The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-14
THESP0RTSON TIE WATER.
THE YACHTING ON THE OCEAN AND
ON LOsG IsLAND SOUND.
a Contest Bssun Five Miles Bevend SANDY
Hook-Tbc Victories Won By tho Palmer.
tho Idior. the Peerless, and the Hstclic.

a Contest Besun Five Miles Bevend SANDY
uook-Tbo Victories Won By tho Palmer,
tho Idior. the Peerless, and tho HstclIe.
The ocean race for sohooners for prizes
eiven by the fas ofAoers Of the 5eawanbaka
Yacht Club was sailed yesterday The yachts
were sailed by the owners or members OF the
club from which they entered. There was q
steady topsail breeze all day. with smooth
water, and the contest was close and exciting.
The entries wero First-olass sohoouers-
Rambler, w. II. Thomas; Dresdnausht, o. J.
Osborn; Palmer. Rutherford 5tuyvesant; Idler,
s. ]. Colgate and Tidal Wave, William voorhis.
Seoond-olass chooDers-Restless, 8. Nicholson
Kane; Meta, w. X. Iseiin Peerless, J. r. Max
we'll Triton. q. A. Thayer; Bstelle. J. d. Smith
and Ariel, W. L. Swan. The course was twenty
miles to windward from Buoy s, on Sandy Hook
Tho Cyclops accompanied the yachts, and rolled
OF tho knots with patent log. There were two
prizes IN each class, the nrst-class being schoon-
ers measuring more than 90 feet over all the
second-class schooners under 90. The REGATTA
Committee were NJ. Roosevelt schuyler, James
II. Elliot, l.. De Forest Woodruff, o. Wyllys
Belts, and Thomas 8. Young, Jr. Toward 10
a. NJ. tho yachts beat out of the point OF the
Hook and down toward the starting point at
Buoy5
AT 1iO4 A. NJ. a whistle from the Cyclops sent
| the fleet on, and the yachts trossed the line as
! fpllowsi Estelle, 1l;0S:2; Meta, ll;e6; Peer
less, lll34g; Rambler, 1l:13:J5; Palmer. ii1t04 ;
ARIEL. ll.l6sCD; Idler, 1ll819; Dreadnaught.
| ll:x2s26. The latter crossed the line after the
stipulated nfteen minutes was no, aud was
timed st 1l1s, handicap against her OF min
| At ll.t5 the Palmer, favored by the wind
| which had apparently headed her opponents q
| little. had run up to windward all the little fell
ward oftne whole fleet. The Rambler had second
| place and the Dreadnaught was closing up on the
and Dreaanaueht went aoou, @ ,"f for the rst tim tins
| and stood ,n shore. The feet now began to
| split tacks In all directions, and tho changes
| tn, ensued for the next two hours were very
interesting, ana 1t close work for the leaders
| Ia both classes. The Ariel seemed anxious for
rear place In the feet, and set her m maintopmast
| staysail, which gave II to her enectually. AT
| noon the Palmer led the whole feet. The 1dler
was dropping astern OF the Drcadnaught. which
| was making for second place. At ! p. M. eight
| or nine miles had teen logged on, and the posi-
tion was as follows: The Palmer was leading,
| the DreadnsuRht second, both OF shore, and the
Rambler away In to ward the beach. To leeward
| OF her was the Estelle. The Peerless had passed
the Meta and taken second place In her class.
| All were now standing down the beach on port
tack to catch the ebb, which was just making.
At 3:l6 the Cyclops, having steamed the twen-
buoy. The Palmer dashed up on the star
board tack, and making a snort leg on the port
TSF'S fSr SoSs the So And
nouaht rounded at 3i6;l9. The Idler Just
hs SOw ,%Tn.o and hey
4:00.b0. The Estelle crossed tho bows OF the
Peerless, and went about, and the two came up
|
less headed the Estelle a trine, and making a
| neater turn, rounded at tT:I2. he Estelle fol-
| lowed at 4Uo:0e, ana the Meta at 4:sTt5.
| The caDbric was piled on In clouds, and the
| knobs we're rolled on rapidly. Running back
| before the wind the Palmer gained nearly six
| minutes on the Dread naught. the latter gained
| about eleven on the IGler. and the Idler gained
| about i've minutes on the Palmer Tue Ram
| bier bad Dad luck coming back, and seemed "a
| have sprung her main topI asst. In the second
| class the Peerless, soon after rounding, hal
| desperate struggle with the Estelle, but finally
| shook her on, and beat her in nearly four min.
| utes- The following table will show the time OF
arrival homo, and the actual and corrected
| time: