Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28
THE REGATTA FRIDAY.
A LARGE NUMBER OF YACHTS PAR
TlCIPATE.
The Programme Interfered with by Rain
and Lack of Wiud-The First Glass
won by the Flyaway and the Steam
Yacht Cup by the Nymph.

srao,atars nre.ent inf tho threatening
,.,,t Iar,,,,,,,,'
weather OIL me hi"I uihE hepV " IA Ne mum
Der away. The harbor presented an ami |
mated appearance at the opening of the !
regatta. and the various craft were the
s,,I,ioot ~ ,,,on,, od,,i,ir,, oo,nrento Tha
members of the Climb were pr,tlfiad At the
large number of yachts present from
abroad, and especially steam yachts which |
almost equalled in number the sailing |
yachts.
Among the steam yachts IN the neet We're
the Sdppho, Dr w >, WeOO the ScIonda, |
j: u sanders OF Albany the AleX1udria' |
Mr.. Macdonald OF 81. Johns the Dolphin, |
Commodore Wetmnre OF SnelDLlni the |
ldlewlld, j. A. ANerlll OF Champlaln, N
\. the Cecil, Myers u Cl9ugh OF houses
Polnt, n. Y; the ComuS, IL w. Rogers
of New Orleans, La. the Adonls, ). 3.
Tresslder OF lbervllle, + y. the Nymph,
DR.. W. >. webb OF Shelourn, |
NotlceaoIe among the Salllng yachts
We're the FiyaWay, DE- W: ,. WeoD OF
Shelburn; the Ripple, Adslt q BlgeloW
the Virginia, Peter must OF St. johns
the surprise, Joseph LAoelle nl 81 Johns
the Goat and the Pdrltan, w, Z. Wlthel |
bee OF Port Henry, n. y; the Eagle, "
,. Hopkins or Nergennes me Nhlte
wings, y Is. Gray OF BurilhRtoh' me
F F5"5 FL a52 H f SSS 3 81 " & sS5
llnBtOu; the CndmpIAlu, :. Annoy huON !
of New York, the Burlington, Joseph |
Aud and others Of Burlington, the Priu- |
cess, II. w. Rogers of New Orleans
There WAS LITTLE wind and rain fell at
frequent Intervals, bu 1t was thought best
to 20 on with the regatta.
Erpsr p,cr
The first race was that for yachts OF the
first class, open to all sailing yachts of
40 feet and un,vards ovar ths r.ynlar
cl,,h course If ahnnt ( ond 5.1e niin.
~ cn,,,,,, cr,,,n,atc.s ~, a Ina im.,d
~ noUae' Iouuu t"E SUI ~. n civ vi unt
bre tkWAter, south OF ROCK Dunder, south
Oh jumper ieuge buoy west snI I'll - lprr
starting line. The course to be covered III
. 81 hours aud three yachts to start or 30
race. flrst pllAe, soo SECOND prlze' ~
o,,an p5nni and pHrl,,, th fo,
two WAVING time allowance for the Dur.
nose Of being allowed to comnpte in This
race
The first Gun was fired at 1921, the sec
Ond AT 1922 G. ne starring nm AT 1870 and
the Wniotl- "a cross the lire was blown Ar
1O3l The Riuple was the first to cross
the line closely followed Inv the Flya.yav
with the Bnrlingtont hird
Ripple ia n Al
Flyaway ................. ..... .......1O 3! 80
Actuai 10 g g 80
The Yachts kent within haiiinp distance
all the way to Juniper, but in rounding
the island he Elva,yav nassad tho Rinnla
- d - "S p,2' uHN l'pp'
haxin hean hana1mad an1 Shortly ra
tnrned 1Sba 100 hot Iyaen tho EIv.s,yav
ond no P,nn1a dowI 10 bnna c,"a,nIb
was clos and evcitjng tho formercr0ssing
the line ahnnt "a t,r '.baa1 49, ahn Tv9s h.
hind at the Start Tne following Is the
time Of crossInL and tha eIinsed t7me
- I,I,
Ot tisnn t LAPS
II IN
Flyaway ...... .....I2 II 50 A. So
Ripple ..............l2 Is IS ! Az SO
erCo>n p.cr
~
Inc second CLASS was open TO ali yachts OF
20 feet, and less than 49, The course was
from the club house. round south end of
hrool,,,-,+,, sc,,th of laaI. n,,,,,,e,,, ,,,,,1,
"ee"iA " '''e 1o'vN u i'oOh iu"'ei' "e''
VI ouulpeI I9iauu' Hor ellu VI ore ""uet
70 70, starring !lhe. Distance 10 miles.
Inc course 10 DC covered III % hours
ana tnree yachIs 10 start or no race. First
prize. 40; second prize so,
"A me meet slaIItu III ms contest, ana
Of The prettiest contests ever seen on The
lake. The first gun was fired at 10:49, the
secotu at IO'ot, me starting gun At Io'o9,
Io.5olH Tha .t,rtin, tin3s ~ oo f,iIa,,,o q.
n
White Wings .......... ..............lO 81 81
Agnes T.. .,...,................-..lO 80 b
Princtss''''..' ....''.'............. w :.
E Euraah ~ ~
tithh t,i ", :,
ota'.d ~ .ue p" ni'e W lhi9 stalteu
a aiieao Itie AsneS l. 1oon passed. her ana
49," th0 ecu ~ iao tf DutiuIi, ,ilele'
~ d nll9uuuel suanuIhR' the Agnes
viz, mehe 70 tle t JuniPer ieuee huoy; tWo
I III ouC VI .heil way anu tne w nlle