New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-07


both celebrated racers, built in England will also
be out. w. Z. Connor will take his friends oyer
the, course in the Utawana. Edward 5. STOKES lyes
Davos p :0 rGS GS HsSandFes GSS TS% Will III BE- ont
their steam yacht Vision. Anson Phelps
w from S ybo puess Yesterday
at tic New-York Club, and are here 10 see the
yacht race is composed OF 9. T. Logan, G 1.
mingS. A. s. Smith, John T.; Phelps, J. b; II, Map
Bond Bon 'f1c 7 6. eoble and n G. GO6e. They have have
Il. 5. Bloodgood and Newton Earl Of Providence,
are to see the yacht race with Herman Oelrichs, %
the Puritan, was at the Holman House last night;
Bep;anin w. Russell. George r. Hawes. Edward
II. Carey, }. X. Fagin, Henry Wheeler and A,
Campbell, OF Boston, who are at the hoHISh
House, are here to the Puritan win the cup
FROM THE NARROWS TO THE HORSESHOE.
AN ANIMATED SCENE AT THE HooK-MANY YACHT
CLUBS REPRESENTED.
The green shores of Bay Ridge, q The equally
verdant hillsides of Staten Island a. hich have
been viewed through fringe of talcrlng masts
for the last two weeks, were left
bare and deserted yesterday after
noon. The two champions which are to
try their speed to-day with their attendant feet
of nautical admirers, stood down the Lower Bay
under light westerly breeze in the afternoon and
anchored in the Horseshoe. A pretty sight il was
to see the fifty schooners and sloops standing over
toward the Hook all punched together like flock
Of seagulls with the whitewinged Puritan
leading the van. a few steam yachts conveyed the
feet of sailing vessels. their engines slowed down
to the requisite speed. Half dozen sea spiders.
as the sailors call the catamarans, sped back and
forth without creating ripple, the light breeze
filling their huge bellying sails and forcing Their
knife-hke bows through the water at speed
double that of their heavier neighbors.
As the feet drew in behind the
Sandy Hook light, the Puritan was almost
alone After her came bunch of schOoneTs with
every possible inch of canvass displayed; then
another bunch of schooners and sloops with the
Genesta in front, her tall sails rising without spot
or wrinkle from what looked at distance like
black streak IN the water.
Anchored in the smooth waters of the Horseshoe
was another fleet awaiting the coming Of
the champions. Their slender spars
rose above the low sand hills of the Hook aud
stood out sharp and clear against the blue sky.
As the new arrivals luhod up
lnro the wind, each one gliding
slowly to the berth which her skipper had selected
and then letting 20 her anchor with sudden 'ker-
chug and a sharp rattle of chains, the scene
changed quickly from quiet to animation. The
pennants of a dozeu yacht clubs lutteEcd from
dozen times a dozen peaks. The
Eastern Yacht Club was there to vessel.
The New-York Club made good showing
while the Larchmont, the Seawauhaka, the At
lantic the New-Haven, the NarraRansett. the Yale,
the Boston, the Hull, the Baltimore, the knickcr-
booker, the New-Jersey. the Williamsburg, the
Harlem, the Jersey City and the Columbia We're
largely represented. There were round-bottomed
boats and hal-bottomed boats skindishes aud cut
ters keel boats aud centreboard boats-in facti
every shape of pleasure craft that broad
,,trao oYtlA npf
yachts and the ubiquitous sea spiders"
"There comes the beauty" said an enthusiastic
Bostonian who had pearched himself on n con-
venient pile from which to view the Purtans ap-
proach. You'd never have thought IL OF her
while she was building, though When her frame
was up THOUGHT she gong to be the homeli-
est thing ever aurned out Of a ship yard"
"Y0u must do your best old girl" said labor
ing man whose hands bore the traces OF his daily
toll "Pve put up every cent I've got
on your success. work IN COP;
per factory, with a lot of scotehmen.-
gacgng me about this race for the last month but
made 'em all put up OF shut up from the snperih-
tendent down."
The discussions on the passing excursion steamers
concerning the relative merits Of the two vessels
were deep and interesting. The side viewsof the
Genesta look like half circles, said one gray-hared
old mariner " and she'll turn Just like she was on
pivot. When gong ~ stays shci come
round quick enough to snap her jib-boom
of. But whethor she can eat up INTO the wina7
eye alongside OF the Puritan after getting under
way is a question Oh which have my doupts;
The officers of these steamers have studied aud adj
mired the Puritan IN their daily trips up and down
the haTbOr until most of them have become posi-
tively infatuated with her graceful outlines.
Wien the sun went down a hundred hghts dane
ing and twinkling swung from the nggng Of the
fleet food of light streamed forth from cabin
windows and open hatchways, and jokes
and laughter passed from deck to
deck The surrounding lighthouses bllnked
solemnly at the unusual spectacle and Venus,
in all the solitary glory Of evening star, hung
low over the western horizon just above bank oi
clouds But at lasi the cliffs opened and swallowed
M the beacon and while the land breeZes rpplcd
across the water and invited guests, officers
and crew slept the deep sleep which is always the
accompaniment of life on the ocean wave.
after devoutly praying for more wind
STEAMBOATS, TO FOLLOW THE YACHTS
VESSELS FROM WHICH GOOD VIEW or TIKI RACE
CAN BE HAD