Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-25
Sporting Affairs.
THE YACHTING TRIALS


NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-At the conclusion of
the yacht race yesterday, after the Livonia had
come TO anchor in the bay, the following letter
from Ashbury was received by the committee
dated
"ON BOARD THE LIvoNIA, Oct. %, 1871.
To the Sailing Commodore Of the NelC York
Idcht Club: Assuming that am right as to
the ultlmatum OF my protest in regard to race
No. 2, now claim continuation of the series
for the possibility of winning two more, in which
event | should claim the cup as already inIma-
ted The Livonla will be at her station tO-mOr-
row for race No. 5, if the committee decide to
| entertain my claim. If not, | hereby give no.
tice that shall sail twenty miles to windward
and back, or to leeward, as the case may be, and
as already requested, invite you to send a mem
Der OF the club on board TO see that the regula-
tons OF the club are complied with. Ii no com
peting yacht is at the station, the LyOna will
sail over the course, as also ON Wednesday, the
25th Please clearly understand that the con-
tinuation Of the races will be without prejudice
to your decision as to my protest for race No.
2. Yours truly, JAS. AsnBURY.
The committee having already decided against
Ashbury'S protest against race No. ., they con-
cluded that he might sail over the course as of
ten as he pleased; but they had won four
races out of seven, they did not deem il neccs-
Sary to sail any more races. Commodore Ben
nett then finding that Ashbury was determin-
cd TO sail over the course, ana being anxious to
test the speed of the DaunIleSS with the LiYonia
sent Ashbury a challenge for an outside match
over the same course for a fifty-gunea cup-thc
race to take place to-day Ashbury accepted the
| challenge on condition that Bennett sailed I'M
| der the time allowance. Commodore Bennett,
beng anxious for Il race very pluCkily accepted,
| although if the race is made in five hours the
| Dauntless will have to allow the Livonia about
| seven minutes.
THE CHALLENGE RACE.
The challenge race was sailed to-day for the
| fifty-guinea cup, by the Dauntless and Lyona,
| over the ocean course, from Sandy Hook light
| ship TO a stake boat stationed twenty miles to
| the windward, and return. The weather was
very foggy and disagreeable, but not unfavora-
BILE for sailing. At II 40 &c the Livonia crossed
one minute one second after. The start was
very interesting, and the yachts kept their dis
lance, about two hundred yards, for nearly
thirty minutes, when the tackled; they then got
| wider apart, and the Dauntless succeeded in
weathering the Livonia, and gained on her fast
TIL the stake boat was reached, at 20 :05 The
| Livonia rounded fourteen and One-half minutes
| after. Coming back the wind yeered two points.
and fell considerably. The Livonia was over.
hauling the Dauntless fast, and seemed the
| winning boat, when a good eleven-knot breeze
| sprang up, and the Dauntless Travelled away
from her competitor, and reached the lightship
at 30, the Livona at 5 :2S .3S. The Dauut-
less won by eleven minutes three seconds actual
time, or six minutes three seconds corrected
time,
BASE BALL.
The Mutuals beat the Atlautics twenty-four to
| eight.