New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-09
NEW-LONDON TO NEWPORT.
SPLENDID WEATHER FOR THE CRUISE OF
THE YACHTS.
CONSTELLATION, MoNTAUK, CRAWLING, DEMO.
~" AND oUIcKsTEP LEAD THE sCHooN.
ERs-KATRNA HILDEGARDE. CLARA
AND GORILLA THE WINNING s1oops.
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w ~port' H. l.! Aug s.rhe first day OF the New
- "'ht 'lubs cruise has been brought TO close
w" every advantage squadron could possibly wish
On a bright sky. a glorious sunlight and wind
not exactly steady, IS all a yachtsman
80 "',n ior IN squad on trophy from one port
- S"o'her When the course Is straight It may even
DC considered an advantage to bavc tho wind shift
. ohs uhie II wa the latter. II had been decided
~ e meeting last night 10 start the yachts of Sarah's
soa ana 10 fix the course outside Fishers Island
io ' instead Of inside. In conse1uence the
hhc wac fixed by the flagship Electra
~"u her usual consort Mr.. Benedlcts oneida.
ineIe were about 40 yachts in New-London Harbor
"'n eno sun rose, but only orynl of them crossed
o nc lor The race. 1t Is left to the discretion Of the
!1cnts TO be timed rot at the start and those not
III inc race went to lcewad Of the Electra. Never
u'cess there are about $50 yachts I'm Newport Har-
pof hnlght and there IS no doubt but that over
seventy yachts will leave here for tho rest Of the
cruise.
Inc Electra steamed out Of New-London about
'oo o'clock and anchored of sarah's Ledge shortly
altcr D. The preparatory gun was fred at 80 and
ny That time the yacht fleet under way and hover
Ing about the starting line. feature Of the start
was the presence Of the enormous fleet of steam
yaehs. Nearly thirty OF those splendid craft were
ABOUT and with the exception of an international race,
ure boats has been seen in this part Principal
among the yachts IS, of course the Electra.
Inc barkentlnergged Alva OF W. X. Vanderbilt does
hot look like yacht, but resembles far trans
atlantic liner. She is not as graceful a. the other
yachts, but her appearance is overlowering among
The dainty and delicate craft which form the feet.
Al the start this morning the wind northeast
ana iicsh but it soon died out and then shifted when
1t picked up again. The little fellows were signallod
m hcfn tho ri
The Gorilla was first to get over the line. The
schooner Clio was next and headed as TO have
he WIND little abaft the port beam. hundred
yards behind came the Adelaide and Nymph. The
Providence Burgess schooner Quckstcp broke ont
immense maintopmast staysail as she went over the
line. Tho Katrina and Titsna came over together,
the Cary Smith soOp being well to westward. The
Titania had her spinnaker boom rugged out as
she crossed and broke out the sail soon after.
After the fourth gun Sachem and Grayling camo first
with spnnakers ready to break out. Grayiing was to
Windward and outfootng tie others. Fanny, May
mower and Oenone came next; then NoBeman' sea
Fox, Constellation, Dauntless and Fortuna For
tuna came near poking her iibboOm thro lSh Mr..
Colts malnsan and passed clear by about an inch.
Palmer and Pomona came over Ike twins Mr..
Iorbes's fishing schooner Fredola. known in the
feet as "Fried onogs,' was with Alert and Intrepid
and these formidable vessels brought up tho rear of
the feet.
Almost Immediately after the start the wind shifted
to almost ahead AID kites disappeared The wind was
southeast and tho leaders had plenty OF It,
Graylng took tho lead Of the feet going 20 wndward
and huggng the shore At half past IL She was
standing I'm close 10 tho Rhode Island shore, while
group OF leaders out In the Sound Gorilla
was In the lead of her class, with Mariquta next
ard Clara between The Clara cutter had no trouble
at all, and went away from her class like steam
yacht
The flagship Electra went well ahead Of tho fleet,
and anchored off Beaver Tail IIy4tship 10 take the
time Of the yachts they came in. The wind hal
shifted again by that time, and the were
abled 10 como in before the wind. Tho most remark
able work done by Clara, Constellation and
Liris. In frstcass schOOners Constellation went
TO the front at once and stayed there.
Norsemau started first, bat finished last
Dauntlcss dropped behind, but Palmer Ramona and
intrepid held their relative positions. Moniauk led
m secondclass schooners at the start and remained
here In Class . of schOOneIS GIaylng kept TO
WiIdwarl and I'M he'd fl ST, with sa hem 20 d s~oni
in ourth-clasS scnoouers OonOne s;aItcd first. and
finished almost together with Ma, guerc, winning OF
time allowance 0uicksep I'D good work IN the NTH
lass schooners CLIO which started fist went
a,tern of Quickstep, Harbngcr Azaleas Agnes and
Triton in the run. Katrina beat Titania throughout
with the rest of the seventies nowhere. Hdogarde.
clara and adelaide all had practically walhovers.
Gorilla made fun OF the fOrties, although actually
Lhis made better time. The Gardner cutter wa wa,
Handicapped nearly twenty minutes at the START and
came I'm only about SIX minutes behind Gorilla. The
winners. therefore, are these;
SCHOONERS.
Class 1-Constelation beats Palmer 80 min. 80 Sec
Glass 2-Niontauk beas Fortuna 20 min. sec.
Class s-Graylng beats sachem IA min. 80 sec.
Glass 4-Oenone beats Marguerite 80 sec.
Class 5-Qulckstep beats Agnes min. 10 Sec
SLOOPS.
Glass 3-Katrina boats Tianla min. 20 sec.
Glass 4-Illdegarde beats Whileaway Ii min. Sec
Glass 5-Clara beats sagittl 80 min. a. sec
Glass 7-Gorllla beats MariQulta 40 min. 80 sec
The run was thrty-seyCn miles. The summary
Of the squadron cruise run fIOm New-London 10 New
PORT follows