The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-24
OYER THE FoAM-cREsTED WAVES.
A Weli-Contested Race By the Crack Vessels
Of the Atlantic Naebt Club Y YeslcrdnI.

Of the Atlantic Yacht Club Y Yestcrday.
The Atlantic Yacht Club held its fall re-
gatta yesterday for champion pennants 10 each
class. The course was from a stake-boat an-
chorsd OF the Long Island Yacht Club house
foot Of Thirty-fourth street, South Brooklyn, to
Buoy 81, Southwest Spit, and return. The start
was a fying one, and the yschts crossed the line
a. follows: Sohooners-Triton, 22735; Agnes,
$780, Peerless, 2:3G40. First-class sloops- Dol
phin, 2:s1:3o; Orion, 2:2s:l0; Madoap, 2:3l+0 (;
Mantle, 2S2:25; Sadie. 2:3434. Second ass
sioops-Myra, 2:3l:tO; Nimbus. 2ae. The yachts
were restricted to working sails. They ran
quickly down with the cob tide, with the wind
light from the northeast. to the Narrows. where
they kept pretty well punched until they got
outside. on DIX Island the wind shifted to the
southward and eastward, and came out so
strong that topsails and jlb topsails came
tumbling down on deck In hurry. The
Triton ed the schooneB crossing the
Lower Bay; and the Peerless, passing
scop ses AsoS os 'G Ssns In .oos 5SS
went TO the front. and the Orion passed the
DOLPHIN % and held held on N,s to second place; The
close race all the way through. Going down,
the Peerless came TO grief with her headsails
clew OF her flying jlb. They all dashed across
the lower bay through the foam-crested waves
the little fellows making heavy weather OF IT,
The Southwest Spit was soon reached, and the
Triton wbired around at 95330, and started OF
for home like a race horse. The Peerless fol-
lowed at 3.d8:3O; tho Agnes at 35S:60: Mantle at
4:0ll6; and Orion at 4;03:lb The rest were not
timed. IL was close and exciting contest "a
they ran back across the lower bay for the Mar
rows. Half way across the Wind shifted again,
bio wing harder than ever. on the Hospital shi o
II blew SO that the Peerless, which appeared to
be rather tender, bad to take In her nying jb
and lower away her foresail for while. The
rest gallantly stood II out under lower sails.
After the Peerless shortened sail the Agnes
passed her and took second place. The Estelle
the owner OF which. Nj James ID. Smith, had
u side bet OF dinner With Commodore Maxwell
on the race down ard BACK to the karrows-aso
passed the Peerless about this time. The soops
Mantle and Orion were doing well, but the
others hao all they could stagger under aud
gradu " fell astern. The Triton led her class
past tLe upper aud lower Islands In ane style,
the little Agnes doing splendidly In second
pace. Mr. Huntley's big sloop Niantit proved
too powerful for the Orion and on the upper
! Island had attained quite n lead After reach
| rain began to pelt down, sending the yaChtsmen
| below for OH skins and south westefs. The wind
| WAS dead ahead now and II was short tacks all
| the way 10 the nnish. Mr.. Smith, alter leading
| the Peerless through the Narfows with the Es-
| telle, and winning the dinner, went on his way
rejoicing. In the beat TO windward, to the
| home stake boat the Peerless, after n sharp
| struggle, succeeded in winding the Agnes, and
| had second place rs sho passed the mark AT the
| finish. The sloOp Mantle also passed tho Agnes
and was close on the heels OF the Peerless be-
fore crossing the score. The following table
gives the start nnish. actual, and corrected