The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-19
YAcHTING q.

Tho Jersey City Regattu-The First Sail
Over tho Course.
The regatta OF the Jersey City Yacht Club took
place yesterday according to programme. Though
several OF the expected yachts neglected to put In
en- appearance, there was still quito respectable
number Of entries for the race. The Eclipse. Viz
ginia. Knight Templar and Undlne entered for the
first class; the Blossom, Ada, Psycne Sophia and
Emita were the second class entres tho third class
were the Zephyr Henrletts, Nellie. Comet Sea
Bird. Irene and Gazelle. Messrs. Charles Schmitt
Hammer, william CLARK and Seth Hopkins const.
tuted the judges. .
The course was from the stakeboat around Owls
Head, the Robins Reef Lighthouse buoy and round
the stakeboat home Two turns around the stake
boat, making distance of twenty miles, comprised
the race.
There were three CLASSES OF boats, all started within
. few minutes OF one another. or the first class
were tho Eclipse which passed round the judges
boat ct 1880, Knight Templar ut 1851, Virginia at
1852 and the Vndme at l2:52K. They then started
on the second round.
OF the second GLASS boats the Sophia started at
1863 ana the Blossom at 1888.
OF the third class the Comet started at 12S4N ana
The start was first rate one and all went on in
magnificent order.
the Eclipse and the knight Templar. Of the first
sbsorbsd the greater part Of the interest felt in the
race. the Judges in whose hands the money still
E0m3tnss nau NOS -O0Cl0o0 oO0ut tne prizes up 20
late hour yesterday afternoon.
UP6RTTIN0 OF A YACHT.
AZ eleven O'Clock u the forenoon one Of the
yachts, the Comet while preparing for the regatta,
accidentally slipped her inoortng and sailed away
with ballast, she was, OF course, soon upset. Luck
ily che had not yet got into deep water ann was
therefore easily rlghted, just in time to the
to Mr.. 8. Q. Ketchum. aud she lad who was aboard
Of her at the time OF the accident narrowly escaped
drowning.
The Wrecked Yacht Jossie-Her Party All
Safe.
gentleman, member of tho Staten Island Boat
Club. called OF the HERALD ofilce yesterday morn.
ing for the purpose OF making the following state
ment In relation to the reported drowning OF
yachtsmen" in the lower bay:-'I, in company
with several other parties, was sailing about the
lower bay on Sunday afternoon In the yacht Albert
when the storm came on. We noticed small yacht
some distance from US, ana about two miles OF
shore, 60 over during the first squall Desiring to
render all the assistance in orr power to the
wrecked party we bore down toward them,
and when we came alongside We found the boat
bottom side up, and the whole party, seven in mum.
Der, complacently seated on her bottom. We offered
to take them Oh, but they declined, saying they
would remain where they were and try to right
from shore and took the entire party back when we
again made sail and returned to Staten Island.
Before the wrecked party left they told US their
boat was the Jessie, OF the Oceanic Yacht Club. OF
ndent, for we saw the yacht from the time she went
over until her party had all been landed on Shore"
the yacht was picked up on lower quarantine by
the steamship City OF Mexico at daylight on Mon
ton. The men lost nearly all their money and
clothing.