The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-20
Y A G. IL T IN CT.
The Eighteenth Annual Regatta Of the
Brooklyn Yacht Club.
A FRESH L0WER-SAIL BREEZE.
The Yachts Comet, Madeleine, Undine, White
Wing, Schemer, Maggie B., W. 7. lee
and Victoria the Winners.
A FAST RUN TO THE LlGHTSHlP.

The eighteenth annual regatta OF the Brooklyn
Yacht Club was sailed yesterday in rafting
breeze OF wind, and although not quite up to the
standard OF the gentlemen who base the speed OF
ali yachts upon what they can do head TO in ten
knot nor'easter. nevertheless afforded the best
days sport that has been enjoyed this season.
The morning broke thick and hazy but the pros
poets OF the day were enlivened by toeraoly stin
westerly breeze, that had lasting appearance.
The judges steamer. W. Fletcher, lett the Battery at
hal -past eight sharp and steamed down to the foot
OF Court street. Brooklyn. where short stay was
made to take on board the judges and some OF the
Regatta Committee. She then ran down to Bay
Ridge, where the yachts mad begun 90 assemble,
and as II was blowing too hard to Get them an
chored In line each yacht was notified to prepare
fora
FLYING START.
The william Cook, with the members ofthe club
and their guests on board, the Plymouth Rock,
Magenta, Neversnk, D. r. Hopkins, Only Son and
some other steamers were urlng around, waving
for the yachts TO start. They were all coming
around under pretty snug canvas as the weather
had dirty appearance, and most OF them pre-
ferred being on the safe side 10 rsking their
chance OF a race by the loss OF a topmast. They
were finally started shortly alter eleven A. NJ.
and went away like pack OF hounds in iu cry,
led by the Madeleine. The steamers had hard
WoTk W Keep up Win sCuOoHeIo, iuCt IHhL
may be readily appreciated when 1t is known that
THE MADELEINE
made the run to the nghtship In one hour and
forty minutes and the Comet and OHIO were only
twelve or fifteen minutes behind her. The race
home was nearly dead beat to windward and
the Madeleine arrived shortly after the second
class soops, which had returned by Gedney
channel after rounding the southwest spit 1t Is
seldom q regatta Is sailed with sucn 0 lively
breeze lasting steadily throughout
for schooners and first class soops was from or
Bay Ridge to staKeboat at Southwest Spit, passing
IL from westward 10 south ward. thence TO light
ship, turning same on the starboard hand, and re-
turn TO home stakeDoat, which was or Bay
Ridge dock For second class soops, from same
starting point to stakeboat at Southwest Spit,
passing 1t from the westward to southwark,
thence around staKeboat at outer bar buoy in
Gedney's Channel, rounding same from southwark
to eastward, thence to nome stakeooat. For
third Glass sloops, open boats from same start TO
staKeboat at southwest Spit, rounding same
westward 10 southwark, thence TO home stake
boat.
The ALTO vance or time for schooners and first
breadth OF yacnt on water line. The allowance or
time tor second and third class sloops topen
boats was based upon length only, one-hall or
overriding cuded IN measurement.
Tie Regatta COMMITTEE were MeSsrs. John a.
Braman, Henry Hertz and b. +. Mallory, ana the
Ames. The following yachts started in the