The Queen has always graciously encouraged yachting in every way. The list of challenge cups presented by Her Majesty will amply confirm the assertion.

List of Yacht Clubs to which the Queen has occasionally given Regatta Cups

Royal Yacht Squadron (Cowes)Every year since 1843, annually
Dublin Yacht Club1849
Royal St. George's Club1851, 1866, 1870, 1874, 1878, 1884, 1892
Royal Thames Club1851, 1868, 1874, 1880, 1885
Royal Victoria (Ryde) Club1851, 1852, 1856, 1888
Royal Southern Club1851, 1857, 1870, 1891
Royal Irish Club1852, 1865, 1871, 1877, 1881, 1885
Royal Cork Club1850, 1852, 1858, 1865, 1869, 1889
Royal Yorkshire Club1853
Royal Mersey Club1853, 1857, 1861, 1866, 1881
Royal Western (Plymouth) Club1858, 1861, 1867, 1878, 1882
Royal Northern Club1859, 1869, 1882, 1890
Royal West of Ireland Club1863, 1867, 1873
Royal Cornwall1871, 1884
Royal Alfred Yacht Club1872, 1879, 1886
Royal Albert Club1873, 1890
Royal Cinque Ports Club1875, 1891
Royal Clyde Club1876, 1883, 1888
Royal Ulster Club1880, 1887
Royal Harwich Club1883
Royal London Club1886
Royal Dorset Club1887
Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Club1889
Royal Forth Club1892
Cups given by the Queen to Clubs not Royal
Canada Yacht Club1891
Upper Thames Sailing Clubs (Challenge Cup)1893

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.
QUEEN'S COURSE.

The majority of members of the Squadron own, and chiefly use, large yachts, but not a few of them are practical seamen. One prominent member, Lord Dufferin, is specially notable as a keen devotee of single-handed sailing, and is the owner of a famous boat, 'The Lady Hermione.' The Editor has thought this an appropriate place to insert a description of the pastime kindly contributed by his lordship, followed by an account of his well-known boat.

SINGLE-HANDED SAILING

By the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava

The wind blows fair, the vessel feels
The pressure of the rising breeze,
And, swiftest of a thousand keels,
She leaps to the careering seas.