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PORT VICTOR REGATTA
Came off ou Moi.d iy, 2Sth ? Dtcetnber, 1S6S, and
from tlie number of ?visitors attending,, and the keen
competition in most of the races, tlie Committee have
tv.ery leasou to be satisfied with the result of their
endeavors to provide sume amusement. Satisfaction
has been tx^iwsscd ou ev-err side with the day's
epcrts.
Judges : Captain Barber and Mr T. Goode. Starter :
?M*T. Dr&yson.. . .
amounts of prises awarded on the following morning :
first, eveut. — failing Match. Open to all boats..
Round all the mooiing buoys in tbs harbor and two
beacons,, one placed out towards Port Elliot, and
another down towards the lliudmarsh River. First
priss, £3 ; second, i,b. Third buat to save ias Blake.
Entrance. 10s.
Cassowary, sailed by IlargraYe3 ... ... 1;
Lowisa, sailed fey laawson / ? ... 2
iiardXunea,^iue'(iJ)y_jyQ6dard .... ... 3
Peirel, sailed by Redman.
'lhe start was la. very good one, .Hard Tiines taking
the lead, but liedmaa, to prevent fouling tho Louisa,
had to alter the Petrel's course somewhat, and in
doing so got foul of a dingy, that was moored close
by. However be made a' long stretch on tbe star
board tack, and in making a board towards the
lsiand made a mistake in keeping inside of one cf
the buoys, whioh necessitated her g.oiug round it
again, tiiro wing her a long, way, astern of. tha others,
wno were weil together in rounding ahead of the
Government fcehvouer, lying at tbe moorings, and
afier th'S there vr&s some very pretty running before
the wind round ihe buoy off the Kindmarsh Kiver,
Hard Limes leading, with -Louisa second, and Cas
sowary third, but it was after rounding this buoy
that tije real trial of the boat's capabilities for beating
was tested;. Although it was hardly a fair match
ior Cassowary, being yacht-built, decked, and pro
vided with a centre -board — couid hold every inch iu
tacking.-*.tti6 -other boat* 4-eing merely- skift- built,
could hardly be expected to beat, to windward with a
boat with . a^ centre-board.. The Louisa was not so
far behincLiii coming iria3 might have bee» expected.
The Petrel made-some splendid sailing in beating up
to windward, and ciany thought had Redman uot
made the mistake he did at starting the go^ition
would hay^-bfege^wiaigwljat altered;
Second tvent.r— Pair-oar Race. Entr£U3e 2s 63.
Fii-st prize, £2_; secoud do, £U
Stringyiarfc, Haiied'.by. Long. and. Woadard^ l-
Louisa, sailed by Law-sou and- Spencer 2r
TisheEnian, sailed by Atterill and Par
sons ... ? .... ..... S;
Young G»iolw£, sailed by Spureeon a»id
Thurnton ... ... ? ... 4.'
This was a very closely-contested race between
the fi s : ar.d second boats. Louisa iu rouudiog, the
barge coming ia got a little inside and. touched
-Stringy bark, which, however managed to come in a
winu -r by half a length.
^Third-Eyent.— tjcotling Match. Entrance, 2* 6i
First jHTze, £1- lOs^f eeeoad^o, £1 ; third boat saves
his stakes.
. 45u-ingybarks. palled by J; Long .... 1
?Young Goolwa, by Spurgeon ... ... 2;'
Fishermnn, by Spencer ? 3'
Stringybark* came iu about two. lengths ahead of
Young Goolwa, aud Long was cheered most lustily,
bciug the oldest man engaged in the day's sports,
and, with a much heavier- beat, b jatiug the Young
Goolwa. ispurgeon, however,- pulled- well, but his
boat was not suited to the lumpy water.
Fourth Erent. — Four-oared boats. Entrance, _5a.
First prize, £i; second priz'j, .£2.
Hard Times, Coxswain M'Donald ... 1
Louisa, do Williams ... ? 2
Petrel, by Bedman .. . -
This vrps also a Very excitirig'race,''%otli thia first
and second boats aifcl crew^ being: well matched, bat .
Hard Times; was declared Wie ^winner by about a
length, tireafmsappoihtment was cxpreEsed at the
re^el fouling her rudder oa a line at starting, as,
bLiiig «3W«ied.1»y a crew: of Aboriginals, some inte
rest was excited as to how they would shape agiinst
the wliitefellows. 'The coxswain saw,- -wheu she
got fouled, that there 'was nn= chance, so did not go
on, an '1 the Judges ruled that hes entrance-money*
should be re) urned.
;Fifrh tven\--Daok Haut. -FriEe, £1. J. -Spenser,
duck, cliased by' Hard Tiines/pelling four paja. . .
?The duck manapad to keep clear for about. nine.
minutes; however, his rowlocks givitig way, 'he 'fell'
backward into tlielont; and befoie.lB could rega'rn
DIB Scat, uar-l liuica wu up w mm, buu wj .wcui
into the.:wateri Two of thts crew of the chasing
boat went iu af-er him, which proved toj tnuch for
iiim. The Co i limit tee. a warded him lf)s.'
Six th Event1— Prize, £1. . Duck Hunt, with an
aboriginal for duck; and a crew of his black brethren.
The Duck was too venturesome- and allowed them
to come too close to him, when his boat capsized,
and he dived under the other boat, one of' the crew
going' in after him, but after coming up and diving
again some few time he came up too close to the
boat and was caught in about 13 minutes.
Seventb event.— Swimming match. Entrance, 1s.
Three entries: First prize, £1; Second prize, 10s.
? Susty and T. Dent kept well together for a while,
but the former was not equal to going the whole
distance, and Thomas Dent was declared winner.
The third man, Wm. Dent, turned back just after
starting. The swimming' of T. Dent (in the
Spanish style) was very much admired,
'the proceedings were very much enlivened by
the band from the Goolwa steamer coming on the
Jetty and playing ^ IhxbuglioMlthi^^eaterpart-of the'
day. - ;
The Goolwa made atrip outside with about 60
peeple on board, who seemed well pleased, notwith
standing many had to east up aGCCunts, there being
a good sea on outside.
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