The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-13
YACHTING.
Annual Regatta of the Brooklyn
Yacht Club Yesterday.
A FAIR WIND AND A FAIR RACE.
A Beat Out to Lightship and
Home Before the Wind.
The Comet Arrow, Schemsr and Susie
S. the Winners
A FAIR WIND AND A FAIR RACE.

The twentieth annual regatta OF the Brooklyn Yacht
Club sailed yesterday the New York course.
The bright and spanking breeze OF early morning
Augurcd well for successful days SPORT half
past eight O'Clock JEWELS wharf, in Brooklyn,
crowded with eager yachsnen and less eager ladies'
Tho steamer for the guests orabiy filled,
and with colors flying ard music playing proceeded
down the harbor to Gowarus Bay, where the fleet was
In waiting Tho race was an exceedingly pretty one
most oil the time especially from the start to buoy No.
~. The calm and the air pleasant and the
nect conveyed its course by namDer Of
steamers. The caamarans we're out as usual, but dd
nothing worthy OF mention yesterday. Indeed
they fell far below their usual standard Of sailing,
being beaten 10 tho buoy by several sloops
OF the ana third classes. The wind held out
fairly during the early part Of tho race but failed con-
siderably tho close The incidents OF the day were
the sailing Of the Arrow the suggshness OF the
Estelle the sharp contest between the Lee and Susie
T. and tho extraordinary last time made by tho small
steam yachts that played only around the sailing
vessels bnt also with the steamers. They bore nags
numbered "rhirty Ono" and 'sThirty-swon
The Regatta Committee Nessrs. William
Bishop, Henry w. Turner and John T. Amos, ana tho
judges Mossrs D. s. Hines James A. Bishop.
N. 7. Davidson, II. H. Pohemus and B. 3. Mallory.
The committee, judges and representatives OF tho
press the steamer William Fletcher, Captain
Emmons, while fully one thousand ladies' and gentle.
men crowded the decks OF the steamer Americus TO
witness tho
THE COURSE.
The course tor yesterdays was For schoonors
and hrst cass soops from the stakeboat anchored of
Bay Ridge 10 stakeOoat At buoy No. S Southwest SPIT,
iurnlng port hand thence to tho Sandy Hook light
ship rounding same tho starboard hand, amt re-
turn to homo stakeboat oil Bay Ridge dock, passing
on port side.
For second class sloops, from stakeboat OIL Bay
Ridge stakeboat buoy No. Southwest Spit lenv.
ing port hand thence to sakNooat At outer bar
buoy, IN Gedney's Channel, rounding 1t starDoard
hand and return to stakcboat Off Bay Ridge dock,
passing It on the port side.
Third class sloops open boatsl from siakeboat
chorcd of Bay Ridge TO stnkeboat Vt buoy 8 South
west Spit rounding same the port hand, thence TO
home stakeboat or Bay Ridge Dock, passing l the
port side.
All yachts pass to he westward OF Fort Lafayette
and to eastward OF West Bank buoys Nos H. Ii and
To- and on returning TO westward OF Dumb Beacon.
THE PRIZES
Ftrs-rhe CLUB Prize, awarded to the frst yacht In,
oil zach class, time allowance.
Sscoad-The Flag Ofhcer's Prize, awarded to the Sec
ond yacht IN, OF each class on time ALLOW ancc.
Tho yachts divided INTO four classes foli0ws:-
ksrs--A class tor all schooner yachlA
SecoHdA class for all slo0p yachts 10 feet long
over OF water line
ThrdA class for all soop yachts under As feet long
on water line. sr&
fonrA-A class for all yachts (open boats) 20 feet
and over on water line.