The Portland daily press., 1889-07-23
INTERESTING YACHT RACES.
Dorchester and Portland Boats Com
tend for Prize Cups.
The Dorchester Club Wins In the
Second Class,
And the Restess of the Portland Club
Victorious In the First.

The yacht races between the yachts OF the
Dorchester and Portland clubs for the $50
silver cups offered by Commodore Solely of
the Dorchester Yacht Club, took place under
very favorable circumstances in the harbor
Yesterday. Eaily in the day the harbor pre-
scented an animated scene. A large number
of yachts lay at anchor in the upper harbor,
and crews from some of them were constant
ly passing to and from the shore, landing and
taking aboard friends and supplies and pre-
pairing fer the races which were to occur
later in the day. A deep interest was felt in
the race, although few thought the Portland
yachts would be victorious in either of the
races. The favorite with Portland people in
the second class race, which was tor Sloops,
was the Willie, the yacht that won the Port
land Yacht Club regatta cup q short time
ago. There were those, however, familiar
with the sailing qualities of the Nomad, who
were confident that she would lead them all
across the line.
In the first class race, the Clyte, the larg-
est yacht entered, and also new one on her
first eastern cruise, was quite favorite, but
! Capt: Mallet hoped to make his sloop Rest
less show up well ii she did not beat the
| schooner. The Restless. Ianthe and Clytie
| were the racers In the first class, the Rest
less, L. b. Mallet, Jr. $ boat, being the only
one belonging to the Portland Yacht Club.
The I,lier and Willie were the Portland
yachts in the second class race. 1t was Just
| a little past IL o'clock in the forenoon when
| the cannon on the balcony of the Portland
| Yacht Club house doomed for the first time,
announcing the beginning of the race.
Gracefully the lrst yachts began to cross the
starting line. The handsome slOop Restless
shot her bow past the fiag-boat first three
minutes later the 'nthe went over the line,
| and then came the Clyiie; their course was
| 81 miles.
A few seconds later the boats in the second
class got under way. The Clarence, Capt
Jones, of the Portland Yacht Club, shot by
the flag boat first, eight minutes behind the
Restless. Then came the unfortunate Aida,
followed minute later by the swift Nomad.
The Ethel came next, and the Idler and
Willie, both Portland sloops, crossed to-
| gether
| The yachts presented handsome appear
ance as they sailed down the harbor against
a southeasterly wind. which was too light TO
| Citdbb HuCH tAtlltiutnl. lHt UTSJ CLASS
yachts rounded Dug Light handily and stood
away down the channel to the open sea.
| When they went out Of sight the Clytie was
| leading, with the Restless IT her heels and
the Ianthe bringing up the rear. The second
class yachts sailed well too, keeping well up
| to the big boats until they got outside. The
| Clarence, Capt. Jones. sailed as far as White
| Head passage, and then dropped out of the
| race and came back up the harbOr. She ey:-
| IDENTIFY was in too fast company. The Magic,
Dorcester boat, did not race because she
sprung her topmast. The Alda's topmast
slipped down. and she fell out of the race
and returned. The Rondina was sailing
finely. but the breeze frrshened :. little, and
her sail was too much for her topmast, which
broke. and she was obliged to give up the
race and beat back to the harbor. The Bo-
.hemian, Vice Commodore w. S. Lambert's
schooner yacht of the Dorchester fleet, was
to have contested the FIRST class race. but
just as she was about to get under way her
bolt ropes gave away. and she did not start.
little before O'Clock p. m. the Nomad,
Capt. w. o. Gay, was sighted off Fort Preble
on her way into the harbor. She was sailing
last, and at 2 o'clock and seconds she
crossed the line, the winner Of the second
class cup. When she crossed there was not
another yacht in sight, but in moment the
Ethel, Capt. T.W. King. came in, the second
In the race. The others soon followed. At
this time great interest was felt in the first
class race. The Dorchester boats were more
than ever the favorites, and for this reason
| all were surprised wllrn they saw the soop
Restless at $40 o'clock come into the harbor
the first In the race. She crossed the line
some % minutes brfote the next yacht In the
race did. The following, is the starting and
finishing time and the time made in sailing
over the courses;