The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-21
YACHTING ON THE HUDSON.
THE NEW JERSEY BOYS IN ANOTHER
BRILLIANT CONTEST
A TrtanauIar Course TINT was Visible In
Every PARE from the Biysisn Fields some
Wet Understanding up the Cha run.

TRIANGULAR Course TINT Visible In
Every Pare from the Blysian Fields some
Wet Jackets Shaking up the Charm.
The New Jersey Yacht Clubs annual
race yesterday was made In very quick time.
The course was q right angled triangle. Tue
club house OF, the New York Yacht cub, now
occuI led by the Jersey boys. and the Hudson
Club House at the foot OF Seventieth street, New
York, represented the hypothenuse; from Sew
entieth street to Guttenburu the base, and
thence 10 the homo stakeboat the perpen dicular,
This gave the yachts wind dead aft, a beam
wind, and a beat to wind ward. The boats wero
sailed by their owners with stationary ballast.
The yachts that started were: First CIass-Tbe
Charm, the Jessie naude. the Ripple, the
PauIina. and the Freddie. Second CAUSE.-THE
Sophia, the Eva, the Fay, and the Doliie.
A gun sent the fleet on and the Jessie Maude
was the first to cross the line at l0;51:23. The
rest followed at snort Intervals, aud tue Eva
brought no the rear guard at ll'v3:4s. The wind
was about south by east, snd tue tide the first
Of the ebb. II was run tefore the wind to the
Hudson Club House, on SEVENTEEN street. the
round IN Der GLASS at ii:2sso. the Jessie following
minute and a half later In the second class,
the Sophia cut out her work nicely, and
turned the mark at n.Jl:20. Inc Ripple, the
Paullna, and the Fay followed In the order
naied A beam wind sent tho fleet rafting
across the river. and the GuttenbufR stake boat
was turn, d by the Charm at 1880. The Jessie
followed at 11:+0:l0, the SOPHIA lltO20, and then
the Hipn,e. the Pauline. and The Eay. lie beat
back was exciting. he Charm galllntly held
he own In the frat class; but the Jessie We
place tn the powerful cat rugged yacnt Ripple,
which winded her with case Tue Sophia OF the
second class kept third place ~ the fleet, and
hrst In her class. Then followed the PtuliUa,
the Fay, tie Jessie, tue Freddie. the Dollie. aud
tue Eva. In this order they completed the first
round OF the course, the Charm rounding at
ll:59:l5, the Ripple at l2:l5. the SVphiv, ut
ROO:l5, the rest following WITHIN u next twelve
inmates, and the Eva bringing up the rear guard.
ALI ltfted sheets, and away they dash before
the wind for the Hudson CLUB stake boat the
Charm being In advance, ana leading round at
G34 By this time the sophia had tsken second
Lace In the fleet, and turned at l240. Then the
Ripple began to press the Charm hOtlv.
IL was dead bet back, and wnen the Yachts
men were not shaking their boats IN the wind
they had their lee rails under. Ii was wet Jackets
all round, but no one minded that. Iacking to
tie westward near the home stake boat the
Charm got kno'k down that nearly sent ner
over aud filled her with water. The plucky tar
at the stick, nothing daunted, shook her up In
the wind for a minute. held his course, and
dashed by the home stake boat at 10i u. NJ.
The Sophia beat all the other big fellows and
led her own class, arriving second at ll235.