The Portland daily press., 1890-07-22
SAILING TO CAPTURE THE MALLET CUPS
Maine and Massachusetts Yachts
Compete In cssco Bay.
The Mohegan Takes One and the
Shark the Other.
Reception to the Massachusetts
Club Last Evening.

Yesterday. the day chosen for the race for
the Mallet cups, was bright and pleasant,
but 1t was sadly lacking in wind, which is
prerequisite for a frst-class race. Such
wind as there was was very light and from
the east. until Half Way Rock was reached,
when it began to. freshen. Prior to the start
the Portland Yacht Club house was filed
with spectators, both ladies and gentlemen,
and the craft in the harbor showed their col
ors. The club house, Of course, was quite
gay with bunting.
At 1o.47 o'clock the second gun was fired,
and at 1851 the Dorothy @. went over the
line. She carried foresail, mainsail, lib,
flying iib, fore staysail, gait topsail and club
topsail. Three minutes afterwards the Mon
hogan crossed. The Rockland schooner
looked like racer and her sails were well
filed out. She used her mainsail, foresail,
staysail, jib. flying jib. maintopsail, flying
staysail, and fore gaff topsail.
This was the starting time of the first class
yachts:
Dorothy Q 10.51 40
Monhegan. n.................... ..............1O6414
maBnOlld..
The Magnolia carried :mainsail, foresail,
staysail, jib, flying jib, flying staysail, stand
ing maintopsail, and flying club staysail.
Insine of four minutes Captain Atwood put
the Monhegan about and stood over toward
the ferry landing at the Cape. The tide was
setting in and by this means he got out OF
the current in the channel Besides this
there was more wind under the shore and
along the breakwater. This manoeuvre gave
the Monhegan decided advantage. Two
more short tacks brought the Monhegan out
through White Head channel and she soon
laid her course for Half Way Rock. This
was the course for the frstclass yachts,
distance of 81 miles:
Leave the buoys on Stanford and Spring
Point Ledges on the starboard, House Island
on the port hand, out by White Head ship
channel, leaving outer Green Island on the
starboard hand, Webster Rock buoy and Half
Way Rock on the starboard hand, thence up
to the buoy on Bulwark Ledge, leaving 1t on
starboard hand, thence to buoy on Corwin
rock, leaving 1t on starb0ard hand, thence in
ship channel, leaving Jordan's Reef buoy Tn
starboard hand. to starting point.
The Monhegan rounded Half Way Ro TX at
LOS, the Magnolia ten minutes later, and the
Dorothy Q. IA minutes later. There was
| then long beat to windward for Bulwark
Shoal and the three schooners were round
ing in toward the channel at $3.50. The MOI
hegan came in winner
At II o'clock the gun for the second class
yachts fired and they were off as follows
Prncess- 1922
Snark. .11.14b2
luler. .ll.16.O9
The Shark took the lead and reached the
outer mark eight minutes ahead of the Prin-
cess. She kept this lead to the end and
proved good winner. This was the second
class course Of IS miles:
Leave the buOys on Stanford and Spring
| Point Ledges on the starboard hand, House
Island on the port hand, out by White Head
| ship channel, leaving outer Green Island on
the starboard hand, thence to the buoy mo.
| %, on Trundy's Reef, leaving 1t on the star
board hand, and in ship channel, leaving
| Jordan's Reef buoy on the starboard hand,
| to the starting point
Commodore Bray of the Portland club went
over the course with party of friends in his
steam yacht. the Maitland, while a large
party saw the race from the steamer Forest
| Queen, and from yachts and sailing vessels
that were not in the race.
This is the perfected time table Of the race