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Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Time allowance by the Medium Scale, from 5 to 8 metres per second, wind velocity, when the International Cutter classes are amalgamated.

Class Seconds (cutters only). per mile.

Class (cutters only).

Seconds per Mile. 5 metres IO metres 170 " 50 I2 " 205 " 90 15 " 245 8 122 " 19 281 " 9 " 148 23 307 56 70 especially desirable to test in yacht racing, the courses should wherever possible be so laid out as to include a large proportion of windward work. 5th. That any limit to the time for concluding a Race should be avoided as far as possible. 6th. That when practicable the number of paid hands allowed on board during a race in the International Classes of 10 metres and under should not exceed the following :- Number of Persons Allowed by Rule.

Number of Paid Hands Suggested.

Class (cutters only).

Seconds per Mile.

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