The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-01
THE BILOXI REGATTA.
THE NATHALIE C. EMMA, MARY A,
AND BRENDA CARRY OFF
THE PRIZES

On Tuesday after a long time spent in
waiting for sufficient breeze toSstart, the
boats entered In the race got away at 21l
o'clock, well together, considering they had
only fifty feet to start in. The wind was light,
not being above five-knot breeze; the
boats went on down from Montross' wharf
keeping well together, the Nathalie in the
lead. After rounding the buoy, they went to-
wards the westward stakeboat, beating up
when they arrived there; the large boats
catching a favorable breeze, left the small
ones far in the rear. From this time until they
reached the home stake they strung out be-
hind each other The order Is shown by the
time.
causing the leading boats to drift to the east
ward, but in @ little while q favorable puff of
wind from the southwest brought them to-
gether again, and they started off on the
home stretch in about their original order.
The following are the entries.
FIRST GLASS.
Tarantula, entered and sailed by Sam
Heaslip.
Cydnus, entered by Ed Harris, sailed by
Fred. Smith.
Nathalie @, entered by E. L. Israel, sailed
by A. Ryan.
SECOND GLASS.
Xiphias, entered by T. f. Howard sailed by
3. R. Clemens
Emma, entered by John Carney, sailed by
John Carney.
Restless, entered by M. Green, sailed by M.
Green.
Ef1ie, entered by H. Gauthier, sailed by H.
Gauthier.
THIRD GLASS.
Juniata, entered by L. L, Israel, sailed bv
John Collens.
Maggie, entered by A. Brewster, sailed by
A. Brewster.
Mary A, entered by A. A. Maginnis, sailed
by Ell. Leinhardt.
FOURTH GLASS.
Brenda, entered by FL. Del Bondio, sailed by
Louis Holly.
Olivia, entered by E. L. Israel. sailed by J.
B. Mcdonnell
On the first round the
NATHALIE O
came in in the lead, making the first seven
and O. half miles in hour 10 minutes, followed
pretty closely by the Cydnus and Tarantula.
In The second class the Xphias led, making
the first round in hour SO minutes 20 sec
onds, the others coming in closely after.
In the third class the Maggie made the
first round in one hour and fifty-five minutes,
and in the fourth class the Brenda came In
three hours and eight minutes after starting
the Olivia being drawn.
The last round was made by the Nathalie
G in three hours and twenty-eight minutes !;
Cydnus second and Tarantula third.
In the second class, the Emma of Mobile
won in three hours twenty minutes and forty
five seconds.
In the third class, the Mary A came in
ahead, making the fifteen miles In four hours,
the Juniata having
CAPSIZED
at the eastward stake boat, and in the fourth
class the Brenda won (the Olivia having been
withdrawn in hours 81 minutes.
The race was not at all an exciting one, and
the last boat had not returned to the starting
point when the train left at IL o'clock in the
evening. Sometimes owing to slight and
variable winds one boat would be ahead and
then another, and altogether the race was an
unexciting one. The Nathalie 9" carried off
the honors in the first class. The Emma
of Mobile, won the second class, and Mr.. A.
A. Mag innis' yacht MARY A" won in the third
class.
The winning Of the race by the Mary A
was quite surprise to many. It will be re-
membered that in the last race this boat was
beaten in every race.