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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 672

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tivelyblunt, low, and mackerel stern, developedinto the wave-form and the fin-keel. The general public interest in regattas was fargreater then than it is to-day. The stores, ex-changes, and banks were closed, and a generalholiday prevailed. The shores of Bay Ridge,Staten Island, and that part of… … Cygnet. were seen in every bay and harbour, the interest,except in international contests, was confined tothe yacht owners and their friends. In 1858 the Jersey City Yacht Club wasorganised ; seven years later the first New-England Club, the Boston, was founded. Thiswas after the close of the Civil…

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