New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-10
GOOD SPORT WITH YACHTS.
REGATTA OF THE ATLANTIC CLUB-A sTFf
BREEZE AND HEAVY SEA.

The Atlantic Yacht Club had n stif nor
and heavy for its twentieth annual regatta
Yesterday When tho start was made the wind was 30
high and the boisterOus that several OF the
boats aready entered concluded not TO venture ont.
despite the the weather prophets that the
wind would soon die away Twenty yachts got OF,
divided into six classes. The first composed OF
schOOners seventy-twO feet and over ana incluueu
Wright Duryea's Republic and l.. A. Fisrs Grayiing
The second class composed Of schooners OF less IMAM
seveuty-two feet. Ii included the Hogan Brothers
yacht Haze, Commodore Hoginss Agnes, and f. T.
sterlings Leona The third class composed OF
Joseph p Eare's Oracle, J. II. Busk's Mischief, the
Thetis. owned by Henry Bryant of Boston, but con
nected with the club, and Dr. j. o. Barrons Athloh all
being cabin sioops OF not less than hftynye feet IN
length fourth class contained the cabin sools of
not less than forythree than hftyfour feet In
length, anu was composed OF ]. Roger MaXwelfs
Daphne George p. Moia;'s Enterprise, George J.
Gould's Fanita and Adrian Isclins Rover. The fifth
class included J. g. Pragues yacht Crocodile ana Dr.
L. a. Smiths Phantom, cabin siOops not longer thah
thrty-dye feet The sixth class was Of sooI yachts
under tirty-ave feet, and contained tho RomeyD. Mr.
Vermilye; the Nomad, W. T. Nintrngbam, and tho
;lderan, Walter southwick.
The start Eas made from the anchorage OF the club of
Bay Ridge at ii a. M tug boat containing the
Judges W. W. Becbe and H. 5 Church, aud special
teamboat Sirius crowded. with friends OF The members.
also followed the course. Within ten minutes aiter thc
the first five classes was from the anchorage down
through the Narrows nd around the stake boat near
buoy No. < OF tie northefy point ~ Sandy HOOK pass
ing Is the west OF the point; thence % aud around The
Scotland LdshtshiI. bearing 10 the sthrboatd sae'
II on pot hand, theace home going To Tie south ad
Of the Romer hhoal 6eaton THIS is distance 81
last eight miles and sent the yachts homo from the
FROM start 20 finish the sailing extremely pretty
tiiHe 700 fresh. aud II blew up TOO heaNy
sea bat II anything these factors oi the race added 10
ifaf uf IL.
while rounding the sandy Hook sht-Aip Nhl.c haul
mg In Lis Hbiopsan and flying IT, he got ropes
under hi. iIbo6ln The wind filled the canvas aud VIA
whsk II tore of The hbOom and lett the Republic WIN
sort and inadegrae bowspn The Grayling had already
turned the nghtslip, and ahead Of the lepuoAc
nearly inmates, 10 say nothing o the unea"N ihcc
granted Ter Of seven minutes and iort two tcc2ni 30
that 1t doubtful II the accident made any acu! diner
the primary result Of the race but II kclf Pr
Duryea hall an hour behind Mr FISH III Inc cOrfcc'ed
time at the AOlJe-stake.
The contest was sprighty, though too uneven IN the
second class OF soAO0nefs 10 excite any great interest
The Agnes both IN elapsed aud corrected uAe over
her rivals, with the Haze second AFTER an lhiei'a o
nineteen minutes Inc trlIn Sioop' Conloalih Wv IT,
class kept up lively chase all over the cOQr-c. Inc
snds from tie stern o; the fist hardly ioss DnDpie D
fore Il was swept under me hees OF hci eoInsti.V7.
The OF the day over The strnug
Thets They passed tho Sandy Hook llghtship within
twentycght seconds Of each other the Mischief ahead
,yndward and beating rack they made perlou- turns
In their efforts win decided ADVANTAGE. The his,
forty-seyen seconds, and the Jhetis only nineteen
seconds behind by corrected time the Mischief was Inc
winner by one minute aud fOrty-nuc seconds. The
| Oracle and the AtilOn did splendidy, too.
The yachts in the fourth class exhibited them
selves 20 an advantage but slightly below those 81 The
class above George Goulds FaDta gave Mr.. MaXwcNs
Daphne all she could possibly do With the latter boat
ahead they rounded the ght-hip within minute and
twenty seconds OF each other, aud ended with only
Ave minutes and tweny-ninc seconds difference The
Daphne gave the Fanita minutes ana tweHtyscYen
seconds time allowance Tho Enter rise finished with
in minutes Of the FaDa aud the Rover came In only
a little later. the fifth class the crocodile over
the Phantom easily. The smaller soOIs IN the sixth
class had an exciting for The rot aoe between
IldCTdn
former by sixteen seconds and corrected time by
one minute and fifty nine seconds Prizes OF slvcW8fe
were awarded the winning yacht In each class, aud
second prize IN the third fourth aud NTH csscs The
following table illustrates the race;