New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
g. Hessman acted as starter and Frederick Jenkins as
YACHTS DRIFTING WITH THE TIDE.
THE sEwASHAKA-coRINTHIAN REGATTA BRILLIANT



Schooners and sloops to the number OF SIX
teen ayne tho flag of the sewanhaka Yacht Club, assem-
bled of Clifton L. yesterday forenoon Cor Corinthian
race The sewanhaka Club is Corinthian club and
holds this of every year In such races the
yachts are manned exclusively by amateurs VINO are
called Corinthians" These are not tho people TO whom
St. Paul wrote his celebrated Episos, but highly re-
spectacle men who play sailor simply Tor tne rove
they bear for the sport While the Cornthan race Is in
proeress nothing is eaten on board the yachts
except what is prepared by Corinthian
cook and the sailing is kept locked In the cabin
and permitted to take no part in the sailing OF the craft
except now then assist at splicing the main brace
This was the kind OF race 1t was yesterday.
The steamer Taurus, with the Regatta COM
mittee, judges aud others too numerous 70
mention on board, lay of Fort Wadsworth and
gave the signal to start just the orchestra OF Italian
nobemen on board were playing Never Drink Behhu
the Bar" for the sixteenth time and the town CLOCK Oh
Clifton striking quarter past IL IL was Deauti
full day for everything but yachtraeing. Tint SWEEP
little cherub that sits up aoft aud looks out Tor tne LIE
of poor Jack" had TO 1t that there
was no wind for the Jack tars of day to DO themselves
mischief with, and the yachts came tioatlng Slowly
sail set but none OF them drawing. The five minutes
allowed to cross the line were up peiOre any oI ti9
yachts were over. Then the Oracle crossed
schemer and Clean, side by side. mlnuls
more and the Fanny drted across and after her came
the Vixen and Rover with only few seconds between
them Ex-Uommodore Lee then came along with his
cutter Oriva The Oriva is beautiful little craft Dullt
In this country after English lines, and her name as
every will sec at glance, gives her truly cOsno
potan aspect II being the lator part OF the INC
nj one of the Maagasv ENJOYS slightly altered IL was
at first intended give the whole OF His Excellencys
name Co the yacht but n too far out on her Dow
sprit the last three syabes only were adopted After
the Orya had passed, the Amazon and wave crossed.
Then Archibald Rogers concluded to be up ana BedOun
so no got his cutter over the line, followed by the
schoOners Clytie and Ray. -,
Then began a heavy drift out in the direction where
Sandy Hook with It's Dyes OF fire By night and s pillars
of white by day keeps watch and ward over the en-
trance 10 the lower bay The sehooners ana the nrst
and second class slOops went around buoy No. gig ana
then out around the Sandy Hook light ship The thlrd
en soops went around the Scotland hght ship and the
fourth class sloops went home after rounding the buoy
The Oracle kept the lead most OF the way but was
picked mp by the Fanny the run IN from buoy NO 9
here was no wind to speak Of and what there was
spent all its time in boxing the compass n was more
Than eight hours the start before the nrst soOp Oh
any excep the fourth class reached the nls0 ana some
of them are probably sailing yet. The Gleason won IN
tbe fourth class her time being taken by oompetent
narson on the stake boat" Tho competent person not
only took the time. but he kept IT, 80 those on the
Judges boat had guess at It. Tho race IN the other
GLASSES the course not having been made IN eight hours
Will be sailed again The Oracle, Oriya and Clyae were
beautifully handled. .,,