The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-12
THE GREAT NEWPORT ReGATTA,
Tull Account of the Yacht Race on
Thursday.
vcroRY or THs HARIA.
The Excursion ON the Steamer Blackstone
KnOw Nothings In the New York Yacht Clnb.
ENES- MODEM rs,
&c. TO-, 30.

special Correspondent OF the New York
Heral0.
OoEAN HOUSE. NswroRr, Aug. III, 1864. /.
The annual regatta Of the Now York Yacht Club
cook place at Newport. Rhode Leland. on Thursday
Last, l8th instant. The readers OF the HseAIn
have already been msGe aware os the result Of the
race BY telegraph, and itrs~ains for your CORES
poncent to furnish the part cuaes, which arc sufi
cienty amusing to interest eyes those who have no
sparticulr care for 20 htipg matters.
H PRELIMINARY PBccsgDtxss.
; Is Inc race oi Thursday had long been advertised
aTand great flourish Of trurrpets had been made
about ft-so great, indee1. that few people were
indncet to believe that some go,d might come
out d Nazareth and that even the New York
Yacht Ciub might succeed in getting up a race
which would be creditable to il. How far this an.
VI iIation was realized will be -een BY the sequel.
The fesaAta was thus announced -
REGATTA AT NEWPORT. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1854.
The New YORK Yacht Club OTTER to be sailed for Now
port on the otn day OF august next prize cup OF the
yalus Of $500 open to all hog vessels CT over 5 tons
Gust m House measurement
No ao ~ance Of time to BE- 81 en- for difference Of ton
aase me entrance money ~t be paid 10 the second
Scat In tho race but far tai norey Is conccrne
ssssss s''A' Ct the New S0'A Yacht oa' win not Be
Tie race 10 be from Fort Adame starting az 10 O'Clock
a. 70 make the race as nearly 90 sble 40 miles
sioois 10 sail under jib and only and schoon
.srs uncer jib, foresal and uaii,~ail only
1be ui;tee will their discretiou as t starting
an We appointed day. but II once started to be race
provided TIE distance Is performed eight hours II the
or Tie race L. rot finished 10 eight hours 1t will be post
ponea rosa dav 70 day until decied The sailing rogu
wler they conflict with tbs above stipulstions In
trance uorey 70 b So
The entries win elise the st day OF August at noon
N. ar Xorh
Yacht Club No Pioe street New York, whore copies
t tie New lo!k Yacht Club sailing regulations and sn
other Information can be ohairei
GEUkGE W. BLUM, New York, lcnmmt+a.
J..PkE COTT HAIL. Newport, o'n'u'''ec'
TIE reader win notice that the usual allowance
for tonnage, Uorty seconds to toa,) was not
nisde, and great many illnanred people said
shn tLis departure from the usual custom was
caused by the fact that the "Commodorcr Of the
squad on feared that his boat, the Maria, would be
beaten by the new boat the Julia. Tho Julia
measures ~ tons, and the Maria ll6. This is, pro-
bably, "pure slander;" but there Is no doubt thai
Mr. Stevens wanted the cup, aud that he had the
luck to get It.
The next point that attracts our attention is the
folswing senten.e :--'rhe entrance money Will
be paid to tho second boat in tho race; but so far
as this money is con erned the yachts Of the Nov
York Club will not Be placed" That Is, members
Of the club would not compete for the mo-
sty, bot was to be paid to the fastest
beat entered outside of the club. But eve
thi, dazzling prizs-the immense sum Of one
hundred end ten dollars--6id not tho attend
apce Of any Of the Eastern boats. The outs de en-
tries smouLted to solitary Harlem sloop, and Mr..
Ledei's America, from Philadelphia. There wcre
al the same time, some twenty yachts and pilot
boats lying IN New York ha -bor; but tho offer
OF the magnificent purse above noticed, failed to
tempt them to get unier way with the New York
Club. That shows how popular The nouredu richie
members are. They show no court,sy to strangers,
add diligently exclude the reporters from their boats
even moie they refuse to give any information as to
tier movements; and the givirg an account Of one
Of y eli Isgatsas is more Ike the pursuit Of know
l.dge under difficulties, than anything your CORES
!pcndtn: has yet encountered.
The following entries we're made previous to
tugust L.
slcop Maria, 1i6 tons (Ney York Yacht Cub,) !. G.
Sioop Ilco Jane 80 tons, (yarIem WA II ColwsIl.
leop Jaiis, so tons, (Nov YORK Yacht Ciub) j. N.
seboorer Hasc, SO tons, (Sew ycrt Yacht clus,) ".
u Ivrcnr
elener corneua. 7s tons, (Nes York Yacht cluo, }
loop Gertrude, 60 tons, CSor York Yacht Club j.
sieop Una, 6s tons, Ces Yort Yacht anb,) L ".
sioep irene, as tons, (Sew York Yacht clob,) T. r
ssioeper N, stery, % tons, (New York Yacht Club
slocp Araer,ca 20 tons (Philaaelphla) R. =. 10 ,er
schooner Spray, 40 tons, (Nes York Yacht Cub,) No
se II Grinneil
Nearly all the boats in the squadron are inclu led
ia siis iit aud as this il the height Of the New
pint season. it was expected that the attendance At
the regatta would be very large
gHs scvnsgY TO sEwfoRr--Neas asISG BEroGs TsE
RACE.
Tie HEEALp correspondent left New York OF
"Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock, along with &c
veIai hurdIsd other unfortunate indfNduals-many
more t AZ could be oecently accommodated. on th'
boat. There were no state rooms, no berths, an
only rlssrablc imitation Of sef2er Some hundred
lssse' qe slept. npcn mutt.ssses spresd upon th'
cabin f.er, and we're continually disturbed BY th'
waneeritg of peripatetic colored persons, who's
boots ffqueruy approxinatcd TO the siumbcrcrs
noses. TIC idee OF comfort on this boat see1ls 4
have heon entirely exploded.
Reaching Newport at three o'clock, II was asces
tained thar there were no rooms to be had at an,
OF the hotels-that pleasure seekers had beer
-s,eelhs - Kitchens hanging up on pegs, repssinl
on dining 'ables, and otherwise making tho bee
of thingsn for tho week previsn<. So the unfcrtu
rate pssser gers growled, loungcd, smoked, drank
and sleyt ia chairs until br. akflst tine, Thankful
Sat ti.;e Sas stirl something TO eat
Aiisr breakfast, the great inquiry was, how shs
we s,t - tho racer Nobody knew anything abou
IL; bot after great deal Of din ulty, handbili va
dlscos,ies, which announced that tho steauboa
Blackstone would, in c,nsi isIasion Of tho sum
one dollar, convey the great public to tho scene
The gtst race. II was also announced BY tho con
railte. tat they would patronizc the Blackstone
this occasion. She was TO leave Commercial whal
at ten o,lock, and rush was made to that plac
in consequence. During the carly part Of the mori
ing tic ky had been overloaded; but at ten ocloc
the sun burst forth in the most brilliant sty ,thoug
not uarfcularlv fny thn Wd th