The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06
REGATTA OF NAPHTHA LAUNCHES
Mr.. Gsould's Unknown Runs Away from
Al tho Regularly Entered ROats.

All the Regularly Entered BOats.
Members and friends OF the American Yacht
Club went up TO the beautiful club quarters at
Milton Point on the Sound, near Rye. yester-
day, 10 witness q special regatta Of naphtha
launches. 1t was a delightful day for such an
event. and although the actual race occupied
but little more than an hour. late in the
afternoon nobody regretted the delays, for
there was a large gathering of steam and sail
yachts, between which the smokeless launches
were constantly darling, ns II 1t were neces-
sary to keep moving in order to be prepared
for the race NnoteeD boats started, besides
two whose time was not taken on account
OF special reasona Ono OF these was a
nameless boat belonging TO MIR. Clement
Gould the @member of the club who
gave the prizes and managed the regatta
This boat, known for the day as Zero" by
reason OF bearing big %" on her bow, was
not entered in the competition because MIR.
Gould was certain that she would beat every
thing. His confidence was justified by
the result. The other was tho, steam
launch Oneida, owned by MIR. I. &. Bene-
dict, who has boen somewhat of n partisan
OF steam as against naphtha launches; Mr.
Gould regarded the Oneida's presence in the
was fred he shouted to MIR. Benedict, who was
sailing the Oneida. an ofior Of $4,000 that ut
t Tia WAGER. Whether understood or not. was
not taken, luckily for Mr.. Benedict; :.
Tho competing launches yesterday were d.
ylded into two classes. the first comprising
those over 26 foot length on the water line.
and the second those under that limit Prizes
of SIS and s25 for first and second were offered
according to this rule, devised by Chief Engi-
neer Is. 4. lsherwood. U. s. N:
Tho speed in knots per hour divided by tho
cube root OF the length on the water line OF the
launches respectively, the Quotients represent
relatively the merits Of the different launche
Yachtsmen knew what this meant. and five
of them, with tables of loRarithms and lots OF
pnper and pencils were appointed to do the
judging and figuring necessary to obtain
correct result These mathematical sailor
men were George W. Hail. Ezra s. Conner,
Thomas /. Scoville. William s. Alley, and j.
Howard wainwright
In the accompanying tables part OF their
findings IRE given In the one-hundrelth parts OF
a minute. instead Of in seconds, Tho course
and J. T. kennedy's steam, yacht Ni2la,
stationed Just OH the wharf In the cove to Elk:
ecuton Lighthouse and back, distance OF
about ten statute miles
D. p. Raynor's Columbia was the winner IN
the first class with Martin J. keoghs Aleck
Calvin A. Smiths Sans Souci, FREDERICK Flintrs
So 30 second. In the second class Daniel 2.
Dutile's Daisy was at first judged the. win
ner. but that was because Daisy met with
an accident. did not round the lighthouse. and
crossed the line on the return home In advance
OF the others without having completed the
course. Mr. j. A. Bostwick sailed bis launch
was on board one OF the launches that he owns,
but which was not In the contest Z. W.. VAN
derbilt's Nedette also competed. tabular
statement OF the events follows: