The New York herald., 1878-08-18
YACHTING.

YACHTING. s'r's5 ~ :, 80
TIE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB CRUISE AT AN
xSD-UNsuccEssyu ATTEMPT TO GET UP
REGATTA AT SxwroRr--rHE CRUISE ne
vEwin.
[BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD.1
NEWPORT, X. l., August II, 1873
The use OF tho New Ysrk Yacht Club ended to-
day, ne at q meeting OF tho captains, mold board
the flagship at n,no o'clock this morniog, II was
deemed prudent to dismiss the feet The original To-
tsnton haa been 10 sail regatta IN Newport Harbor,
and the nag officers prepared 10 Urer prizes on
that occasion, but wnen tho matter was taken into
sideraon WINS vetoed. as there were not enough
yachts in the harbor to make q respect
able race. l, two days had not been lost
in tho trip New BEDFORD and Hoimes' Hole
Ihere would undoubtedly hive been regatta, as then
there would have been yachts every casa ready 10
sail This morniug when the captains came 10.
gethsr they appeared TO be unanimously IN favor OF
going homo some little attempt was ,de TO get up
regatta but alter loosing al Tho probable entries u
was thought advisable TO abandon the idea. In tho
small soops there was Duly the Vixen ready 10 snl
Tho Active pcope had gone home and the Regina was
minus a topmnst. The Vision lott without n
match and tho Clio sole representative Of her
class as The EselIe lef. shortly after dayiish. Tho
tho Keel schooners and as The Drcadnaught touched
rock at Cuttyhunk yesterday the contest was I'm
decided end the cruise, and tho yacht owners wcrc
IME CRUISE SUCCESS
The cruise this year wa- quitu succcss, and Com
modorc Kane may be congratulated on tho skllui
manner in which lie Kept the fleet together The
visit TO New Bedford WAS unaoubtedly tns most en-
joyabc portion OF the programme and the members
oi Tho New Bedford Yacht Club uid their utmost 10
entertain tho New Yurk visitors 10 their waiers.
Noihing could have been more picturesque than the
ser~nade on Tuesday nisbt and the members Of ths
New Yarg Yacht Gab left hospi,abIe hsrbsr with
teoiipgs OF regret that their limited time. did not
permit them 10 make any iurther delay The racing
from port to port Was vury interesting far New
Bedford, but after that tho nsnt aud ehanysaole
WINDS deiracted from ths interest ot this kind OF
sailing us II lett more 10 good luck than tho morris Of
the boat ffrNy s'
.rxs huccEssvuL YACHTS. a.. ~
The success al yacnts on ,he cruise have been the
Clio anu and the sloops Vixen,
Active anu RsEiua. ihs sctioonsr Oo has und0u bt-
sdly IN her class she apisnsd The
head OF The fleet nenry every occasion. This yacht
Is sailing better thls season tnan ss ever sallsd
bcfore, anu mood be afraid Of anything oi her
inches. The three Keel yschts--DrsadnsushI in
trepid and Rimbler-had several cxclliny FACES TO-
ecther. On the arst day, from Glen Cove 10 Green
second ana the In,repia third. In the run from
Grcenport TO New London tue Dreadnaush was
From New Louaon to Newport The Drssdpsu ught was
hrs, tho Rambler second AMI the inrepd th'ra, ana
naught vas Ars., ,hs Rambler second and the In
rspd ihrd Again, me osnvAs csrrisd must be taken
n.o Sons,SSsaSn sn ,ns n, csrred sniO
maker on the wind and tho Intrepid main club top
sail aRd sp,nnsksE On tho whole the DrsAduausht
appeared to have nrst honors and the Rambler
second. Tho Intrepid at times showed great speed,
especially 80 IN light air on the Wind. and Will
probably do grsst deal better wncn her owner has
got her in proper Trim, The Columola was only with
the heot on part Of Inc sail from Glen Cove TO
Grsenport, and then did remarkably we'll, ana the
schooner CIyiic stamford, also showed great speed
on more than one occasion.
Tho sloops VISION Graeic came togs,h her ysster
nd 0d \
from Holmes Hole IL proved n beat 10 wipdward,
ana se s1 ., om Ssn: ns 10
the Grace beat the Vision more han eeupc that
timo
Regina vas perhaps tho most interesting scene during
the cruise and. although tho Active and Regina Doin
haps. belong to the Vxen especially as she won the
race in which the Bosoo sloop rh's'lo was the CON-
Tho sehooners Rambler, Drsadnaught. Madeleine
and EstslIs lott this morning, bound wes'
NEW ROCHELLE REaATrA-sMALL BOATS IN 4
BRISK wIND-FoRrx YACHTS coNTEsrrNo-
SOME OLD wINNrBs GAINING NEW LAuRfLs.
The regatta OF the Now Rochelle Yacht Climb is uu
qucstionabiy tho nsu.ical entertain ment NJ which
most small yachts congregate. Just this season
II has tound o rival In the New York
Bay regatta, but that temporary emulation
OF It's success need cast no shadow It's
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goods in FIRST place from the owners of boats and
sheir rather extensive following And thcn that out.
side interest which 10 shown by tho presence OF large
numbers OF visitors By laud and water 10 always
manifested in . most emphatic manner. Yes.
terday's regatta was Of tho usual order
Forty beats started, to begin with, and these
included some Of the crack yachts, whose
acnievem euts have BY THIS time been wrsahcd round
with all manner Of nautical glory In The first place,
there va. the we'll nigh inviuciole Susie g., With
picked crow, spd to do bauls with her the vell
known cracks Dare Dsvil. W. y. Davids, tho ". X.
Fowler, an excellent sa,isr and several others OF no
indifferent repute. Tho second GLASS; 100. contained
some brisk sa,ers, like she speedy Ne,ue and the
we'll tried Martha n.
THE HSrxIss
The conditions OF the resasss provided that u
should be sailed i've different GLASSES. Tho nrst In
oudsd soeps between 20 and 30 ise,; the second,
soors between 20 snd rs ses tho thrd catboa.s be-
20 and Is ieet; tho fourth, ca,boats between
lb and 20 feet, end tho nth. all catDoats under
10 feet. In compispcs wIth these requisiiions tho
boats were really to answer ,ne signal from tho
ndces' steam launch. 10 tho following ciasstncati
First C'ass--Soops
Dare Devil ..........W. u. Duworth.. ........ 27 %
VIM. swan. ..........A. N. stsbbins........ ~ %
" y. pavids. ........ Wllnsm Layton....... ~ o.
n X Fowler. William Taylor u 01
susie = .,.......... Ira smI,h...... ...... 2. os
Josephine. ..........R. u. Hsr,snosns see. ~. W
Second Clda-.Si0ops
Agitstor. ............J r Virgins. - os
Mary ..........M. H. Drcker........ - 10
NciSe...............Ios Nobles. ~ o.
Martha M......... Captain o. Bricn. "a Vaz
/ Bertnn. ;aptaL Ackcr ........ ~ 10
Excelsior ~ W. Gisbaui. II ~
TAird Cass-CdL Rugged
a. H. Holmss........A L. Krcymcr....... II IL