The New York herald., 1874-08-12
wing is the order in which the vessels

The three last named vessels not having crossed
over the line within the required time were de.
led for some distance up the channel, but alter o
few tacks the new slOOp Arrow (this was her first
the % Oracle. The Magic led the schooners, and lor
some time there was no perceptlble difference in
the several positions until near the entrance OF
there being hardly enough wind to give them mo-
ton; but the nearer they approached
BATEMAN'S POINT
their speed seemed to improve. After clearing the
Point the arrow tackled to the eastward, and.
after obtaining good wlndward position, made
slo0p Coming following in her wake. The Gracle.
Vindex and Vision had quite htte brush up the
the Point the last mentioned sloop stood toward
lor over half an hour. The Magic made short
tack 10 the eastward and then went about for the
western shore. The other scnOoners beat slowly
up the channel, the Foam, Idler, Wan.
their way out, with the Rambler and Alarm
bringing up the rear. The ldler carried large
jb t0gsai, which appeared to help her M along con.
sideraby. Once clear Of the channel the positions
OF the scho0ners were about as follows: Magic,
Wanderer, Foam, Ider Azalia, Alarm and Ram
ana vindex stood OF to the eastward, the Arrow
and Coming tacSing IN the opposite direction.
with the exception Of the Idisr when made "a long
schooners stood out for
POINT JUDITH,
the Foam holding fine wlndward position and
There was very little change In position after this
for some time. Several OF the schooners went
he Ss,a is her own. 4, sss wsyxara ~ following
in the wake OF the Magic. While the wanderer
was standing Tor Point Judith the ldler crept up
on her windward quarter, and between the two
vessels an interesting contest ensued. The Aza-
liz, Rambler and Alarm, which were still heading
for Point Judith, were seemingly becalmei.
went about apparently to catch the southern
breeze, the Vision mean while standing out to the
westward In hopes OF obtaining the windward
the Magic, aud, after lew short tacks finally
got to wlndward. Several lively brushes occurred
among the sloops. About haf.past three O'Clock
.Snstns pshse no yoe 81, v,sv Of the con-
testants and several abandoned the race and re-
turned. when, however, The dense bank of vap0r
lifted, the sgnt presented by the yachts now clus-
Many OF them were close TO the buoy
OFF BLOCK ISLAND,
which was rounded In ths folio wing order:-
Arrow. 4 Il 3 Foam. T. S ss & 4
Idler.....,.... 4 26 0 Wanderer 49,. 20 rs
The time Of the Others was not taken and the
run home 9 Vsrs sss the wnd was devoid q
mised about this time that the race could not be
completed within the required time. The Arrow
still held the leading position OF the sloops, while
The schooners. 0d Point Judith the conte stants
were becalmed. Alter weary drtit Of some H.
teen or twenty minutes slight breeze sprung ny
the Magic sent that weasel ahead OF the scnconers
But II was evident tho4 the race would be declared
on. Thls turned out 10 be the case a. none OF sne
c9mpeting Yachts arrived q the home statehood
which. BY the way, .eYcted much admisation fol
her hne sailing Qualities was only twelve minutes
hahind. q iacs to be reGretted. considerfng tna'