The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-26 00:00:00

WEITIIOI7TH.
ROYAL DORSET YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

The annual regatta in animation with the it ,yal
Dlreet Yacht club t 0.4 place on Sat irday, when,
although only 11 yachts were mitered for the three
rams, a larger [lumber of yachts theu last year, ant
someof them very bee miss, were attracted into the
Weymouth B.y. Many of them auch•wed Moues in •
line to the leh of the pier head, mci a very pretty
eight they 101=1 ou 1 Way swelling wheu they elm tn..
el their lights Oil Saturday the ma wee doecribed m
perfect. it being all that it wad pmeible I. wish—tu.r•
was • good breeze, atoi the day wa• very bright and
sunny. the pleaaure boat* were Katy decked eriets
flsge, whilst from all the fi .gat .ffe iii Imo town ft ased
• II sg, cud at the eud of the pier the must eho• of
booting wag diaplayed. Toe Notbe, f,m which a
good sight of toe .acang uould be o ta.ned. we. the
. favourite spot ti wits... beept otta, awl malty availed
themselves of the sight mid the breeze I. be hat on
I the summit. Soveral watched the proolediugs isOUS
I the pier, at the sod of which structure, which it as
.tifficult to dmcribe, hue been erected at a oust, we
ot somethiug like LOA. Bet, toe that as it may,
the I opiei eu stems to be that the .1111)CLI,Ja is a
most radii:Mew oue. A few ',amassed the rookie from
the top of tau i undiug, hat the majority made use of
the old . Tin committee, committee C
Fosts Kew G. A. RiJout, 1..;41Uhel SlVethaid, acid
Caviar' Gould, topmast with lb. civil cud very
obliging secretary. Mr. It Most 0 tkley, started the
yac ota by the linitg of a tun from the yeah Delight,
a revenue cutter' lout by Capt•in Fitzroy, ot
Hercules.. Toe Delight, which woe gay *lto ft wd,
wee statioued in a hue with toe liage..,ff on toe pier
bead, 4114 the yachia had to cross tide imagivaty los
ia sterling.
the first ram was for cutters, echoonors, end yawls,
of 41 woe mid upwade, amid altuougu toe Ist pose
offered was £7O mid toe 201 nO, -.ay the lo.i.srinu
y scats Mares. :--lieueens. cutter. SO Ito., Sir it. F.
Sutton, Dart. (•wum) lr.s, OLltiost, 85 tee, Mr.
walawrit (•afraul); Med orte,UUtt tr. 64 tons, st...
Jain. CLNI'd. tu. (uleurr) ; yawl, 45 L .ra., Mr.
-. Mope M•uiey (.1/..es). The lez list it a11,.r lb.
GalMe•ta 1 mill. 12 secs, amd alarj anti Lorna I mto.
26 e. G.,

-1714-e-4.4 meets, a ve,y toe ymcht, Cilia lt.i Way-
ok.,nta on Thursday, and sue wa• the adruiratiou of
all. She la a hew boat, and has, it is trod, hero •
moot suomibisful canulaeti,,r, hatiog Woo .110.0 ‘OOO
out of 12. tit which *he tuk pot. Oa Saturlay. bow-
seer, abe, as well al the lrem, wade a ba aiart, awl
haviug crasaed the hue beiore thosigual was giro.., eel .
LO MAUD. To. 1.• /r,.• Wet the brat to atart, red •he
wail followed by the Mali .rir. lb. hound was about
13 miles to leugtb, and h I t be ..;3 le over three
tans., the distance t ./e ,o.ro beam 40 usil..o. rao
lir-4 round warn tuampleted ia ive mar 2 10. u., rut it was
fouud that tug Gammas was true to harried, aud
was fulfilliug all that we. expect* I of hr by
the iea 4, th Lea ualo aecou I, Me Locus /laird, an a
Marjorie last, the latter crommug the 11,4 abut tour
talottWe after the Genesi.. In the detleUil Douro. the
Ire: crossed too blue at 16 uuriute. to tome. aritl the
last time 48 micoarla after six. Toe L roa did a.l
c onolete her secosmi cou,ae LAIRS 2.riloa. 43teci. alter
three, but her last • urnoo one tiolaued it 3 ulna. 21 .eca.
balore air. The 31 .rjorio's tour* were 3 Ira 7wiao.
49.005. aud tiara. 59 oah,. 35.ece., awl Lee aieue.ta
tam led fur race at uearly ball•p,st as.. The prig •
wore thereto/a won—L7o, L •ro• ; £3O. AL•11,641.
Tao L .roa leve woo 14 o,izam woo t nay, one of
thew hems the 1,/ isea's prize at the Cowes Regatta,
where mho boat Lao Gamier,.

Tus wound race was lur cretin yachts of any rig.
°coos tins; 30 t.lll, any roc...gassed yatint
club. Tu. tirst Drina was £4O an I ths secsosi 1:20.
Four ) a :tits were *oaten! for tots contest :—Ar,touss,
yawl. class A, 54 too*, Mr. -esti at Likud (OW.101.) ;
Genoa, cutter. class A, 32 toss, M b. 11.usb
porreser) ; Ausmoss, y .wl, chow B, 75 boo., Mr.
E. Lidiall (.wner) ; Bianca, cuttor. dew B. 77
tons, Mr. E. It. Cud is water). The wan*
was as iu ths first rosse. And did yachts had
e sail in cruising trim, Y.lt A. rule. Clan A.— '
Minion reseals built pus: t 1174. or Dues of later
dase was,. spars ha I beau lesion sl foe crui.ing
purposes, and nein B uoua ill. cruisers. —Tile Arotou
allowed the Homo 3.niu. 541. c. ; G 141.101, 6EOIO. 161,0. ;
and Anemone. I sun. slasc. Toe start wss so scOemleul
sue, Arethusa led, f .01swol by (3 soca, and Dieu
• Manna, A1.,11.11.10 being tie Lila. TOI 04.01/iOO/ Were
I •In lied at the foil "slug limo. :—Ardtbut., 1-334,
4.23-20, 640 ; •taJLIIO.IO. 140-35. 4 53.55. 747.35
Bialica, 141 13, and reared ; (Items, 143-20,4-56.10,
7.51-45. Toe prizes were thus fatten by—£4o,
Aretbusa ; £2O, Bianca,
Toe third race was for cutter. of flue tons and
under, this distance being about 15 mi.... The prize
°deist! was £5. Toros hid entered :—Cyprus, cutter,
five tens, Bey. (1. W. Issigo Blahs (owner); Lisa,.
leyyow, su tar, tares I a., Messrs. W. G. B:ytau
sod G. kLainiltou P.ios (owner.) ; Dismors.l, cutter,
fire tons. Captain li. P. Williams ( ewn•r). Cyprus
aid Diainousl to allow daarleyyseter 3mln. 220 301.
0.13 the first tws stesud. „ha alter the Suarleyytew
hal tine sb .rt distaaces soappsd her mast, and
h rst.re, 10•Vigig Of prul t 1•Slk lb', a .1/1,10,
who . slits completed in 2ors. dl um:. 251e,5.
Fts.rs was sat soy yacht racing t 144 (11 today) 0n
acc runt of the rerquay Rs( sits being hell th e same
,lay, bat altbou;ti yachts left sVeymouto thly
coalln .1 put is at Tsrqusy, sal h. i to p ost .04 10
Dartmouth.