New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-17

What betting there was, was decidedly keerful."
Whilst most were 10th to back down from their
friendship for the Mahoney and the Phantom
friendship based upon the crack performances of
those little clippers in seasons past-all were afraid
OF the new competitor the Adeona, the latest and
best offspring Of John Mahoney's Algerine boat-yard
The crowd were not ignorant of some of her recent
experimental doings, in which she showed that
which promised lively things in formal contest for
the honors. The fact is that the Adeona was con.
siderably the favorite before starting.
All the officers and members of the Crescent
City Yacht Club were at the pier.head, and among
the visitors was goodly sprinklng of the South.
ern Yacht Club, including Commodore Robinson
and vice.Commodore Milliken, and some of his old
brother yachtmen.
The gentlemen who acted as judges of this race
we're hessrs. J. B. Prague, s. L. Dupiere and J. NJ
Vandegrif. The Secretary Of the Club, Mr. Beggs
and one of the ghprivates, our handsome young
friend Cohen dispensed the comforting Inequalities
OF the Club beneath the pavilion on the pier. The
lake was fecked with outside water.craft; among
which was fleet little cynosure from Mobile, and
several other crafts having board jolly crews from
different parts of the city.
The Club prize to be run for was beautiful silver
salver, and six goldlined silver wine.cups, of the
most chaste and tasteful description. The run was
fifteen miles, or two triangular rounds past stake
boats two miles and half apart.
The story OF the race need not be long one, Old
Eolus was stingy of his breezes and few scattering
catspaws and slight circumlocutofy rifles were all
that prevented the lake from offering bosom passv
as mirror.
The start was made at Is minutes to o'clock
All the yachts got off fairly together, but, in maneu
vering to catch what little breeze there was. tbev
soon spread apart and tackled aud shifted in all sorts
OF ways. The Adeona, however having the keel. the
SAIL and the man at the hem soon managed to get
ahead, and passed the first stake-boat five minutes
and fifteen seconds ahead of the Phantom, which was
only one minute ahead of the Mahoney, the snrit
having taken the rear place, with no evident intent
of relnquishng that honor The rest of the race we
may describe in a few words. The Adeona led. bv
long distance; the Maheney and Phantom struggled
hotly together all the way through; and the Sprit
fell long way behind. The Phantom keeping ahead
of the Mahoney, there no particular excitement
in the race after the passage of the first stakeboat
AT the end of the first round, the Adeona was four
minutes and seven seconds ahead of the Phantom,
and the Phantom was just twelve seconds ahead of
the Mahoney. The Spirit was so far behind. that
when she did get n she gave up the race and lodged
off into the canal. The second round showed the
same nipandtuck between the Phantom and Maho
ney, with the Adeona far in the lead The Mahoney
in the far distance put herself to her best tricks and
finally showed ahead of the Phantom The Adeona
was saued as the winner, nine minutes ahead Of the
Mahoney the latter coming in three minutes and
fifteen seconds ahead of the Phantom.
The Adeona sailed into the canal with flying colors
her crew standing up and singing the "Bar stangled
spanner' in magnificent style. As Johnny O. and
Dolly D. were of the and of the choir, it added
not little to the ua'ietiss of the lively occasion
The following was the time of the race, the Spirit
having been in turf parlance, badly disanced in the
first round: