The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-26
FROM ENGLAND.
The Royal Yacht Club Rnce-The Start, the
Course, and the Sailing-The Winner.
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The, Royal Yacht Club Rncs-The Start, the
Course, and the Sailing-The Winner.
By Atlantic Gable.
LONDON, May 26.-The annual match race of
the Royal Yacht Club which is open, by rule of
the members, to vessels of every class of rig,
was contested on the 21st instant, attracting
much interest among our yachtmen and the
lovers of aquatic sports and outdoor recreation
generally. After the morning preliminaries
had been arranged and the contestants
brought into line, it was found that the
starters were:-The Julia, yawl, of one
hundred and nine tons burden the Cambria,
schooner of one hundred and eighty-siX tons,
with the Fiona, Volante, Muriel, and Sphinx
cutters, ranging from thirty-nine to seventy
tons respectively. The course was from Erith to
and around the More lightship and return to the
point OF starting after rounding. At the moment
of starting the yachts were handled thus:-The
Cambria set her balloon jibs and balloon topsails;
the Sphinx her balloon foresail, with large
working topsail, the others using their
working jibs. The canvas of the Cam
bria was worked in hauling smartly, yet
she was slow in coming round When off
Gravesend Reach the Muriel had the lead being
followed by the Sphinx and Volante, with the
Cambria last. At the Lower Hope the Sphinx
and Volante had the Lead running in close com
pany. The Murei had fallen off in consequence
of having experienced head wind, and the
Cambria was nut of the race. The yachts
rounded the flagship with the Fiona first and
the Cambria last. On the return the Volante
maintained the lead for some time, the Sphinx
drawing to the front. The vessels reached the
starting point in the following time and order,
Viz:-The Volante in seven hours
and fifty minutes and the SphynX in seven
hours and forty-eight minutes; the Sphinx, of
forty-eight tons, taking the first prize, and the
Volante, ffty-nine tons, the second. The Sphinx
has thus been victorious three occasions
during the season-in the contests of the Royal
London Yacht Club the new Thames Yacht
Club, and the Royal Thames Yacht Club. She
is, therefore, considered dangerous antagonist
i'm any condition of weather. The yachts GUM
eyre, Pantomime, and Witchcraft have been
undergoing Il series of trials.
Despatch to The EUening Telegraph.
This Mornings Quotations.
LONDON, May 26-11 A. M.-The EPSON Races, of
Yesterday, still continue and all commercial and
financial business at the Stock Exchange is
almost entirely suspended
The following quotations are mostly nominal and
unchanged -Consols for money, 93A for account,
932; United States 520s opened at T915 The market
for stocks is steady; Illinois Central 95ll; Erie, 10;
FRANKFORT, May e6-11 A. M.-United States 5-2Os,
s5}g steady.
LIvERPooI, May 26-l1 A. M-The cotton market
opens quiet, with a prospective days sale OF 5000
bales; middling uplands, ll16@1l4d: Orleans, 1880
1%d
The shipments of cotton from Bombay to the 22d
instant, according 10 private telegram, are $4,000
bales.
There are no changes in the quotations of the
Breadstufis and Provision markets, and business is
very light in consequence OF the EPSON Races.