The sun., 1890-06-18
SHAMROCK AND CHISPA WIN.
THE ATLANTIC YACHT CLUBS SPLEEN.
DID RACES DoBN THE BAE
The Mlnorv.'s Mistake Loses her tho Prise

| The MinsrvH's Mistake Loses her tho Prise
60 the Connodoro's Yacbt-The Anacon-
| de and the Clara In Their Best Race.
Hardly nuke marred the success Of the At
lantic Yacht Clubs annual races, sailed yester-
| day over their four regular courscs 1t was the
| first OF the three big annual events that have
| caused this week in June to be christened
| Regatta week." and, although fewer yachts
started than in some other OF this popular
clubs events, tho twenty-five that did start
were representation boats In the 70-foot, so
foot 35-foot and 30-foot classes. and they
sailed fine race IN breeze from the south
east that was fairly steady from start to finish
The surprises OF tho day were the perform
ances OF Commodore Newbury Lawton's 40
foot sloop Chspa. and ]. Roger Maxwell's big
white beauty, Shamrock. 1t was the Chlspa's
first actual race since she was built two years
ago. Not even her owner knew how fast she
would sail, 80 when she not only held her own,
but outsnied the crack littlo cutter Minervaon
some points, and finally won the prize In
her class, 1t astonished every one. She
might not have won II the Minervas
skipper hadn't made mistake by sailing In
side Buoy Is, for which she was ruled out but
the figures for the run In before the wind from
Scotland Lightship show that the Chispa
gained minutes 20 seconds and she really
gave the cutter hot race throughout Tho
Shamrock's work shows that her recent altera-
ttons have materially improved her. She de-
feated the Katrina BY only small margin but
there were times in the wind ward work. when
she, was iul y three minutes In the lead
1he starting gun was fired from the new club
house at Bay Ridge promptly at 1Ois as an
nounced; anu few .prettier starts have been
seen Tho Roop Fanny got away first in the
light breeze at 10 :3G:24. She was close hauled
on the port tack. Katrina next, at l0:39:23,
and shamrock twenty seconds later. At IL
O'Clock. when they tackled off Owls Head, the
Shamrock had weRlhered the Katrina by a
length. All had crossed the line within twenty
minutes after tho first signal
with the young ebb tide to help them along,
the fleet made good time out through the Mar
rows and down the bay. Commodore Prague's
ssoon Anaconda steered by Joe Ellsworth, had
she went at 1t better than ever before. When
she tackled an eighth OF O mile east OF South
beach pier at / 30, she had weathered the
Clara by at least one.h mile. She rounded
the stake boat Off Buoy S's at l2:42:4O; the
Clara ut IL 48:30: the Minerva at 1910 and
the Chispa at 12:4l 35.
Passing the Last buoy in Gedneys channel
bound out at 1:96. the Shamrock. close hauled
on the starboard tack, led tho Katrina by near
ly an eighth OF mile. j. Rogers Maxwell with
Ed Willard at lis elbow, sailed tho white sloop
well. She weathered the Scotland LightShip at
l:43:50; the Katrina at AS 10. In the 3.s-
Katrina gained minute 55 seconds Both set
spinnakers to port after RybinR around the
mark. and then began an exciting race for tho
finish. The little cutter Shona did some splen-
di.l " ork and won from her five classmates,
D"is l. the summary: