The evening world., 1888-09-20

with the Katrina and Dauntless we'll in the
lead. The Shamrock was working Up
towards the front gradually and bettering
her position in the race with the Katrina
about half way down.
Two If the sloops went about on the port
tack and made for the lightship, while the
rest stood off shore.
II. 46-The leading racers rounded the
iIghtship in the following order
Katrina, l2.4o:2S; Shamrock, 12.46 Gray
hour, and the yachts churning the
water into big rollers OF foam
as they round the lightship and jump away
on the opposite tack for the stakeboat on the
Shrewsbury rocks.
The fact that the grand race Of the day ia
to be between the Katrina and Shamrock Is
now pretty well established. and the chances
seemed to be very nearly equal.
IL. 55.-Ihe Dauntless turned the Eghtship
at ~. 50 and the Fanny at 1884. Weather
getting thick In the southwest. Hard to tell
what the numbers are. -.
1P. M.-Adelaide turned the lightship at
a. SO. 80. The Grayling gained eleven min:
utes on t~he,Dauntless on the run-out and
stands to win IN her class.
The yachts are still in sight, standing down
| the coast. and the wind is still freshening.
has taken second place.
The Katrina still maintains her lead. The
old Dauntless is leading in her class, but Is o
good distance behind the crack flyers.
When the yachts rounded the point at
Sandy Hook they a up all the extra canvas
that could be crowded, especially the schoon:
ers, which had set their forestaysails and
main topmast staysails, and the sloops with
| their club topsails set. On the way out many
| of the yachts took in their lofty canvas,
but most of the sloops, including the
Katrina, Fanny and Shamrock, were still
sailing under their club topsails when they
were running down the beach, about opposite
Seabright.
During the interval the Shamrock had
climbed up to second place, again passing
the Greyling to the leeward.
1.26.-The Katrina turned the stakeboat on
Seabrlght at 1.25. 80.
l. 34-After rounding the stakeboat:. the
Haviland, the Katrina started for the light
ship again at O booming pace, Sac came up
the beach like O fash, under the same spread
Of canvas, with the wind on her starboard
beam. The Shamrock, still holding second,
went around the Haviland at l. 50. 80. and the
Crawling at /. SO. 80.
2.la:The payntless turned the stake
the fight between the Shamrock and
Crawling continued to be one of the
interesting features of the race. The latter
had Sc. heT maint9pmast sta stay snno again T HRa
Electra was following the two yachts closely,
and had hard work to keep up.
The Katrina turned the lightship at 2. 0s.
The time of the other yachts in turning the
2.06; Alarm, 400.
The Shamrock rounded the lightship at
TIA and the Grayling at z. IA. 80.
2.S4-The Dauntless turned the hghtship
at 2.27, the Fanny at 2.83.
9P. M.-The yachts are now passing Sandy
Hook Point and in o few minutes more one
of the finest races ever sailed by the New
York Yacht Club will be finished. The
Shamrock q close third. They passed buoy
s in the following order Katrina, ass. IS ;
Grayling, 2.69; Shamrock, 2.59. 10.
8i2.-The fnish-Katrina, sos. Is; Gray
ling, 10. 26; Shamrock, 8.11.45.
LATER.-The Dauntless finished at 8. "a, 26.
The others finished In the following order
Fanny, Magic, Alarm, Adelaide, Wizard.
THE INNER
The winners in the several classes were the
Katrina, Grayling. Dauntless and Adelaide
the first named leading all the feet.