New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-21
THE SHAMROCK'S TRIUMPH.
ADAY OF RARE SPORT FOR YAcHTsMEN.
WINNERS AND RECORDS IN THE FALL REGATTA
OF THE NETWORK YACHT CLUB.

OF THE NEw-yoRR YACHT CLUB.
When the dawn yesterday made the masthead OF
the flag ship Electra dImly visible at the anchorage
off Twenty slxihst., Commodore Gerry shook HE hcah
gravely. but when few hours later the sun routed
the fog and mist and a ten-knot breeze sprang up
the lucky Commodore tried 10 forget that he had
prematuey found fault and the regatta turned out TO
be one OF the finest days racing the Atlantic
coast this 1t Is true the entries were com
paravely few In number. but It Is also true that one
prefers seeing pony a good dry. fast track
a sunny day. 10 being tortured by The sight OF
crack pudding along in the mud
Rarely, If ever, has better time been made by sloop
yachts OF the third class than thirty knots, fifteen OF
them TO windwaM. I'm little over three hours and
half What proved TO be Of the finest contests
ever Witnessed was the race between the Katrina and
Shamrock, meeting which all yachting enthusiasts
have been longing for all yeaI Their hopes are
now grathcd the crack thlrdclass soop of the sum
mer cruise has encountered Mr.. MaxwelFs htue
wonder and left the scene Of battle with her summers
faurcls badly disaTanged. The shamrock Is foot
shorter than her yet beat her up on actual
elapsed time. foryfve seconds, besides meeting with
accident upon the way.
wELI~KNOwN PEOPLE PRESENT.
The gathering Of guests the electra at a. m
yesterday was by no means IS numcr iIs as Rad rccn
expected and those who irerc Daf gloomy
lock. Later developments. however, dIspced the
melancholy air and when the Electra started for the
course. the guests aboard included Secretary John H.
Bird, Captain Gouvemeur Kortright, Captain stephen
Peabody, Captain zalinski L. 5 A.. Mr. and Mrs
d. i. Fearing. Edmund c. stanton, William Turnbull,
Captain +. Galaiin, Theodore Il. Wolsey, Captains
H. b. Willard and Z. j. Grcace, and Commodore
6. ". {. Lowric Of the Larchmont Club, exCom-
mOdOre James D. Smith, Miss Helen smith, James \.
Dumont, Judge Rufus i. Cowing Corporation Counsel
Beekman, John +. Parsons Colonel John II. Fellows
Captain samuel c. Fairchild W. W. Hoppin, william
i. Cooper Henry Guy Carleton, f. Fellows Jenkins
and III. G.. Traut, OF Buffalo.
The course was the new outside course OF the New
York Yacht Club, and extended from an imaginary
line, between Buoy No 10 and the flagship anchored
southword and around sandy Hook LightshIp
turning it from north to east thence to and around
the stakc-bOat b. T. Iaviland. anchored one-quartcr
Of a mile southeast Of the buoy on Shrewsbury Rocks,
and back the same course. At half-past IL
O'Clock, when the starting gun fired the flag
ship, there grouped about the starting line the
steam-y achts SusIuehanna Restless, Oneida AIDE
laidc, Fedalmae, Vision. VIOLA and Ladoga and the
Iron Steamboat Companys vessels Cepheus and
Taurus. All crowded with guests. At this
time. the wind blowing least fifteen knots from
south-souhcast, and improving The sail TO sandy
Hook Llghtship was, therefore, bea; TO windwaid,
the yachts getting away ON the port tack.
HOW THE START WAS MADE.
II "a IA; Dauntess, II "a ID; Katrina IL 81 :23 :;
Alarm, IL 80 30 shamrock, IL rs :35; Adelaide,
II 40 :O6: Crawling, II :46 "a; Wizard, IL 40 80 ;
Magic, II :54 90.
