The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-13
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COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA
The Opening Regatta Of the Seasonal Lively
Breeze and a Good Race.
the FROllC AND G. E. SHERMAN WIN

The June regattas were inaugurated yesterday
by the Columbia Yacht Club, and, although in point
OF tonnage the competing yachts would rate rather
small they certainly had plenty OF fun and made O
pleasant display for the amusement Of the specie
tors. The Columbia Yacht Club have frem year TO-
year held very successful regattas, perhaps not
owing as much to the speed or number OF their
yachts as to the successful management OF the gen.
tlemen In whose hands the direction Of the arrange
meuts had been vested This year the Regatta
Committee comprised Messrs. Robert Wilson,
Jacob Van Ordcn, Martin Buckley, william
3. Winans and Benjamin Adams, Jr and
those gentlemen and Commodore J. Mobiles
may be congratulated upon the success OF the re-
gatta Of 1872 They certainly were unfortunate In
the number Ofentries, only about half the boats
in the club came to the scratch; but those that
were there made good race and the guests on
board the Fort Lee were enabled to see the yachts
all round the course and enjoy themselves as well.
THE COURSE f@
was from stakeboat of the Club House, at the foot
OF Flfty-seventh street. to and around stakeboat
on Fort Lee, thence to q stakeboat or the coal
docks at Weehawken and back to the home stake
boat. The course was sailed over twice, making, In
ALL distance Of about twenty miles. The stake
boats were all left on the port hand. The following
yachts were entered for the race:-
CABIN sLooPs.
! ri Mams now. vv,,, G,ene, Length, Zee;
Froc. Commodore J. Mobiles. 1907
- FIRST CLASS OPEN sLooPs
5oaTnsyman; yiss Commodore Mcwhnnssy 3 s
e.0'so 'ns' sroSS CLASS opss sloors OS
nasge Hsssy H GarRPener Sp
Irene - Gcorrc Roahr '..''. 81 81 10
Craftsman FTesiSan hciiinsswortl " IS O.
The steamer Fort Lee after first calling a. Chris
made fast to the dock at the foot Of Fitty-seyenth
street shortly after ten A. M. A large number of
4 and before starting she had received tolerably
large human freight who all appeared In excellent
humor and ENJOYING the music RON the band on
Nj Y.C., Judge Connolly and Messrs. Simonson and
y. H. Masterson. There was nice fresh breeze from
lost some time in taking up their allotted stations,
and oil the entries made their appearance with the
p 81 ta rc dgge anu Irene the
S0s., and all hands board the different yachts
were Immediately on the alert fol action. The start
ing gun was fired at 1lh. I'm, and
THE RACE
began. Jibs were run mp IN hurry and pretty
pied the most nortleriy position, getting OF first.
The wind was nearly dead aft and all the yachts
started of with their booms the port side, with
the exception OF the little Germania, which stood
mp the eastern shore and kept her boom on the
sarboard side. The Frolic and the Elizabeth Rowe
had pretty struggle for the lead which the former
naly obtained, but finally had to give up to George
2. sherman, who soon showed her superiority by
walking StralgnJ through the Ueet ana taking the
position OF leading boat. About this time little
excitement was added to the scene by the
CAPSIZE
OF small ib and nlainsail boat called the Scrub.
cOasting schooner struck her boom and Knocked
her fiat over, but the crew Of three were soon
comfortably enscOnced on her side and out of dan
| ger The Fort Lee picked up one of the men and
the other two got into rowboat and were pulled
on shore. In the meanwhile the little racing fleet
were getting on beautifully, and the George L.
Sherman, under the skiful manipulation OF John
Gage, was rapidly improving her lead. on the
CHEMICAL WORKS
little pun brought the Elizabeth Rowe, the Lille
the four kept together for few minutes In line.
Finally the FrOlc gradually forged ahead, followed
/ by the Journeyman. The little Germania was away
or by herself on the eastern shore and the Crafts
Lille. The George +. Sherman was the first round
the stakeboat or Fort Lee and, starting OF tho
starbOard tack succeeded in wcathering the FrOlic
Journeyman, Elizabeth Rowe and Lille, which
were still on their way. The Elizabeth Rowe and
Frolic rounded close together, the former on the
inside, but the latter was the quickest handled and
gained two lengths by the time they got to work on
the dead beat to the
coal. DOCKS.
The Lille was the next boat round, followed
closely by the Journeyman, and then came the
Germania, with the little Craftsman some two min
ntes behind. The beat up to the coal docks gave n
magnificent opportunity for testing the sailing
paCitcs OF the fleet by the wind. Tho Sherman fl4
remarkably well and boat the whole feet verY bA&iV
on this beat to windwgrd. The toTrncTaiaa Ne.
proved her position 2nn tnrnca Ihe Dolly NagIcn
stakeheat OF the coat DOCKS second boat NNd min
! ute and half ahead II me Lille, which Nes third.
The ErOlc came ne&. having shown tho 1iizabCth
4 Rowe clean pair OF hGUis when II calGe O. seiirg
by tho wind with Jake Van 0Tden at the helm. The
fOi'ewiag is the official time round the stakeboats