The New York herald., 1870-06-17
Y A G II T I N G.
Annual Regatta for the Pennant Of the
Atlantic Yacht Club.
a Fine Breeze and Splendid
Run.

The Emblem OF Championship COmpeteu ZOE
By Three Schooners-Th Made
leine an Easy Winner.
The annual regatta for the champion pennant for
schooners OF the Atlantic Yacht Club came or yes.
terday, and, owing to the favorable circumstances
which surrounded II, proved most interesting and
enjoyable contest. Favored by the elements in
every respect better day for sailing could not have
been desired. and, although there might have been
more competitors. the fact OF their absence cannot
In the least degree detract from the splendid victory
Of the Madeleine, q schooner that has recently
attracted much attention, and that is owned
by one Of the most popular and enterprising
and plucky yachtmen belonging to any club In
America. 1t will be remembered that the Madeleine
was large sioop last year. and even In that con-
dition was very favorably known. She was univer-
sally regarded as q handsome, swift and seaw0rthy
craft. In the pennant regatta for sloops the Made
lene carried off the honors. But Mr. Jacob voorhs,
Jr., anxious to compete with more pretenttous ves
seIs hau the Madeleine converted into first Class
schooner. and, in conseq aence OF the change, was
compelled to hand over to the club the
pennant he had won. The schooner yacht
Mystic was the victor last year, having defeated the
Lois in the race for the pennanr. Arrayed In her
preliminary arrangements having been settled the
following were
THE ENTRIES.
Yachs Oecdsy. Rsg
Madeleine. Jacob Voorhs, Jr. ...... Schooner
Mystic .......J. G. Creamer.. schooner
Lois Thomas Q. Lyman. Schooner
The course was from the anchorage ground Of the
Atlantic and Brooklyn Yacht Clubs, Gowanus Bay. to
the Southwest Spit passing from east to west and
return making the course direct about thirty miles.
The yachts were got into line about noon the wind
being southeast and the tide at high water. It was
a beautiful day, clear and refreshing, ana with q
good sailing breeze in prospect hne contest was
looked forward to. The judges were Captain w. y.
Nichols, J. M. Sawyer and Captain w. J. Langley.
THE START.
The nrst gun to prepare was fired from the famous
soop Addie " at eighteen minutes past twelve
P. NJ, and fve minutes afterwards the cannon from
the same yacht belched forth the signal for the con-
testants to depart The three yachts started almost
simultaneously, their positions being as follows:--
The Mystic TO the wndward, they eyMadelene IN the
centre and the Lois on the lee. The Addie
", which accompanied the yachts, started on
with slight lead moderate breeze prevailed,
and the Madeleine, with jib. flying jb, ga6
topsail malnsai and foresail, was the first Of the
schooners to quit the basin, with ihe Mystic In her
wake and the Lois standing out toward the Narr0ws.
The Madeleine, after proceeding about half mile,
tackled direct for Bay Ridge, the Mystic contin-
uing straight course with her pennant streaming In
the wind. But the Lois got away out In the tide,
and when she came to tack found herself over mile
astern The Madeleine was advancing very rapidly.
island. r-'t
There was fully bali mile between the Madeleine
and the Mystic when the latter pretty certain OF de-
feat, retired from the race and returned to her
Of the Lois. There were now but TWO competitors
the Madeleine and the Lois: The Addie Y. was,
both schooners kept sharp lookout for her. The
" by ins wy Mr. ns op
New York o Yacht Club regatta Of isss
upon competitor which 1t would be All honor
to defeat; little private arrangement moreover.
der the contest between them very entertaining.
THROUGH THE NARROwS
tt was q dea0 beat to wtndward as indeed, It was
from the commen cement OF the race. When ihe
Madeleine was opposite the the CLUB Gln5 House me
the Staten Island ferry boats. the Addie
v. being convenient to Fort Lafayette. The
Madeleine lost no time in going about and cleared the
wake OF the Addie ". which led out the weather
bow. After two lacks outside the Madeleine winded
5 being i. this ns Ss assrn % the AdSs Gs
v. stood over towards the, hospital on the
West Bank, followed by the Madeleine, while
In the direction OF Coney Island Point Having pro.
ceeded about mile or SO the Madeleine went about
making for the tail end Of the West Bank. In this
manner the competitors kept on, varying but little
until the tack for the sa,,rHvrsr sr,r
was determined upon. The Lois appeared to be out
OF the wind, and was making but little progress On
Madeleine tackled directly for Coney Island Point,
and was soon after followed In that course by the
and the yachts went to their work with will. The
Madeleine was gaining rapidly, and quickly went
ahead Of the Addie Vincreaslng the distance every
minute.
| After going about along the Coney Island shore
leine, was seen to point towards the Nsrrows. Her
| chances were evidently hopeless. and she accord
bit it was as Wise wis course as % the LOIS could
| have pursued. The Madeleine. which, hand ed
as she was with ease, sailed most beauti-
the champion pennant. Nothing, therefore, remained
but the friendly contest between her and the Addie v.
Island Point to the Southwest Spit, and rounded t
| at 2:3I +. NJ, While the Addie w., coming from
and turned the spit four minutes later than her op-
| ponent.
There was now fair wind to Gowanus Bay but
| when about two miles from The Spit 1t became
| light and the immediate prospect was calm. The
canvas and would doubtless have reduced il had not
the breeze freshened and again the exciting contest
| was renewed. The Addie v.-than which, under
substantial yacht exists-began to show signs Of
considerable activity, and would unquestonaby have
given the Madeleine something to do had not the
wind partly left her. Prior to her rounding the
Southwest Spit she was equally unfortunate In tho
matter OF weather, and although handled with skin
| by her jovial and esteemed commander, Captain
] Langley luck was evidently against her. The Made
eine opened the water in charming style and having
| In sight. She had not reached the Narr0ws, and
although she was swiftly getting back to her anchor
age the great speed at which the Madeleine was
rushing alDng-for the southeast breeze had
now favored-rendered 1t probability that she might
| v. walked up to the OCCASION and now commenced
| to move along in her wOnted style. About mile
| from the Narrows the Madeleine came up with the
| much more significant under the circumstances.
After this any excitement that had heretofore pre-
| vailed died out. rs the Madeleine gayly rushed