New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-21
THE sLooP Oracle DEFEATS THE CUTTERS BEDoUN
AND ORIyA,

THE sL00P Oracle DEFEATS THE CUTTERS BED0UIN
AND oRIvA.
The last club race Of the season. the second
seawanhaka sloop race sailed yesterday and re-
suited in the victory OF the soop Oracle over cutters
BedOuin and Ofya Everything in the soops favor
The comparatively smooth though there was
little wind at the start there plenty of 1t before the
over. She sailed by ]. Fred Tams and
beautifully handled and her sails set like boards The
BedOun the contrary poorly sailed and her main
SAIL uneveny shrnk by the damp weather. was slack at
the leech and shook the wind out IN manner that re-
tarded her progress Immensely The Oriva which at the
beginning Of the promised to outsail both Of the
other yachts lost the by going too far too far to the
South the strength Of the indications that the
wind would hail more in that direction.
The morning inauspcious for the The fog lay
thick over and land and there not enough wind
stirring to the flags Of the yachts as they lay at
anchor Off stapletOn The judges boat lay Off stapeton
all the morning waiting for a change in the weather
Finally at noon the fog lifted and the 0iva, Bed0un,
and race owed down to the Point OF the Hook The
given ont the triangular one from Buoy No. g.
off the Point OF the Hook to the whlsng Buoy thence
to the Sandy Hook Light ship and so back TO Buoy No.
making stretch of fifteen miles. srOng ebb tide was
running and the wind blew lightly from the northwest
At 141 the signal given the yachts to start Five
minutes allowed to the line The tiny little
cutter Oriva, sailed by her owner @. Smith
Lee, went over the line first. She was
under mainsai ib oresa and club topsal Soon after
crossing she set her spnnaker which drew well and sent
her along rapidly, considering the light breeze. The
other two yachts did not the line until after the five
minutes were up, and both handicapped the
Bedouin minute and the Oracle fty seconds. The
Oracle had up her mainsa fOresai j6 and club tOpsa
set her working tOpsa She too, set her spnnaker
after crossing the line Then the shining black
white canvas crossed the line. She had up mainsai
foresai jb, lib tOpsa and spirit topsai and, as she
hauled away forward and prevented any OF her headsas
from drawing The spnnaker itself did not draw half the
time and the mansai set miserably puekering out Ike
fan from the eech In spite OF all this she picked her an
tagonists ND In the run out to the Whstling Buoy,
and Just before reaching 1t passed ahead OF them
Now the wind reshened and the yachts taking ia tnel
spnnaers and setting b tOpsa stood away for the red
hull of the Sandy Hook light ship The Oriva, though
only little 81 feet according to the SeaWanhaka
measurement sailed 50 feet and got time allowance
of seven minutes and eight seconds Though both yachts
ahead OF her she appeared to be coming up on
them rapidly The yachts rounded the ongS nt-
Orya 223 There was every indication that tine wind
would haul TO the southwark and the Oriva, after round
Ing the ghtshp bore away on he southwark tack "Sn
carried her far to the south OF the other yachts me
Bcdouln tackled to windward and was followed by the
Oracle After standing the port tack for whlle the
Oracle and BedOun came about ana made
wind now began bowling and finally at the
end OF the blowing from the southwest III dd
get far enough into the SOUTH however 10 serve the
Ory which was hull down in the southern horizon.
By the time the Oracle and BedOuin came about on the
port tack again, the wind which had steadily been IN
crcasng caught the sOOp and she shot ahead OF ner an
tagOn,t she keelCd over until her lCc-la was DuIcu
I'm the waves and tho foam flew from her
bows and swept In long white wave behind her as she
shot over the waves Finally Just the opal sky began
10 grow crimson the slOOp crossed the line winner
beating the Bedonin by minutes p seconds actual time,
and minutes 50 seconds corrected time II the handicap
thrown out the Bed0un only beat the Oracle over the
minutes ANA 20 seconds. Considering the man
in which the mansnil OF the Bed0un sat II Is renfh
able that she did well The time OF the race was as
follows: