New-York tribune., 1885-09-15

A HOST OF SPECTATORS on TIE WATER
HOW THE FLREr or STEAMERS. YACHTS. TUGS
ETC, LoOKTD-CHEEEs FOH IIIE RIVALS.
New.York Bay was pcoplcd with a floating city
of many thousand inhabitants. Yesterday The
estimates OF the number Of persons steamboats,,
yachts. tags, etc. varied from 10000 TO GO.OOO.
according to tho degree OF enthusiasm of the iaen
or women making them. Many of the sght-seers
had been temporary residents OF the waters therea-
bouts several times during the week previous. 10 no
purpo,e and when they gathered yesterday morn
ing there was au air Of grim determination In their
faces which BODIED III for the wind if 1t again re-
fused TO blow Spy-glasses by the thousand were
pointed at every patch OF cloud m the sky. and the
aags ayng from masthead aud peak were contnu-
ally consulted TO learn the winds strength aud
direction When they 70 lche1 their various craft
about $40 a. M. the wind blew checrlly and the
mists on the rivers and down the bay were being
chased away by the warm 10 was not too
warm either, for those whose faces were being
famed by the welcome breeze. and the entire sua-
ton was accepted with oft repeated expressions OF
delight. As friends greeted friends the remark
most frequently used IL salutaton was Isn't this
perfect day"
Everybody + al so cordially made mp his mind
that there could. would and should be a race. that
the crowd of last Monday, which was the greatest
that LaI ever Assembled mere 10 Wow "A yachting
contest. was outnunbered They came down
the two rivers In steady streams meet
ing before Governors Island They came in ocean
steamships. Sound and river steamers. ferry boats.
steam yachts. tugs aud launches and in every kind
of sailing vessel from huge ship towed by tug
to the little catboat and the trim yawl. IL was
sufficiently heterogeneous conglomeraton of craft
Gtly TO represent cosmopolitan New-York.
Almost every vessel registered in the American
Steam Yacht Club was present.. its decks we'll filled
with the friends and guests of ITS owner. JAY
Goulds Atalantay tore her way through the waters.
Her owner, with his son, George j. Gould
sat in a wicker armchair forward OF her pilot
house and waved his hand in salute to the hun
dreds of people whom no passed and who offered
their compliments. Near by was Washington T..
Connors Utowana which might have been running
down the Colombian rebels if they had not heard
she was coming down and promptly surrendered
Mr. Gerrys Electra. which has patiently attended
all the other attempts at race Mr.. Jafrays
Stranger almost as large aud quite exquisite as
the Ataau a the flagship Polynia dying the colors
of Vice Commodore William u. Douglas; j.
Pierpont Morgan's beautiful Corslir, j. A. Bost-
wicks Orienta, Fairman Rogers's Magnolia. which
came from Philadelphia TO witness tho contest; j.
VI. Waterbury's Lurline, pretty as its name j.
NJ FIsks Theresa. G. +. Parkers Marion. of Boston
Norman L. Munro's Norma. upon whose decks sat
Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs. Bcecher; William +.
Clyde's Ocean Gem, w. III. Starbuck's Tlie, the
Cora the Amy, the Marina, aud the Wanda, were
among the more noticeable of the feet of steam
yachts. II would require column of THE TRIBUNE
to enumerate the sailing vessels in tho squadron.
Among those whose appearance and spread of can
vas attracted much comment tho sch ooners
Dauntless. G. II. Colt: Clio. Edward l.. Chase
Vega, Z. NJ Ferguson; Social, the Messrs Lippt, of
Providence; Foam, +. Gordon Dexter: Norseman
Ogden Goelet: Sea Witch. Dr. H. w. Philli ps
Ruth. Horatio Hathaway; Nokomis. W. A. w.
Stewart; Clytie. Arson p. Stokes Varuna, George
II. b. Hill; Vidette, aud Dreadnaught Of Boston.
Other sailing vessels were the cutter Isis, the
famous sloop Fanny. tho soop Charm. the slo6p
Corsar, tho Daphne. the Nimbus. the Madcap, and
the Lena
From the piers and docks of the cities that cluster
on Ncw-York Harbor gathered q big leet of
excursion boats, well filled with people The Iron
Steamboat Company's three boats the Taurus,
cOmmodation of its own guests, the Cygnus, aud
the Sirius, were all freghted heavily. fhe Grand
Republic was literally weighted down into the
water with her load. The Columbia carried nearly
as many. The Eliza Hancox had large assembly
on her decks. The Elm City, the John Lenox,
the Sylvan Dell, the Sylvan Grove. the
great black Richmond of the Old Dominion line, the
police boat Patrol whose Official passengers