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London," Aug. 4. Cowes Week, which, in recent years, has become too large an „The racing yachts were all sent occasion to restrict within a bare to the eastward, and it was the seven days, was opened to-day with | strong eastgoing tide rather than the regatta given by the Royal the breeze which got them under Southampton Yacht Club, To-day's way. The big boats had a course assembly more than fulfils the ex-which took them first out to the pectation that this will be the best Warner Lightvessel, which meant Cowes Week since the war. It is a beat to windward in the very probably the best that ever this | faintest of alra. Endeavour made famous yachting centre has ever a splendid start, though Shamrock known. Not only are the entries and Candida were very close astern, for all the races unusually numier-Yankee and Britannia were not so ous, but the muster of cruising vessels also far exceeds those 'seen in previous years. Nor is it possi-. ble to miss the happy significance which the King's Silver Jubilee „gives to this always happy festival, for saling is a sport in which His Majesty, especially delights.

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well placed, but it was not long before the American got going, and soon she was up with the leaders.

Endeavour, meanwhile, had made inshore for a breeze which could be detected on the Hampshire side. Some of the others saw what was happening, and also made for the breeze. Endeavour now had the breeze, however, and she was "be- ginning to travel at a smart pace. Yankee was nearly abeam of her, but a good bit down to leeward. \.

DRIFTING TO THE FINISH Coming back from the Warner the b'g yachts were in almost line ahead formation with Endeavour leading and "Astra not far astern. in their wake came Velheda. Britannis, Yankee, and Shamrock, with Canadida last. Passing through Cowes Roads they made for the Hampshire shore, and here thier troubles began.

The King was reçing again to day in his old Britannia, the his- toric velsel which has carried the royal raeng colours for forty-two years. Britannia's competitors in- clude all the big class, namely, Endeavour (Mr. T. O. M, Sopwith). Astra (Mr. H. F. Paul), Shamrock U. S. BASEBALL(ME Fairey), Velsheda (Mr W. L. Stephenson), Candida" (Mr. H. A. Andreae), and the American yacht Yankee (Mr. G. B. Lambert).

A BRILLIANT FLEET", This is the finest fleet of big racers ever seen in any waters at any time. Britannia and her famous rivals form but one out of The breeze had died away, to 2, more than a dozen classes which complete calm of the thundery were racing here to-day. There sort. Hence they were a very long were nine big gru'sing type vessels time making the Solent Banks in the event, for handicap yachts Buoy. What was worse, the tide over 30 tons. There were seven in now turned against them, so that the 12-metre race. thirteen in the they were faced with a turn to smaller handicap class, fourteen In windward with too few vagrant airs the eight-metre race, while the with which to stem the tide. The number of starters in the remain- King had been aboard the Britan- Ing events-totalled eighty-five, a

niz. seven hours of a tedious race, The long expanse of the Solent and it began to seem as though the was thickly flecked with white walls | vessels, now almost becalmed. all day. But if the landsman tired would not get to their moorings till

a moment or became too very late. puzzled by this beautiful confusion, there was always the spectacle of the race, and was taken in tow by the anchored fleet to engage, and HMS Tiverton. inipress, him.

New York, Aug. 20.. The New York Yankees made a further recovery of lost ground in the American Baseball League to- day when they won another match against the top team, the Detroit Tigers.

are, The Tigers, who however, well ahead, were beaten by single run although they actually registered more hits than did the Yankees who also made one, er- For more than the Tigerą.

The Athletics and the White Sox were again engaged in a double header, which this time went to the Chicago outfit.

for

At 6,30 pm, Britannia abandoned

Half an hour

Here, in Cowes | later the boats were still a mile or Roads, is a yachting scene more more from the line, with Astra ap The New York Giants, leaders varied and more lovely than can be parently holding a winning lead. of the National League, won an-seen elsewhere In the world. and Endeavour lying a good second. other match and seem certain to Though it is on a larger scale than Astra did better than Endeavour im win the championship, their con-

naual, the picture is formed just as light airs, and though the latter sistent form being one of the tea-

we had become accustomed to it finished ahead. Astra saved her 11) former years. In the dis-time and won on her allowance by tures of this year's matches.

tance is the mighty grey bul- a little more than a minute. Results of to-day's fixtures folwark of HMS. Rodney. Nearer, The corrected times were:- low:

inshore, is the Royal yacht. Victoria

H. M. S. and Albert. now, as always, the most regal vessel afloat, and, astern of her, attendant HMS Crusader. In the waters between us and her are anchored cruising yachts of every size, type and rig, as dense as they can be packed. Conspicu (Weaver blanked out the Dodous though is Mr. G. B. Lambert's

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St. Louis, Boston

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2 25

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8 8 1

5 12 1

(Rothrock and Medwick scored home runs for the Cardinals).

Cincinnati

5 12

6 15 1

New York, (There were "ten innings. Ott and Leiber scored home runs for the Glants).

The match between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies was postponed on account of rain.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia Chicago

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4 11 1 1

(Jimmy Foxx scored a home run

for the Athletics and Simmons and Sewell for the White Box).

Philadelphia

Chicago

4 11 11. 12 0

(Jimmy Foxx scored a home run

for the Athletics).

Boston

St. Louis

(Solters scored the Browns);

5 11

815 1

home run for

great three masted schooner. At lantic, whose reputation was on in the Trans-Atlantic race of 1905 which she won by a crossing of twelve days. One cannot identify them all. however, and presently one is content to gaze from yacht to yacht, admiring their" shapely hulls of black, white, blue, or green. and marvel at their intricacies of rigging and peculiarities of saif

Astra (winner) Endeavour (second) Velsheda (third) Yankee (fourth) Candida .............

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7 22 14

7 45 17 7 55 3

Britannia and Shamrock, gave up.

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home in the following order:--

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tom) (second) 27.35 Miquette (Mr. HL Wes-

sels)

4.29. 22 The ice for the Handicap Class between 9 and 30 tons was won by Mrs: Affra Cross's Thetis, with Col F. H. Cleaver's If second, and Mr. Colin McNeil's Elsa third,

LIGHT BREEZES The single drawback to the day was that the Royal Standard and The 8-metre International Class a thousand offer flags on other resulted in a win for Wye (MT. A vessels' persisted in drooping limply W: Barlow), with Carron (Mr. J. from their mastheads. Bo ittle L. Lewis) second, and Sagitta wind much harms the racing. (Messrs. C. E. and A. W. Nicholsan) though, in the Solent, with its third-

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