New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-07
YACHT RACING MARRIED BY LIGHT WINDS
SPRING REMNANT REGATTA OF THE LAhohNiooi
crup-SOBODY SEASICK.

cLUB-NoBoDY sEAsICK.
The snug harbor of the LarchmOut 1acht
Club was asr yesterday morning ana inc yachts Win
snowy canvass spread, were moving about In state
OF evident impatence The Spring Pennant Regatta was
TO take place. and tho eenyachts entered were all wa
ing for the signal TO start Unfortunately the VIM wa"
light During the morning there was breeze from the
southwest but by noon It died away and the yachts
drfted around the course with tapping sails and disco
tented sailors The breeze sprang up again toward
evening and the yachts came into the hhlsh
in fine shape and made pretty shonihs
The weather was perfect and In spite OF the langud
breeze the day spent the open sound was pleasant
and refreshing Yachts In six classes started In CLASS
40 feet to So feeu were the Athlon, the Eclipse ana
the Fanita Ia Glass 2 go TO AZ feet were the Hope
and the Schemer. The Nora. tho Brenda, the Sahnet
and the Dart started IN Glass 5 feet and under Iho
Lorna was the only boat In Class eZ3 Ieet
and oyer open lib aud msnsaiD. In class (Z5 ieet
and under jib and nansaiD were the FAIRY, ana the
Cruiser. The subbereen was alone In ,class 3.
challenge pennan awarded to the winning yacht In
each race TO held till the end OF the season subject TO
challenge Commodore Monroe had offered
a special prize of $50 to the winning yacht In
each class in which four boats should
start The yachts in Class wcre therefore the only ones
" II:22 a gun was ared and blue potter was dis
yachts to approach the starting line FIVE minutes
later another gun was beard ana White pan LOON
the the HaSS q for the the gnsss start They
crossed the line I'm the following order; Hope, Dart
Canuet skibbereen, Athlon. Nora, Fanita, Brenda,
Sohemer Eclipse, Lorna, Cruiser and Fairy Ihe course
for yachts OF Glass and lay directly acIos; the
buoy OF Matinnccock Point. thence TO a
stake boat oil Captains Island, from there back
to Execution Reef and thence 10 lArehWoHt
The other boats followed as far as Mat
innecOck Point Thence they passed around the buoy on
Point returned TO Execution Eecf ana nsheu
nj Iarchmont The judges accompanied tho yachts IN
Mr. Flagers steam launch tho Adclante, one OF tue
two launches recently finished by PolllOn Brothers,
The boats started with "a fair breeze from
the southwest and tucked across toward Execution
good but before they reached the buoy the
wind failed The AthlOn kept too close 10 the main
land when she lost the wind fell out OF the race
without rounding the first buoy. Inc EalGy, al
thou the last start the rsi to come about
at Execution Reef Fifteen minutes later she was fol-
lowed by Cruiser. Then came the Fants, the ltrna
the Eclipse, the Schemer, the Hops ana tue brehuh
The sail down TO MatinnecOck Point was long ana
tedious and IL the tide had not been In favor OF the
yachts they probably would not have got there az AL
The Fanita the first 10 be greeted by the WIS lc
from the judges launch. In the run IRON Execution
Reef size had gained seven minutes on the Eclipse
which Mas next put about. Then came the Cruiser
by THIS time the tide had changed aud
was near being westward. The Hope and the
Schemer had hard work 10 make their way against H. but
NJ last they round the buoy close together
aud headed for Captains Leland Al about o'clock the
wind began freshen from the SOUTH aud tho yachts
dipping gracefully under its influence skinned over
the water at round speed 10 late Ia the evening
before all the boats CROSSED the finishing line Cia-s l.
Scheer dd not finish and che Hope won alone luCla-A
- In Glass 4 neither the NJrt tho Dart finished
aud the Garrett beat the Brenda by II minutes, 10
seconds thus winning the prize offered by Commod
Monroe The Lorna did not hut.h neither did tho Skib-
bereen In Class the Fairy beat the Cruiser by Z
minutes and 40 seconds.