At these sports, as upon Bank Holiday and in the
holiday season so far, we must be grateful for very good weather, not least for the breezes in the Solent, where the regattas, culminating in the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, have been particularly delightful, although what suited everyone else was not the best weather for the favourite yacht of all with the British public, the old Britannia, raced by the King as keenly as ever by his august father. The expansion of the class of biggest yachts this year has been remarkable, and more are expected next year. Camps have been more numerous than ever and we particularly rejoice when the weather is good for the camps of the Territorial Battalions. The Territorial soldier gets little thanks for his patriotic services, and if his annual camp is not a great pleasure as well as a duty, his reward is mightily small ; indeed it amounts to little more than the intangible reward of a tnens cotzscia rmti, not always an alluring recruiting cry.
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