, 1875-09-26
Tho Chicagos Again Defeated by the
Philadelphias---l5 to 6.
american Riaemen Meet and 1anquish
Canadians at Creedmeor.
CLOSING Day Of a Very Successful Meet
ing at Louisville.
Tan Miles Trotted at Poughkeepsie Yes
terday in 34:48 IL.
AGftA1fC,


CHICAGO YACHT CLUB REGATTA.
The Chicago Yacht Club held it's fourth regAtts
vpate,dsy afternoon. and met with extraordinary
.anck. But luck is what the Club expects. les
tardays luck Was atrocious. It seemed as il tht
invited guests of the Club had premopition O
in,end,ne monotony-another name for disas
ler-for they did not muster as ,,u1nerously a
asual to witness the yacht race However Their
vss fair spriukling OF them OF board the grea
tug t. r.. Wood when she Lett the DOCK at tht
loot OF LaSalie street ut about half-past
.'clock.
THERE WERE PRESENT
the Judges, Gen. A. c. Ducat, the Hon. Ju(iaE
f. Rumsey and Frank Wentworth; time-keepsrs
Z. E. Kremer, Gen. Ftanl Sherman, and Messrs
aurlbut, Bisse1, Fred Harris, and one or twt
others- The tug reached the foot Of Twelfth
street, where the start was to take place, ant
there a.fs.ted developments.
The r7les Of the Club required the yachts to
ttast at o'clock, the signal being The lowering
Of flag. Unfortunately thert was no flagstaff
1ud for some time it WIS questionable whether
elther conld ba obtained The course was to bt
Is miles long, round two stake boats and back te
the starting point It was generally understood
that the recent storm had left the Chicago Yacht
Club in such condition that not enough boats
could be got tosethsr for a race. This injurious
public suspicion YVES d1spel1ed, however by the
sight Of five or ak 6loops cruising about inside
ths breakwater and getting ready for the race.
The sight made the Absence of tlag aud f1as-staff
the le<s enduxahe, and the suspense be7ms sgontz-
INK especially rs the Noci began to bump about
aEa1ns. the pier. Tho appearance Of
REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM LYON,
Of The Chicago Navf, in his Official sdg propelled BY
torc with him the coors Of the Club, md these
proudly unfurled on the Ereakwaser. Mr. Frank
Wentworth .1tcmporized himself into flagstaff. and
rrou:.y held the banner lhe breeze This tie
I=n-uliauto IsRna1 to get ready.
Several daring persons inquired Of Rear Admiral
ras NO. t'oa On VIZ bs1i y ' Ii: T ya tae Ffec T.
1. r. Lyon replied that his yac5t would pres
rnt!r cali for him md take him of. The
tos-d The rrasons assigned for this extraordinary
proceeding the part Of the yecAt nra numerous and
sa.e- Admiral Lyon s1Es it Wis too rough to sdnit
IF tie racht coming up to the breal~ter, put the de-
tractors If ta. Gslaut 1nariner have another t2tory.
13o ewa:l On the water long and heavy. There
s1ng over the north, TO- dense black clouds which
oe:okentd wind and rzin, and every indication pro-
Enftic of heayy weather. Nobody said word. however,
10 the Admiral Ae l,oked so happy tlst not soul
p"s pat of lis bis en- Enjoyment. ] nr. wentworth w - - was
growing very tired Of his positiou staH and The
judges decided to waste no time in getting s1rt Mr.
Heurworth's arm, therefore, was allowed 20 drop IN
Te4: and then the yachts car1e M to the point for
TEE START.
Only sdc of them entered, 2nd these made unusu-
not too heavy for topsai- The boats By tha
judges In the following order:
1'aeh.:. Hrs. 5:in sse. J'aeht4 H,s. Nm Sc.
Sas isisy NS 10 g. sesa, * a. l.: j
Lec5, 10: ~ 20 0 zepby1,So. ls 81 .
None Of the yachts carried toIsaiis but the Lulu.
enormous hal1oon-jib and fore-staysai, the Lucy
car:ylng but matnsail and hr;e foresa.l The ztzr
A1ngularly even, and as the SIX yachts got away
the sight vers pretty indeed. Several steamers
accompanied the yachts ut the start,-the Ben Drake
Drct Harte, and Corona flied with passengers, Mr.
Nzrrngsons exquisite little steam yacht the Ider and
Wentworth excepted The last-named vessel WIS the
iast to stor md exciting Of minutes du
ration occurred among the sesers for the lead. Tho
powerful tug oyerhauled the others in ten minutes,
however, and headed for the st.ke-boat, mile and
lnH south Of the starting point
TEE PANORAMIC VIEW
from the Wood At thin point eingu8r1y attractive
ne yachts were well strung out in the order Of s,trt
tcG. the Ee1uoers FlunguE and rolling and several
laes the Corona steadfasty gazing into the trbd
waters Of the ae and hystercay contributing to the
The rnce ut this point interesting. The FtoIic
hid gained upon the other bosts and swept with them
- iaaward, with the object Of making the state-
boat By unaccountable freak the Carey was a.
lowed to slip to leeward and when the Wood hove-to
to t1ke time Distance from the port the Carey
WEB foatd Ut considerable distance souia ct her In
Ing her master found it necessary again to tack aud
sand out Here misfortune bcfel the boat email
cut In the haloonb increased IN size feet from tho
hasazd and In few minutes divided the sail to the
assy, th1a c1pplng her severely. While she WIS going
lrccrh these ubbszly maneusres the Lacy sailed by
= G: bono slpped round the etahe-boat a{ter tho !
for some put about and returned to the baaln
The time fot rounding the staheboat was as follows:
1 rae!t. Hss. A.a- SecI1:ae1t Hss- Hin. Sc.
zssts EaeS .:. S S ,e;csas9 e;59s9'n .'..-ss 81