New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-18
THE FLEET DISBANDS.
CLOSE OF THE BEST CRUISE Or THE NEW.
YORK YACHT CLUB
CREWS RACE FOR THE GAMEcocK AND OWL
CoLoRs IN NEWPORT HARBoR-CoNTEsT

CREWS RACE FOR THE GAMECoCK AND OWL
OF THE LAUNCHEs-FUTURE RACES.
(Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TDBuSE1
Newport Aug. 1.-THE best cruise Of the NewYork
Yacht Club held IS over. Last years cruise
WIS then the best. but this year decided
by fukes, and the important the contest tho
more favorable has been tho weather. The runs
were invariably good the Gocct Cups. Matha's
VINEYARD CUPS and the special seventy -fooers' and
forty.footers' cups, raced for under tho best
Imaginable circumstances. The races throughout
were decided upon their merits, and one can claim
otherwise The winners Of the squadron cruise runs
turned out to be correct as published in yesterdays
Tribune namely: schooners-Class l. Constellation ;
class o Fortuna class 3, Grayllng; class 4, Iroquos
class o. Quicksep. Sloops-Class 3, Titana; class
a, HIldegarde class ., Clara; class Z, Gorilla. In
class 8. OF sloops Adelaide had walkover In every
race of the cruise The Titania made the wonderful
record OF not losing race or run during mo "hoio
cruise She Is tho champion SeVenty-ioo'er Vi Ahor
lea, probably OF the world and Mr. Burgess ought
to take good start and turn ten good handspfings
In succession on the result
After all this splendid sport the captains OF inc
feet met this morning at 10 O'Clock on board INC
flagship Electra and formally resolved 10 dsoanu
immediately after the boat races to-day The cap
taIns. by invitation, brought many OF their guests
with them on board the Electra, and In consequences
the white planking Of the faSships qiarter-ch was
crowded with all the beauty and social stahihg Vi
Newport and New-York. The first ooae race
contested was for the GamccocK Oo'oI >
for fouroared gigs pulling sweeps. In addinoh 10 mo
coors the Commodore offered a purse oil no +" inc
winning crew Tho course was from the Eiecii&'
nooyc I'm the channel opposite the clubhouse, to the
first red can buoy of the training station In COASTER
island "a miles, with turn, the finish oeihg i'll
line with the sarboald boat boom Of the hasohp. Inc
crews TO present themselves for the contest Whch 100"
nace at IL o'clock were those Of the Dauntess MAY
flower Sea Fox and Norma. They wero me loon'n7
specmens Of the genus Jack Tar throughout anu 'hvF
siuew and muscle displayed beneath the rollcd-up
sleeves Of their sailor jackets made the occasion loon
like a contest indeed. The best-looking ana host
lively and ambitious crews It apparent even pc
fore the start were those of Mayfower and Dauh'-
less Mayfower's men shirts OF purc whl'e'
while Commodore Colts crew looked piratical III
sombre black
As the four gigs got into line for the START gre"
Of United States men-of-war'S men got ready over
toward Goats Island to 'ry their powers WITH Inc
rest When the signal was given NornaS men gave
their boat Jerk which sent the gig forward length
in a iry. but the regular and vicious stroke OF the
crow did not hold out and they were exhausted WITHIN
\ hundred wards Of the start. Mayfower was on re
weatherbeam of the rest at the start, but opened
gan before long by beautiful, long-swinglhs s'roNe
of 80 TO the minute Dauntlcss followed SUM- ana
half way to the turn crosse" No'n@
now, Sea Fox kept well up with the
rot but had no business with the leaders,
The Gigs rounded the buoy in this order MaJhoWer'
Dauntless Sea Fox and Norma, and the homestretch
was a PROCESSION DauntlesS made some Deautlul
spurts, but MayfOwers crew was equal 10 theM
and finished five lengths before DauntlesS, sea FOX
200 yards behind and Norma six lengths III Inc redf
Both Dauntlcss and MayhOwer beat out the meh-
ofwars crew. Mayhower therefore, holds 'h7
Gamecock Colors for the ensuing year. Commodore
Gerry made handsome present to the second crew.
The Mayfowers double-sculled cutter crew was
the only one to appear for the Owl Colors, and took
the prize board by default.
John Martin of the Lurllnc, and Harry Cambo'
OF the Norma, then rowed race one mile with turn
to the Dolphin and back IN dlngies for sweepstakes
Cambo rowed as IL he pulling sweeps while
Martin had the Winship stroke and beat his opponent
out In the first ten yards.
Then came the most interesting and exciting race
OF the day, that of yachts launches, naph'ha ana
Ofeldt naphtha steam. 1t has always Oeeh soui0o
of trouble to handicap launches properly ana cap
tain Peabody was fairly successful III Solving inc
puzzle lilo did not base his system on theoreuca
PRINCIPLES. but founded It the record of former
races The result seems to show that the fau.t WIN
the method Is that the launches of the greatest horse
mower were not sufficiently handicapped The III
tie fellows were started their handicap time aheau
of the larger Ones and came I'm almost exactly Ill the
reverse ORDER the largest ones finishing but niue
less ahead of the smallest than they started behind
Mr. Peabody handicapped the launches as iollo"s
Eight horse power Olcldt's, allowance; 1--WE horse
power Ofedt's minutes over three miles, ulico
horse. mower Ofeidts, minutes and two-horse-pOwer
nanbthas o minutes. The yachts entered with thclf
starts were as follows Yedete, Intrepid and Dauness
two horsepower naphthas, at 12;Ol '3o Norma
threehorse power Ofeldt, at II :04 49, Electra No.
. Unouowa and Palmer, fvc-horse power oIeIuIs
Electra No ! and Oneida, eight horsepower Oleu'S
The launches got away in all sorts OF order WIN e"
pneers pumping hard at the boilers NO orier III par
ticular was maintained, for tho craft slowed up OF
went ahead according to the huctua'ion OF their
pressures Ecctras big Ofedt was out OF ORDER anu
her engineer Mr. North could not use the full pressure
Her steersman Captain Wlcks therefore, was doocu
to defeat by Oneida. First Mate Fish, captain VI
Electra's sarboar launch. who considers hlsoH ~ 10
the man with the biggest freche on earth sa'cu 'o
nagships glory by beating everything IN HIS '''''
The result OF 'l' I"'o va" 49, Elapsed
on1 Hf IN $s e 80 I? S 59 80
Electra No Ofedt X 10 80 81 ~ .06 80
Electra No .Ofeldt.. 90 39 IL 81 ~ -. 81
tnGGowa Oteldt :01 SS - "a 10 :33 ~
Palmer Qfeldt liz :0i 3S ~ az 20 :33 90
Nnnh Il.