Royalty

P:Standing on the deck of his racing yacht Britannia, puffing cigarets in wet and squally weather His Majesty King George won his 200th and 201st yacht races last week at Cowes, Isle of Wight. It was a bad week for other yachtsmen at Cowes. Lucilla, smart 12-metre yacht, was crashed into by the big cutter Lulworth.

William Saunders, steward on the Lucilla, was drowned. Tom Wright, seaman on Lord Waring's cutter White Heather, had both his legs broken in a squall. Three other yachts were dismasted or overturned. Britannia was kept out of the races one day with a split mainsail.

P:Queen Mary remained aboard the steam yacht Victoria & Albert, watched sailors chase ducks, climb greased poles.

P:Edward of Wales has agreed to pay an official visit to Argentina and Brazil in March. Purpose of the visit: to drum up trade for British manufacturers in both countries. Last week he flew to Le Touquet. France, in his scarlet cabin Moth plane, played golf, was warned off a new course by one Allen Gault, greenskeeper. Suddenly recognizing H. R. H., Greenskeeper Gault suffered a mild attack.

P:The Duke of York, still waiting (together with telephone operators, pressmen, doctors and Home Secretary John Robert Clynes) at Glamis Castle for the birth of a possible son and heir (TIME, Aug. 11), played golf with his father-in-law, the Earl of Strathmore.

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