The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-03
Sporting Intelligence.

THE YACHT RAcE.-The annual regatta Of the New
York Yacht Club of yesterday, and was q really
handsome affair The boats, thirteen in number start
cd from their anchorage of the Elysian Fields Hobo
ken the ghtest yacht Hornet taking the lead The
rangement understand was that the boats were to
have start of 40 seconds for every ton they fell short of
the tonnage Of the heavier boats This arrangement
the Hornet the start while the Maria Commodore
Stevenss boat being the largest in the fleet the
last to leave the ground. They had fine day with
handsome breeze and made excellent sport Of it. At
about three O'Clock began to throng the Ho
boken boats and the paths leading to the Eysan fields
more alive and the groves lie to ring
with the merry laugh of bellies and beaux merry chill
dren and happy birds At four O'Clock the feet
turned in that direction they came nearer Mr.
Waerburys boat the soop Una to take the lead
from OF Jersey City to point the old State Prison
Dock The Maria was the next boat astern, and she
lay nearer the wind Gust at this tme than the Una, it
generally thought that she would make the stake
boat ahead Of all; but the Una in experienced,
or at any rate, in expert, hands and instead Of
was running out and very strong to carry her
below the Maria she made the shortest tack possible
and then going about again stood away up the river
(which it will be forms large cove above
Hammond street) so that before the spectators
aware that she had gone about at all she was again
standing her course going to the winds eye
possible And now she nears the goal the Maria Is
hard upon her. but the little Una is the favorite
yet the Mara's advocates are not few-up they come
dancing onward, onward the Maria walking straight up
towards the stake boat and the Una above but to the
westward
ed by the winner Now the Una goes about, and CON-
ing down with the wind and tide passed under the
Of the stake boat tackled again. and in less time than is
requisite to tell the story she passed the flag boat
the inner de and thus out champion of the day
The steamer Eureka which chartered to carry the
members Of the club down the bay and back had
time previously upand was lying just of the stake
As the Una came along side of her. the passengers
and after passing up the river some distance, came
about and went down in search of the oiterers The
Una passed the required point at ten minutes before
Ava and tho thron de
boat in was the schooner Cornea white hull with green
bottoms the fourth, the syren the fifth the soop
pilot boat Hornet great favorite by the way; eighth
schooner Spray; and ninth, the schooner Coqulle
had M MY othsr ne win
shortly after and the feet again anchored off the club
house. To-day, according TO CUSTOM the sport will be
Of all sizes to try their sailing qualities Every thing
that carries sails and sails only may with proprety
enter. II the weather is fair, good sport may be
pected An incident Of amusing character occurred
at Hoboken yesterday while the boats coming up
Jersey constable, Of about 200 pounds weight and
wearing q shocking bad hat was observed walking
about among the crowd, looking officially grand
live constabl could well look. He evidently had some
portunity to consummate it, and good soul, he was
he finally enlightened one of the lockers by inform
ing him that lawyer from New York had put the
cessary papers for the arrest of nonresident in his
hands the man to be arrested board the Eureka
the Eurekas passengers would of course come ashore
after the race the lawyer there and would point
out the TO be arrested and when all this DONE
the constable to have for his services besides his
regular fee, $50yes, fifty dollars to be his reward
and Hackensack jail the destination of the non.
resident and mistake The prospect of good a
for small service made the man happy and commun
cative. The gentleman to whom he told his story
as ingeniousy as possible, readily imagined how
the matter would terminate, and could not keep
so good joke, as this was likely to turn out,
to himself and the constabe's story was soon
known on the ground. The steamer came up, and the
constable looked important than The boats
in, and the time had nearly arrived when the pas
sengers ought to come shore The constable took
position to suit his purpose The Eureka got up her
steam and wheh-oh the vanity of expected
happiness she passed down the river landing so
much fair and square rich man. let alone a resi-
dent debtor for whose incarceration fifty dollars and
costs would be humanity paid After the boat had got
fairly her way towards the city, looked for the
eshy constable but he had not been
since 1t first became known that the Eureka
not going to land there He clearly poorer
by nifty dollars than he two hours before We
might remark that the New York lawyer, who was to
point out the resident and pay the $780, disappeared
about the same time,
THE RACE AT THE UNION CouR,E.-There was O
race yesterday, mile heats for match Of $780, between
H. Jones' m Lady Pearl by Clarion, dam Alice Gray
and A. Conover's b. h, Langford, by Langford dam
Miss Matty which very easily by the latter In
two straight heats. Time l661l-2. The attendance
was very limited