The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-09
A GREAT AQUATIC SEASON.
CONTESTS or MUSOLB AND SKILL
ON OCEAN, RIVER, AND LAKE.
A Cauadinn Yacht TINT may Carry OF what
Ashburv Failed 30 win The Coming
Grand RoRatta-A Victory for Boaton.

Grand Rcsatta-A Victory for Boston.
The annual egattas Of the yacht and
rowing clubs In this vicinity have nearly all
taken place. and there Ia lull for time In
aquatic sports The more serious and exciting
business Of the season has, however, vet to be-
gin both In yachting aud rowing. The clue con
tests are as friendly Tournaments with blunted
spears but the great rowin1 regattas and the
Queens cup races will be combats rolitrdncs,
and many q CLUB nag aud ore va color will 20
down IL the melee.
The hrst great event in Yachting will be the
matches between the schooner Madeline and
the Canadian schooner Countess Of Dunerin,
for tue Queens Cup. These matches were to
have occurred on the 10Th. 18th. anu 18th, but Az
the Canadians had to have a new IN inmsst put
on, they will be postponed until the latter plrt
Of July, date not yet positively fixed. Toe
Countess Of Durcrin Is expected here daily,
having sailed July 3. Sne Ia reported az having
d ssed witt ease everything she met IN Cana.
din waters The Madeleine Is one OF our fast
est yachts, and every spar ana the standing aud
running rigging Ia being put In order for the
contest. IL Il now said on the authority OF n
yacht owner IN the New York Yacht CLUB that
Joe Elswor b will sail the Countess Of Ddrerin.
He 10 an expert master, knows every inch Of
water to be sailed over, and. n the Canadian IL
as st ss Is reported, there 10 danger OF the pre-
cious emblem bein1 lost.
rHE QUEENS CUP
Most eope are ignorant Of the fact that the
Que -n's Cup, 50 called, Il not the Queens cup
az all, but subscri ton cup presented by the
ROYAL Yacht squadron OF Bngl md. II was won
10y the flmous America from deet Il ne rly
tNenty Of the fastest cutters, yawis, luggers ami
schooners, Aug 81 1851. Mt. James AshDury
win IL, and repeated the experiment In 1871
WITH the Lvonia, but without success
cup IL VIII he merely the triu uph OF w AS her
mOGelis Americ IN IN every Ia portant pIrtiou-
lar. Inc Canadian yacht vas To leave Halifax
last night for this bort, having put In there In
the gale Of hur-day.
=. The Brookiyp Yacht Club will rendezvous for
Its annual cruise at GIon Cove, July 20, aud the
Atlaptics viii follow soon fer Unul tho
Queens Cup Races ars decided no date will be
llxod upon tue New York Yacnt CLUB cruise
Incre are several inpuftiut Guns to De sailed
Tor his season. Among them are the Brenton
Reef Cup. set down Tor July "a end the bennett
Challenge Gun, aud he 81 OOO Ocean Cup, gwen
Dy Mi j. h. Lounat. The liaRio viii und Diib d.
~ challenge tue Comet for the Bsnuett Cup,
won her tnis spring.
or private matches on the taDis there are
several. Inc iamOus Oracle Is 10 com eLo with
tie swift ArrOw-wnicu has beaten her three
times TINS season-a race twenty miles 10 wind
ward for 500 cup. when the autumn Ureezes
blow 1t Is not likely that those teran -alt-,
Commodore Bennett Of The ID iuntiess, aud Can't
thomas of the Rambler. will AlI,w Nj. Osuorn
To say that tue Dredouougnt Is tue fastest Keel
schooner Ia the fleet. In fact there Is every
cracks-Dauntless Rambler, Wanderer, aud
Dire unought. - BArAis Is said to DO within all
around.
Among the crack open boats several match
"a, Is are brewing between old fAyurites and
new ones buiit THIS summer. Mr.. lselin of the
Mary Emma has promptly accepted the chal-
lense To the world of Mt. Spdhn uf the Puck
aud Luck. aud tue owners II several other high
nyers ol tue same size will shy tneir casters into
tue fiug.
Major ID. ID. wylie Of Woodbridge, Nj. oner.
to rod Ics a twenty-one-toot boat tuat viii
~ Per mi
Yacht Clue Tor 81 .doJ. that contests are being
planned In that historic vicinity.
