Out of thirty events on the programme for the first two days' racing, her boats were first, second or third in twenty-eight events, taking fourteen "firsts." In the Veteran Officers' Skiffs Race Vice-Admiral Jellicoe stroked the winning boat. Of course the _Prince of Wales_ was first on the list of points in the regatta, getting fifty-and-a-half to the _Argyll's_ forty, and won the silver trophy--a figure of a giant cock. One amusing incident occurred at the conclusion of the regatta, when bands from the various ships went down the course in their big barges playing a selection of tunes. When they passed the _London_, last but one in the "race" for points, they played "When London Sleeps"--a sly dig at that boat's poor performance. On passing Jellicoe's flagship each band played "Cock of the Walk" to the accompaniment of deafening cheers. Sir John, as every man in the Senior Service knows, is a keen temperance man; it was he who was credited with the phrase "the grog curve." He believes that a sailor should have his glass of grog so long as he never takes more than he can carry, and he does not "carry" even that amount when on duty. Jellicoe delivered an epoch-making speech on this very important question at a great temperance meeting held at Gibraltar in November, 1911. On this occasion he said that everyone responsible must recognize the value of temperance in fighting efficiency. In the Navy there are three qualities upon which efficiency mainly depends--discipline, shooting, and endurance, and temperance unquestionably tends greatly to the promotion of these qualities. In regard to discipline one has only to look at the punishment returns to realize how many of the disciplinary offences are at the outset due to intemperance. As for endurance, medical research has amply proved the fact that temperance is a great asset in improving the physical qualities, and therefore the endurance, of the human race. As regards straight shooting, which is so largely a question of eye, it is everyone's experience that abstinence is necessary for the highest efficiency. "If I am going to a rifle meeting in the afternoon," Vice-Admiral Jellicoe said, "I don't take a whisky and soda after lunch. If I did, I know I should have no chance of making a possible." It was the late Captain Ogilvy who pointed out that efficiency in shooting was thirty per cent. better before the issue of grog than after. In the Honours' List at the time of the Coronation celebrations a K.C.B. was bestowed on Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and on November 28th he was given the command of the Second Division of the Home Fleet. There were numerous changes now made at the Admiralty, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman becoming First Sea Lord in place of Sir Arthur Wilson. With him were H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg and Captain William Pakenham, all men of the new school.