The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-18
THE COMING REGATTA.
i Visit to the Fleet Of the Southern
Yacht Club.
Adoption Of Uniform for the Officers and
Crews of the Squadron and their
Badges Of Office.


sounded, and now on board all the boats
blocks are being overhauled, running gear ex-
amined and sand-bags looked after. Hal
llards are tested and the sails given their full
hoist, with the sheet taut amidships, to see
how the sails fit. Bottoms are being scraped
and stays frightened; In fact, everything is
being done to put the flyers Of the yacht
club In the best possible condition for the
twenty-slxth.
Yesterday afternoon representative OF the
DEMOCRAT started out to the yacht club
house In anticipation Of brisk breeze and a
display Of fine sailing. Eolus, however, was
In one Of his most quiet humors,
and save here and there q cats-paw,
far out on the lake. the surface OF
the water was mirror-like A few
lazy schooners idly tapped their sails outside
Id the dead calm, while q few fishermen, with
lethargic plash Of oars, sought out some
iavorite ground. There was not breath OF
air stirring. and the sun went down behind
4 bed Of roseate clouds as quietly as the softest
echo of whisper. The boats, some OF them
lying In the new harbor behind the revet-
ment, the others In the new canal, looked all
" LII
i The DEMOCRATS representative examined all
there, and can safely say that never before
bus there been gathered here SO many beauti-
full models and artistically rugged yachts
as now hoist the s. Y. G.. signal. Com.
Emile O'Brien has reason to congratulate
himself, as have all the members Of the club,
On their wonderful success In so short time
Lying up we notice the cabin yachts Grace
Darling, La Belle, Zoe and Gov. Claiborne.
First class boats Lin mas, Cydnas, Puck and
Luck, the Lady E., or as she was formerly
called the w. R. Brown. Over at Spanish
Fort were the Susie s., the wonderful flyer,
and Allck Brewster's new first class boat
which Is unnamed as yet.
Somuch attention has been given the re-
markable Susie s., 1t is not amIss to give her
record SO far as 1t could be learned In the
Centennial regatta OF 1876 she beat the
Pluck and Luck II seconds In the only race
they came together. La a match race In New
FORK bay, she beat the w. r. Brown In 1877
Dy5 minutes 27 seconds, and In regatta at
AeWburg, on the Hudson, beat her again In
minutes t3 seconds,
80 great was the confidence OF the owners
S5OO0 challenge to the world for any yacht of
her inches to beat her
One Or her competitors, the w. r. Brown,
/ of as she ls now named, the Lady E., has also
s.da me Tecord. ohe measures tWenty-seven
ieet two and one-half inches, only half an
Inch longer than the Susie, and belongs to i.
". israel In the Centennial regatta she was |
second TO the Susie ana in June OF that year
won the Central Hudson regatta In August
she came In victor In the Newburg regatta.
and In fhp a IN npt HI iaGt fah
me Susie. With working sails she won d
match with the Fidget In September Dur
ng the next year, under working sails, she |
was beaten by the W. j. Lee and Dare Devil
Msng Sing, n; X; but In two months after
Yards, at the Newburg regatta, she beat the
rluck iaauck and Luck, Dare Devil and others. In
Il Hls, at the Brooklyn Union regatta In June,
sle beat everything, and In the same month
rpeat even the first-class yachts In the New
noss. niolk club race. The last OF her victories
Il North was when che won the NeWburg Bay
regatta In June, 1878.
The Pluck and Luck's record has been pub
sasled before Her wonderful victories have
zen .e equal to those of the two competitors
aooye named. She has never been whipped
nscept In the instances named above, and
Gives promise OF showing her heels in the
armlng contest here.
yesterday she was hauled up, and many
sOpped to admire her exquisite model.
IN THE THIRD GLASS
i.s ne Juanita, also belonging to Mr.. Israel, was
Lispected. She is nineteen feet eleven inches In
sahukth, and so far has run four races, In which
T. ~ came out a winner in one and lost three;
NJ n one Of the latter, however, she capsized. In
pstaa III 1aee she won she beat the Mary A., the
>Iln, ~ the Maggie and the Jennie.
~ ~ the pen with the Pluck and Luck and
GIaslul Nh suanita were the Mary A. and the new
K esy ol Mr.. McGinness, just built by Dick
~ 49, or Algiers, after the model of the Pluck
H I'M ina.L Luck. Ick. In the canal was the delicately-
esso ea Fuck OF Mr.. A. j. MITCHELL of the second
10 IN THE FOURTH CLASS
i1ii.s;. i1ig.s we're the Brenda OF Mr.. H DelBondio,
9nvlaa 9a oI . NJ. Israel, DR.. Finney's No Name,
1naassAo9I 1s 81 Mr, keaghy, and Nora Of Mr.
elsars ~ The beautiful hollow lines and
gsSht. sterns OF some Of these smaller
bsta bts might mg be copied in some OF the larger
y dead e. me run aft Is SO neat they carry no
ansst aser W ait and their bearings abreast the
- ample Tor plenty Of wind. II we do