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THE AMERICA CUP.

SHAMROCK'S TWO WIN9.

Writing in the Daily News on July 16, Mr. Henry J. Grandison

THE HONGKONG

throat hallarda broke, and her mainsail, of course, came down the mast. She, however, held on and rounded the mark, the times there being : 2

HI. M. S. 252 54 57 39

Resoluto...

Shamrock

PLAYING GAMES: OR- LOOKING ON.

WHICH IS THE BETTER FORM OF SPORT?

the

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

at any rate, playing those games QUEEN'S DISPENSARY.

for themselves.

It seams that golf—and any other guma" for the matter of that will have reached its high- est and healthiest point of popularity whan 邋

match be- tween Mr. Hagen and our best man will not attract a single spectator, because all the people Shamrock IV, has won the first

Walter Hagen, the golf cham-who are interested in golf are race of the series for the cup.

The previous and only occasion alone. In an improving breeze pion of the United States, has themselves playing instead of on which a challenger has won a Sharmock ran home and finished just returned to his own land looking on

un October 19, 1871, easily within the six hours time after a visit to this country, and Indeed, Mr. Hagen's criticism

rach was

The defender then gave up and laft Shamrock to finish the race

Shamrock

R. M. S. 428-26

when Mr. James Ashbury's limit. Finishing time:- schooner Livania won one race out of five sailed. LordDunraven's Valkyria III. won a race in 1895,) but was disqualified.

The result of yesterday's race, won as it was through an accident to our opponent, is regrettable, but it all comes within the fortunes of the game.

Many similar cases could be cited-ons as recently, as May 29, in a race from Southend to Harwich when one vessel carried away her bowsprit and her oppo-

THE SECOND RACE.

Edgar Rowan writes in Daily Chronicles:

I notice that in ■. farewell inter- that the people of this ocuntry view he made thêše remarks

are not enthusiastic about watch One thing that has surprised ing golf is actually the most fat- ma about your English golf is tering thing any American bas Writing on July 21, Mr. Grandi-that the general interest in the said about us for a long time, for game is not nearly a keen as we happen to know, if he does son says

a regail expected to find it. I agree with not that most of na are too busy Yesterday's race was of Saturday's and was again over an excellent judge that it wants playing games to have time to

watch otbars playing. a triangular course, the first leg stirring up.

I do not think there is any- of which was laid south-east, the

Indeed, I hold the opinion- the second weat by north, and thing like the enthusiasm fod due, my plain-spoken friends tell the homeward leg north-east by that we are experiencing in my me, to my own poorp rformances country. Everybody there in court and course that even north.

sager about it. This you will to watch occasionally some oraok find illustrated in the visit of players is destructive of the ima Vardon and Ray to the States.pirit of your own game. The moment they land everybody. will be rushing to book them up with engagements, and they can fill in every waking hour if they choose. Golfers will flock to see them."

The breeze was light from about west, and the vessels start ed on an easy reach on starboard

ment went on and won.

Shamrock IV. had to get home, tack. and she therefore, complet- The starting gun was fired at

Had Re-12.15. ed the course. salate been badly crippled Shamrock got away with the Shamrock would have stood by start, leading her opponent across 10 render assistance.

the line by 33 seconds.

The official starting timas were After all, if a Derby favourite falls, another horse wins, and the given a

12 15 48 Shamrock IV. owner of the winner never suffers

Resolute

12 16 26 in reputation as a sportsman.

The first race has proved un-

Big-reaching headsails WAFS satisfactory from all points of hoisted by both vessels, bat Viow.

Shamrock's balloon ibtopsail.

*

THE SNARE OF PROFICIENCY. I have in mind a friand whose lawn tannis form was though it

But he was may sound impossible nearly as bad as my own. I think most people in this what I should call the Happy He rushed about country who notice what is going Player. on around them will agros with the court, Imghed whenever he me that Mr. Hagen is sadly at missed the ball altogether—which fault in his conclusions.

gave him a tremendous amount of laughter in the course of a THE GOLF BOOM.

game and if he hit the ball at The fact is that so far from our all he usually slogged it over the trees at the far end of the ground. is so popular to-day that, with He got a tremendous lot of fun the present accommodation, there and health and recreation out of is very little room for any now the game, and would go home so players.

hot and tired that he had no need It would be difficult to take, a for any other heaven.

