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4 Corinthians. She was the property of Commodore A. R. Boswell, and won the Prince of Wales' Cup in 1880.

Of the Toronto yachts that found a cradle in the bottom of the lake, perhaps the best known is the old sleep Foam. She was owned by the Anderson brothers, in the seventies. In a squall off the mouth of the Niagara River she went down with all hands. Sphinx, another sloop, shared the same fate some years later.

rigged, but was somewhat smaller than the present Oriole. She was first owned by Mr. W. C. Campbell, who raced her with great success in the seasons of 1874 and 1875. In both years she won the Prince of Wales Cup race, over the Niagara course. Brunette won this trophy in 1876, but for the next three years in succession the trophy went to the Oriole. She was then owned by Mr. J. Leys, and others. She was purchased by Mr. Geroge

The name of the yacht Oriole is a household word in Toronto, and Mr. G. Gooderham's magnificent racing and cruising schooner is a very familiar figure in the harbour. She is the second schooner to bear the name she honours. The first Oriole was build in Toronto in 1873, from the designs of Mr. Carey Smith. She was schooner

, and was broken up in 1886, after a very successful career. She was succeeded by the present grand schooner yacht of the same name. the first Oriole had few rivals as a racer, but when Mr. W. G. Gooderham's cutter Aileen was brought out her days were numbered.