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Updated: June 13, 2025

Well, I will go ashore to the clubhouse and find out whether they have heard anything about the entries for the cup." When he returned he said to the captain: "I hear that the Phantom has entered, Hawkins. I am told that she has just come off the slips, and that she has had a new suit of racing canvas made by Lapthorne." "Well, sir, I think that we ought to have a good chance with her.

G. A. (George Alfred) Henty - The Queen's Cup