Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-12-22
The Ocean Yacht Race.

last week, Ihe following is a. brief de-
scription of the yachts ard the scene ut
the start, condensed from the New York
Iribu,,e. .i" al ifdi -t7n.a b H0ifnr
The principal features of the articles of
agreement are as follows: George and
Frank Osgood bet Pierre Lorriard, in,
and Others, $4,000 that the Fleetwing
can beat the Vesta to the Needles, on the
coast of England. The yachts to start
from Sandy Hook on the second Tuesday
in December and to sail according to the
rules of the New Y York Yacht Club, waiv-
ing the allowance of time. The Yacht
Henrietta enters the race by paying $50,
| 600 subscri ption by members ofthe New
| York Yacht Club. ' ..G..
The Vesta is owned by Mr.. Pierre Lor-
rilard. She is of 201 tuns burden. She
has length of keel of SO feet, and of deck
lo9 feet. She is center-board boat, and
built OF white oak, white chestnut, hack
matack and locust
| 4. The Vcsta was launched only about
Hseven-months age, yet she has already
proved herself of no mean capacity as
racer, having won two oc IAN Matches
Her first race was with the Widgeon IN
September last, from Fort Adams to Block
island. In this race, distance of IA
miles, the Ncsta was obliged to allow her
opponent minutes and 5 seconds, and
beng ahead Of her l6 minutes, she thus
lost the race ono minute and five seconds.
Her next triumph was over the Henrietta,
In race to Cape May and back. Her
race with the Halcyon, Oct. 23d, was one
that created no small amount of interest
| or = I
and back from Sands Point In this race
she was Likewise the winner by some %
minutes. The Vesta rs manned as fol.
lows: Captain and Sailing Master, Cap
tain George Dayton; first officer, Mr..
Hodgson; second mate, boatswain, two
stewards, two cooks and Is seamen. Mr..
George lorrillard, brother, and Mr.. Tay-
lor, hrather-in-law of the owner of the
Nesta, sail on the vessel.
The Henrietta is the property of Mr..
James Gordon Bennett, ir. 1t will be re-
mehlbtfed she did good service against
the rebels i'll the sounds on the Florida
coast. She is a keel boat, and is of beau-
tltul model She is Of 2O5 ttns burden.
The Henrietta has the following crew:
! captain >. Samuels sailing mister, Mar
tin j. Lyons; first mateJ Jones second
mate, John Cole; boatswain, carpenter.
sail-maker, two quartz rmasters, two cooks
two stewards, officers messman, and four
teen seamen. The owner of the Yacht,
MIR. Bennett, Mr.. Lawrence Jerome, and
I MIR. Melvin Knapp, are on the Henrietta.
The Fleetwing is a handsome yacht.
She was built iii the fall of S65, by Jo-
seph Van Demen, the builder of the Alarm,
Glpsey and Others. She is the property
of Mr.. f. Osgood, son-in.law of Commo-
dore -NaHtlerbilt. Her length on deck is
LOG feet, beam "a rect, and depth of hold
nearly ten feet; tonnage 2o2. Her only
race has been the one with the Henrietta.
Through some misunderstanding, Capt.
Brown, who was to have had command
OF the yacht, is substituted by Capt.
Thomas. Her remaining officers are as
follows: first mate, Joseph Brown; see
ond mate, Henry Hoffman; quaftermas-
ters, Joseph Crandall, John Beebe, John
/ Wood, John Hazleton, The, crew con
sists ofeighteen men beside the cook and
steward. Mr.. Ernest Staples and Mr..
Robert Center of the New York Yacht
Club sail IN the, vessel as Judges. The
Vesta appointed Mr.. Center, and the Hen
rietta appointed Mr.. Staples to sail in the
Fleetwing. ,,,,
Three minutes passed, and then came
the long drawn out 'tgo!' of the steam
whistle. Each yacht swung around at
the call, and running up a jib swiftly gil
ded from its anchorage. The wind was
west7south-west 1t was a seven knot
breeze. Each vessel payed offhandsome-
ly, the Yesta having the lead, with the
Henrietta under the lee of the point, and
the Fleetwing to the northward, rs they
fstarted each had up a foresal, main sail,
main-gaff top-sail and three jibs Imine-
diately after Wearing, the Fleetwing
hauled down her jibs and set her square
sail. The others Immediately set their
] squaresails but keptup their jibs. The
4 Fleetwing soon after set her fore-top sail
and jibs. 9idaaa9G .-.91C.er Tl.u
1t was now beautiful, an exciting
scene. The sea spread far off into the
dimness of the horizon, witha few pilot
4 boats and steamers. to break the even
line to the southwark and eastward. -
4 Northward was the! beautiful bay and
the steamers crowded with life, and fur
ther on the land Between these was d
line of yachts, spreading their broad sails,
like winged birds for three thousand
mile journey, tile sun throwing cordage,
and canvass and spar in to bold relief
: against the brightly lighted sky. Be-
hind were the toiling steamers, with a
small army hammered with white hand
kerchiefs, which waited many farewell
to tile departing craft Thus mile after
mile the yachts Kept ON their way, and
= the steamers followed. The sea was not
very rough, and the spanking llreeze sent
the racers through the waters verify
like 'things of life '|s9a;s1d gdI .oMD -
AT - o'clock they maintain the same
relative line positions; ,thatis, the Henri
eta on the right, the Vesta on the cen
} tire and the Fleetwing on the left--with
the Vesta slightly in advance. Old yacht
men said the sea and the wind were ia
yorable for the Vesta's doing her
very best, these assuming that in a com
) paratiyelyquiet sea she was superior of lie
} competitors, but that her superiority co'6
} not last in heavy waters. Whether thii
theory be correct or not, she for the tim,
being took the lead. Each vessel had il