The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-07
ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB
The Run from Morris Cove to New
London in Fog.
THE TRITON FIRST TO ANCHOR.
Pleasant Sail on the Broad Waters
of the Sound
[By TKLEoRAPR TO THE HERALD1


NKw LONDON, Conn.,, August q, 1875
What though the merry world be round, and that,
therefore, like Mr.. Tenuyson's voyagers, we may sail
for evermorc, nevertheless the most enthusiastic
yachtsman signs not Tor such unlimited extension
Of bis pastime and would lain touch land at times.
He rather looks Tor pleasant haven at
the end OF his days toll, Graves fresh
If not absolutely fair broezss, aud, unliKo the
Laureatss mythical navigaters has time and molina
ton 10 pause for ''the fruits and fowers'' or his
expedition; and SO it pass that the members
OF the Atlantic Yacht Club who left New Haven this
morning were not averse 10 brisk run TO New Lon
don, the next objective point Of their cruise Their
desires in this respect been grathed within
tain limitations for the sail to that pleasant city by
the Thames OF tho New World has been. save during
low hours, a superb Tho readers OF the HERALD
who take interest In these matters Will suppose
that the six leading yachts which anchored At Morris
Cove were followed later by the Intrepid, Vision,
Nimbus. Sheila hope, Imperia, Genia Nomad, Myra
nnd Petrol In tho order named; that everything is
made snug for the night, and that tho morning has
dawned--if ever there was morning as did dawn, as
Dickens would say-wtn u thick fog brooding over
the water. creeping through tho woods and wrap
ping everything in its folds. Morris Covo Is not
more than three miles from New Haven by water
but the bend Of the road makes the distance much
greater by tho land route. and New Haven is COM
paratively inaccessible after certain hour in the
evening 1t was not visited by the yachtsmen. But
The morning has como and people active
carly according 10 the wholesome custom
Of which yachting Is tho parent What
II the clouds duh y and heavy and
II the fog wraps and distant objects In tho folds
OF Its damp curtain, and II It wcavcs its strange
racery on the slopes OF the hills and the trees the
day is yet by no means unpropitious The fog will
know that Eous has unclaimed his minons and
bado Thorn do tho Offices OF good genli. From
The southeast the breeze blows chseriIy and
with tho promise potency of further vigor when
the day natures. Ia not that strsak OF sunshine
that, slauting the cloud banks, silvers the
shore, making AZ least ono bright spot in the land
Ecapcs You satisfied that tho sovereign luminary
may not be hold long In thraldom and that pleasant
days yachting Is before you.
In difference to tho toy the start is delayed litc
but at Eve minutes past eight o'clock third or
starting gun is fred Tho that follows Is per
cct marine picture; seventeen graceful yachts TINT
lay quietly at their anchorage suddenly ACQUIRE
vitality from its resonance, blossom nto canvas bay
OIL without delay and glide out OF harbor the port
tack under the influence OF u fresh and freshcning
precZe Thoy pass out under the leo OF the
land with gradually increasing speed, sweep past the
lonely lighthouse on the point and ow minutes
lmpera leads the 1oet out OF the harbor but all are
closely grouped and arc gathering rapid way as they
Thistle are sailing abreast but re 44chtLouse 10
passed the Triton gdes by thon. Is closely
pieco Of furnishing she viii need Il rs om iss OF inc
morning be not beed tn boat now Now Lou
So1 as sSr% s US %ns As
Some OF tho yachts, too, shaken up in tho
wind 10 enable tho process to be per-
cheney. All are now standing on the port tack, lying
Uver under the influence Vt The gradually freshenn
breeze and sending tho foam down their loo bows,
and there among the dear hills shafts Of sun
shine strike oitener and culver In tho heart OF the
now leading and after them comes tho Winsomo
which arrived last night from Greenwich, and which
tails out with the fleet us a matter OF comphmeni
giving the yachts parting gun rs she Leaves tnem.
