New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-12
SKIMMING OVER THE WAVES.
PIG alta OF THE NETWORK YACHT CLUB
FINE SPORT AND A GREAT CROWD TO SEE IL
boats SAILED WITH MUCH SKILL

BOATS SAILED WITH MUCH skiLl~
The conditions of wind weather and tide
favored the contestng yachts in the regatta OF tne
vorr Yacht cub Yesterday. The committees choice OF
q dar coud scarcely have been more fortunate. ipo
wind was east OF south, making the turns Hequcn'y
ano,cb gonp ont to keep up the excitement IL Die"
we'll but not so strongly to chop up the water III was
typical weather for sloop yachts ana tner INC s""s
was the occasion OF much pleasant conn"en"
The bay was crowded with craft In attendance upon o
regatta The regatta committee ana their suos',
aboard the tug Luchenbach. The steamboat Column"
49, o,,d with the members of the club and their
,,ands The steamboat Grand Republic was also pacKcu
with people and when the capacity OF these WINS On
bausted the iron steamboat Cygnus rece''eu "s
crowd The tugboats James Watts, Jnhia'a anu Do'
ware also accompanied the racers hiicd VIII" spo.,"
nart,es Among the steam yachts following INC
yachts I'm the regatta were William Ii. '"'.
bucks Tillie +. s. Jafray's Stranger, Dc M
Fish. Theresa J. r. Kennedys Viola. the VISION the
Electra and the little steam needle-ooat otie''''
which beat the Mary Powell on Wednesday. she came
down from Sing Sing in the morning and played aouhu
among the yachts all day u
The regatta was under the management OF j. f. rams
Charles H. stebbns and Jules A Montant rs the regatta
oomoi,tee and iudpes Before the start they passed
around the fleet the statement OF sailing regulations ana
prize offers The Bennett Challenge Cup was onered ~
usual for schooners, and cup to the winning ooat ~
each class. Beside these cup was onereu
to the first schooner and one 70 tnc
first sloop crossing the finish iine'
The start was made at precisely III n. M from an i
aginary line drawn from stako-boat anchored Oh
Owls Head to the judges boat The yachts got away
I'm the following order and tlme The soop Mischief j.
r. Busk lI:O:29; sloop Oracle, j. Z. Earle ll;o:o?i
soop Thetis Henry Bryant. OF Boston. l:2 schooner
Gitana w. 4. welde, 1l:1:i9; sloop Whieaway,
I1:l:57; sloop Athon DIR. j. C. Barron ll2l4 schoon-
er speranza. II. W. Coender. and sloop clyte' A Z.
Stokes. 11:2:32; sloop Espirito. X. b. Hartshorne'
ll:2:49; sloop Fanita George Gould. ll:3:lo sloop
Maggie W. W. Stewart, 113:3s; sloop Isis, a. T. Can
field. 1880; sloop Bedouin. Commodore Rogers
1l:A:2; sloop Gaviota, G. NJ. Edwards, Haze;
soop Daphne, J. r. Maxwell. ii;tsoi
schooner Niryana L. NJ. Brown, 1l:4:46;
schooner varuna, O. H. b. Hill. 1854; schooner Mon
fanG' J. f. Brooks 1873 aud schooner Grayllng.
Latham Fish, 1860. This was splendid start MOI
Mr. Travers's yacht Fanny was out. though not en-
tered in the she stood by the siakGbost ~nen ,e
rectly the windwnri OF the Mischief ana OF course
taking her Tn This conduct was severely nf Err
lafayette to and around Buoy No 10 passing 10 Tue
ing north Of it and north OF Buoy No s. on san DIV Hook
Point, 10 and around the lishtshlp turning IL rom
norih and east, thence returning over he same course
10 tho stakeboat The covers just thirty-e
Tine schooners were divided into three classes accord
ing TO their waternc lengths. In the nrst class were
The Gtana the Varnna aud the speranza being between
eighty and hundred feet lOnc In the second class
were tho Montank and the Grayiing. The third in-
cluded the Cytie aud the Nir' ana The s.oops were
similarly divided. the first class containing the Hrace
the Bcdouin, tho Thets OF Boston, and the Mischief
These with the Fanny are the yachts which expect TO
compee I'm the trial races for the honor OF defending
the Americas Cup. and their sailing was watched WIN
keen interest The second class OF soo was e9np".sa
OF the Whieaway the Athon, the Isis the 1avota he
Fanita and The Daphne. The last class Included the
Esprito and the Maggie. The smallest OF these boats
fortysiI feet Ia length AMI Us they BOWED
along the lne crowded with canvas they made an
The Mischief and the Oracle got OF within thirty
onds Of each other. the former leading The Oricle
every TO get the lead Captain cluck' OF the MIS-
chief yielded none OF the advantage ne had taken ~ the
start He kept the wind turning about cleycryio
catch the Grnces wind AT each o three taeks ne
nicely that before the ouhuoy was reached he had
hind The Fanny then came up. anxious "a show her
though not in the she kept close To the
hind In the meantime the Bcdouin and the Thets were
shortening the distance between them ana thc winning
het INT sIs vas banI led win c1nsnra,nate kill She
kept close the Wind all the while, aud when on the
outward stretch for the hghtship she ran past the
CAPTAIN claeE Percsivei this ma9Gavre aud
defeated it, PURPOSE by turning anoni When wi INV,
iack- Instead OF one long ono lie sneeeeded In
plause. The Mischief made the At Al minutes
minutes and II seconds later The Gracle's time was
1886 the Thetis turned abont i;l:56 Up to thi'
testing yachts. and had hell the second place. she
did not turn the llghtship bat her admir-
the coming races After the sloops started the hon
ward stretch the main interest OF the race centred iu
the second class of schoOne The Grayng had been
far behind Monauk passed the out buoy several
minutes her. but I'm the straghaway race toward
the stake che put line work IN kept her sails
taut and veered inch from ~ straight course
as was practcablc. The MOntauk turned the ghtship
1881 ana the Grayling was only minute and IL
seconds behind her.
The wind had slightly changed during the morning,
aud was blowing steadily south 10y east. making
fine fair for the return The yachts improved II
by croWdiug all possible canvas aud they fairly new
nv er To-
ghtship was not changed during the homestrech, aud
no one OF them made any signal mistake In fact every
boat was sailed with superior skill: few nsks
were taken aud all opportunities i'm
proved. Fine exhibitions Of seamanship
were made III passing the home stakcbOat. The four
soops within fifteen minutes OF each other, and
the entire fleet within one hour after the grand salute
was sounded Ia the Mschiers honor The following
table shows the mo ements and time OF the heet