The three yachts last named handicapped at
II Ar. As soon the racers were started on
their windward work, the fast ones at once began
to SIT out and before The acc reached scotland Light
ship the leaders Katrina. shamrock, Grayllns
and Dauntlcss. all having overtahcn the Fanny. The
shamrock the port tack again al II "a ;40,
and was al once followed b. the Katrina. The Two
made a short leg and then went about again to fetch
sandy Hook Lightshp on the next tack The Katrina
Al IL :33 was a nile ahead OF the Shamrock and
well TO windward. The Graylng remained on the
starboard tack away 10 leeward, her plan being to
fetch the lghtshlp by going about only once. At
l. "a the Crawling went about, and al This time 1t
was noticeable that the Katrina sailed much closer
to the wind than her rival, thus being enabled 10
keep n toward the lchtship. while the shamrock had
to 90 TO lecward. The Katrina tackled Tor the light
ship at l. :35 and the Shamrock at II AZ, the Gray
ling being almost with her at the time. The light
shin was rounded by the Katrina at 12 40 :o5 by
the shamrock at l. AS 30, and by the Graylng at
II 45 % On the first leg Of the course. beat ne TO
windward the Katrina had therefore gained l minute,
10 seconds
AN ACCIDENT TO TIE SHAMROCK.
The second leg, from sandy Hook Iightship TO
Shrewsbury Rocks close haul, and the shamrock
seemed 10 Ike it, Just before rounding the Haviland,
and after doing splendid work the little sloop parted
her jb-topsal hayards. and was delayed fully
minute The ;akeboat was rounded by the hatfiha
at 26 40: by the shamrock at 30 80, and by the
Crawling at "a 80. The Katrina had gained an
additional l minute, 10 seconds. The Dauniless
rounded Shrewsbury stake fully 10 minutes in the
lead of the Alarm. and the Adelaide safe from
the Wizard. on the reach back TO
Sandy Hook Llghtshp, with club-topsails'
and the run home. with balloon jibtopsails, the
shamrock showed her speed with free wind. and
not only regained the lost minutes, % seconds,
but picked up Al seconds Of the Katrinas elapsed
time in addition Tie Grayllng did better still, and
picked up the Shamrock altogether, leading the sloop
across the line, and thereby proving again her eX-
cellent qualities on the reach. which have been re-
peatedly commented upon in these columns.
Among the rest Of the fleet the order OF procession
remained much the same throughout except that the
Magic, herself not crack schooner, after starting
nearly - minutes after the handicap time, and 90
minutes after John Handrcn's big schooner Alarm.
made a pretty show by coming bow and bow down
the stretch with the Alarm. and finally beating the
Big ono IN b. over minute. The litte Wizard,
efforts 10 make good her handicap but carried 100
mens S went o overboaId Mr Staples nccessary gave
up the fight and disappeared through the swash
Channel The finish was tine one atnougn II was
Of the club-steamer Taurus on tho finish line, be,
tween BUOY No. 10 and the Electra IL was granted
by The Regatta Committee that L. ". J. Hurst, Of
the Taurus much interested in the race 10
see where he was wrong but the fact was disaTce-
able nevertheless The schOuners Miranda. Elma.
Marguerite and MOniauk accompanied the racing feet
over the line. The summary of the
FIRST.CLASS SCHOONERS.
start Finish. Elapsed Corrected
Name h. III. b. IN =. j. IN. j. m =
Daunuess II ~ "a & - "a AZ ~ 3As ~
Alarm ......... IL 80 90 3 AS 20 10 :0i IN
THIEDCLASS SLOOPS.
Crawling ..... II 30 .35 % 40 800 40
Magic .......... II AZ 90 - :O3 O2 .OJ - ID
THIRDCLASS SLOOPs
Fanny ....... II - ~ 3:31 % - :o9 3;54 10
Katrina IL 81 - $ no ID % ~ . ID ~
Shamrock ...... II 3s 80 311 "a 33 90 81 30
FOURTH-CLASS sLOOPs.
Adelaile ..... II 40 :OG , 80 rs 10 80 n. m
Wizard ...-.-.. u 40 100 Did not finish.
Winners Dauness nrst-csss scho0ners Grayling In
th I'd schOoners Shamrock In thlIdclass sOops
Adelaide in fourthclass sloops.
WINNING THE OYSTER BAY CUP.
Yesterday the second day Of the Huntington
Fair held by the Long Island Live Stock Fair Assoca
ton. About 9 500 people were present All sorts
uufU ouu1