New-York tribune., 1871-10-10
YACHTING.
THE RACE FOR THE LoRILLARD CUP-A srRoN'
nREEzE AND AN EXCITING C0NTEsT-aLhH
nm FAILING OF THE sAPPHO.

THE RACE FOR THE L0R1LLARD CUP-A sIhoNo
aREEzE AND AN EXCITING C0NTEsT-MLhh-
DIp SAILING OF THE sAPPHo.
NEWPORT, Oct. 9.-The race, to-day, for the
r,,Iard Cup ecited unusual interest from the fact
at Il was calculated TO display the sailing abilities OF
,ho Yacht Enchantress, which Is yet stranger IN
.mor,can waters and of deciding finally any DOUBTS
.h, might exist regarding the relative speed OF the eap
nno and Palmer. Tho Dreadnought also hoped 10 10
IN. n do something brilliant which would entiue her
,o a inst measure OF consideration.
The Dreadnought which had been got reany carly wes
l., avoeIlent sailing TRIM and the opinion was unani'
,nously expressed that If she ever wonld nave III
onportunity In which to display her latent aoih'y
The time was near at hand. she was doing wen, anu
doubtlessly giving much encouragement 70 inc hea'
her captain when, at Es, of Batemans foint, sno o"
ried away her fyngjibboom, and 30 lost al nopo Vi
starting In the raco Much sympathy was eVery"here
expressed for Capt samuels, who throughout 'ne ec'
has been signally unfortunate
Tho sappho keeping to wpdward, passed wlthih naLs
distance Of the ghshp, the port tack at sSo'2 Inc
Palmer followed s9465 and the Enchantress t"o hin
utes later. The yachts all headed for farraganse''
River and when. ats42, the sappho Tackled Close 'o
the shore she had gained fully oneeighh OF mile on
setna sSt oss in one tack Of minutes The Enchancas
tackled SOON after and all stood far enough on the sr
board tack make the Block Island buoy on the hcxt
port tack This carried the yachts 30 far to sea that e
low sandy shore OF Pot Judith soon sank beneatn tne
horizon.
This course was held until 1Gl7, when the sappho went
about and the Palmer at 1924, directly In her wake,
Enchantress was now wofuy behind and did not cross
the wake Of the Palmer until lCi2. The sea
"nd running n gS To s ke ana ree 0 in her
sail Nearing tho buoy the Enchantrcss was seen away
the horizon The sappho rounded tho buoy at 1ih Oen
l5s, and the Palmer exactly 10 minutes atet. having
se r Seha that none saw her go round the buoy The
Sappho at once run up her working topsas
sail, and set her topsas. The two remaining yachts
were enabled to lay their course by paying out their
main booms and both made remarkable time 10 the
vineyard Sound lightshp, sailing as they did, through
the trouge Of the sea. ,,,.,o,,uoa
ability with free sheet, but the was too heavy for
her. and the contrary she rapidly fell astcrn OF the
| mander of the distance TO the ghtship was made by
the s2pphS n, at win the be seem Iaf from the fact
she accomplished the distance OF 2S miles in hours
and ls minutes. The slppho turned the leht;sh %tt
and the cheers Of the board tHe former The
Palmer at l490 hut in attempting to go about ;or
side, 20 that much time must have been l2st
reSainng weahSr p0TtSdn p0TLsd 'se4t WIS p,or lor
them nSr filed "l'1 away and bore to the southwest
about one quarter mile to show good weather position,
stake By not rounding the lightSip she forfeited all
all claim to The prize but saved fully Is minutes OF time
reefed. The off Buzzards Bay was as rough as
the strong tide setting out against the wind could
region Of the upper Atlantic Coast Is notorious for its
ugly chopped seas and to-day such waves were anything
| but comfortable. saunch and seaWorthy as IS the
| the cockpit. She shipped fearful seas over the
weather bow which thoroughly drcnched every
one on deck, shook tho vessel in every
timber and turned into foam the water for rods around
but she rose like cork and In the expressive than
choice vcrnacuar OF the sailing master, went Tor IT
again, showing her nose through the waves" She
never reafed anything although ut times grave appre-
The sapplo reached lqh,ship at 3375O having made
the run III 2.O4j. The Palmer arrived at 4:lf54 Inc
Enchantrcss up the and returned at oi:i5
The Sappho will sail for Europe about April l. for \
Mediterranean. Tee race for the cup given by Vice
Commodore Douglass will he sailed tomorrow over the
same course. The Wandercr Dreadnaught, and Palmer
will start.
The Sappho wins the race and cup by 80 minutes and
81 seconds.
REGATTA OF TIE BROOKLYN YACHT CLUB.
The Fall regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht
Club yesterday held under favorable conditions OF
weather and stiff southwest beeeze The course was
from the anchorage the foot OF COurtst South Brook
lyn in Gowanus Bay, to the Southwest Spit returning
to stake boat anchored In Gravesend Bay The prizes
for the winning yachts the whip pcnnants to DO car
rcd next season. and oil paintings or the winners In
each class The yachts started on the port tack with a
strong ebb tide the Addie leading and coming IN far
ahead. The following yachts sailed;
First SchOoners-Madeue Com Voorhis Alice er Com
de Lis DcensOn The Madeleine the
nr as The Spit buoy way FIRST
SIoopKaser Whc Qu Viye sophia Fetie Fly.
ipg Cloud Magic D. Tie KAISER Wilhelm Third CIa's
The frstcass soops started at 1046; second class at
I049 third 1851 and schOOncrs at 1O53 and all
turned the South West Spit and came home In the fol-
lowing order the time being taken at the SPIT buoy Dy