The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-20
WON BY ONLY 43 SECONDS.
YES TERDAr,s EXCITING YACHT RACE
UP THE HUDSON
Commo dcre Grinueirs Fidrct Heating y. n.
KooseveIrs Victoria by - Very close shave
A clergyman and Doctor Sailors.

KooseveIfs Victoria by ~ Very Close shave
A clergyman and ~ Doctor .s Sailors.
New HAMBURG, June 19.-Immcdiatcly
after tho Victoria wrcsted tho Corinthian chal
lenge pcnnant from Irving Grinnell's Fidgct on
tho 9th Of June. Commodore Grinnell chal
lcnged Mr.. J. II. Roosevelt to snil for II again.
and to-day was the timo fixed for the race Tho
pennant was presented to the Central Hudson
Yacht Club by Mr. Phillip Schuyler OF the New
York Yacht Club. in 1875. us a challenge pen
nant. 1t WIS first won by tho sloop yncht lie
Roy; then by the Brown Of Newburgh; then by
the Fidget; then by the Mary Emma OF New
Rochelle. whose owner gave II bnck To the club.
and the Brown won II again. Next the Dare
Devil won it. and tho Fidget won it from her;
the Victoria won it on the 9th inst from the
Fdgct beating tho Fdgct minute and a half
over the twenty mile course Of the Central Hud-
son Club.
The race to-day was over the Same course.
The rules required that each owner should sail
his own yacht. the crew not to exceed seven
men. and no shifting OF ballast allowed Early
in the day the wind was light. and both owners
lightened their crafts by setting ashore nearly
all Of their sand bags. Tho Fidget carried six
men. all told. and the Victoria Ave
At II 80 A. NJ thore was very light breeze
from the north. and a strong ebb tide was rum
ming. and it was thought that the race could not
be- made within the prescribed six hours
Nevertheless It was agreed to start. and the
preparatory signal was given, after which the
yachts had five minutes in which 10 cross the
line, The Nictoria. got away at 11'3944' and
Before the Van Rcnsscacr Point, buoy was
reached the Fidgct went 70 the windward. and
turned about minute ahead Coming south
spinnakers were set on both craft ana both lbs
were hallooncd. in addition, 70 which the Vic
northwest flaw struck the Victoria first and
forced her rapidly toward the Fidgct; b9t II
partly leaving the victoria. and again the gap
was. wdened. They passed. tho starting boat
Fidgrt at 1928 40 and the Victoria At i2:25:l0.
When they rounded the Low Point buoy. the
| Victoria WAS not more than eight or ten seconds
behind. Then the breeze frgshencd little.
| and in the open bay they made long stretches.
TheVlctoriahel on her rival well unit afior they
| passed Low Point dock. when the Fidget went
| about in the middle of the river. and made a
| gained some but the Victoria also made long
f"gs To The eastward. hut in one of them Size
stood IN little too lar and lost. and the yachts
yussed the home buoy the third time. including
fpi.e, 1000 Victoria ......... 2io.ss
They then made long stretch to the west.
| ward TO reach tho mouth OF Jews creek am
| Tho Fidget reached il first. and going about TO
| the eastward. pointed directly for the Van ltcns-
| srlpr Point buoy and never altered her course
untii She turnoi II. the Victoria losing a few
seconds moro on her tack. Then again both
came south with .spnnakcrs hoomcd, out and
the last time going SOUTH rs follows
Fiisct ~ l0Ncioria ....... IA %
This looked bad for the Victoria, and the old
salts on the piers shook their heads and men
tally CIRCULATED. " She's gone The friends OF
| the flleet wore corrcsponlingly lubiltni. The
Wappngcr's Falls tended the Fldgcts sheet,
and DR.. C. Satterlcc assisted As she glided by
the piers, two minutes and forty seconds ahead
| OF the Victoria she was applnudcd. ana the
members IL the crew doncd their hats But the
cheerful yachtsnen ,reckoned without their
host. for after passing New Hamburg the
Iidgct kept too Tar in. and lost 10y il. and the
! Victoria soon after covered her ana took the
wind out of her snils. Then. 70 tho surprise OF
all. she passed the Fidget. and kept gaining u
lows:
Victoria. 20 10 fitget = ~ 20
As quiz as she made the turn the Nictoria's
sheet WIS cOse-haulcd and, the wind ircshen-
ing. she skipped along on the starOoard tack
opening the gap still wider Ii wus Il splendid
race. and good seamanship now became one OF
| the most important features. Not more than q
mile away from the buoy the FldSet astonished
nil 10y again going to the windward at "A pOin
Just south of the Davis Skammer ana then sh'
made long leg to the eastward, followed >,
elosoiy by the Victoria that the crews on boil
bouts could easily talk with each other. The
Victoria held the gap until they tackled 10 tb'
westward. when the Fidgct outs sailed her Il littl"
EidAet crossed the line home, the Victoria com
inE in at .jS:47. The summary table. whicl
IL rs follows. shows that the tidget won th'
race 10y 43 seconds only. making II AN eXtraor
binary contest:
Hrf Rum rn. tm.
t ,1cfa Il 81 ~ T.. Il 5i55ooda 5iiss5
l. is expected that the winner will be chal
leug"1 by Van Brunt LlvinEstVns Fly Away q
West Park.