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Title: The encyclopaedia of sport
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898 Peek, Hedley Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
Subjects: Horses Sports Games
Publisher: London : Lawrence and Bullen
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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hich was unbeaten inher own waters. Vigorna was the first bulbkeeled boat with a pram bow and a very shallow-body, and turned out a complete failure. The following season Mr. Fife, who mayfairly claim to have turned out more successfultwenties thanany other designer, scored a greatsuccess with Luna,built for Mr. F. B. Jameson,and she came out top after an eventful seasonsracing. The twenty class was in this seasonadmitted into the Solent classes, which meantsailing in Solent waters from May 26th until the year, Thelma, a centreboard cutter, designedby Mr. Fife ; Asphodel, designed by Mr. J.L. Watson, and owned by H.R.H. the latePrince Henry of Battenberg ; Prince Batthyanys■ Stephanie, designed by Mr. Clayton andfinally, towards the end of the season, Audrey,designed by Lord Dunraven. Numerous changes of ownership occurredduring the seasons of 1893 and 1894. Mr.Hill sold Dragon HI to Lord Dunraven,who subsequently sold her to Lord Brassey, and Deirdre was purchased by Lord Lonsdale.
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JLAN OF ALDREV. end of August—some fifty matches, with amateurhelmsmen upon every occasion. As a result thetwenties enjoyed a thoroughly sporting season,but the class was found to be a rather severe taxon the Solent Clubs in the matter of prize money.Five new boats were built in the Solent, inaddition to Luna, which hailed from herdesigners own yard on th; Clyde, so withDragon HI and Deirdre, and the stillpractically untried Zinita, which, by the way. Before the season ot 1895 Lord Dunravenmade considerable alteration in Audrey.She was a round bodied boat with a wooden finand bulb ; the wooden fin was removed and ametal one fixed in its place, and the body ofthe yacht having been found too deep it wasreduced about 6 inches by the transverse sec-tions being taken in from the water-hne down-wards. The hull of the vessel was thus madeshallower and flatter in the floor by practically YACHTIXC •) THE ENCYCLOP.F.niA OF SPORT 601 almost rebuilding her, though the original ideaof design w

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