Then a foolish friend took him census, but it is beyond all quest-f

on that more people are playing to see the world's champion at golf in this country to-day than Wimbledon. He came back full ever before, and in many circles of new visions and ideals and all

At the start Shamrock cut it which had been hoisted in stops, too fine at the line and was over that is, rolled up and tied with golf needing to be stirred up, it before gunfire, and had, of course, yarns, would not break out, and while the crew were struggling with the sxil, Resolute crept up and went ahead.

After half an hour's sailing the defender was a quarter of a mile ahead.

to return and recross.

Resolute's bad luck came later. When nearing the stake boat marking the end of the outward journey bez mainsail was noticed to run down the mast. Her main throat bulliards hid broken, abd' Shamrock then set a spinnaker it was, of course, impossible for on the bowsprit, and, picking up her to continue racing, although a slant of wind, passed Resolate she held on and rounded the mark to windward. well ahead,

in the ons interest in laisura sorta of things that are, to my hours. It has become as import- mind, very irritating if they in- ant to take golf sticks with you vade one's hours of recreation.

become

For the uninitiated. I may when you travel for business or He no longer laughed when he As far as the race went, Re-mention that a bowsprit spinna-pleasure as to pack your razor or missed a ball or served a long Instead, be sainte had it all her own way. ker is a buge sail of light texture, you hairpins. In fact golf has series of faults. She got away with a lead of 200 which is hoisted to the topmast

оде of the two great guashed bis teeth and wondered yards and, suited by light weather head and out to the bowsprit end.

bow Tilden or Johnston would conditions, steadily opened out and fills the whole of the fore crazes of the day.

But Mr. Hagen has revealed bave done it. And when be & long lead.

triangle usually filled by foresail, the fact, in the remarks I quoted changed his shoes and put on his What the position would have jib, and jibtopsail.

above, that he judges enthusiasm jacket at the end of the day he been had Shamrock not made her At the end of an hour and a

hot and irritable at thinking how initial mistake must be a matter quarter the challenger was lead-for golf by the size of the crowds was no longer hos and happy, but of conjecture. With her loftying by a quarter of a mile, and that gather to see it played. rig she should have been able to contioned improving on this lead

as he still lagged behind the Wimbledon standard. keep Resolute

tocked as long as the wind held steady. under her lee. If under such Both vessels gybed to make for conditions Resolute could have the mark, where in rounding they got clear and ahead it would were timed prove her to be an immeasurably superior boat.

well

The mere fact that she was able to increase har Isad right away from the start shows her

of the contestants.

Shamrock

Resoluta

5.

brs. m.

2 23 23

2 32 47

In another 50 minutes' sailing

THE TEST OF REAL POPULARITY. There, I think, he is utterly wrong. That is cat the text of the! real popularity of a game at all. People who watch games are not, for so long as they are looking on

When Mr. Barton was selected

Give me a man who can't play ten cents worth of fawn tennis in a dozen sets, but enjoys every stroke, good or bad, and I will sbow you the happy, healthy man. But give me the man who worries about his form and progress, and to take all bis physical exercise I will show you a man who ought on a chessboard.

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Shamrock had covered five miles belmsman was made in Shamrock Da learning that no change of to be an exceptionally smart craft, of the second leg of the course, Y. and we can now only look and was then a mile ahead, but a forward to the next meeting of few minutes later the breeze died for the responsible position, he

51. Mary's School, Kowloon, One of ibs most hopeful things Evaning classes for Young ladies the pair, and bope for a true out, and it began to be doabtful carried with him the confidence about these after-war years as in Pitman's Shorthand will reopen steady breeze, whateve: its whether the vessels would be able and good wishes of all sections of that more people are playing on the 3rd September. There strength, to fairly test the merits to finish within the time limit.

yachtsmen in this country. He games than ever. Shamrock was a couple of miles is cot our only amateur helme- Shamrock showed a good turn away from the second mark when man, but it would be difficult to of this when I was in the West I had an interesting example of speed on the run home. the breeze flickered out, but find his superior.

of England the other day. covering the 15 miles in one bour new breeze came in from the and 29 minutes.

south-west and set the vessels The throat balliards which

going again. broke on Resolute are those

The times of rounding the which haist the jaws of the gaff. second mark were:-- that is, the inner end of the spar to which the mainsail is attach- ed. It is not a serious accident and may arise from many causes.

