The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-16
Teemer Beats Hamm, and Mckay
Comes In Third.
The Palatka Gun Club Wins i'm
The Clay Pigeon Shoot.
Lots of Fun at the Boxing Match for the
Coiored ChampIonship-To-
Days Programme.

The city was crowded yesterday, every
train and boat bringing great numbers
anxious to see the events of the second
day of the Gala Week festivities. The
wharves were black with spectators dur
ing almost the entire day; the trap shoot
ing was viewed by large crowd while
all the space in the auditorium at Fry,s
Opera House was filed during the box
ing last night
THE YACHT RACE
The contest between the second class
yachts began promptly on time yester-
day morning. The course was from the
stake boat opposite the Florida Southern
wharf south to beacon st in the cove.
thence north down the river to stake
boat" known as Flag No. ., an empty
barrel with the flagstaff inserted in its
bung hole, situated near the mouth of
Rices Creek, thence TO the Florida
Southern wharf. This course, sailed
over twice, made the the twenty miles
over which the yachts were to sail.
the northwest when the yachts crossed
| the line on the firing of the second gun at
1850 a. m, their spinnakers and topsails
set. The Arthur b. of Jacksonville
sailed by Capt. Biglow, went over the
line well in the lead. The Dove followed
one minute twenty-three seconds later,
| the Tidal Wave one minute fifty-eight
seconds and the Katie B. of Jacksonville
sailed by Capt. Balsam, two minutes
sixteen seconds later. At Beacon IS the
Arthur b. took in her spinnaker and
gybed in fine style. The Katie B., Tidal
Wave and Dove were punched in turn
ing this beacon. Their time around this
point was respectively 11:0S:30; 11O9:30;
11.09:45; 11:094s.
The wind had now freshened and was
blowing from about northwest. The
Arthur B. and Katie B. Rugged the other
shore while the Palatka boats, with a
better knowledge of the set of the tide,
kept on the Palatka side. The Arthur
B. kept her lead until opposite Rice's
| Creek when the Katie B. tackled and ran
| across her bow, gaining nearly mile by
superior handling. The Katie b. went
| around Flag No. 2 at 12:15:30. The wind
springing up the Dove overhauled the
| two Bs and went around nearly with the
Arthur b, the Doves time being
1929; the Arthnr BIS 12:19:30.
| But the Doves centerboard was JAM
med. Mate, McMullen, who formed
the larger part of the crew, in avoirdu-
| pois, in pushing down the board had sent
the rope to keep it company. A line was
thrown out over the bow, passed amid
ships and the centreboard brought home,
and then, after great trouble the rope
connected with it was recovered, Thus
the Dove dragged her centreboard from
| Flag No. ? to Whites landing, going be
fore the wind. When she got rid of rhi.
drag she walked up again. All sailed
beautifully before the wind with theil
spinnakers set until they reached Beacon
So again, which the Katie b. rounded al
/: 90; 30: Arthur B. at ] :01: 80; the Dove
at .07: 80. The Tidal Waves time wa.
not taken.
Sailing now on the wind the tw,
Jacksonville boats headed nearly toward
Hart's Point, the Dove, pointing closer
fteered a course nearly to Powers Land
ing, about the new ferry wharf across
the river This saved the Dove severa
tacks which the others were obliged t.
make subsequently. The Katie b. KEEP
her lead, however, and caught flaw
dancing ahead. When about Power;
Landing the bowsprit of the Arthur b.
which was patched, gave way, slacken
ing the jib stay, and letting the mas
5 settle back. This annoyed her crev
greatly in tacking, as the boom lay o.
the traveller and had to be lifted around
She fell into the heaviest tide way an
e drifted badly to leeward for awhile
D Here the Dove gained five minutes an
E a half on the Arthur B., compensatiD
: iammed centerboard.
The three boats rounded flag No. fc
D the second time in the following ordel
/, Katie B., 2:16:15; Dove, 2:23.0s: Arthu
d B.. 2:2s:55. The Tidal Waves time wa
not taken. There was great blowing {
whistles when the Dove went around.
5 Coming now before the wind the Kat
y b. set her spinnaker sevsral times an
Q took it in again, the Dove had no troub
r with her spinnaker and gained son
r time on the way to the finish, where 81
n followed the Katie b. over the line. I'll
, Arthur b. coming next and the lid
y Wrve a very late fourth.
r The following is the time of start al
finish.
THE TIME.