New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-17
YACHTS WAITING TO RACE.
READY FOR TIE REGATTA ON THURSDAY.



| week IL there IL anything like decent weather IL
VIII begin with tho annual regatta Of the New-York
| yacht Club on Thursday. whom the now boats the
| transformed boats aud the cracks OF last year Will
meet for the first time this season to settle which is
the fastest Never has a regatta givon greater prom
| ise OF exciting sport. Think Of IL Among the
schoonsrs there will be the Sea Fox. Commodore Can
fields new boat OF his design; the Marguerite,
| Bulgcsss new schooner which in many respects
differs from any Of his previous models the Elma for
merly the Priscilla, but transformed by Cary Smith
Into schooner and largely remodced; the beautiful
sachom which for three years been tho queen Of the
schooner fleet but now VIII have TO do harder battle
than ever before to retain that tiilc and lastly the
| Graylng, which with lead keel and a new
stern and tho smarest skipper I'm the yachting feet
viii do her best to get the front. These the
| yachts that overy yachtsman has been talking and
specializing about through the winter and spring, and
now they are to meet in a veritabc race and supply
the critics with facts TO talk about But this Is
not ALL Cary Smiths scventy-foot sloop, the
Katrina, belonging to those popular sportsmen, F. d.
and H. Auchincloss Will have for competitors In her
class the farfamed sloop Shamrock Archibald
| Rogers's stanch cutter Bedouin, somewhat aged
| now, but an excellent all-round boat which has
| taught many yachsman to feel wholesome respect
for the cutter modol George Warren's cutter, the
Stranger rather small for the seventy foot class
but dangerous competitor In light weather Besides
these there VIII be large feet Of other yachts which,
| IL they do not contribute much to making things
citing VIII add much to the beauty of the spectacle.
And here It may be observed that a spectacle the
regatta OF tho New York Yacht Club will be far superior
TO an International yacht race. Aye, and there will
be more sport in 1t too for what have tho international
races been In the last two years but professions with
the English yacht continually dropping further and
further aSternl AS show the International yacht
race would be regarded positively monotonous and
people would vote 1t bore but for the fact that 1t
ckes patriotic feelings and gives the American eagle
an opportunity to do some shrlll screaming.
OF course the older boats have considerable advan-
tage over the new They have been thoroughly
tested and the best way of trimming them and manag
Ing them ascertalned There IS, after all, certain
appropriateness In applying the feminine pronoun TO
yachts AS with women you have to understand their
te ways and pecullarties in order 10 get along well
with them. So that II It should happen that new
yacht gets beaten, unless the defeat overwhelming
the owner Will not regard the result as overwhelming
There VIII not be sufficient time to get any Of the
new yachts in proper racing trim before the regatta
But reports OF their performances thus far are salts
factory. The Ema Is said to be able to sail Just as
close to the wind as when she sloop Like
Bre'r Fox the Seawanhaka Corinthians amt sayin'
nuin,'" but they have heap OF confidence all the
same in their PRIDE the Sea Fox II would make
Commodore Garfield feel rather blue II the Elma should
beat her, because the Elma-then the PrscIlla-used
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to keeping her even schooner Contrarwise It
Will be great feather I'm Cary Smiths cap II the Elma
proves herself capable Of showing her heels TO the
Priscilla 1t is said that Cary Smith didn't have his
own way in building the Priscilla, but much ham
pered by Instructions" lie has had Instructions
to contend with in Transforming her into schooner.
Im in race with the sea Fox she has great odds to
contend with The Sea Fox Is four feet the water
line and as every yachtsman knows feet count for
great deal more than time allowance. Else why all
this hubbub when It was discovered that the Thistle
was trite longer than had been expected. The
Marguerite is the smallest Of this lot Of schooners,
being eighty feet on the water line, while the sea
Fox is eighty-n and half
1t IS probable that the MayHowcr will be tie only
frst-class sloop entered. The rules governing the
regatta do not require that irst-class soop shall
havo competitor In order to win prize. So the
Mayfower can capture trophy without any exertlon.
year ago these big sloops were monopolzing public
attention. now there is no interest in their perform
ances. Tho Volunteer is for sale, the Atlantic, the
whom pride Of Bay Ridge, is for SALE and VIII not
go into commission this year unless purchaser is found
for her. II Is probable that she Will be turned into
schooner some day. There remain only the Volun-
teer Mayhower and Puritan for racing in this class
this year. and as their relative speed IS Known the
result when they meet may always DO regarded
foregone conclusion, unless the MayhOwer should
be badly handled, and then the Puritan will beat her
But to return to the New-York Yacht Club regatta
1t is open only TO boats that belong the club. The
Nymph, the Burgess forty foot sOop, Is the club
list the Banshee the Cary Smith fortyf sloop, IS
not. Consequently these two boats cannot meet I'm
this regatta. 1t Is pity, because they would make
exceedingly pretty and interesting race However
can't expect every good thing day 1t is
not probable that tho Nymph will have any competitor
in her class that will push her hard But they will be
on hand later, when the struggle viii be a severe one
and the boat that comes out ahead will do 1t by SO
little margin that she Will not have much to crow
over.
Commodore Gerry has again generously placed the
flagship OF the feet, the Electra the speedy and beau
full steam yacht, at the disposal Of the Regatta Com
mlttec for the day. and with characteristic courtesy
has extended invitation to every morning paper
send reporter board Of her to write up the
For this he deserves and has the thanks of the faer
nifty. 1t IS impossible to report 4 accurately
cept from the judges boat, and judges boat is
beautifully provided with facilities the Electra
The regatta committee consists OF Gouyerneur Kort
right, stephen Peabody and Alexander Taylor, jr.
This is satisfactory guarantee that all arrangements
for the will be Of the best kind and well executed
There IS only for all yachts. That simpli
fes matters greatly. Where there are three or four
courses Is impossible to anything Of the racing
among the smaller classes and the figures alone have
to tell the story Of their performances The start will
be made at O'Clock, the starting line being between
the Electra and Buoy No 15 Thence the course runs
to Buoy No. IL, passing to the west and soath of 1t
to Buoy No. s12, passing south of It
and north of buoy No. 5. of the point of Sandy Hook
then and around the sandy Hook ghtship, returning
over the same
Two days after the regatta of the New-York
Yacht Club Will follow the regatta Of the Seawan-
haka COrlnthan Yacht Club. This will probably
bring together again all the big boats that compete
In the New-York Club regatta, and perhaps some
Others because boats from any club may enter the
Seawanhaka Coiinthlan regatta. There Is special
class for boats between 80 and 40 feet, and this
will probably bring out the PapooSe. the Banshee
and the Nymph and perhaps some other flyers In
that class and between them they ought to furnish
some exceedingly exciting racing.
The racing thus far has not been conclusive OF
much. In the regatta Of the Atlantic Yacht Club,
this was due to lack Of wind. Every yachtsman
knows that race In which old Fanny beats the
eet-footed Shamrock time allowance can't count
for much. Obviously 1t was fuEe. In this par
ticular instance the luke took the shape Of fresh
ening breeze astern, OF which the Fanny got the