Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-31
Ploughing the Briny Deep.

Winged Flyers COntestfng for Aquatic HOnOrs-VictOry Perches on the Wild Ducks FOEemast--Mr. Chidsey's s.Dark ROrse'' and His Lively Crew.
 Yesterday the opening sail of the New Haven Yacht club took place. At the new club house numbers of ladies and gentlemen, friends of the yachtsmen, were assembled to witness the start. In front of the club house the yachts lay at anchor, ready to re- ceive their gallant crews. Quite a fresh northwestern was blowing, and everything looked as though seat near the 'Iee-scup- pers' would not be 8 desirable locality. At 1o:45 the signal gun belehed forth the starting note. Up went tte jibs on all the yachts and away. The Starlight took the lead and kept it all of the way to the buoy. Immediately after her came the Marguerite, Nessrs. Peck and San ford, under 8 single reefed mainsaiI and jib. The others started in the following order reefed mainsail and jib; Endeavor, H. D. Billiard, same canvas; flagship Acme, Con- modore 0. w. Scranton, mainsail, main top sail and jib; Ceres, Messrs. Rawson and Phillips, single reefed mainsal and jib; Fer guson, Captain Ferguson, same canvas Zephyr, G. E. Dudley, same canvas; Rival, W. W. Converse. same canvas; Wild Duck;
 Alexander Lutz, single reefed mainsail and
 bobbsd jib. AS the yachts swept past Oyster Point the wind freshened trife, and when Ludington Rock buoy was reached the sheets
 were hauled flat aft for westward passage.
 After the buoy off Charles Island had been rounded the wind changed to the southward.
 Everybody was happy and only few sea-
 sick. Whenever the boats passed within
 hailing distance of each other, cop- CT sarcastic nature were given | and received. On the return trip 8
 sudden squall carried away the topsails of i both the Ferguson and the Starlight. The 1 fleet arrived at the club house on the return | in the following order: Wild Duck, 2:45 p.
 m.; Endeavor, Rival, Ceres. Marguerite,
 Starlight, Zephyr, Acme. The Ferguson's | time was not taken. There has been consid- l erable anxiety of late among the members | of the club, in regard to a rumor that dark
 horse would be present and scoop the
 honors. The identity of the crew | Only short time before the race, however, it
 leaked out that Mir. Lexis D. Chidsey knew | more about the matter than he cared to di- | vulge. The club was relieved when MT. ChiQ6ey, on board the SGarngnG, alaS 'Who 1 Knows" [" appeared to view surrounded by B
 number of faces familiar to New Haveners. Nr. Seth .Crittenden was appointed steward for the trip. Mir. Crittenden took his post" ] behind a table of ''redwood' and gracefully
 did the honors to the qualification of sll.
 The crew of the ''Who Knows" want it dis
 tinctly understood that if they did not win
 the race, it was not through lack of disci- pIine. No matter what happened, every member of the crew ''sat still" list of the crew is as follows: Lewis Chidsey, F. H. Lum, F. A. Newton, Thomas Lawton, W. c. Doolittle of South iDgton, John R. Hutchinson, Julius Tyler, F. 0. Bushnell, c. B. Matthewman, N. NJ. Bassett, s. A. Bassett, Seth Crittenden. The following gentlemen took part in the sail and were present at the club house: Ex-Gov. Fl. B. Bigelow, E. Henry Barnes, J. D. Whitmore, Fred. Gilbert, Sherman Rolcomb, N. A. Hooker, J. D. Dswell, Frank Hooker, Fred Hotchkiss, Frank Wheeler, B. Hayes Trowbridge. Wilbur Day, Captain Richard Peck, Captain Lamphere of the steamer City of Worcester, Henry Killam, Mayor H. G. Lewis, Samuel Lloyd. Cornelius s. Bushnell and many others.