EFFECT OF TiE FOG. --ae -,,fs p.
ne ORION is the first TO break tacks but sho
tails into line agaiu, and all stretching once moro
across the Sound toward the Long Island Coast; bat
meanwhile the log ana the sunshine AFRO contesiing
entire fleet. II Is like tho net drop In a theatre,
which falls on some we'll coutrivec tableau, ANA hen
u Is raised again discoses the actors In new
situations; again some OF the yachts are sa!ling
through the drifts OF sunshine with silvcry sails like
fpecirai through the mist wreahs, mere phantom
ships, belonging to night ami darkness. In one Of
the hits Of the log tho Dolphin to DO next IN
with tho Peerless hard alter her, then
the Agnes ana tho Vision next in tho
line Of schooncrs, aud then the Petrol Tho smaller
Soops away to winJward Us to al distance
sorne way astern. Meanwhile the wind grows in
force. The yachts lie over until their souppsrs are
and tho foam boils under their lee, and the
waves arc furrowed with seventeen sharp prows IN
sma,oas rivary Every sign. and sound is
mic music Of progression. Alter all is not this
the true poetry Of notion What rs the "lmper,al
through the yielding seas Tree OF headaches ana
hcartaches. and needing no physician. Tho
less goes about makes stretch to starboard or
10 other words toward the Connections side OF the
Sound.
Tho Orion pays tribute to the strength Of the fresh
breeze ny taking hor cla0 topsaii, but her rival,
the Thistle, which Is souo distance astcrn, still hoas
10 her sails. The Triton, by tho time she has deter
mined TO stretch buck toward the Connecticut shorc
has forged up to windward VI tue feet and Is
now loading, and whom sne again goes on
the port tack MAINTAINS her position. The
Peerless, on tho siarboard tack, passes under
her stern about mile distant The Agnes Is pretty
nearly the same distance In the of the Pocrsss
and the Orion and lmperia are away on the leo beam
Of the Triton. Up TO halfpast nine o'clock tho
lido has been obbing, and therefore, favorable out
after that tho food lido begins TO make, ana
part Of the distance TO New London But the
contest still goes on between tue log and the
Ihcy quarrel over Faulknor's lsani tingng II with
radiance and overlapping IL with gloom. Tucv quar-
rei over every inch vi water tho broad expanse of
The sound MS vs. neither would suffer joint dominion
but through glow and gloom. through shadow snd
sunshine. tho yachts lake their course, New London
'bcing Tho holy city Of their desires. Ihc
81 the Triton, goes about again on
her Ice quarter and then begins TO point up In tue
wind wonderfully. The Triton Is at this time snorn
Of an unmanagcsbe foretopsal which refuses TO WORK
satisfactorily. when botn yachts 10 again on the star
Board Tack The Peerless makes splendid speed, aud
alter gong once into stays lies upon the Trtou's
windward quartor The Thistle smergos IRON a
ios bank, and so tar as can DO judged api oars
10 90 IN a third position out the fact
Is that Just as the log and the sunshine concndpg
Tor supremacy, so The Long Island aud the Conucci
cut shores WOO the different yachts many OF which
are often separated by the whole breadth OF the
Sound In this way the Vision, which had been lost
sight OF. rs deserted standing out from the Long
Island shore In an exceedingly good position. But 10
their tactics what they may tho goal is tho samo aud
they will close up by ana BY.
THE FRKsH WIND FALLS
AT length, however, the froc, bounding motion Of
the yachts Is lost and the fresh falls very
moderate breeze. IL even wanes stili more az the
evening steals and, worse the cnvious log shuts
out the sunshine. All tho Sound is chveoped In a
thick, damp mist and the now scattered yach y hio
their way through sounding bcs and warning fognorns
and all manner oil caut0Duy sgnaa In good timo tho
friendly warning OF the Bartlett Rect lirhtship rs
hoard, gliding gently by II the nagsp Triton which
appears 10 be the leading vessel, moves slowly on
ward and passes under tho tall white lighthouse that
looms up In the surrounding gloom. wniIc sho
Will ha Wind