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15 August 1878 — Therapia | |
Thursday. 15th [August 1878]. Breakfasted at ¼ 9 & at 9.30 started with Henry in the Antelope to go to the Prinkipo regatta. Took with us Mrs & 2 Miss & Master Parnis, Mr Kennedy, Lord George, the Genl & the messenger Capt. Player who had just arrived via Odessa. Played the piano & worked on the way down. Got there at ¼ to 12 just in time for the Antelope to run a boat in the 12 o’cl: race & to win 2nd prize. The 3 1st boats were a Turk, an Alexandra boat & the Antelope. In going round the buoy the 2 latter fouled in the confusion the Turks slipped out a couple more oars & 2 men from the bottom and altho’ it was a close thing beat the Alexandra boat. But they were discovered by the committee & disqualified & lost the prize. It was a real bit of Oriental cunning & amused every one exceedingly. In one race the Austrian stationnaire boat won the 1st prize to their great delight & they cheered & made a great noise & then requested Zichy to telegraph it to the Emperor which he did. The Antelope boat 5 oars won the 1st prize in another race. Abt 12.30 we went on board the Alexandra to lunch with the Admiral. Leaving the Parnis to lunch with Capt. Wingfield. We waited a long time for lunch but the Captain Pasha did not come. A Turkish steam launch came & while there was a parley & a difficulty in understanding what was wanted Zichy’s boat came & they begged them to move on a bit—at wh they went off. At last we sat down to lunch at 2.30 & soon after the Captain P. came & with him Mehemet P. who sat next to me & was very jolly and amusing—& Achmed & another Pasha. While we were taking coffee on the Poop a furious note came from Kiamil Bey saying he had been to the Alexandra in a Turkish steam launch & most rudely sent away. Henry sent Mr Chermside to apologize for the mistake & to bring him which he did with great difficulty. Meanwhile Genl Todleben arrived in the Constantine from S. Stefano & came on board to visit the Admiral with the commander of the Constantine. The Admiral gave him his salute of 17 guns on leaving & the Constantine returned it. The view was a very pretty & animated one. With the ships of the Fleet, all the stationnaires (except the Russians) & several tugs all dressed out with flags—the small boats darting abt a brilliant sunshine and the town of Prinkipo as a background—it was very pretty. At 5 we started home taking Mrs Arthur & her little girl with us. When we got to the Bosphorus we past the Italian “Sirena” wh had left before us. We stopped at Candilli to drop Mrs Arthur & as her caique did not come we had to lower a boat and land her. We notwithstanding passed the Sirena a second time, much to their disgust. They tried to “crowd us out” by driving us almost on shore but we got past & got home before them. Mr Chermside & Ld George dined with us. Had a little music in the eveng. | |
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