Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 515
ts, couldhardly be classed with thesefor speed. It is just five minutes ofthree. Everybody is at thestarting-point, and every avail-able yachting cap and blouseis donned for the occasion.Bang! goes the gun. In-stantly fifteen yachts fly be-fore the wind amid a wildpandemonium of fish-hornsand… … A YACHT RACE IN THE CLOUDS. IO73 Higher and higher they mount, _^ too, until so far away that it isimpossible to tell which is leading. Aero-lite ! Flyaway ! Whirlwind ! Light-ning! are the cries; but no one cansurely name the leader untilthe outer, stake is reached. Aerolite ! screamthe boys and…
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