New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-24
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
YACHTING IN TIE BAY.

PRIZss WON BY THE REvEILLE SUSIE s.. PUCK
AND LUCK, AND VICTORIA.
A very animated scene was presented III New
York Bay yesterday tue occasion Of the second racc
OF tho series in tn International Regatta All the yacht
clubs OF EcwYork. Now-Jtrsey, Long Island Hudson
River and Providence represented there being 80
entries A moderate breeze from tho westward
which increased In force, sufficient To al
low the boats carry all the canvas desired
and to sail over tho course In good time
rhe prizes consisted Of the medal and diploma OF the ln
terna;iona Exhinion Of 1876. awarded by the United
States Centennial Commission and silver prizes awarded
ny the Centennial Regatta Committee Long before the
starting the yachts several excursion steamers their
decks crowded with spectators and furnished with bands
Of music. were collected of the NcwYork Yacht Club
house, and accompanied the yachts throughout the
course. The AmarilS. which yacht might 10
called nonacsciipt. but in reality Is bclsa, or life
raft attracted much attention from the yachtmen, ana
drew serious comments from them. she skinned over
the water the rate OF IL knots hour IL was evil
dent from the first that she wonld carry OF the prize II
allowed to enter. but there protest entered
against competing for until after the race had been
finished The judges said they would exclude her in case
Of protest it ia not likely she will he awarded the
prize which her sailing time would demand
There was considerable delay starting, in consc
quence Of the yachts being datory IN reaching the
grounds The hour IL o'clock but 1t was 1910
before the preparatory gun fred. The second gun
for the rst nnd fourth class yachts 10 start fired AT
11:l71O and five minutes afterNard third gun for the
and third class yachts start The Cynthia was
the first the line at l2:lsio and In rapid sue
cession followed the Florence, Bcecher foulon Rrbec
ca Rcvcilc Fayorita yanita Victoria. Pluck and Lnck
H. H. Holmes. Clara g. Au Reyoir, Susie =, knicht Tenn
plar INSPECTOR Addie Taylor. W X. Brown. Tough W.
!. Lee, Kate Cricket, Sophia Emma, Leroy Greenlont
Amar, Ills. Journeyman. and Almirl. The Amaryllis
was going like deer and oyerhanng everything else
now and then coming up in the wind and checking her
speed A. the yacts proceeded down the Narrows TO-
ward Coney md Point with their sheets eased of tine
bay appeared be spanncd with stretch Of canvas
The Judges boat, slow TO keep with the yachts
went the Bay Ridge stkejoat, and awaited the he't
The CYNTHIA came FIRST followed y the Beschcr flnck
and Luck and others. when off Owls Head, the Brown
WAS struck with iaw OF wind and kcclcd over OF hrr
beam ends causing her 20 lose few 81 her sandhIs
which pile up 10 tho vlndward. some Oi the otl',
vessels followed the same example hut were so wen
amazed that they recovered themselves and iirh' p
without anything seri HAPPENING though NJ tlts IL
looked az though they would Involuntary discharge
their careoes During the whole race al was acyiiy on
board the yachts. the trimming streets shifting
@ f VI Iao., On lie cubbonsc 10 and aronrd
s,akhoat of Coney Island POINT. thence to and around
stkcboat on Bay Ridge, thence To and around siasc-
boat of Robbins Reef thence return NJ 10 the nome
stakcboat. and thence over the same course again
tie ;rs stretch the susie : was me hr5t beat 70
round TIE sakeboat, ri 2l15O followed ~ sue
cesion by the Cynthia. Pluck and Luck. Brown, Zee,
Hccctcr Victoria, Amary li1 GIeenpolnl; oLeL",'
ia oiia Clara - Mary Emma, Kcbecca, Holmes, Adde
Taylnr Fdget Almira F0u,On, Sophia Emma, An iic-
yoir and Vanita The Ia ter with the Tough heTe Wlth-
drew from The race, being much c.s'lntcd 10y thc
others The positions not materially chan ed amer
starting on the half Of tho course until tCy arrived
nearly al the Bay Ridge EtnkctObt, where, by great
deal Of sharp Practice Of the yachts worked 10 ihc
wiudwsrl ~ the OnCrs and robbed them of tLcir wir
Tho Mary Emma. which Il noteworthy Tor her ~, cd,
was soineWba slow ycstrrlay. not bcinS prop
erly ballased. As she passed tho home tiake
the first tine, three more persons were
invited TO lump into her, which tncy I'D while she was
under mll speed gong the rate Of eight miles an hour
on Tho honestrctc the SUSIE held the lead nnlli se
arrived near tie Bay Ridge stakcboat, whoa INC
Amarylis looking like dGubecigar, rugged WIN SAL
WAS ZEN coming along ~ the rate OF II or 10 miles an
hour and passing everything before. ~ she was cps-
me- m ON the stern Of The Susie S. seen To MAKE
Sudden dive aud Ter stern shoot mp IN the air. she,
however swung round On her bow ON pivot. ana IA
soou as she lost The wind from her salt came dONn F"h
her elevated position and started after the Susie -
rounding the stakebOat nrsf. ,,
The excitement intense. 1nd the tug sthrlrh
for tbe home stagcbOat. bnt the Amarylhs was th.c
fist and rounded IL ut 3G5O leading the susie by
five minutes. The Brown followed the Susie =, aid INC
rest came in In the following order: CJnhla, H. W.
Bercher Lee GreenpOirt, Pluck ana Luck Qhc latter
with Ter tOpIuast carried away, Ncior-, Leroy jour
newman, CricKe Knight Jrmpldr, Reve.ie' fI1fehch'
Clara s. Mary Emma FIVOriia, H. II. Holmes, rough,
Fidret Addie Taylor, Almira, Fonlton, ana SOPHIA
ImIna The keveliie wins the first, nlzcS the
Sustp 4 those second class the PUCK ana Luck
those of the third class owing Ia the protest against tc
AmArylli- and the Victoria those OF The l"Uth Clss
alOe is list OF the vessels, with thCIr time vi stuhs'
iinIsh, dC.: