New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26

AMATEURS SAILING SMALL BOATS.
REGATTA or THE COLOMBIA Yacht CLUB-A FRESH
BREEZE AND SMART WORK.

BREEZE AND SMART WORK.
The Columbia Yacht Club held its seven
te-nth annual regatta yesterday. dozen yachts
started. all Of them small cabin soops. p and mainss
boats catboa;s. They handled entirely by
Corinthians. ard were well sailed. There many
swift yachts in the and excellent time was made
oyci the course. The course a triangular with
a loop and was sailed twice over The yachts started
the club house at the foot Of EghtySxthst, North
River and ran up to stlke-jOat anchored of
Observation-Disclosures thence TO stake
boat anchored OF the Jersey shore, on
pOsite the clubhouse, and then making loop
boat the starting point, coming back
to the Jersey again. From there the course lay
diagouay the river TO stakeboat of the foot OF
v.y-second-s and thence back the starting point
Twice over this the yachts sailed making dis
lance OF twenty miles Every yacht sailed Oy club
every feet. Captain ROand G. Coffin, A Lentensten,
Knickerbocker CuD. and H. b. Egeleston, of the
-cawanhaka Club. acted a. ~ Iges
gorty before noon gun from the club-house the
i ~ qrart Tor tide WIS on tine last Of tne flood and
the wind blew lightly tue south. Along the green
slopes 1f Riverside Park hundreds oil pepp" ga IN Ter the
trees and watched the retta The balcony OF the clIb
tGn,ey htue" me fri +" rros the Inc After 1er
cal. the frnile ani the Hattie VI. The CHrta the
last 10 cross the cabin yachts. y hen ten minutes
hal FL psed another Gun gave the gud Tor starting the
omen va hts and away went the caiboats and the 1b
mlins.u boats. The lruaui was hi5t over OF thr
.ui.Ier boa. then the Laura Daisy aud henry Cray
went over all III a bunch Afer tuem came tue Henry
Fisher Ruin and Martha NJ. Tue yachts went
slowly W the river before the lght breeze
sut by the time the drst stake boat WAS
reIchei the WIND frc-hened, aud they went fly
ING ov r 10 the Jersey shore. The Henry Gray new
hoat which had heg sails beat the first time yesterday
ANA the Martha NJ close together, and hId sharp
struggle until the first round Of the course had been
zone over, the Martha ". getting unriy aud refusing ~
mind het helm. drawn Jut of the race
The breeze continued ircsLcu, ana there was some
Dr.ly,alag much skill being shown by the Corr nthlaus
IN the handling ~ the yachts. The Ciarlm aud Emi"
Two cabin .oOps white aud the otner black, went
around tbe cOurs close together ia euch sailed Tor
hi me could be got out Of her As they were
going around the -takbOat HeHr the JERSEY shore the
te sli,hlV ahead. the ilbpUOn Of the Cdrlid caught
mn the starbolr topmast OF the Emile and brought her
fopust by the board. fhe Emile continued the race
however and winner IN her case on time allowance
Ile manner in which the yachts would in around the
stake BOAT OF the clubhouse every uine that thty
rounded II WAS enough to make ytchtsman catch hs
breath several times when yacht Ded II secIsd as II
sb- iuust either 90 over lose uer mast, but good
ssils prevented any such accident
Thc Emile owned Grcccn and Narey won IN the lst
class Tho ~ lag ownedby Henry Goodwin IN the I'd the
Henry GRAY. owned by Andrew MARSHAL, wa winner IN
, third and the Henry Fisher, owned by Martin Mich
olas won the fuurtn class
Inn time OF the rice was a., follows:
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