New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18
OTHER OUTDOOR SPORTS.
YACHTS MANNED BY AMATEURS.

YACHTS MANNED B1 AMATEURS.
THE CLYTIE, Oracle ECLIPSE, sCHEMER AND THE
GAEL THE WINNERS IN 1IIE SAVANNAH RE-
GATTA.
The bankers, brokers, lawyers, merchants
and their clerks who took holiday yesterday, to earn
the title OF hardy Corinthians in the twelfth regatta
Of the seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, returned
with bstered necks faces and hands, and were
more or less covered with new tar and sush."
They had weighed anchor, "ye-hO'd" hauled on
ropes and trimmed sails and an entire summer on the
shore fishing and bathing would not have blistered
them more made them blacker than one days eX-
perence before the mast" The fine weather with
which the yaehtmen have been favored during the week
continued yesterday and the presented in the
Narrows at IL "a III. varied and animated. The
steamer Americus completely enyelOped with flags and
crowded with club members and their friends, took her
position of Fort Wadsworth soon after IL
o'clock and at 1130 gave the signal
for the yachts TO start. At this time the
Narrows were filed with sailing craft OF every descrip
ton from trim yacht to the deopsea ship and the
shores Oh either side were lined with spectators
light south wind prevailed at the time Of tae start and
the tide was the first OF the eOb Tne competing yachts
were sailing slessy about to give the amateurs ht
practice, but only six 81 them managed TO cross the lne
before the expiration Of the limit for actual time of start
to be recorded. These six were tho Gael Wave,
unfortunate lolteers the three schooners Alba
tross, Louisa aud Clytle ana the ken wien Nakyr
Gacle, Fanny and Eclipse Under the Influence Oh an
eassontneast breeze. the yachts made long reaches
bay toward SOUTHWEST spit Tue Nay at
| mospherc almost prevented them IRON being dis
pgushed even at a short distance The Oracle the
rst BOAT to round Buoy No 10 on the southwest Spltat
IZ43:45 the Fannie following three minutes aterward
making sharp contest with the leader and her cOnpe
tor Tor first position Next came the Eclipse Abatross
Oriya Vixen, Schooner, Wave, Cyte, Valkyr, Volane,
| Gael Amazon aud Viyen The yachts after rounding
the bn ly went oil the port tack and met with mod
crate sea and frcsher breeze. Those OF the first three
olasses the cOurso of which around Sandy Hook
Ilght ship were making fair time the Oracle st eAd-
ing aud rounding 2:l955 followed by the Fanny at
2:ZlIO; the Eclipse. 22S:2G the Oriv, 23O4O; the
Vixen 2:3l:O5 the Valkyr Z4O:Oo; tne Cy le 2l2:39.
ana the AlhatrOss aud LOUISA lasf ana not timed.
The schener, NOante and Naye after rounding Scot
land Lgutsnp headed their courses for home rs did the
Gael ylyien and Amazon alter rounding buoy No Oh
oil the point OF sandy Hook. The run home was made
with free wind and the yachts made better time, tine
small IL reaching tine finish at buoy No l5on the west
bank n b. first, followed half nOur after" ard by the
fJnrth class soops Tne Wave and schener arrived just
ahead OF the Oracle, which mLln alneu tue lead OF the
fleet that rounded sandy Hook Llgntsnip The Oracle
wen over the in hours Al minutes and 10
onds actual time while Fanny only minutes
later and second the finish These DOaLs were FOL
lowed by the Eclipse, Ctie, Orlva vixen, Fakyr and
Albatross in the named. Tue following table Will
shoW the time OF Start and finish, ana the tlne occupied
In making the race allowance being made Dy each
for the DOats tnat were handicapped: