y” And “G” Classes-Started At 14.55
Finished Corrected Fca Pts. Ttl 17.02.59 16.47.041 2 .14 38
16.59.34 16.45.031 1 16 45
17.11.36 16.56.23 6 10 34
17.11.27
16.55.321 5
17.20.20 16.57.301 7: 9.34
17.18.40
18.84.274 412 41
17.14.44 16.51.043 3; 13 34
(Mrs. E. A Bilderbeck) Zephyr, Y8....
(Mrs. N. E, Hindson) Toynette, G2
(Mrs. K. H. Harrison) Sirius, 07
(Mrs. E. Cooper) Lola, GP
(Mre. R. Wren). S
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possibilities (5). 8-This serves for all the persons
present (10). 12.-This passage for church-goers
is noted in Paisley (5), 11--This comes in for some hard
knocks, and, up to a pitch 15-Plant or pig (3).
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