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Show Tiie Ke-utfa. Yester.i .y 'ri r&Cw tr the Salt Lake Yacht Club rras a w-ri one. Four bontj etarifJ, a few minutes before noon, from the stake at the end of the bathing .quay erected at Lake Shore, in the ollowing order: America, Amer-ica, Miry Ashie, Cambria and Petrel, and with a fresh breeze from the northwest, danced and glided over the water to the firat buoy, which floated to the aouthwest. This was rounded in (ho same order as the start was me-de, and then a run against the wind was in order, and there is whore the Petrel showed her fast qualities. A short sail in this direction was bracing and much en joyed by all; then a tack to the northeast, north-east, with a quarter wind, was undertaken, un-dertaken, to reach the second buoy, lying midway between Centreville aud FarmingtoD. At the rounding of this buoy tho Cambria must have b.eo, through a miajudg-ment miajudg-ment on the ;ijrt of the commodore, who thought it tardier north, at least a mt: behind the America ; aud. the wind wokeutd. But here is when the race began, properly. An exciting stern chae commenced the "home stretch," during which the Cambria's captain crowded all sail every atitcb of canvas can-vas being spread balloon jib, the main jib converted into a atunsail, the broad mainsail and the gall" topsail, and though there appea'fed to be hardly a breath of air to ripple tbe water, she steadily, surely and smartly gained on Captain Hudson's craft, which lay motionless, with her aails flapping, part of tbe time. A abort distance from the home pole America's sails began to fill, and she moved forward, and the Cambria steadily closed in on her, and kept doing so until, as the America passed the pole, tbe Cambria was hardly two lengths behind. Considering the start the America being about a dozen boat lengths ahead, we are of the opinion the raoe will be Eiven the Cambria. The rdrel was close behind be-hind and came in, in goed style, third. Tbe Mary Aside, after floun dering about in a calm for aome time, was forlunato enough to Btrike a favorable current and the eecond buoy at about tbe samo time Bnd came to tbe moorings about half an hour after the Petrel. Time of race, two hours and fifteen minutes. j All who participated in the race enjoyed themselves greatly, and anxiously anxi-ously await the time for the next one, which, wo understand, will take place on the Fourth. Tho rendezvous ot the club is one of the beet that could have been selected. It ia at Chaeo & Games' bathing place at Lake Shore, which, by the way, will in a few years be a desirable resort. Tbe owners have laid the foundation for a pleasant place. A platform has been built from tbe shore into the lake, and on it are seventy-four bath-bouses, each one supplied with fresh water through pipes, and a band-eprinkler to rinse with after bathing. Several hundred trees have been planted for Bhade, and aro growing nicely; a lare bowery for picnickers; swing, and refreshments, etc., all go to show that ja large outlay of means and labor has been made and that Mcssra. Chaae & : Games intend to capture their share of the bathing public hereafter. Many have viaited this place already, and we understand that a regular bathing train will shortly be run over the U. C. that is as soon aa the weather ia warmer and more settled. |