Com ure Colgate Is ngurlug up the effect OF
the ,Iterstiuns uu his beautiful scnO ,ner Idler.
and match with something VI ner size may be
lOO~ed iol before the season closes
On the ~ VI August there Is to 20 a grand re-
gatia IN Newburgn bay, open 10 all corners. By
Observing tue hints as 10 cIassihoatiOn, given IN
lhk sun a lew DAYS ago, a muon larger list OF
oOtIics viii % obtained. fne ilssihoitIou, 40
corning 10 expert yachtsmsn, shoald oe ~ to %
feet, ~ e. y Get, - 10 ~, ana under
Capt. Center OF the Gu. ter Nindex has an ele-
giant s'UO cup ut a prominent jewellers, ready
Tor .ne winning sloop IN Cape shay race in o.
Inc annual regatta Of the soawanhAks Club
occurs july 70
THE RIVAL COLLEGES.
The next great event IN rowing will be the col.
lege regatta at Saratoga, July Is OI the Thirteen
crews represented last wear, only Columbia. Cor
ned Union. Harvard. Princeton, aud esleyan
vii appear, tue rest, for various reasons, having
withdr AVN. kunOr speaks more iayOrabls Of
the prospects OF Columbia and Cornell than any
L
Saratoga. aud are o.sy training for the great
ey mt. Columbia nas exactly the same crew tnN
sue had last year. Wien she came Ia . second. Lac
crew occupy tue same seats, and pul Ia excel
lent fOfm.
Cornell mas four OF Last years University crew
and Two of the Freshman crew. PucEy Uni n,
uudeterred 10y coming IN thirteenth IN tue last
Ice steps to The front again slniIing. Ere r. OF
l,~t year : crew. is lptain, aud another We or n
lso Will puli. rne WESLEYAN cr.w h ts a co ple
Oi last years men, anu toe naryA ard crew will
be maze up from the eight That rO~ed at SDrius-
an l. tNl
sue ever had, aud As Nlcull. the captain, has had
Two years experience she Will not probably DO
Columbia Cornell and Harvard also send Fresh
men crews. They are pretty equally atched,
though short tiLo stnce Harvard was SAID ~
Weeks OF Columbia. and Francis OF Cornell
WIN prpoao' enter Ior tn single scuil race, aud
possibly man from ii award ana Princeton.
DUBLIN CREWS COMING OVER.
The great international intercollegiate race, to
he rOwed Aug ii on Saratoga Lake, will, now
ever. eclipse the regatta Of tns lgth in interest,
as one, II MOI two, Dublin crews will BE- present.
ana II Is probable that Yale Will also enter.
Among the amateurs there are lively times
anu the Alalantas aud two or three others have
gone into tr4ining. Tho nrst event viii DO the
grand luternational regatta On Saratos Lake. IN
CUBS " the wOrd. Here tho ATLANTA, Arso-
nauta, Beayerwyek, .dutGal, and other crack
worlds cnump nship In THIS four-Oare1 race
u Is probable that both Columbia and Yale col
leges VIII enter.
Inc next event will be the regatta OF the Ma
tional Amateur Association, TO be held at Phila-
delOnia on Aug. 81 lnis viii be followed by
ths two weeks Centennial racing At the same
place early Ia September All these events viii
BRING together tue greatest assemulage OF fOurs,
pairs and single scuiers hat chs world mas ever
seen.
Among the professionals the Biglin. Coulter,
ana Faulkner RegaI crews nave already nad a
tussie, win nrst nOnors scored for the Boston
boys. As both the New York aud Pittsburgh
men had bad luck vita their boats, the first test
was not a ialr Ons. hat for the accident to
their boat IN tho Bosom race, Inc blgiin crew
would undoubtedly have won. hey viii have
plenty VI chances tO redeem themselves at tue
Centennial.
Messrs. VIM. Gardner, Philip Michigan,
Thomas McCarron aud Maurice Collins nave Is
sued d bold challenge 10 row the VIM RS OF the
International race for any sum up to $4,000,
communications to be addressed 10 Mr.. PatrIck
Holden, LIS Mott street.
there VIII 90 Sadler, Trlrkett and other IA
nous foreign s5ullers here. and .hougn our
fOurs may hold their own. vet the sngl scullers
will have to look to their laurels.
THE BROOKLYN HRIDGE