The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-23
THE NEW YORK YACHT RACE.
Philadelphia Crafts Distinguished.
England and the Washington Treaty
The German Opposition Party
Jesse Grants Golden Wedding.
THE GREAT REGATTA.
The Ocean Derby of the New York Yacht
Club.

A'AS OOS~W DONUy % siAe NEW hOrK 1acnb
From the N. Y. Herald.
THE SAILING REGULATIONS.
stakeboat was anchored abreast of the lower
landing, known as Vanderbilt's Staten Island
about $50 yards from the shore and another in
an easterly line about three-quarters of mile
from the shore. Between these stakeboats the
schooners anchored in line, about fifty yards
apart. The first-class sloops anchored in the
same manner, fifty yards apart, about $50 wards
south of the schooners.
In taking position each yacht selected its own
in the order of its arrival, at the anchorage.
The committee boat did not undertake to tow
yachts into position. Mainsails, foresails, and
topsails were set before starting. The signal
for preparing to start was one gun from the
committee steamer, and after brief interval
the signal for starting was second gun from
the same steamer.
THE COURSE WAS
from the anchorage to the buoy on the South
west Spit passing it to the west and south,
thence to the Lightship, rounding it to the
northward and eastward returning over the
same course, passing to the east going and re-
turning, OF all The buoys on the west bank viz,
No. ID, No. ii, and No. 9, and to the westward
of the inner fiagboat off Vanderbilts landing.
THE PRIZES.
The programme embraced seven magnificent
prizes, two of them being open to all American
yachts for competition under certain regula-
tions. First on the list were the club prizes
being as follows:-
One for schooners .......... or the value of $3.50
One for frst-class socps. OF the value OF 150
One for second-class sloops. OF the value OF 100
After the start was made the spectacle was
beautiful, and the crafts, with an aggregate of
tens of thousands of spectators enjoying the sight,
dotted the bay on every hand. All this time the
Magic was doing excellently, and just outside
the Narrows there was little sharp work be-
tween her and the Tidal Wave, which were
closely together. The Magic came down on the
bow of the Tidal Wave with the intention of
crossing ii, but failed, yet continued until the
Tidal Wave was compelled to come up in the
wind to avoid collision. The Magic went about
and the Tidal Wave lost nearly all her headway,
and was set off to leeward. Shooting out from
the Narrows in a line astern of the Magic was
the Tidal Wave, soon recovering her lost ground
from the formers manGuvre; then the Palmer,
that was fast overhauling them, and sailing so
well that many were surprised. -
THE HOMESTRETCH.
1t was now a free wind to the point off Sandy
Hook, and balloon jibs wers set. Passing that
the Tidal Wave still showed her sailing qualities
and headed the fleet; then the Palmer, Colum-
bia, Magic, Wanderer, Ider, the two latter
struggling for the leading position. They ap-
peared splendidy, with a cloud of canvas and
topsails towering aloft Approaching the South
west Spit buoy, it was feared that the mistake in
running down might be repeated by some of the
yachts, and 1t was; the Tidal Wave, Palmer,
Columbia and Magic, now the leading boats
rounding it as before, the Columbia throwing
away her chance of victory by the error as she
rounded the Spit buoy correctlyin sailing down
The time of those taken that turned 1t is al
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