The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-01
In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
JUNKEr OF TIE YACHTS.
The Crews of the Racers Which VIII

The Crews of the Racers Which VIII
Go u Charl eston.
The yacht owners had their final meeting
yesterday noon at the Office OF Commodore
r. II. Dsmere of the Isle of Hope Yacht
Club, at which all the details Of the cruise
were agreed upon
Rear Commodore F. S. Lathrop will be
the feet ca tain. and Dr. L A Falligant
will be the feet surgeon.
Contrary to general expectation the tug
Maggie VIII not be available. as she is en-
gagged with sunken barge at Sapelo, but
the tug Seminole viii tow the Savannah
feet over.
The yachts will be expected 70 be in posi-
ton mex Monday morning at 9 o'ci ok at
the foot of the mar ct dock. At 9:20 a. m,
the aptainS of yachts will be required to
report on board the Flagship Eta to Com
modore T.. L. klnsey. Of tile Savan ali
Yacht Club, and at at $3.50 o'clock sharp the
tug Seminole with the achts in tow, will
slip her moorings. Captains of vessels will
be expected to pay esp cial at ention te,
and obey tho orders Of Rear Commodore
LathrOp, feet captain, on the use, aud
the sanitary orders of Surgeon Ealligant
must be obeyed to the letter.
The following yachts, with their crews,
will compose the fleet:
Eta. flagship of the Savannah Yacht
CluO-Commodore t. L. Kinsey, captain;
Capt. George W. Haupt, secretary Of the
Savann ah Yacht Club; Capt. A. s. Bacon,
Capt. H. A. Palmer, Capt. J. w. McAlpin,
Mr.. Merritt w. Dixon.
Glance-Rear Commodore F. s. La hrop,
captain; w. w. Williamson, f. A Haber-
sham, Wallace Schley, 7. P. Huger
Ocean Queen, flagship of Isle of Hope
Yacht Club-Conm odore r. NJ. Denere,
captain; ex-Commodore T. P. Bond and
Messrs. A. G. Guerard and T. f. McCaffrey.
Alexander c., flags ID Of the Georgia Re-
gatta Association-C mmodore George p.
Walker, captain; Capt. w. J. Cameron.
Capt. James Ward, Mr.. James Rafferty,
Thistle-Capt. f. G. Srachan command
ing, Hal McA. Schlev who built the Thistle,
Walter Coney and w. T. Dixon.
Zinga-Capt. John H. Dawes, c. e. Diet
erich. I. NJ. Cunningham. Jr., w. deBruyn
Kops. Walter partridge and Leopold
Alexander.
Corsair-Capt. John Strobhar, Edward
Postell, h. d. Osborne, George Allan and
"A -4-...Sry.
The yacnfs are allowed man to every
five feet and fractional part Of five feet.
An excu sion train has been arrang d to
leave Savannah on the morning OF the
regatta under the auspices of the Indepen-
dent Presbyterian church, for the benefit
of the building fund. The train is to be
scheduled so that it " i'll arrive in Charles
ton in time for the members OF the Savan-
nah Yacht Cub and invited guests t. take
the boat at Charleston in time TO go over
the cou Sc, and special train will, return
ing, leave Charleston after the ciose of the
regatta; tickets to be goo for two days.
The MaSco to and Naomi will not go on the
cruise, but Savannah, with seven yachts,
will make a showing such as no South
Atlantic city has ever contributed to a
neighboring yacht club.
The sailing committee of the Carolina
Yacht Club has announced the course for
the regatta next Thursday as follows:
Start off club house in Cooper river, then
sail west and south of White Point buoy,
theI north and east of Hog Island channel
red buoy No. 2, east of Cummings Point
black buoy No 8, and then huff around gas
buoy. The return to be made east of Cum
ming's Point black buoy No. 8, then east
and north of Hog Island chan 81 red buoy
No. 2, south and west of White Point buoy,
and est Of all Cooper river buoys going
and returning. Luff around Cooper stake
boat at north end Of Drum Island, then east
and south Of White Poi t buoy and finish
off club house. Distance, twenty miles.
The route for the second class race IS the
same as for the first class yachts, except
that the second class vac Is must luff
around Cummings Point buoy instead Of ga
buoy. Dis anca, seventeen miles. The time
for both classes will be one Minute and
half to the foot.
The first class vessels will start at II :35
O'clock, a. m, at a given signal All boats
under q feet sail in the second class The
entries SO far in The two classes are as fol-
lows, although it is predicted by the Charles
ton papers that other Charleston yachts will
enter:
FIRST CLASS.
Ocean Queen. Wild Bird.
Glance. Idler
Eta. Eleanor.
Alexander 9. Whire Wings
Flirt Katrinka.
SECOND CLASS.
Thistle. Corsair.
Zinga. Fleetwing.
Jennie S.
The first four in the first class are Savan-
nah yachts, and Savannah furn shes three
out Of five of the second class yachts The
yachts viii be designated by large nu IL
bers black sewed To the sails, the num-
bers to be ANNOUNCED prior TO tie race
The Charleston World Of yestei day says:
"Ihe commit ee OF the club on t g enter
tainment of the Savannah guests has as yet
made no d finite arrangements, nut there
will no doubt be a very pleasant programme
prepared for them on their arrival. T4urs-
day is the regatta day and Friday they all
start off for Kidwah on a few weeks cruise
1.-THE umpire for the race will be Mr. f.
+. Jones. and the judge will be Mr.. w.
Brandford Frost, who will have assistants
as time keepers. He will be both starting
and terminal judge. A tug will be pro-
vided for the judges before the race comes
off. The steamer Bellevue has been engaged
to take the members of the club and their
lady friends out The boat will leave
Browns wharf at rs O'clock"
1t is said by the Chareston press that the
regatta has attracted attention in the in
terror and excursion trains will bring in
crowds to witness the race. II is not of en-
that as many as fifteen caoin yachts enter
In one days regatta, and as the crack
yachts of the two pri clpsl cities of the
South Atlantic co Sc will be pitted against
each other it cannot fail to attract large
crowds