New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-15
AMATEUR YAcHTsMEN IN HEAVY SEAS.

THE sEAwANHAKA CORINTHIAN REGATTA-sPLEN-
DID WORK OF THE Oracle AND ORIvA.
As a rule the Seawanhaka Corinthians have
light weather for their annual regata but yesterday tho
winds and high and the weatherng OF SANDY
Hook Lightship was as severe the gentlemen
tars of the club have had Indeed professional sail
ors might well have shrunk from venturing into the huge
seas IN heavily spared pleasure boats in the teeth OF such
wind as that which blew the red storm signal athwart
the gray walls at Sandy Hook There were fewer starters
in the regatta than usual but the race made up In quality
what it lacked quantity Those whosaw 1t enjoyed the
sight Of interesting an exhibition OF courage ana
seamanship on the part OF amateurs as has been
witnessed in these waters FOR many years
II was much regretted that the splendid cutter Bedoun
was not the race it was just one OF those days
when she would have distinguished herself AS IL was
the honors were carried off by the cutter Orva and the
sloop Oracle The pluck OF the schooner Ray IN gong
over the course and the presidency with which
dore Hysop put the little cutter Petrol into the seas drew
forth many encomums. There were eight starters In the
race and OF these four found the weather TOO much Tor
them and turned back. BY the rule Of the CLUB hVe
professional sailors were allowed on the sehsoners ana
four on the rstcass sOOps aud cutters Two scAoohers
started the Clytie and Ray
The Corinthian crews of the yachts were: Clyue-
Arson Phelps Stokes, Charles II. stebbins W.
H. @. Dedrickson. Matthias Nichoil, Henry W.
Eaton, John W. Edwards, Oliver T. john
SOL. Charles D. InSersol, Newbold Leroy,
g. NJ Barrett j. j. Eyfe, DldlAc anu a. ~
Wbitlock; Ray-W. W. Tompkins +. NJ. Breeze, c. II.
LELAND f. T. Leland j. Lenthilon and W. H. Colburni
Gracie-J f. Tams George f. Roosevelt. o. ID. Lowell
sidney Chubb. william NJ Wright, Albert Roosevelt
W T.. Roosevelt, ]. W. Winslow j. A. BFon
son. f. Randolph, jr, c. Randolph, w o
Jenres Albert Meredith and Frederick May;
petrel-E A. stevens John Hysop +. TukO, 7. Brown
" sbippen and O. A. stevens; Oriva-C Smith Lee A
| T. Alley r. c Cornell, a. b. simmons W. D. Simmons
A p Montant c. l. W. Eidtz. Harold sanderson. W ;
| Ausy L. r. D'Oremeux and @. Nnlame; lr'-Rooer'
Center ]. Cas- Canneld J. L. bloomfield /
g Reid. L. Eddie J. W. Pierson, I'd. Z
Mountain II. p Eggleston, J. J. Pierrepont
| Daniel Bacon Horace Washington and John Lewis
Al hlop-John T. Barrow, r. W. Meeker Alfred seaton
| Archibald Russell II q Psrkin, Montague Ward, j. N
! Mitchell j. 4 SMITH IT, l.. sprague. H. Chubo' W. H.
/ Thomas g. Pratt. J. h. Prstti Amazon-Frsnklin
Beames j. y. Tribben. Il. s. Walters, j. O. Edgarton
| A. g. Cree Willis Holly and JIG. Prague.
! CHEERING THE oRIvA AT THE START.
GOOD stiff breeze blew from the southeast aud heavy
San vas running a the Narrows when the signal t'
sfart vas given The Oracle had torn hole In her
msipsa ana was far up the bay at the time so that Dc
fere shc could get the line she was handicapped ABOUT
.sven minutes The keel so0p Athlon went over hrst
| T,a. en-. Gallant oriva swept by Every mar
/ an board Of her was a Corinthan and al hei
tnler stood c. Smith Lee. her owner The people on inc
judges boat gave her cheer as she vent w ave n
Ky headed his yaeht angry that dashed uI
yr,tu The Iris came next ne plfa 49,
htbion both hal their topmasts and were uha
4 n and reefed mainssils The schooner Clyuq va va
sah b and forsstaysai. The two small boat
Amazon and Petrol went over, both weiI ieayi
a.stavsall and lb with her topmast 9raeed Ih? hsy
wa ths last over. she had lowered hei aPd The
Ithlon started oHt IN fne style, b out could
usuAiH - her own. The Oracle ran up
h o m, Feet wonderfully and the OHya increased hsi
~ petycl rof sha better Of the Amazon ana the eh
20, aet najng Buoy No. 10 IN less than AN hour 4 '
resi Of the yachts were close 70 hsf noNS'0 i"' nay
| 80 eo,nins along astern slow bat sure;
! vi ne vaebfs rounded Buoy No. 10 a. follows