The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-23
THE CENTENNIAL REGATTA.
The Schooner and SlOOp Races Over the
New York Yacht Club Course.
a FINE BREEZY DAY
The Dreadnaught. Peerless, Arrow and
Orion the Winners.

Yesterday delightful day for an aquatic tefe
The sky SAsdsd with pleasant gray clouds, which
threw cool and agreeable shadows around, and yet
never for an instant threatened the many pleasure
seekers who crowded the steamers and yachts with
rain. At sh 3om. punctually the judges boat the
Virginia Seymour lett pier No IS, loot OF Franklin
street, with the judges and the reporters attached
TO the leading papers. She arrived before the
New York Yacht Club House Staten Island
ut about ten o'clock, and remained at anchor
time awaiting the arrival of the yachts. brisk
breeze during the early part Of the morning suced to
swell the sails oil the incoming yachts, which GER
ainly presented very picturesque appearance they
passed In succession round the Sey Considering
the Importance the raca surprising notice
how few ladies occupied the balconies OF the club
house These were, strange TO say, nearly
empty. The fashionable world absent
Possibly II abundantly represented the
many gayly deckcd steamers which carried multitude
the OF acton. OF these Undoubtedly the most
conspicuous the Plymouth Rock gayly decked with
aags OF every nation under the and sending on tho
morning AR from her decks the iveest strains OF
Tho William Cook as gayly decorated with
flags and bunting as a Roman balcony in carnival tme
followed close the Plymouth ROCK and ming ed the
strains Of her brass band rercshngy with the ringing
of the bells The Magenta Neversink aud Long
Branch made fair show, and the Fletcher, reduced
her usual high standing OF judges boat seemed
penten,iay inclined and kept at respectful distance
Not so the Cyclops, whose decks were thronged with
excursonists, who evidently had merry time and
enjoyed themselves vastly.
BEFORE THE
The preparing the yachts for tho nothing
like as pref y as usual and the variations IN the
strength OF the wind marred what might call the
sdnish' OF the start But when once they were all
fairly of the scene presented very beautiful appear
ance Here and there break in the clouds permitted
flash of VIVID light fall the white sails and
them ortn brilliant contrast with the dull gray SKY
behind, upon which the white heads OF the cumul
struck out boldly.
The foreground to the picture consisted Of the fairy
like fleet oil yachts and their attendant steamers
The return home a striking sight, and fortu-
naley casualty occurred TO mar the pleasures OF
the day.
The regatta yesterday Tor schooners and sloops was
sailed under the directions Of subcommittee CON-
prsipg Messrs G. l. Haight, New York Yacht Club;
Philip schuyler, New York Yacht Clue; D. $. Hner,
Brooklyn Yacht CluD; K d. Tucker, Eastern Yacht
Cluu; u Il. Cromwell scawannaka Yacht Club. and
john H. Rhodes. Atlantic Yacht Club and according
TO The following regulations
Prizes oinni appointc by tho United states
Cent nai C,nmss'on invite rec entry Of all ahts Ne
competition following plies for the
lie medal Il Int irrational
JNnull vi 1876 VII le the United
te,-nnsd Commission u Tue winner ~ each class also
prizs silver be arded this Centennial Regatta
Conuii. tee.
Schooner clts will be divided into
yr:-Firs class. measuring than 81
all second class, tnose measuring
feet ali under sioups will be divucd also
z:-F,rst those cssurin than
length second class measuring 90 ieet
lengt under
ALLOWANCES TiME-Ownrr's asurements. certified
of bis cub. will be received for all
yachts and accompany the In n qucs.
the of the the
right Tue time OF allowance
upon length and beam, will
Club,
will be the New York Yacht club course NJ
thc IN steamer anu the New iors Aacu
house, Island 10 buoy NO. 80 leaving
around Hook lgntship, keep
ing IN an.. ANA then
the judges steamer where tue race wd Yachts
eastward OF buoys and 10 West Bank
OF buoy Ola point sandy Hook, gong aud
returning,
STARRING SicSAIs-To prepare to start signal will be
by the steamers tiethree long and distinct
DO gven signal To start ant the tia lowered
Judges steamer. fifteen .nutes will then he all.Me
line ter which time the whistle wall
to bown and yacht failing to within The
allowed ia b. tuned hasia- the cxpra-
o. Nacqts will lie started
O'Clock A. n. No shiting % ballast a:lo~e curing
race limit of The sailing regala
Of the Nes York Yacht CuD e. 10th
sails. their club Equals
Ahe PEAK
ENTRIES.
The following yachts started IN the regatta