New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-17
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! z yAsA SyHRl Ell III. Sept. Us, 1856.

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CIT II CUEs & XII
Asss esfHIsl sTI An, Sept I5, lS56.sgI
zdsfoxs Ias,c tallsed and alixs
iousIy looked carfe o.
to-day There Is m unusually number q yisi.
tors here. t 3ssS3 III SS{sst
WA lovels not i cloud obzeured its
face ct an early hour people from M
quarters Of the Pass commenced assembling at nnd
around The hotel, All Tie acknowledge centre of|
n boat talk 5i5$ ~ n
L The Club assembled at nine o'clock, and after
adopting solution making the angles Of the race
i've miles instead of and hall, as heretofore and
the transaction Of routine business to open
the lists for the entries the regatta which proved
to be for the Challeng Cup, the M.
s7 julia BY Vice Commodore George May
Coqlette, by Vice Commodore Jno. G. Robinson;
n Rapid, by Vice Commodore b. a. Fisk; 4 ts.557
Edith, ny Thomas Byrne, Esq. !;
Ripple, by Com. story. and Vice Com. Millken.
On drawing for position, it resulted as above
enumerated The Coquette, Rapid and Ripple were
entered also for the first class prize. s ~ s IN
The julia and Edith were also entered for the
second class prize The Dream was afterwards en-
tered for the same prize. 8t8
L y
\ for the third class prize.
This matter having been disposed Of, the a-absorb
ing question was, whether we were to have a z five
knot the rules Of Club requiring it to make
4 a race
The race was the usual distance miles; the
angles being five miles, once round Tie Hotel wharf
was selected the starting and ending point the
stake boats to be placed one to the eastward and
the other towards Dat Island. The channel next the
Pass was staked and the yachts instructed to goo out
\ and come in by it. OH @#z#
4 At the time of the adjournment Of the Cub-near
ten o'clockthe wind was light from the eastward,
but gave some faint promise of growing better as it
grew oder.' It commenced hauling around to the
southwark until reachedabout south southeast when
4 it made a halt. @ 85fs
The stake boats were sent out Immediately after
the adjournment of the Club, but not being remarks
BILE for their speed did not reach their positions until
nearly three o'clock. GU can imagine that it was
anything but pleasant to the large number Of visitors
who were assembled on the wharf, anNiously expect
ant, to have to wait long in the hot sun for the
commencement of the race All the time the discus
sion was animated on the probabilities of race fol
! the want of the necessary wind. W -
The judges having decided that there was a five
knot breeze at five minutes past three o'clock thu
Il last gun was fired and the fleet got under way witt
stout Sheet the Julia leading, followed by the Co
Equette Rapid Edith and Ripple in the order named
and the rest of them all mixed up After getting on
of the channel and laying up for the Cat Island STAKE
beat the Julia was soon passedby those above named
they all keeping the eastward tack except the Ripple
which made long tack over the oyster banks to th
! westward. ssag -
/ Nothing Of interest transpired in the race tina
could be seen from the Shore nor could we distinguish
! their exact position until they approached the frs
: stake boat, which was rounded by the Rapid in Ii
; I'm. 3Os, the Coquette iii H. S sos, and the Rppl
y in LII. GINS. The others were not timed.
. With stout sheet they proceeded for the stake boa
;. eastward which was passed by the Rapid in Oh lin
the Coquete in Oh l3m. 49,, and the Ripple in q
y I'm. 15s.; the Others not timed. -,
y For some time the wind had been lulling, and no1
. there was every appearance of its dying out con
pletely. Ithad also hauled around to the westwar
Y of SOUTH that the yachts had close lay up hons
The Rapid came to the winning post in 3h. lGm. 27s
! winner Of the Challenge Cup and first class priz
" The Coquette came mp ten minutes afterwards, bit
. did not pass the home boat and consequently di
lo tanced. 1t was now almost dead calm. The Edit
rs arrived All 29m winner of the second class priz
y and the Ripple in oh. Ism. l5s., having been f
nearly half an hour within speaking distance Of tt
outcome The last,arival reported the Carrie a Ion
v way ahead Of all in her class; but the wind hs
~ completely died out, there is no knowing when 81
- will get in. 1t is impossible to give a summary
the race as all the boats are not in and the mail BOZ
from Mobile is at hand. Twill report tomorrow IL
60 summary Of the and what transpires the pr
: sentaton of the prizes, should there be anything
=. interest.
VI And so endeda very undressing race, the on
marked feature of which was the attention given
= by well known Camp street artist Of New Orleal
Atte clock in the morning, after getting himself
~ with great care, he proceeded lesurey to the wha
W and took a seat pile at the eastern end, whe
:. he remained without moving until the last boat
~ rived, as fixed as the Lighthouse on Rabbit Island
Az THE Ex-Y AcuTMAN.