The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-16
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A DASH BY CORINTHIANS.
SPEEDING THROUGH THE WHITE cars
IROUND THE TTGH1SHIP.
swin Yachts Racing for the senwanhrks
tlub's Prizes-The voiantc's Wonderful
Sailing Names Of the victorious Yachts.


A strong ebb tide was forcing its way to-
ward tho sea against a fresh southerly breezs
yesterday morning, as the thirteen yachts en-
tered for the Scawanhaka Cornthian race. with
cables hovo short. awaited tho signal to start
At precisely II AS a whistle from the judges
boat. the Americus. and the lowering OF the
club signal at the fore. announced to the fleet
that they had Just ten minutes in which to got
their anchors. hoist thoir iibs. and be under
weigh. When tho final signal camo the foeA
was standing of and on. II was to be a flying
start from an imaginary line drawn from Fort
Wadsworh. Staten Island. to the club steamer
lying to of Vanderbilt Landing: and az oach
vessel crossed her time was taken. The follow
ing is the order Of starting:
Uniinc II Brvant; Esicllc. J n SMITH Pe,rcL J.
Hyslop; wave. H. II. uncfhill; Schemcr { T. Ice. Re.
gina W stewart lmIciia G. j. Fierce ,A9p,ye, V w
we'll Mhgc, W y l,chni volantc Messrs liieaeocki
Blanche. G. II Grundy
The ugly chop sea produced by the contest be-
tween wind aud tide and the steadily increasing
breeze did not daun; the mcmbers Of the club
and their friends who. under the rules. manned
their own vessels. With sheets trimmed nat
aftand booms to starboard. they made a short leg
toward buoy 40. 3 on the Orchard shoal. Then
coming about thoy laid their course toward
the point Of Concy Island. whence they ox.
pcctcd TO reach the Southwest Spit buoy. the
first turning point. Thence the course led to
and around the Sandy Hook Llehtship and rc.
turn over the same course. When thcy had
reached well over to the eastward the wind bo-
gan To haul 10 the westward and the white caps
with which tn' bay, was covered het3kened the
While beating down the bay there was MANI
n side issue between the contcndng Yachts.
Tho fast sloops Active and lmperia had II nip
and tuck artrr leaving Coney Island Point. The
feature OF the day, however, was the contest be.
tween the large schooners E-tac and Peerless.
Al the start both went of the StUrDOnrI tack.
but the E-telle made only short stretch. and
thinkngto atrh more win Her riyal Kept righi
on to the eastward toward Concy Island Point
Soon she bad To tack. however, rs the wind had
! hauled. Then il was seen that tho Estrlle had
e61rsc con good. wien she tackej and reac6cd to
| the eastward il brought her n,hwart the starn
| ofthc Peerless. Then tho latter saw through
! the ru-". and when the E-tclle had got well to
/ the eastward she immediately mQle q short tack
| also t. the eastward 50 tliatns the Estelle went
! about the Peerless tackled also. This manru-
vre hron-ni nc- over mi,~ g. "!Iiward oi her
/ rvt IN tho couise Of the Soutnwe1t Sptma
/ read -ho maintained throughout the race. The
] spit buoy WIS rounded in the following order:
! IN line. Wave. Peerless. Regina. Imperla
| Dudley. Potrrl. Mdge.
| Mhiie tie Yachts helt toward the Ightshp.
| with the win! almost dead ahead ana their leo
| sculprr- uul or watnr, tie Judges, boat Ameri-
| Gus Gy 10 under the lea of the Hook, 50 that tho
| large party Of ladies aboard could have an op-
! portunity Of eating lunch in comparatively
| yui"t water. Then TN s'crWrr ran down to tho
| llEll~'lin ana tniti tNf itiNlS rs ltlt'1 JiSStu
1t was On thr run 20 ths point thnt tho, English
cuiter N,lnntr. built for the Hitchcock brothere
by Mr.. Robert C"ntrc. showed what she could
do. \ heayy sea was running, and while, many
OF the other yachts were compelled TO clcw up
their topsails, and fur their living Tbs, she had
al her Kites flying. the SAT- spray dashed over
her weather bow and her ice lee, raj was amos,
a. ' I'M S2 voaiS sS"s If P2ES Ss EGshsBPp or
/ wheel wns put hard down, and she spun ROUND
quickly on her heel. Then the iib was drawn
] AWAY. and -ltn fnrls II 4ltul tUe rough
to- such an extent rs t1 unSs two other slooa
which had been leading her.
pu the course g. the -nuthWGrd full and by"
| had boon tll" ord r OF the day. After rounding
ne ~. hip. hnwnyrr. ne wind Wns iqir.
| tnl~alis w"r" snuA IN oGt dni everything set
lu CON .IIrn'e ot this tnrr" W"re scV'r raj mis-
| mast. The Wave catrird away her weather
rigging. but 10y the admirah" ,s'amnnshlp OF
W. into u" wind anu th' elar Wa- sayri an
| other sloop carried away her halyards
aud She continued On, her course. On the
way hom" ihs Tindi h'rgd a@ to yscb,a sSgis.
! mrn snyed uui the,r H'oms wing ana Wing
Wh, ,k"red gut ucir balloon ills and with the
0ood tide behind thrm, fairly il'w oyer the
course. The water secttr anl ioamed undcLi
ltrir bows ds they sp'l 4l"nEs Aniihc spray ieli
n ~h",is oyer thor teadS Tho rt"t r9anhed
lowing orler; Peerless, Cnine. Istcllc, Active,
S,hrm'r. Regina. lmu"ria. Nohnie. Dudley
Thc following shows ,hc tlmc Of the start
finish. actual and corrected time, a. taken BY ths
judges:
0ar r.'s 4ass' 4%2 oiTist'' Sst.
r.,ete. .... 2naoa, 4l-"so 42sls .ao.s
rce,lc.. 10 i2oois 4i6M 1000 aso.sa
A.a,s .is.o'i ..'..' '.''; .issa. 4.,s 49sa 4o,~
mpcra . 7iI.soai 4'-io 4'ae tieis
Regina ..... sii1slt 4aiM 4I5:5