Possibly the jump of ses may -hire caused a sudden strain. This portion of the balliard is of flexible steel wire. Unless any of the CRAvas was strained or

Shamrock. Resolate

bre. m. s. 4 26 29 4 35 36

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

MR. LI HS FAS, - Ubum Kraduate, vetus | Omcials a merebante in this fiboy laz

Y YARPA, Iir has food method of testing Europea39 top in the Chinese stem.naslan, and in powered of Arvo rale sertifeases as a Chines teacher. Urbas also a good kaowledge of an daria and Hakks.

Thoma who just learning the Chi language are mgurated sa pite 13 r.

on

off

you

of

In yachts of his own, and sailed cricket enthusiast complained to by himself, he has won over 1,000 me that it was difficult to get the prizes, and he has won the suppor: necessary to keep a village is hazatrte, has been inscher in European majority of these in what we call team going. because all those pora clase racing, and against who could not get a place in boats sailed by some of our mos: the eleven preferred to go away experienced professional skippers and play tennis or golf in- That a mistake "was made instead of looking on at ericket. nice minutes for 20 miles sailed.

This meant a lead roughly of the start of the first race is For the sake of keeping the village | qzma's Boad, Central, 2nd. Bogr

admitted and explained by Mr. eleven going 1 hope that he will When round the mark Resolute Nicholson, who accepts "respon- find a way out of his difficulties,

are playing began to reduce the challenger's sibility for advising the tactics. but it is good to know that games people lead.

afternoon instead This sportsmanlike explanation are no longer a spectacle, attract-inter

00. And if Both vessels were carrying cleare the air and proves some of ing big gates but are increas-looking torn, it is a very simple matter to balloon headsails, and after half the bard criticisms lavished on ini, becoming something in are merely a lover of your put right.

country, and an enthusiast for The breeza was coming from an hour's sailing on this log of Mr. Burton to have been unwar which all will take part.

the course a big hole appeared ranted. south-west by south in the mora-

And when we can get plenty of healthy and sport, instead Yesterday's race has proved lawn tennis on hard courts in the being a shareholder in a football ing, but was very light and in Shamrock's balloon jib.

The wind then came dead aft, my contention, that, if only a winter, for those who do not play club, you will probably think the unsteady,

Shamrock made a very bad for a run home when five miles race day, Shamrock would render ball crowds decrease because stiles to be a very good thing,

and Shamrock set her spinnakor steady breeze would come on golf, we may even see the foot fewer clicks on the football turn- start. She was across the line from the finish. Resolute set her good account of herself. before the signal, and bad to

spinosker immediately after- return and recross.

As long as there is a steady Resolate

wards.

breeze to keep her constantly consequently got away first and

With the breeze astera Resolute moving, she develops speed, but crossed the line 58 seconds abrad

was getting the best of the airs. she does not sbow to advantage of the challearer.

and was holding her own on the co a day when the wind is in patches. She does not maintain In a soffening breeze the race ber speed between puffs. finished -

Farther the race afforded Mr. brs. min. sec. Burton the opportunity of dis- Shamrock (winner)5 38 6

playing his seamanship, and in Resolute........ 5 48 11 the handling of the boat, bonours Deducting the time allowance rested with the challenger's | At the Shrewsbury Buoy. 9 miles out from the start, the times of 7min. Isec., to which is added skipper.

The only time during the race were taken: Resolute 2hr. 8min. the time by which Resoluto was 10sec.; Sharrock, bra. 12minsters in crossing the starting when Rerolute looked dangerous line, Shamrock's winning margin was in the run home, and it often bappens when vessels are dead About half an later the breeze is 2min. 26sec.

MR. BURTOS JUSTIFIED. before the wind that the one Increased in weight, but Resolute further improved her lead, but! British yachtsmon generally stern gets the first of every new when near the stake boat her will experience a sense of relief streak of wind.

Resolate appeared to be point- ing bigbar, but in the fuky breeze abe might have been picking up some freer puffs. The light airs seemed to favour Resolute, and Shamrock made no appreciabls) impression on her lead.

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