New-York tribune., 1871-10-23
INTERNATIONAL YACHTING
VICTORY FOR THE sAPPBo.

The l0ng-cherlshed desire OF yaenttnen to
have keeboat matched against the Nvonia has been
ratlhed the ssppho sailing against her on saturday,
diving her even worse defeat than did the Columbia
week ago. The Lvona sailed more admirably than she
ever has In these waters.
According to the American record this makes three sue
eesses to defeat Mr. Ashbury thinks dinerentiy'
however as the following noe sent TO the Committee on
Saturday morning, indicates: ., ,sn
Grr.nIH ~ oonnu. h. s Of race. v.hea: grs,s' ny
cepfned sD the subject Of Jour Communication @ S lou"
uuy, 'hh AshBeA|
This Ia likely to give rise to new complications, as
NewYork yachtmen IL 1they win the race to-day VIII
consider the series ended, while Mr. Ashbury viii claim
another race Early Saturday morning Hight breeEes
prevailed from the northeast, and the sky was almost
cloudless The sappho, Lyona, Dauntless, Columbia
Enchantress Dreadnaught, and Magic had been riding
at anchor of Quarantine landing over night and all
except the Columbia and Magic started carly lor the
lghtship The Commit tee steamer Beth Low left the
foot Of Desbrossesst Fat $780, and with the Columbia In
tow steamed through the Narows for the
lghtship The breeze not being very fresh
1t was considered prudent that the Columbia, which
had been thoroughly overloaded since Wednesday,
should be taken out to At 11So the wind having
freahened the Colup5a was Egnaed TO lower the racing
nags flying ct b5r peak and the Bappho by unfurnns
her oQlors formally announced herself as the American
champion for the day. The steamer Magenta carried
about 800 passengers to the racing ground Tho Lacka-
south-south west bound to point 20 miles from the
liRhtship where she was to anchor and hoist all her
coiors The for the was from an imaginary
line drawn from the ghtship TO the Committee boat An
chored to the eastward to and around the stakeDoat
Lackawanna turning 1t on either sde and thence back
to the ghtship After having waited for the stakeooat
to obtain sufficient lead, the flags were lowered at 1905
as signal for preparation and at 1910 the lowering of
tho coors second time announced that the Committee
ready to take the time Of the yachts as they passed
The relative proportions OF the TWO yacn'S arc aS
'OA' Hs.. Of YaoM oU..r. AppsrtIonneut
ssppHO n 7. Y. .C...vceCOnnodOre wn P. bOugim..lsl
The wind freshened moderately, and veered just
enough to the west to give the yachts that which Mr.
Ashby is reported to desire always-"a dead beat to
wndward" When the last signal was given, the Sappho
sarboard tack close to the starboard quarter
of the hghtship and the Lvonia the port tack
heading across the sspphOs wake. The sappho without
any delay tackled filed away, and heading about south
east on the staboard tack crossed the line at l2 and
the Livona after going about on her weather quarter
passed at l8962 Both boats carried in addition to full
lower sas balloons aft and working topsails forward
with their jib-topsails slowed.
The run out to sea continued until 1G21, when the
Iivona hoping shake Of her opponet which had hung
very her weather bow tackled toward the
NewIersey coast heading westsouthwest. The Bappho,
apparently Indifferent held the sarboard tack until
1888, when she went about. The wind having veered
one pent further westward at 1910 the boats hauled up
southwest by south, the ssppho having decided wind
crowded closer the wind for the sappho was heading
fully points better The wind In shore proved very
ins me IiVonia about at iO bound out
Se s IN her
eaf topsai and her jibheaded topssi The sappho
sSS hs
me 4sS@s Sn Dat at
Lvona finding that her balloon topsan was not draw
Gt ct sPRnG %
andimaintaininR a windward position had been signally
Ssn abo toward @
the Lvonia the starboard tack, and on an outside
SOn and voa
the belief that the @ sSTd easS aeF
shore The breeze blowing fresher than since the
beginning Of the race and the sspPh0 naa s0%ed
At the very moment that the sappho headed outward
on the starboard tack crossed the bow Of the vonia
heading toward the port tack she tackled leav
Ws. that the Chances Of change in
should be equally shared and as she now esped for
seen from tie COMMITTEES steamer that she sailed fully
points cHs the In W0d tn the an Ue nsT at 5 a
| held the starbOard tack only ten o, minutes, ties
H %se1 Ss sans the cSS stretch Which had
making toward land at $780, and for the last time before
WhcR had been rapidly gaining tackled to the
Lackawanna at and passing two minutes iater set her
wind dead aft, and the sapph9 with lead Of 81
miles was insured an easy victory The Lvonia tackled
toward shore and passed the boat II minutes later
Ning round I'm very commendable manner In the run
before the wind the Sappho had entirely her own way
and although the LvoDia sent one balloon aoft after
another most reckless manner the gap between the
Yachts heightened every moment TheSappho gradually
gained until she led by nearly six miles, ana athough
the IIvona spread more SAIL the sappho literally dis
SNi'00 NO' ~ OFFICIAL TrrE Corrected
p,s,4 atske- Actual time
f;IssSS. ffisSSs s: ss: tss ts5S sHs s sSs sa sSS ss
The race was won by the sappho by 81 minutes and
seconds actual time and minutes and seconds cor
rected time giving allowance OF - SECONDS 10 the
The sixth race Of the international series will be sailed
| to-day over the Eew-York Yacht CLUB course; u.
| Commodore Ashbury has accepted the challenge OF
Capt. Samue to sail race with the yonla three times
around the ightshp from Sandy Hook point, for 90
guinea cup day will be named after the races Tor the
Queens Cup have been completed.
ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE YALE NAVY.
THE sc1ENrIFIcs AGAIN CARRY OFF THE LAU-
RELs-IMPoRTANT ACTION CONCERNING THE
UNIVERSITY CREW.