The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-07
HUDSON RIVER YACHTING.
MATCH RACE BETWEEN THE fIpGET AND VIC
sToRIA FOE A CHALLENGE PENSANr-IhE
vfcToRIA THE wINNFR

sToRIA FOE A CHALLENGE PENSANr-THE
VICTORIA THE WINNER
NEW HAMnuRG. y. Y. June 0, 1873.
Much interest has bcea manifested among Hudson
River yachsmen over tue ions Announced natrn race
between Irv nc Grnnes sacnt Fdgct aud J. X.
Kooseves yachl Victoria Tor the challenge reunah,
OF the Central Hudsod Yacht club, which Nr.
Glinneli IS Commodore. Duriug the past winter ihe
Fiugct was thoroughly overnauled at Ncwpurg ship
yard. She was gwen deck cockpit. csilinr,
centrcboard trunk and keel and WAS so arransed
that her mast be set back ieoL She
was originally catboat, but she can
be trimmed sloop rugged Her length 20 feet boom
341s cct gan 1873 feet and 34 with p Iest hoist
Her competitor. the Victoria ~ IT, IN. in length,
boom 80 IT, in. and gail IA leet has % eet hoist
and is sloop rugged. with jo Is feet on tho foot
COURSE AND RULES
The course to-day the usual one OF the Central
Hudson Club from the starting of New Ham,
burg dock tho buoy oG Van Rcnssoiaers Point
north, turning IL from west, thence 10 buoy
Just south oil Low Point turning it also from east TO
Tue course 10 DC saiiel Twice. making the
twenty miles The rules OF the race required
the OF each yacht TO SAL ms vessc each to
allowed crew OF SIX besides the sailing MASTER
anu sniiting OF ballast wss not permitted.
The hour tor the START was hxed at halpast ten A.
NJ, but before that time both yachts were
lying III the stream. strong ebD Tide was running
u
Besides MIR. Irving Grinneil on board tho
Fidset, OF the crew. Rev. Dr. Satteree, OF The
waptngers sas EpssopI Saurc s sra n, mr. james
Roosevelt Iather OF .Rosc' Roosevelt, The owner,
aud James Wnslow owner OF the zach. GYPSY. the
Judge was T.. A. H. Van WICK. or the New Hamburg
Ice Yacht Club, AM the umpire Was Sr Abraham
Myers. there were quite number OF people on me
piers and several yachts we're near the starting point
Al twenty MINUTES eleven a. NJ. the signal was
gwen when both yachts wore away TO the westward,
and then max NJ a tack to the eastward, and
~,
straight up the river crossed The liAe as io
lows . :
Fiegct. 10 ~ W
IA, ~; ,sc. ~ inc We
seeming get the best OF II, ana quarter oi
nile north she passed TO The windward Of the Fidset
handsomely When of Marlborough she had TO Dc
closely watched, the WIND blew all the lime aud
shs was carrying water on deck, taking a Knock down
almost every moment ~ thought the vino
would be loo iresn Tor her, as ~ was now blowing
spa ing breeze, but she stood IL well, ana keeping
Inc lead turned tue nr.. ouoy r auona o. o IN
baoonea and her topsaii SET ana sue caie Town
the very last The fldget also baliooned ner D
ana carried flying jib but no topsaii her
immense Tnainsat Ueing enough AS they passed.
Hamburg the Victoria had gained three anaa naii
min utes her rival and was dong big work IN inc
1outLeriy swirl Of Tho tide Gong 70 the Low Point
puoy the Fiaget closed the gap little, and they
passed there as ionows:- . =
Victor!a...... ..............s........ - % w
NOW. with sheets close hauled, the wind was
whistlng tune IN the rigging, ana as eacn craft
careened the crews crawied up TO wndward aud both
vessels bowed along merriiy 10 the westward. Ihen
good scamanship came into play. Ine Fidset
could not 90 shaken on put nuns close
TO rival, Commodore Grinncii watch
Ing everything closely. AS they passed New
Hamburg COINS north the Fidget kept the westward
tack ma the Victoria stood TO the east Oh jews
Creek the wind came IRON tho westward, aud me
Fuget catching IL IN Inc style stood straight up the
RIVER which was fatal 10 the Victoria Tor when tho
latter around the westward tack the FldgeL
amid joy explanations the piers, passed ~ tho
windward OF her aud neid her place around the Van
Rensselaer, Point buoy. so when both yachts had
sails SET tic Fidget was I'm. 5s. ahead Of her
rival and the lide Was making Hood. THIS
was cheering sight to tho New Hamuurgers, ana
bets offered on the COCK that the Fiuget
turned the Low Point buoy the last time, wtn Tue
Fdgct still ahead, after passing that mark the
Victoria got out 0i the wind Tor lew seconus, and
once more Fidget widencq the gap Gong 10 the
eas tward, however, the wind caught the Victoria
once more, she maze long Leg OF IT. and dancing
over the waves rapidly closed on the New Hamburg
yacnL lively, that when they turned 10 the west
ward was not over u minute ana hail
ben,nd, and all the time gaining. fhen II
the speedy craft bowling 20 he limo all agreed
IL was finest ever witnessed on the
dudson The Fdget arrived home first al 3h 6m and
the Victoria 3u. 7. los the tmeAlowance making
Start Return. Iime. Time.
INNS INNS H.. MS. II. IS
Victoria. 10 "A AZ VI 10 % % rs US
Fidget ~. 10 ~ 90 O6 W "a 20 "a ~
Immediately alter the race Mr.. Grinncl hanaed
over the challenge pennant TO Mr.. Roosevelt, WAC
graciousiy accepted IT,