The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-13

lowed leading the Foam, Tarolinta Rambler ana
looked like taking the lead Of the Shops The
breeze stlll kept freshenng, and the Columbia dis
Pensed With her , gaG tSpsas satisfied with the
bows Of the Rambler and stood in for
LONG ISLAND SHORE.
The breeze now came dead down the Sound,
giving the yachts splendid chance to display
tneir weatheriy qualities to wiDdward. The little
and leading the Teller. The Columbia set her
working main topsall and made good weather,
IN her element, making regular tacks In tns
s nle OF the sound and gradually gaining on the
Meet. The Vision had passed all the sl00ps and
cLAwlNa UP TO wINDwARD
on the lee bow Of the Alarm. The Palmer, carrying
little Eva. which was sailing in better form than
she mas shown In the past three or four years. For
ar BOAT OF her length to hang on to the Palmer In
p,eeze OF WIND Is no mean performance The
idler, carrying both topsails, was doing very well
' TO eeward OF the Eva. and the Taroltnta fol-
was about mile ahead Of the Tarainta and the
ha'nDier brought up the rear, nearly two miles
astern The Vision and Alarm were all alone over
on the Connecticut shore, the big schooner going
iast through the water crossed the bows OF the
soop as ae h latter caw9g up to wndwara came
weather quarter. The Vision took In her topsail
ana at IL :3s the Alarm
ana STOOD on the port tack towards Long Island.
me Columbia, on the starboard tack, crossed the
the Meet, keeping up her prestige as a fast boat.
At Il lbs the Columbia took in her mantopsa and
Of aheaa Ta sh and
on the starbOard tack, about mile to windward
Of the ldler, and the Tarointa crossed the
II 40 the Tidal Wave crossed the wake of the
Alarm, while the latter crossed the bows Of the
and Foam were both down to lower canvass, and
the Alarm had just slowed ner 1oretopsail, as the
sheet had parted. Al noon all topsalls had disap:
hn 1Qrn n
the ldler had her nyinglb taken IN out OF the way.
1t had now settled down to one Of those dry east
looking like reefs in prospective. The Idler housed
her ioretopmioGsst and Kept along under mainsai
was about two miles to leeward Of the Alarm,
standing across on the starboard tack. At 12:l6
the Iarollnta stayed about p mile astern OF the
CONNECTICUT SHORE.
1t was splendid sailing breeze, a1ordlng good,
fair test OF the sailing qualities Of the squadron in
beat to windward under the lower sails. The
Ider finding she was dropping astern, set her
dying jib at l2:35. The Alarm was making good
the ldler ON the next tack, and coming up towards
the Long Island shore the breeze hauled round q
Alarm tackled
OFF CRANE NECK
and stood o. along the Long Island shore, heading
peak throat halyards, letting the main gan drop
about five minutes, and with topsail set the old
craft was booming along as fresh as young kitten.
the eastward The Sfeeze came strong str and puffy
on me gSns the and der all she n ran Win
1910 the Alarm olewed up her maintopsaf, finding
II was burying her instead Of helping her through
and puffy, coming In black gusts OF the Long ISL
and shore and sending the Alarm along like q
but holding the better wind Of the two The Tidal
Wave going. to the southwark, stayed about
s a sSa hove Of the G the
two miles, with the Palmer hunting her up about
five minutes later. There was now tolerably
az they wanted The Eva was nots doing quite so
wei, with her foresail down under mansail and a
wanted. The ldler stii hung on IN the wake OF the
Alarm, but had to give way to the extra power Of
the big schooner. The Columbia was stu leading
the feet about mile ahead OF the Palmer.
THE ALARM WAS THIRD BOAT,
with the Idler next, and the Tidal Wave following
starboard tack towards the Connecticut shore. At
40 the Alarm housed her foretopmast. The
stayed to the eastward, crossing the bows Of the
ldler. The latter, however, had gained a little In
the last stretch About three ?. NJ. the breeze
frcshened, and, rolling IN little rough water,
the Columbia gave sheet, and stood fol. New
Haven Harbor, with a view to a comfortable dinner.
head reaching on the Palmer, which lay about q
mile TO windward. The Idler was working along In
TaroIinta and Rambler We're some two or I'll thr r
miles astern. The little Eva was away over on the
Connecticut shore, following after the Tidal Wave.
At $3.50 p. M. the Palmer Stacked away her
main sheet and bore down toward the Alarm, but
when about half mile of her weather quarter,
hnding the latter still continued on her course to
New London, put all hands on the mainsail, and,
TRIMMING DOWN,
put her again In the wind. few minutes after
ward the Palmer lowered her foresail, and sailed
lnder mainsail jib and flying jib. At 3:43 the
Alarm parted the clew OF her fOresatl, and lower
ng away, prepared to put In a single reef. At go
The Palmer gave sheet evidently determined to
run into New Haven, and five minutes later Rear
commodore Kingsland concluded he had
better keep company with the fleet, and
ordered the Alarm on the same course. Several
working schoonefs bound to the eastward adopted
similar tactics aud accepted New Haven as har-
Dor for the night When the Palmer and Alarm
anchored in Morris Cove they found the Columbia,
Tidal Wave, and Taronta riding quietly In the
haven of refuge. The Eva and Phantom were also
anchored Off New Haven. The Clio and sOop
Vision arrived an hour and half later. The neet
sail Tor New London tomorrow.