New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-08
- CROWDS ON THE EXCURSION BOATS.
az .xtn.r,p SCENE IN THE BAY-How THOUSANDS


c..-.o,v ono oY the sixteen commodores or
.,,,v odd saptans who boarded tho Ne~-iork faon'
CHINA chartered steamer the Taurus yesterday morn
,nr NJ o'clock she lay st Pier No. NORTH n'0''
would have rlsked hts nauticai reputation py pron's
brsezs enough for the nrst or the great yacas '~
"Another Puritan and Genesta hzse was hesra y" s
aida even from the most weather""s u"u Wv
,h,nnv i.na.mep who had 20 take every thing on
faith looked buer and busr they thought OF ~A'e.
holidays and hsh-prced tickets whose PROMISES 49,
peyer be redeemed. Some ovsr-csuuous ones 80
coorsted their tickets and turned ther o~cA ou W.
Iron Steamboat Company pier. pre'srnns W m
ah.nees on Thursday with the rousher ou's'"e 0oN
81, a.x., of the steam yachts that lay along inc
North River piers their nrss 20 down, ~nd the
sr rrart had their sails furled tightly Tue "eA'"o'
Rad enough for cruising OF any sort thln mist was
calling and the dull clouds which had been hanging ''.
A.. h.v and CITY for t~eusy-tour hours were stlli
hant.d heavily M in a dirscons except dead SOUTH
A fsv puns OF AIR stirring through the Nsrro"s
And over By Bay Ridge, but right In Inc Teeth o' .ne
proposed course Still the old salts OF the TAURUS da
not despair altogether. Joe Ellsworth uAu 'A'N
earlier in the morning with light breeze any Que
~ an. four ,oops would distance the Gaatea over the
,n. eourse and WORD to effect passed around
nv vav OF consolation The captains an eoDimodores
kept holding the boat I'll all their iriends hau ooe
aboard and then started hopefully for Staten Island
Thing, began 10 look better long before staple
ton WAS reached. The clouds to the south ana east
hoS. ann n span OF light against which the dis
tant sais that nlled the Narrows showed sun winter,
was soou stretching from Sandy Hook AROUND pehi1e
tbs slopins ridge OF South Brooklyn The suns rays
too struggled through up near the East Kiver anu
and spanked the smooth waters OF the pay
freshenng bus and sails OF the long drawn no
ana of Yachts huegng the eastern By 10 O'clock
all with the hustle OF preparation What seemed
TO be continuous feet Of sailing vessels Kept soang
through the NarrOws, steam yschs came down the
East and North rivers and big excursion steamors with
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swasnsd about the with an amazing air OF reckless
nropre,or.hp Not the Of last year has the
love, hsrbor had such AMI mated appearance Fully
two hundred and n'ty yachts lay at anchor or
foated about near the imaginary starting line.
Each had its crew, and excited complement
OF sight The hags OF the New-YOrk and Eastern
Yacht Clubs few from most Of the nastheads ana the
national colOrs the sterns Nearly 100 tugs OF All
szes cruised about nosy amidst the yacht fleet Most
of them had chartered by parties OF Ne"-forKers
or Bostonisns for They too, were gay with
hunting but IN the matter OF boisterous enthusiasm
their steam whistles and caliOpes left the voo-ess
aailing Yachts sadly in the The steam yachts
too had their whistles and bunting bat kept dgnirad
silence for the most part smid Tue
buobub OF the plebean tugs The big
excursion steamers carried OF the palm, however. for
noise aod ubiquity They trod anothers heels
good naturally ana took any boats water that come
conveniently, and for blowing. their steam pip es
almost set the Sandy Hook Lghtship's lamps to re-
volying when the Msyfower triumphantly turned the
halfway point
The Judges BOAT indeed by half past 10 o'clock
looked like the centre OF floating city. the big ex-
eursion boats and graceful yachts noated about II,
waiting for the racers 10 start. Fully 5000
people had gone down In one way or another
70 see the race. The Sirius, OF the Iron
Steamboat Company's lire had 600 Bostonans aboard
and many New orkers Both the Sirius and Cepheu'
carried but half loads but the less vrtuous MANAGERS oil
and Ran If had weighed
fun capacity with Brookynites. The slow old Break
water OF Old Dominion Line and the iron Steamboat
Frances both crowded. The COLUMBIA, Harlem'
Sylvan Dell. Empire State and host oil otner ndo-
vheelers danced about the outskirts OF the noatne
circle. Among the Boston yachts present were the
Dreadnaught Wanderer Gitana, Stranger, Rsmoler'
Ambassadress, VIKING Meteor Mohican and Nndex
The IndOlent and Peerless had come down from New
Bedford j. Pisrpont Morgans Corsair was AT the head
of a squadron the Sew-York Club On the Taurus
the New-York Clubs boat, we're Com modore W. f.
