December 19, 1895.]
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT,
Royal Artillery-" 35th Company," 6-oared. Hongkong Police-" Peeler,'
6-qared. Rifle Brigade, 6-oared. Victor Emanuel-" Constance," 6-oared.
Royal Artillery Police
Rifle Brigade
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3
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and the Rifle Brigade boats overtook them half way down the course, and it was a toss up which would win. The Rifle Brigade, how- ever, put on a grand spart at the finish and got home just about half a length from the Police. The Royal Artillery were only about two lengths behind the second boat. The Rifle Brigade, however, were handicapped owing to a previous win and as they were
As usual the Victor Emanuel boat kept well unable to give their opponents the necessary ing one, and each of the three placed crews The race was a particularly excit time they were placed third, the Police crew being placed first and the Royal Artillery of the best in the regatta, the Artillery just pulled in grand style. The finish was one second. The time of the Rifle Brigade was 7managing to win by half a length. Time 7 min. 40 sec.
SNAKE BOATS; open to Chinese suake boats. Distance one mile. 1st prize, $8; 2nd prize, $5; 3rd prize, $3. Eight boats to start for three prizes; winner of No. 5 first day excluded. The Chinamen took a keen interest in this race and the winning crew seemed highly de lighted with their victory.
GERMAN CUP; presented by the members of the Club Germania. For Four Oars. Distance one mile. Entrance, $10. To be rowed in boats the property of the Victoria Recrea- tion Club.
** Leck."
Station No. 4.-Black and Pink Sash.
Bow, A. A. Alves
No. 2, W. A. Stopani
No. 3, E. Bischoff
Stroke, R. F. Lammert
in the rear.
mins. 53 secs.
GRIFFIN'S CUP.-Presented by the Hon. H. E Wodehouse, C.M.G. For Four Oars. Open to members and subscribers of the Vic- toria Recreation Club who have never won a race at a Regatta in China. Distance, one mile. Entrance $5. To be rowed in boats the property of the Victoria Recreation Club. Victoria."
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Station No. 2.
Bow, A. E. Alves No. 2. T. Meek No. 3, C. Crispin Stroke, A. A. Alves...
Cox. J. B. Grimes...
Korublume."
9st. Olb. Just. 6lbs.
11st. 12lbs.
9st. 4lbs.
...10st.* 4lbs.
Station No. 3-Navy Blue and White Sash.
yst.
4lbs.
list. 8lbs.
11st. 10lbs.
12st. 10lbs.
Bow, J. M. E. de Carvalho
9st. Olb.
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H.
M.
8.
2
37 00 40 30
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2
56
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Sailor's Home gig Commodore's galley... 2 Hunghom Dock gig.. Irene's, whaler
No. 7 Police gig
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2 56 30 2
56 45
A fairly steady wind blew on the ran up the harbour, and about 3.8 the Commodore's galley passed the Sailor's Home boat. The times at the flagship were :-
Conimodore's Galley Sailor's Home Gig No. 7 Police Gig
II.
M.
3 32 20 3 32 50
888
3
54 30
The times at the Cosmopolitan Dock buoy
were:
H.
M.
8.
Commodore's Galley Sailor's Home Gig. 4 Police Gig...:
4
4
30
50
32
45
40 00. It was a geod race home between the Victor's galley and the Sailor's Home gig, and the race was lost to the Victor's boat by crossing the line from E. to W. instead of vice versa. The Sailor's Home gig thus proved the winner by the close margin of 5 seconds.
At the finish the boats crossed the line in the following order :-
Sailor's Home gig Commodore's galley + Police gig...
H. M. 4 56
5
9st. Olb.
11st. 5lbs.
11st. 9lbs.
10st. Olb.
9st. llb.
B. 50 56 55 .6 30 SAILING RACE (Handicap by Committee of Royal Hongkong Yacht Club); for partially decked boats not exceeding 1/6 rating Y.R.A. measurement. First prize, Cup; second prize, Cup.
Petrel, lug. Morton {
Jones
Payne. lug, R.E.
1.4 Black, yellow, dia.
mond.
1.6 Green, white che-
veron.
Dart, lug, Dr. Lowson. 1.5 Black skulls and
cross-bones. Stella, lug. Ct. Sterling. 1.6 Chocolate, yellow
cross.
Cox, F. W. White
C.
Kornblume."
Station No. 1-White, Crimson, and Sky
Bow, I. A. Rose
Blue Sash.
No. 2, W. B. O. Stewart
No. 3, G. Mollison
9st. llb.
No. 2. 0. I. Ellis
No. 3, J. C. Cameron Stroke, C. G. Klinck Cox. L. A. Rose
llst. lllbs.
· Leek." Station No. 5.
12st. 3lbs.
Stroke, J. B. Grimes
10st. lbs.
Cox, W. Hardwick
9st. lb.
"Thistle.'
Bow, H. McPhail No. 2. G. White No. . J. Coyle. Stroke. J. M. Henderson
Cox. J. Hance
Just. 4lb. 10st. 4lbs. 10st. lbs.
12st. 2lbs.
Station No. 2-Red and White.
9st. job.
Bow, F. D. McCarthy
9st. 7lbs.
Shamrock."
No. 2, E. Thonert
llst. 8lbs.
Station No. 1-Black, Orange Sash.
No. 3, T. Meek
10st. 6lbs.
Bow, H. W. Kennett
Stroke, H. Skott
12st. 4lbs.
No. 2. E. E. Deacon...
Cox, A. E. Alves...
9st. Olb.
"Victoria,"
Station No. 3.-Blue and White Stripes.
