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Talisman II. was also designed by Mr W. Stewart, and 



built by Smith of Oxford for Mr R. Lee Barber upon lines 



somewhat simi- 

 lar to those of 

 her predecessor. 

 She was ao other 

 very successful 

 boat when there 

 was a good, stiff, 

 racing breeze, 

 but practicaily 

 useless during 

 calm weather. 

 In 1900 she was 

 sold to Mr T. 

 H. Thomas of 

 Lynn, who con- 



tinued to race her and won many prizes. 



The Zingara, built by Mr George Mollett for Mr Fred 



Bullard, won several prizes in 1894, as did the Silver Star (Mr 



0. W. Barton, 



afterwards Mr 



G. M. Cham- I 



berlin), but 



in 1895 the 



Bream (Mr J. 



W. Waters) 



appeared. 



This boat 



was another 



machine. She 



was built 



privately at 



Acle and held 



the Yare Challenge Cup until 1897, when two new boats 



built by Mr Linton Hope of the Thames alternately beat 



everything, namely, the Checkmate (Messrs Watling, Sikes 





TALISMAN II. 