Weld George W. Weld, J. Malcolm Forbes, Charles
Iongfeow. George A. Goddard and Daniel Appleton OF
the Eastern Yacht Club Admiral Rogers, OF the Euro
pean Squadron, Psymasier Stevenson and Lieutenant
Henry. L. 8 ". and Commodore HOvey, OF New-Iork.
The pretty start drew out variety OF opinions as TO
the relative brautes OF the soop and cutter. WIN
many OF the girls aboard Taurus aud with some OF
the younger men the Gastea had temporary run OF
The commOdores sOon stommed this bit OF
youthful angOmanla, hOwoyer aud ODDS OF 100 10 90
the NARROWER the lead and enthusiastic BosonIans
81 once betting that the Yankee soop would WIN
by fifteen minutes The excitement OF the start wore
away before the Msynower had passed through the
Narrows and tho spectators half reluctantly
settled down to enjoying what threatened 10 be-
sna was, decidedly sierra chase. Ins
men aud women, and across at Fort Hamilton sun
larger crowd could be seen gathernG The yachts and
her long slow iack but strung along swifer
Mayhower. of stspetOn the Priscilla joined in the
Buoy No 10. 10 sandy Hook Bay, first OBJ
tectve point Here the yachts and steamers gathered
IN he Iur
greeted the close In and bora
away eleyery axsin towSrd tne distant noT
feet waited for tho cutter full nve minutes and then the
uproar renewed The EnglishDan had not given up
hope yet Lieutenant Hem could be busting about
Rood-humoredly and Mrs. Hem. With red saiing-cap
was standing smiling Ia the hatchw
The tscks toward the ightshp much longer than
through the Nairows aud while the sloop and cutter
edged away the fleet made straight for the turning
point The lghIship was surrounded and preparations
asss ndsod were the larger steamer. On testing their
stean-vaves that even the wheenen seemed 10 lose
straighs into the SIDE Of The Taurus. which was help
lessy drifting near he ghtship but the shock Was
crushed. but the hne, and the fright
to enoy tho pres:t piece Of seamapssip IN the whole
rae. Inc Aaynower had just pointed her nose
burst suddenly aud IN secoud almost hod out beaut-
fully under the light southeast None OF the
said all the way back 20 sandy Hook The |
Gaiatess 's hung IRE apparently when she attempted
the same tning and Yankee seamanship ID Sun Al
premium wih the old salts who both naneuvres
prospective or beta had on tpe
voyage home. The wind was uaight al the
Mayfowers back and the yachts and stean.rs had 20
Sir themselves 10 Keep up with the white sioop The
poor Gaatea left two miles the rear, her
tall graceful canvas towering half-dOzen
smaller. lettering yschts.
Sandy Hook Bay wac studded with white sails which |
gttered III in the full slantng Of the escsnd
ing The water just rufi-d by the gentle !
breeze aud excerpt where the crscro-sine OF tho biz
had lashed II into foam, had deep indigo
hue which set of pretty the white hus and |
OF tile scattered feet Tne MAJ hOwrr |
past Buoy No. 10 without setting her |
spinnaker, but when near the nns donned ner |
full sail and in a cloud OF dazz white
ness The GaaIss mad set her sDnnaKer further down
the bay ani 70 the nnish. her pretrst
trim. picture which the amateur photOgrap
excursion boats were Del GIFTED 10 try After.
II here lad been huh bub At the lighshp the scem-
Cd TO be i've min utes pande tho nnisb The
whistles OF All the AT and /