No. 3. P. Hyndman Stroke, F. Silva-Netto Cox, R. F. Lammert
9st. 6lbs. 10st. 7lbs. ... 9st. 6lbs. 9st. 4lbs. .11st. 2lbs.
Bow, H. E. Hayward
9st. 6lbs.
No. 2, J. C. Cameron
No. 3, G. H. Potts
11st. llb. 11st. 11lbs.
· Thistle." Station No. 4. Bow. H. E. Hayward
Ladybird, lug. Hastings. 1.4 Red and yellow
envelopes. Erica, lug, A. Denison. 1.3 White, blue cross. Meteor, lug, Lammert... 1.5 Red, yellow, and
blue. Princess, lug, J. Mackie. 1.5 Dark blue
and
9st. 6lbs.
Stroke, G. C. Hayward
11st. 4lbs.
Cox, R. Henderson
9xt. Ilbs.
No. 2, F H. Kew No. 3, F. M. Roza Pareira Stroke, T. Consunji.
9st. 7lbs.
.11st. 6lbs.
10st. 5lbs. 10st.
8lbs.
VICTORIA...
1
2 3
LEEK...
KORNBLUME THISTLE
Lammert got the best advantage at the start and two minutes after the gun fired he was leading by a length and a half, while the others were abreast. Skott eventually picked up a good deal of ground, and ere long Hayward was completely fagged and his crew fell out of the race. Grimes now went along with a very strong pull and Lammert certainly looked like being beaten. However, his men put on an extra strong stroke and Grimes made commend- able efforts to overtake him. He failed, how ever, and Lammert managed to win after an exciting finish by only half a length. Time, 7 mins. 16 secs.
TUB SCULLING.--(Tub Sculling Boats). Dis- tance, half mile. Entrance $1. To be rowed in boats the property of the Victoria Recrea- tion Club.
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Station No. 2-T. Gifford, boat No. 4..... Station No. 3-H. W. Kennett, boat No. 5 2 Station No. 1-P. Hyndman, boat No. 6 0
Hyndman soon fell out of the race and Gifford got a substantial lead. He went a long way out of his course twice, and on one occasion he tried to ram the granite wharf at the torpedo depot. However he put himself right and won easily. Time 7 mins. 28 secs.
LIGHT GIGS; open to European non-commis- sioned officers and men of any regiment or corps of the Garrison or to European crews of any of H.M. vessels or to European members of the police force. Entrance, $1. Distance, one mile. Boats to be approved of by the Committee. Time allowance 8 seconds per oar. Four boats minst start for two prizes; winners of 3rd and 6th race first day and 3rd race second day to be handicapped by the Com- mittee. 1st prize, $15; and 2nd prize, $10.
Cox, F. Lammert
KORNBLUME LEEK...
In this race the steering was lamentably poor on the part of Grimes and Rose; in fact it could scarcely have been worse. Grimes was the principal offender and very early in the race he took a zig-zag course. Then Klinck became very shaky and as the pair kept well abreast a foul directly opposite the flagship was the result. Each crew claimed the race, but the umpires very properly ordered it to be rowed again. It was almost dark by the time the boats had got back to the starting point, and only three boats Leek, Kornblume, and Victoria were entered. The race was an improvement on the first one, and Alves escaped defeat by half a length. Henderson being third. Time 7 mins. 4 secs.
white.
Eileen, lug, Lee Dillon. 1.0 Light blue. She, sloop, C. H. Gale 1.2 White, red hori-
Seabreeze, sloop, Surg.-}
Major Westcott....
zontal stripes.
1.0 Blue and white
Zephyr, cutter, N.J. Ede. 3.0
catter.
halves.
Dolphyn, sloop, Vernon. 1.9 Blue and white. Arrow, cutter, Lt! Carey. 4.0 Red and dark blue. Pearl, lug. Wicklam Elphin, lug.
1.3 Mantelpiece,
5.0 Capt. Simmonds. Course. From a line between a flagboat off Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, and a markboat Kowloon Wharves flying the blue ensign of the
Island, leaving it to starboard. Round the outer flying a red ensign round markboat off Green
tan Dock buoy, leaving it to starboard and finish markboat off flagship to port round Cosmopoli-
across the starting line from W. to E.
minutes.
Time allowance. Zephyr allows Arrow 5 minutes; Princess, Meteor, 8 minutes; Lady- Dart, Erica, Payne, Dolphin, 8
bird and Petrel, 9; Stella, 10 minutes; the Eileen, Elphin, Seabreeze, Pearl, Mantelpiece, SAILING RACE; for all open boats; any rig. 13 minutes; May Queen, 14 minutes; Chairman, Chinese owned boats excluded. Ence $2.15 minutes; Spankadillo, 16 minutes; Laju, 20 Prize $25; winner of this race on the first minutes. day to be penalised 5 minutes. Course nine miles; post entries. Starters :-
No. 7 Police gig. Sailor's Home gig. Kaiser's gig. Irene's whaler.
Hunghom Dock gig.
Victor Emanuel's galley.
When the start was made the wind was light and variable and the Kaiser's gig gave up just befor two o'clock. An easterly breeze freshened as the first mark was neared, and the leading open boats more than held their own with the partially-decked boats, rounding the mark at the same time and thus gaining 15 minutes on the run down. Time :-:
The first to get over the mark was Ladybird, followed in quick succession by the Dart, Erica, Meteor, Petrel, Dolphin, Payne, She, Princess, Arrow, and Stella in the order named. rounding Green Island the times were:-
Stella... Arrow Meteor
She
Ladybird
Payne...
Princess
Petrel..
Dolphin
Dart Erica
On
H.
M.
8.
2 37 00
2
20
43 45
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54 40
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