Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-19
HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY SEAS.

Waters. Yet the Regatta of the New
 Haven Yacht Club Was a Great
 Suceess-Many Boats Succumb to she
 Weather and Do Not Ftnish-The
 Dare Devil Capslxed-The Rescue
 The Ladies on the ElE Cfty-The
 Starf. Finish and Prizc Winners.
 ssThis is pretty. rough weather for these small boats," exclaimed the ever genial Capt. Fred Peck as he stood in the judges boat yesterday morning and took a sweeping view of the merry little flyers of the New Haven Yacht club, just showing their heels to the brisk morning breeze and flying down the harbor on wild race after one another.
 "This has been the toughest weather we ever sailed regatta in," cried the gallant, sun-burnt, hardy tars of the club, as they leapt from their light little skiffs to the docks of their club house after the race had been sailed; and, indeed, it was evident to every one who saw the brave boys that wind and sun had not been at all lenient in it's work upon their handsome features.
 Yet it was merry race.
 The ladies who sailed upon the big steam CT Elm City and watched the speedy flyers from their sheltered point of vantage were tumultous in their enthusiasm over the day, the race, the steamer, the water, the sky, anything, everything and nothing in particu- lar.
 White caps were leaping madly skyward far out in the harbor when the first signal gun was fired at half-past 10 o'clock. It was mere intimation, however, of what was coming later on. The brisk breezes held the yachts close over upon their sides near the water, and even before the seventeen racers had braced for final cross of the starting line they were straining every cord and csn- vas to the utmost
 The judges, Captain Fred Peck, Morris W. Bacon of New London and Edward P.Avery, were comfortably seated upon the glossy deck of the Venture, an excellent steam yacht owned by MT. Wm. D. Bishop of Bridgeport.
 It was nearly II o'clock when the pictur- esque fleet finally set their course over the watery race track. The boats with their commanders were:
 Division c, class 33 feet and less than 40 feet: 1, Marguerite, H. F: and O. M. Peck; Mariota, c. R. Chamberlain and ". A. Harris; 3, Flora, T. F.
 y Cass sSrae fsss and ess
 ef M \ cess 4s Gypsy 7" Allen Seaman; Il, Daphne, R. N Burwell; F, Vidette H. G. Sheppard. Division D, Glass 25 feet and less than 3l feet-l4, Venus, George M. William William s. Cook. Division ES17, Retriever H. C. Sheppard.
 Guns were fired at intervals of six min utes each, and the excitement of the start set the ladies crazy with maritime enthusiasm. The start was from an imaginary line between the judges' steamer and the Pardee Bar buoy. After the last yacht had crossed the line the Venture steamed down to the mid-channel buy at the mouth of the Housatonic river, where the yachts turned and took the time at that point The course was about fifteen miles long each way. The Elm City fol- lowed the fleet through the whole regatta. AN EXCITING EPISODE. An interesting and exciting episode oc- cured during the race. The stauneh little craft Dare Devil, Capt. Andel, was capsized on the return near Ludington's buoy. On board were Capt. Andel, Charl,s R. Water house, ST. and his grand son, and three or four others. The nearest boat and the first to the rescue was Jack McCauley's Stranger. She was close behind the Dare Devil and left the race to render aid, and notwithstanding won the first prize in the class. Immediate ly following was Vice Commodore Seymour of Washington, Q. C., in his yacht the Sea Belle, which won the first place in her class. MT. Seymour came on from Washington for the race. Charles R. Warehouse, jr., whose father and son were clinging to the capsized Dare Devil, was sailing the Sea Belle. He headed his boat to the rescue, and .arriv- ing near the capsized Dare Devil his plucky young son, up to his waist in water and the waves flashing over the boat, shouted
 AHl THERE, STRANGER,
 the exuberance of youth overcoming all fear in his perilous situation. The Stranger took off two of the drenched yachtsmen and then the towboat Hogan swiftly appeared and took of the rest of the party, who were hanging on to the Dare Devil. They were all right except being wet to the skin and little ex hausted owing to the violence of the waves. The Dare Devil came to upset owing to the Laar &n In coming about at the buoy she got in the sea way and the main sheet fouled around the outrigger and before 1t could be cleared the boat capsized. Her party were in the water about twenty minutes. There was great anxiety among the one thousand people on the Elm City to learn the fate of those on the Dare Devil, especially as the mother of young Waterhouse was on board. Vice Con- modore Seymour sailed out of his course and shouted the news of the rescue to the steamer.
 OH! IT WAS A LIVELY RACE.
 It was a lively race, as will be seen from the fact that the Jewell, finding it "too rugged" put about and went back, it was supposed by brother yachtsmen, to Bridge port.
 The vidette and the Daphne, finding the breeze and water too rough, went to Milford harbor.
 The marguerite carrleO away ner ruuder. The Phyllis carried away her jib sheets. Ikey Jacobs boat also carried away her rud- der, so it was reported in yachting circles. The Acme, ex-Commodore Scranton, with her new suit of sails and new spars, did fine l ly, surpassing all of her previous records. THE WINNERS. Shortly after the fleet arrived at anchor the judges posted up this notice in the club house:
 THE FOLLOWING YACHTS WIN PRIZES: Flora, division c, class 2.
 Sea Belle, division O. class B. First-Stranger, division c, class f. Second-Vixen, division 0, class 4. Third-Acme, division c, class 4. Mariota, special prizes.
 FREDERICK D. PECK, Judges MORRIS w. BACON, EDWARD P. AVERY. I The official time is here given: Act. Cor. Start Buoy. Finish. Time. Time.