The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-24
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0ua On me sboss coi up their stations in ine on the
Castle with the exception of the Rosebud and sea-
bird, and finer feet Of cutters, perhaps never "o'
beautiful start was erected Of ten A. M. and al
set whole mainsaiis and big t0psans snd ~ sa
the V Warner w." on Ryde the vIndex led By nearly
minute. but standing too far over towards inc MAUI
land she was passed in succession py s1c ~.
vanguard OF the fleet In the order named. De.woeu
Ryde and spithead the little Chrlstabel going spen
weather r Quarter and after most exciting race
gamely passed her big opponent 20 wnu"aro me
the ~ t o. SS S vas every sy
tom OF repetition OF yesterdays fdsco. but aItef
wearisome delay and many unavsiling man@u av,es
TO fetch the markbOnt, light breeze wan oDsoIyeu
coming mp from the mainland, and the leading
cutters getting the benefit OF II, rounded at Leps"
Fiona. Dione and Aprow; but the wind con
unned 80 light aud paltry that AFTER roun ssa3
to eg make the tne q
the competitors actually seemed to drfft back more
.an on Westward Of the fagboaE AL ieh isSt and
preeze iresnened trine. though Still very iignt u
ntful, and the yachts managed to keep up eastward
to Egypt Point All hopes OF the match b, ling CON
Guided before the regulation hour were no sppa..
renty ilusive indeed lily trangpl red that
the Oimara rounded the mark boat, or l. epe, a.
twenty minutes past eight, followed by the NJ email as
half past eight and the Dlone at twenty-five N inutes
to nne the last named having passed the Chr staneI
on Egypt. The leading vessels finally conclude tho
round In the following order and ttme:-
Oimara ........s 81 so Dione........-. 6 30
Menai.. s 50 As Christabel......
THIRD DAYS SPORT.
THURSDAY, August GA most welcome changeN
weather ushered in the day appointed for the ran
for the town cup-a piece of plate, value one hun
dred guneas presented by the Inhabitants Of Cowesb
open to all yachts OF thirty tons and upwards be-
longing to any royal yacht club without restrictions
as to rig. heavy rain had fallen over night, aud
the morning broke black AMI lowering. with heavy
clouds overhead and n rafting breeze from w. 3. W.,
which dashed the hitherto tranquil waters OF the
Solent into mimic sea, and everything promised
favorably for glorious yachting day. The entry
W as In every respect worthy Of the weather, ana
comprised the following fine vessels, the stations
counting from the castle:-Niobe, 40 tons; Condor,
129; Dione, "A; Phryne So; Fiona, 7s.
The race was concluded according to the verdict
OF the official timekeeper as UNDER
Cambria ..........a % 20 3 oimara......2 50 81
Egeria ............2 20 IL Condor........2 33 20
Lufra. ............2 81 Fiona. 45
The Cambria was then declared the winner OF the
prize with IL seconds to spare after deducting the
Egerias allowance OF minutes 55seconds; while the
latter In turn beat the Lufra by rs minutes second;
the Oimara by 81 minutes seconds; the Condor by
q minutes seconds and the Fiona by % minutes
10 seconds, inclusive OF time allowance.
FOURTH DAYS SPORT.
FRIDAY, August S.-As a rule land/1en and yacht
men rarely found to agree in their relative e3ti
mate OF 'nne weather." but to-day, for once, the
''unanimlty wonderful" For once the elements
were equally compacent to all parties, both ashore
and afoat.
A little fleet of crack clippers that came to their
stations to compete for the squadrOns one hundred
guinea prize Ground the Islandn The following
152 tons Aline 2l5 tons; Gelert, 168 tons; Panic
mime, l32 tons; Lura, 1913; Arrow, "a tons; Nyanza.
pa.
Race not concluded when the mail left.