New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29
CLOSE OF TIE YACHTING SEASON.

The last of the races for cutters and slOops
under the auspices of the seawanAaka Yach Club took
place Yesterday. III. course was from buoy No OF
the point or sandy Hook to and around the whtling
buoy and the sandy Hook hchtship; twice over the
course making distance Of thirty miles The weather,
which had been thick during the morning. cleared
As the hour for starting the drew and showed
eadcoored broken into short whitecspped waves.
surginc beneath the strong wind which was blowing
from the eastnorthcast At lO40 a whistle from the
udcc, boat gave the signal for starting and five minutes
later another whistle -iEnalled the starting time The
yachts down against the wind with mainsall, gan
topsa, forcs aud jb set The Oracle was the first to
cross The line She was sailing close to the wind and
stood up Ike a church against IT, Her bows threw mp
on either side curved fountain OF water and from her
quarter flew the white foam nearly up to her chain
plates and mingled with the broad wake that spread out
ike fan ascrn, till 10 lost and MINGLED with the
tumbung Not far behind the Oracle came the cutter
Oryaa and the compromise vessel Nkyr Iney were side
BY side, and IL seemed ar the Nahyr would cross tAg
the cutter passed over ahead Then ctme Geor-o
GOud'- sOOp Faiia, and last the large cutter Brdoun
Redouu especially seemed 10 have all her ballast amid
rhips and every tossed her ont OF water so that
her copper sheathng CLEANED III me sunlight ana her
keel was Viz Die Tor several feet. In the rn out 10 the
whislng buoy the BcdOuln drew ahead ot everything
except the Oracle, and the NalA}nI cropped asterI;
1t was anyoues race between the Oracle ana
the BedOun and the sec0ndcass cup evidently lay be-
tween Fanita and the Orya on rounding tne buoy,
the BedOuin attempted to set her jDOpsa but II got
nook II the stay, and she Obliged to set 10 NY
ing She finally took 10 in but considerable time was
lost by the bungng and the Oracle showed her stern to
the fleet ia fine style.
The Oriya mad her jlb-tOpsa up and she carried
II ouf 10 the ligntshp The Oracle ran up her jbtOpsi
on rounding the lgLtship TIE Bedolln on rounding
ran up ner tlbopsa and set her spunaker The other
yachts their tOp-as, but the Nalkyr after
ward withdrew from the race, On the run 20 buoy NO.
O. the Oracle gained slightly on the Bedouin
and the distance between the Fanatta. aud the
Orva was much lessrned that II was doubtful which
would win BY time the whlstlng buoy reached
the second time the wind had nauied four points TO the
south and blowing from the eaatsOuthens II had
also decreased in force, but IL had left lumpy OF
dark blue water diversified here and there by long
srcaks OF green The Oracle still kept the lead OF the
BrdOun, and the Oriya and Fanita came ploughlng
along almost side by side In cloud OF spray
On rounding the ghtship a second time al the racers
their spnnukcrs the Fanlta however, being long
while in doing IT, The BedOun seemed 70 be gaining on
the Oracle but the sloOp cubtOpsall and kept
good the distance between herself and the cutter sue
came IN frs, winning the by minutes and 10
seconds The Orya aud the Fauta close together
but The former crossed the line Is seconds ahead OF her
rival. Thus one cutter won and sloOp. The time
follows