The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-17

The vanessa came to her station but did not start
The for each class from Roshervile round
the Mouse Light and back the distance being about
fity-three nautical miles Tho wind about east
southeast, nice whole sail breeze, which gave them
pretty nearly dead beat down to the Mouse and
back The smaller craft were started few minutes
after eleven A. NJ, and i've minutes later the larger
vessels signalled away. All plain lower
and up gatopsals them, the Myosotis taking
the lead Of the smaller fry standing into Sea Roach
quite furiong ahead OF the rest who cluster.
In the first class tho Neptune smartest away from
her moorings and showed the way down Gravesend
Reach the starboard tack followed by the Neva the
others having seemingly some difficulty In canting
clear each other As they tackled into the Lower Hopo
the Neva dangerously close upon tho Neptunes
weather quarter but had 10 bear up in order to clear
her, and the other again came out on the Neva's
weather At the bottom of Sea Reach the Vol Vent
eawed out to windward OF the Cuckoo took third
place, and just above the Chapman Light the Neva
gave the Neptune weather bower and became the
leading vessel on the Scar Beacon the Vol au Vent
crossed the Neptunes bows on the port tack and i'm
mediately went about ON her weather. The wind now
reshened and raised slight ''top' Of sea- which, Of
she gradually forereached the Neva at every board
though she had moro than once to give way they
met on opposite lacks Length on the Jsn KIN
weather gauge, and mile lower down the Neva
Weathered in turn by the Cuckoo and Fiona who had
previously put the little Neptune under their lee In
HE meanwhile the lona-which, strange TO say had
been put about by the clubs steam boat-was rapidly
making up her lost ground and overhaued the Nova
Just the latter standing of the More Sand
Tho starboard tack II being shoal water the Iona
unable to clear her, and somewhat awkward collision
occurred. the Neva striking Mr. Ashburv's cutter
the sarboard quarter and carrying away her own
bowsprt. The Iona comparatively uninjured, q
big hole the foot Of her mansail being the only re-
suit OF the mishap. The Neva was, OF course, CON-
pIetely crippled and having duly hoistcd protest flag
In her rigging put back for Gravesend but the Iona
though technically in the wrong, held her
close under the lee of the Cuckoo and Fiona. From
the More to nearly the Mouse Light distance OF
about eight miles, all worked the last drain Of the ebb
without further mshap but when abouttwo miles from
" the young flood began to make, and at
time II seemed to be question
Hhcthcr the Commodore would not be compelled to
rorten the course Fortunately, however, the wind
reshcned and came out q point more southery, and
the yachts enabled to complete the prescribed
distance The stronger breeze and open water had in
the meantime told a tale In favor Of the big cutter
making short miles Of It down to the Mouse-the
Cuckoo. Fiona and Iona being upward OF n third OF
mile astern OF her, in close company. BY this time all
tho larger vessels with the exception OF the Neptune
bad overhau,ed the smaller class, among which the
Corac held long lead the Britannia aud Myosotis
being next In attendance each with protest flag fly
ing In her rigging Tho Bloodhound had been well TO
windward OF the lot ut the More Lgntshp but little
lower down she had the bad luck to lose OF her
hands overheard. and wastef something ike ten min
In lowering boat-a mis- hap which there can DO
doubt cost her prize. on the East Oaze Buoy the
leaders about Ia the starboard tack and
we're timed as they weathered the Mouse Lightshp as