The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-12
SAILING IN NEW YORK BAY.
YACHTS or TIE ATLANTIC CLUB IN
TIfETR ANNUAL CONTEST
a Good hun to saudy Hook. and THEW n
Driu Race Second Cia~. Boats Oniy Fin
I.htng-Thc Appearance OF Cas nmarnu-.

a Good Run to study HOOK, ana ther %
Drit Race Second Class Boats Ouiy Fin
i-hing-The Appearance OF a,sm"ra"-.
The twelfth annual regatta Of the Atlantic
Yacht CLUB of Brooklyn WAS sailed yesterday.
The club had in the past been noted for the
fiyors shown by old Boreas in giving the stn
breeze which makes yacht racing exciting; hut
yesterday, after good wind to Sandy Hook.
the rest of the race was drift. only the second
class sloops going over the course In the pre-
ribcd eight hours time The day. however.
proved delightful to the Brooklyn bellies. who
crowded the club boat Americas and inhaled
The fresh sea air without much Of the endant
drawback OF scasickncss.
The course Of the s.hooners and first class
soops was from between stake boats anchored
on Bay Ridge to buoy ga. Southw 1T Spit. to tho
Lghtship and return. going to southwark
and westward Of Roiner Shoal Beacon; for sec-
ond class sloops. the same course to the Spit
thence to sttkeboat near Gndney Channel buoy,
and return going to westward of kulu"r Shoil
'ns we're + r. Pt' ii. s. Mann,ng. q. 4. Wohcr
Judges ON the william Fletcher w,rn VIM. u.
Thomus, Gen. Ira l.. B,c.", and kichard w.
How. tn" si'r VIA n flying one. and the
yachts crossed the iinc IA follows:
Peerless. II io2b A. Nj Triton. 1881;
sgor.-,.,ma, II .2sloA NJ Lizzie I .ii'2ioo Hone,
y = ae Nnutic; u - -, onon, II - 10 Nhnbus'
Tho Nah and Myia wore withdrawn. At the
start tnrrew agoud sailing nr"z, from about
sSu,9Sns rty w 6 a. W Nnrro %"o ''' sent the
The s.houni r. p.lcd un the cambria in the
| shape of iorr and main club i"lsaiIs AMI main
| tupinHst stlvsails and the sloops also sent up
! their balloons. Golug III rough the Nntrows the
Hope went To ihe front It the se,onl lass siools.
/ ~" Nantic drew away from the Orion in the
/ irst-cass. and the Prcrlrss kept Il lad in the
/ hounerS. At / 40 ti" Agn"s had windFi the
krunp H %nI T'1 nm making pay ,or ,s rr17
Tn" other srhoOncrs. which stood on all tho
way across the lover hay ON one tack until
! 81, 80 to the Spt. tn" sluops were splitting
/ ttks IN all direct uns Half way across tho
lower hay IN" Triton and Agnes were dong
I welt and had pnsaed tn" Peerless with u cer-
tainly OF rounding the SPIT first. If they. could
| iot'h 10y stand NJ ON to the westward. II was
low water sv,k. hoWevrrf at me sont,w nst SPIT;
! wind and It'd. and the Peerless slipped up and
led the ile.t around the southwest SPIT at
l2;53l5 7. " The Agnes followed at l2:55'40
In the first class sloops the Mantle turned at
;O4 and the Orion. with the veteran Cpmmo-
dor" Cooper ~ the stick. chased her Sharply
around at O5 90. Thrre would have been u
brilliant race oetween these Two fast craft had
th"r' D""n a good hr"2". In IN" s"'ond class
siuops the Coma had ttken front place. and SHE
turned III" marx at l:OI II. ting kais,r follow
lnc at 1888. Hope l:25:24 Lizzie l.: "a ~.
Nimhu- :3O.l5. 1t WIS now a dead bent 10
wiudwari - ia" Iii Shtshtp. but At the point Of
IT,, Hook the win fail"d and the 4 at hung in
tu, doldrums for two hours. The Grnia man
aged t. Jib. around G"dn"y chnnnei stak"bpat
q $500. mbus 5.22 .3j Llzlie L. 20: 40.
home. ana Tia. Fletcher ran n Ia the Lighiship
! t. timc the = 'hooners and first class sloopS.
o. the shoon-re the Triton had taken FIRST
place. and the Orion. by stan0iing To- the south
ward had gained graf advantage over I'll.
Mantle. ~ tur wind. ~ usual al this time NJ
year had come out more from that quarter. ON
the way out the P'-'rlcss, Agnes and Niunt'
were met going home with liitrd sheets. hav nG
given up the ra'r. IN" Triton turned tn
Lisht-hip nj 6;6.l2; Orion b:lG.3u. All hopes o
completing the race in these Glasses had van
-hrl. and Capt.s Lmmons IF the Fletcher RAM
letll
| ~fak o. catch the second class Yachts
] They arrived ussfollrw-: Gruia nj co. kais I
7.i4. 32. Llzle /. : 80 90. Nmtus 81 IA. Th'
I Gnnta thus wins the pr.7" IN tnc second class
slunps. aud tn" race IN the other classes VIII be
sailed again. probably IA the tall.
\ feature OF the day wis the appearance q
tho two catamnrans Amaryliis and John t.lpin
an the douhlr-Auiled schooner ya ut NrreId
~ Mr. Herr shuf1's new ratamarnn LARAMIE.
Will arrive IA thr-. waters next week. there WI
undoubtedly be- "A novelty in the shape Of a caul
nluran race.