The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-04
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Race Between the Me-
teor and Bella. .~,y.
A Fine Day, a Fresh Breeze ana e00d
sport-The Meteor VIM r.
Race-A Slight Dispute.


and the latter q feet inches. The merits OF the
Bella have been so very much lauded by her owner
to frighten the smaller sloops of the feet out
the feld but yesterday she had to succumb to
little seawitch that evidently faster sailer.
The course decided to be traversed was from
stakeboat, anchored or Bay Ridge around No.
buoy (which is moored of Sandy Hook point and
home.
"All aboard" cried the captain of the Virginia
Seymour, at ten O'Clock and her hawsers were
cast adrt In most incredibly short space of time.
She touched again at Manhattan, however, for she
was the committee boat, and some few of the
members OF the club had been seepml The
weather was peculiar, dense banks OF watery
clouds obscuring the sun from view and the river
being unrppled by even
TIE FAINTEsT WHISPER
OF breeze; but those aboard who were sailors
and who "knew the bay" prOgnOstcated that q
breeze would spring up ere the yachts started. A
good deal OF time was occupied in towing the COM
petitors INTO position, but at last
THE GUN TO PREPARE
doomed Its hoarse tones across the Sapphire
Straits and the shrill shrieks OF frightrully dis
cordant "French" band-composed entirely of Ger
mans-utterly dcmoralized the twittering song
sters that fitted from branch to branch OF the
beauteOus trees that form q background to the
tawny beach Of fair Bay Ridge.
The Meteor and Bella are both sloop-rigged; but
the latter does not carry gafftopsai, while the
former runs one up that sets like well paned
board. The steamer J. Brkbeck, with a hetero-
geneous crowd Of Brooklyn persons, came upon the
scene just prior to the start and rejoiced that
brass band deafened them, though they halloOed
and yelled to their hearts, content and they must
have possessed remarkably large hearts at that.
"Bang"
"She's or Mark the time, Old fellowl" yelled
betting man, as the Bella filed away on the port
tack, and stood over towards the Staten Island
shore. Her antagonist started one minute later,
the relative time of starting standing thus
se,la................................ T q
The latter vessef caught flaw ofwnd, and walked
right up to the pretty little lady who was gliding
most gracefully along, passing her thirteen
minutes after the starting gun nred and setting
her jib topSail directly
FINE FRESH BREEZE
at this epoch swept up through the NarrOws, max
ing the little flyers heel until their lee gunwales
were frequently adip A mist overhung the horizon,
and the wind, which was about south and west by
half west freshened until the Meteor's skipper
deemed it advisable to take in the gaGtopsail of
the pretty craft he commanded.
propeller named the Duryea came up to the
Committee boat at this stage and her proprietor,
the owner of the Bella was loud-voiced about bet
plenty Of ''chatf," but no ill-temper displayed
When OFF the Club House formerly occupied by the
New York Yacht Club, both yachts went in stays.
and the Meteor came away skimmingy; she tackled
again OIL Fort Lafayette at 16l, and the Bella fol-
lowed suit half minute later. Near the arid
from the waves OF the gushing sea, the Meteor
sent about at 2h. 16m. and the Bella at Oh. I'm.
sos. The wind increased TO such an extent while
the vessels were In the next board that the pretty
little Bella dipped her nose into the cleaning
surgss that came rolling in until she seemed the
picture OF
with pearly tears streaming from her quick, bright
eyes. At 3h. 20m. the Meteor put her helm down,
and her antagonist followed her example one min
ute later. Both vessels were then doing remark
ably well, pointing well up despite the fact that
terested in the race apart from those aboard the
Duryea, were suddenly taken by surprise by seeing
the Bella round one OF the channel buoys-
a floating convict only it had not a cumberland
All away for the home stakeboat She rounded this
course, came up splendidly and rounded buoy No. s.
of Sandy Hook point, at All. en- p NJ.
Major Bush, the owner of the Meteor, Immediately
requested the captain Of the Seymour to steam up
to No. buoy, so that Its number could be accu-
rately ascertained. 1t was proved most con-
clusively that the Meteor had turned the proper
mark. There was very much fun and jollity on the
way home. The race had been virtually decided,
and all hands were happy.
their sweetest; the Franco russian musicians,
who had gorged themselves with lager and pref
the the P snniisbted sSy to Shed few 's opaI
tears, and then outshone in spcndor. to the
northeastward. rainbow that glinted upon the
sails Of passing ship and tinted with prismatic
hues the smiling surface OF the bright blue sea.
The Bella passed the gaylydecked boat that
m the g at S lin cSe s am@ the
sans The Meteor came around her at 5h. PIN
and received similar ovation from her own party
reasonable and just man who was a spectator as
to the result Of the race and the way in which the