The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-07 00:00:00

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scene of picturesque bL
elsewhere in Englatid is van.
The first race of the jay was the Town Plate of ay..
presented by the inhabitnnts of P4mouth, open to all
yachts of 25 tcos and npwards, bona fide the property
of a metaber of a royal yacht club, and holding the Ad•
miraltywarrant.

Tha fallowing vessels were entered:—
Volante, 48 tons, Mr. J. L. Craggie; War Hawk, 50
tons, Mr. T. Bartlett; Mucquito, 50 tons, Lord Landes-
borough.
The course was as follows:—On the signal being made
to start the vessels to proceed through the eastern chan-
nel of the breakwater, round a mark vessel, moored off
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paAssigngoodbesttwaretento2G,-riin. 30sec.. with a
stiff brei ze blowing from the W.S.W , the Volante as
usual being the first to get under weigh'. The Mosquito
was slow to set her mainsail, daring which lime the
War Hawk took a lead about the length of her bowsprit,
but no sooner had the Musquito made sail than she lay
close to the wind, soon recovered her lost- ground, and
passed rapidly in advance, with a fair prospect of over-
hauling the Volaute, who was now mahirg way ra-
,idly up the eastern channel. On proceeding towards
the Shagstone Rock a schooner came nearly ata
_aar, of
the War Hawk, and for the time took the wind
unt of
her sails, but the schooner put about and she precee.icd
a short distance astern of the Mosquito. They all pr,N-
ceeded in this order for some considerable distance, bur
on getting outside the breakwater they got a heavy lop
of tea, which the Mosquito soon found to her advantage
as it enabled her speedily to overhaul the Volante, and
she finally took the lead, the Volante and tho War
Hawk being up well together a very short distance astern.
The wind now freshened, but only to add another dis-
comforture to the War Hawk to that recorded of her
yesterday, when her main-halyards gave way at the
moment of starting. In this instance the matter
was one of much greater importance, as it put
a peremptory stop to all further progress on her
part, and also to that of the yacht who went to her as-
sistance. At 12 minutes after 2, when on making her
way outside the Breakwater, under a heavy press of sail,
her mainmast snapped in two, and fell over, dragging
' down her mainsails, but this was preserved, we believe,
uninjured. The Volante immediately gave up the race,
and went to her assistance, and signals were made to the
Mosquito that the match was for the present at an end.
6he accordingly put about and returned, and a warp
being thrown out to the War Hawk the Volante towed
her back to the Catwater, for the purpose of being fitted
with a new mainmast, and undergoing some other neces-
sary repairs. The facts of the case were soon reported
to the committee, who decided that, under the circum-
stances, as the Volante was justified in going to the
assistance of the War Hawk in the situation in which
she was placed, no result had been obtained by the Mus-
quito, and they accordingly determined that the match
should be sailed for again on the following day. Mr,
Bartlett, the owner of the War Hawk, said he had been
assured that a new mast could be put into her in time,
but if this should be found impracticable he would con-
sent that the match should then come off between the
Volante and Musquito. This was agreed to, and so far
the matter terminated.
The next was a cutter race for 251., opeu to all cut-
ters from 15 to 30 tons and upwards, bowl fide the pro-
perty of a member of a Royal Yacht Club, and holding
the Admiralty warrant. Time race, 15 seconds per ton.
The courso
- the same as for the 50/. Plate, a distance of
nearly 40 miles. The following yachts were entered:—
Blue Belle, 28 tons, Captain Roebuck; Fawn, 25
Mr. 11. Fillis
; Secret, 20 tons, tons,
The starting gun was fired r. R. Bell, jun.
2h. '•
at 3/ m., and the Fawn
was the first to get away from the
buoy, but she was
closely followed by the Secret, h
wind, soon took the lead. Before who, on
on
gathering the
had
[nark vessel in the eastern channel,
the
reached the
Blue Belle had
taken the second place, and this pos' • awn remained un-
altered during the round, which
was concluded as
under:—

Secret 5 .
Blue Be ... 4 31 35
Fawn ..• ••• ••• ••• 4 21 37
They then went on for the second round, the little
Secret evidently having it nearly all her own way, but
had scarcely passed the committee's vessel when the
Fawn, finding the hopelessness of the contest, struck her
flag. The Blue Bell, however, continued the race for
the second round, but on reaching the buoy at the east-
ern end of the Breakwater, finding the Secret gaining
upon her, she followed the example set her by the Fawn,
and retired, leaving the Secret in undisputed posse!ision
of the course. The Secret then continued the remainder
of the distance alone, with a stiff breeze, and finally
reached the starting post as under:—

h. m. s.
Secret ••• ... 6 49 35
•••
The gun fired as usual to announce that she had won
:he cup, although she was perfectly well aware of the
fact from the time above stated.
Iu the afternoon, a great number of races got up by the
Town Regatta Committee followed, the first of which
was by the ordinary boats of the dockyard belonging to
t'm different ships of war, for a of 101. The com-
petitors for thin prize were very numerous, no less a
Lumber than tweet}-four Ltarting. The race was won
by the boat of the Thunderer,
The next race was something of a novelty to a great
number of the visitors, though by no means uncommon
to the residents at this port, a prize of .51. 10a. to be
wurneit'irri Saititsh, who -apfie-ar to De roroug-nr.'llp 15.,,art
Use of boats almost from infancy, were the only com-
petitors, and, Es may be expected, their appearance at
the starting post, in their singular attire, excited no
small dcgi•ro of amusement. At the given signal four
boats started, and the way these aquatic Amazons pulled
a may at the oar would have put many of the would-be
amateurs of the " rougher" sex to the blush for the
feebleness of their exertions. We did not learn the
names of the fortunate " ladies" who became entitled to
the prize, as some wrangling was going on among them,
the decision of which, of course, resting with the com-
mittee.

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