Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-16
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE PRISCILLA |, WINS With The Atlantic A Close
 Second. THE WHITE HOUSE THRONGED. A Thousand Guests At The
 Reception.
BLOODY END OF A BRIDAL TOUR.
Murder and Suicide By
 The Husband.

WHITE WINGS IN NEW YORK BAY.
 over Forty Yachts Take Part ia the Race-The Priscilla Comes fn First
 With the Atlantic a Good Second
 and the Puritan Laid out By 2
 Calm.
 l NEW YORK, June 15.-The opening fight
 for supremacy among the fleet wings began
 to-day and ended in manner which cannot
 but have g depressing effect on some Boston
 folks, not to speak of the young sports in
 town who backed their opinions the At
 lantic and the Boston victor of year ago,
 but even as late as this morning refused to put out their money Class Canfeld's sloop
 at odds of to 1 offered in every well regu- lated pool room in this city. The weather
 was not conducive to high hopes among the yachtsmen that to-day's sailing would amount to anything, and more than one hard-shel1ed mariner got down on his prices possibly for the first time in many a year and made a timid appeal that bowling roaring gales might prevail to-day for six hours or so at least. At break of day the sky was not indicative of much hope, but the wind rose with the sun and by nine o'clock the bay and two rivers were dotted with white caps. The l tug Luckenbach which had been secured by the Atlantic club for the regatta, bobbed and chafed at Jewell's wharf, Brooklyn, until 1 the regatta committee, Jacob T. Wintener- ingham, and the three judges, W. Beebe, w. McNulty and A. B. Paine, stepped aboard | followed by Messrs. A. B. Richards, D. K. Vale R I and Dr. Moffatt, the club surgeon, as guests Approaching the fleet the scene WAS indeed a pretty one. Nearly seventy-fve yachts and | boats of high and low degree were about the | anchorage, some at anchor, but most of them beating around and laying on and off as though eager for the contest. The crest of the Bay Ridge hills and all along the shore road was crowded with spectators. The three crack sloops beat hither and thither across the bay, their white wings standing out in white silhouette against the leaden sky. The regatta was di- vided into four classes-from to K, and an additional supplementary class, the crack sloops. The start was flying one, the first signal being gun fired from the club house on the top of the hill followed by the raising of the Atlantic club flag. The second gun five minutes later was the signal for the start of the big schooner and the crack sloops The Puritan had been lowering in suspicious proximity to the starting point and but for the fact that Joe Ellsworth did not command her this year, but was in command of the new Atlantic, the idea would certainly have prevailed that he was adopting his tricks of 8 year ago, which resulted in his collision with the Genesta.n '
 It was 10:4O when the gun for the start was fired. The wind blew stifiy from the northeast and right through the smoke of the big gun and while its echoes were still ricochetting through the hills the Puritan went over the line and run up her balloon jib and then run out her spinnaker. Eff teen seconds later the Boston sloop Thetis followed. At 10:42:36 the little sloop Haze followed and at 10:42:55 the Priscilla crossed with Cass Garfield, her owner, at the wheel. The schooners Montauk, Greyling and the sfoops Agnes and Gracie crossed and then along came the Atlantic. The tugs and steam yachts screeohed and whstled, but Joe Ellsworth was too busy to respond. It was 10:44:22 when the Atlantic crossed and If it had been eight seconds later it would have been handicapped with time allowance for not crossing in the allotted time. As it went over marine manoeuvre was performed which was mostly of the vet eran Joe. Every body wondered why his balloon jib and spinnaker were lashed with little gaskets instead, of huttering free to
 
 but no sooner was the yacht over the line than the order to set those sails was heard from the deck and instantly the two massive sheets filled out in all their immen- sity to the breeze. sE was beautiful piece of seamanship. The stiff English cutter Clara followed with her new red bottom Haunting saucily in the Atlantic 8 wake. Passing down the bay the Puritan kept the lead which she gained by her speedy start; but within un- comfortable proximity behind her came the Atlantic and Priscilla. Almost beside her was the little Thetis, which in fact retained the lead of the yachts ss far the stake boat at the point of the Hook. Of Coney Island point about noon the wind almost died away and had the tide been food in stead of ebb the fleet would certainly have drifSed back to Bay Ridge. As it was the boats drifted seaward until near buoy 8, when the breeze sprang up again and the bigger boats rounded the point of the Hook and in a somewhat heavy sea headed southward for the Scotland light, which they rounded in the following order: Puritan, 1:09:13; The tis, 1:14:15; Atlantic, 1:16:3S; Priscilla, 1:1s:35; Montauk, 1:22:05: Crawling, 1:20;36. Scotland last of the sloops of her class, gain ed rapidly on the stretch to the red Sandy Hook lightship, so much so that she was the first to round it, which she did at 2:25:25. The Atlsntic camec next at s2:28:26 and at 2:so:07 the Puritan rounded and all three
  stretch. The Grayling rounded at 2:42:4 5 and thirteen minutes later the Montauk fol lowed suit For nearly an hour after the other forty yachts in the race turned the ship and followed in the wake of the three crack sloops. Coming home the Pris- cilla increased her lead until at Romer beacon she was nearly two miles ahead of the feet and of the Puritan and Atlantic, both of which had apparently given up hope of beating her and were eachs contesting for second place. When about of buoy 12 the wind died away again and the Priscilla got becalmed. 4 rife wind still lasting two miles when the Atlantic and Puritan were sailing filled their sails and gave them quite 8 spurt, which lessened the distance between them and the iron boat. But the Priscilla could not be defeated in such lead. She drifted steadily, slowly, but sure ly until 4:39.5S judges time, when she struggled over the bar and line at buoy 15 and was greeted as the victor by the most nerve-shattering chorus of tug and excur- sion boat shrieks that ever resounded through the Staten Island hills. The steam CTS Columbus, Sylvester and Cygnus with club guests aboard raised 8 terrible pande- monium, which was augmented by half a dozen big guns on Staten Island and Bay Ridge. At 4:54:29, just fourteen minutes and one second after the Priscilla, the Allan tic drifted over the line and was greeted with a similar reception. The Puritan, which had drifted up about two hundred feet in the rear of the Atlantic, was totally becalmed and could not obtain sufficient steering way to head between the Lucken- bach and the buoy and was out of the race The timefof the other yachts was not made up and con pleted until about 10 o'clock to- The following gives the official time of the principal yachts in the various classes:
 s'..:g sg:is's' :iss's AqI f9 1.s;S: S'':;s:;s S: Atiantic. .ss.sg. .6:09:4z a 6:oe:5i Puritan did not finish. ss sA i5 3 7 f.& t3 ? CLASS A-scHooNESs.
 I Tidal Wave did not finish. A Republic not timed ~ . | GLASS B-scHooNERs.
 Agnes. .o.oo.OS o'oS,'VS IeOna. .os9o-oS osao.Ao ! Haze and Visette not timed. aa sa5-g T.=s s.5s | ~'aa ssa CLASS e-scHooRERs.
 Gracie s:t229 aiS1S