Footnotes

[1]: Sloane MSS., Brit. Mus., and model sent to, and deposited by, Petty in Wadham College.

[2]: Described by Lord Brassey, in his chapter on Ocean Cruising, Vol. I.

[3]: The first celebrated cutter by Fife of Fairlie was 'Lamlash,' 1814.

[4]: Public Advertiser, June 1, 1775.

[5]: The cup of 1775 was destroyed in a fire. Morning Herald, June 23, 1781.

[6]: Morning Post, July 10, 1775.

[7]: This cup is in the possession of the Taylor family, as are those won in 1776 and 1782.

[8]: Morning Post, July 26, 1782.

[9]: Morning Chronicle, May 5, 1781.

[10]: Morning Herald, June 27, 1781.

[11]: There is a print of the start for the 1782 match at the R.T.Y.C.

[12]: Times, August 9, 1886.

[13]: Public Advertiser, August 25, 1784.

[14]: Morning Post, July 5, 1786.

[15]: Morning Chronicle, July 19, 1786.

[16]: Public Advertiser, June 7, 1788.

[17]: Star, June 13, 1791.

[18]: Times, July 23, 1795.

[19]: Star, August 15, 1797.

[20]: George IV.

[21]: Morning Advertiser, July 18, 1823; Sporting Magazine, July, 1823; Morning Chronicle, July 19, 1823; Globe, July 18, 1823; Public Ledger, July 19, 1823.

[22]: Globe, August 5, 1823.

[23]: See Friesland Meres in a Norfolk Wherry.

[24]: Though the subject is so ably treated by Mr. Herreshoff in the previous chapter, the Editors, recognising the extraordinary importance of these races, have thought well to include a detailed description of events kindly furnished by a prominent English yachtsman.