Rod and gun . the Dominion Coal Company, at his sum-mer residence here in Sydney. It mightbe, that if suffi-cent funds wereforth coming,M r . Duggancould beinducedto have a boatconstructed offa model of his torepresent Cana-da in a race forthe Internation-al trophy. The blue rib-bon of Maritimewaters, theprize most eag-erly sought afterb y Provincialyachtsmen is thePrince of WalesCup, donated byH i s GraciousMajesty KingEdward VIIwhen he washeir apparentto the throne ofEngland, to theNova ScotiaYacht Squadronof Halifax, NovaScotia. Underthe conditions ofthe deed of gift this trophy must always
Rod and gun . the Dominion Coal Company, at his sum-mer residence here in Sydney. It mightbe, that if suffi-cent funds wereforth coming,M r . Duggancould beinducedto have a boatconstructed offa model of his torepresent Cana-da in a race forthe Internation-al trophy. The blue rib-bon of Maritimewaters, theprize most eag-erly sought afterb y Provincialyachtsmen is thePrince of WalesCup, donated byH i s GraciousMajesty KingEdward VIIwhen he washeir apparentto the throne ofEngland, to theNova ScotiaYacht Squadronof Halifax, NovaScotia. Underthe conditions ofthe deed of gift this trophy must always be sailed for inHalifax waters, the club winning the cupbeing obliged to send it back at the endof twelve months to the capital squadron. For several years the Halifax sailorswere not called upon to defend the treas-ured silverware, until finally a Sydneyyacht, the Gloria owned by Mr. J. K. was sent to the Garrison City andeasily lifted the coveted trophy. In 1906the Gloria again went to Halifax to de-. CoiirtiSj/ of JI ?nmy Kl DAY fend her title, and finished in third posi-tion. The race for the cup that seasonwas an International event, the Sydneyyacht being pitted against the two fast-est racing schooners in America, theElmina and Corona, which finished infirst and second places. The same yearthe Gloria annexed the Shelbourne andMinot cups, winning the two races bylarge margins. Another craft owned and sailed inSydney watersfor the past threeor four years,that enjoys aDominion widereputation is theSt. Lawrencewhich defendedthe Sewanhakacup in speedyson-der boat is a bitbehind the formshe showed inthose memor-able fmatches,but with a goodman at the til-ler, thereare very fewboats in herclass in thesewaters that cansailoverthefinishline ahead of summerthe three bigyacht squadronsof Nova Scotiaamalgam a t e dfor a cruise tobe held in July,but the Domin-ion Coal-Domin-Steel trial intervened and as many of theyachtsmen were personally inte
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