The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-21
RACED In HARD LUCK.
WIND AND TIE AGAINST THE
REGATTA ASSOCIATION.

WIND AND TIE AGAINST THE
REGATTA ASSOCIATION.
A Big Crowd Lines the River to Wit
ness the Midsummer EeEatta-The
Yacht Race Declared of In the
Naphtha Launch Race the Nina Beats
the Qui vive Fifty-one Seconds and
thu Ruby Beats the Elsie Two Sec
onds-A Broken Oar Spoils the Row
ing Race.
The summer regatta Of the Georgia Re-
gatta Association yesterday afternoon was
not as great a success as had been anticipa =
ted. Several things interfered, principally
wind and tide
The yacht races were called of after the
yachts had struggled for an hour and half
for a start.
The races attracted big crowd. The
wharves and shipping along the river from
East Broad to West Broad streets were
lined. and the balconies and windows of the
| Bay street offices were crowded. The river
was dotted with small crafts having aboard
those anxious to be close observers of the
events.
The flagship Scotia was anchored oppo-
site Barnard street. She was gaily dec
GRATED with flags aud bunting, aud had
quite contingent of ladies aboard. The
stake boat was anchored off the Ocean
| Steamship wharves At $3.50 O'clock the
Scotia fired the signal gun for the start of
the yachts, There were four yachts in the
race, the Glance and Eldiva in the first class
and the Undine and Mascotte in the second.
| The tide was at food and the wind from
the southeast. The four yachts started
OFT nearly even and did fairly well until
they got under the lee Of the city. There
the buildings shut off the little breeze the
boats had been getting and tacking tactics
had to be resorted to. The Mascotte and
| Undine managed to pass the first-class
| yachts and cross the line bnt that's about
all they succeeded in accomplishing The
crossing and the Mascotte met the same fate
| opposite Drayton street.
MORE TIDE THAN WIND.
The Glance managed, after about an
hours lacking, to ger across the line. but
she drifted back almost immediately. The
Eldiva did not ge5 to the line at all, al
though the crew worked hard to put her
there. The course of the yachts was to Fig
Island buoy, but the spectators realized that
they wouldn't get there in a week under the
circumstances. The Undine and Mascotte,
oAeOl A1Ank DeSdlluou IOE QulG6 dWullS,
started drifting match up the river, and
the unsuccessful efforts of the crew to get
| the yachts to 60 the other way afforded
much amusement TO the crowd. Il was the
same story with the Glance and Eldiva.
Both made desperate efforts to go toward
Augusta instead of Fig Island. despite all
the maneuvering of the ere US. After the
| yachts succeeded IN almost drifting back to
| the starting point the race was called off
much to the relie1 of those on shore Dur
ing the lacking from shore to shore the
| Eldiva and Glance had q slight collision,
but no damage resulted.
THE NAPTHA LAUNCH RACES.
The race between the naptha launches
was quite interesting, particularly that of
| the second class There were five entries,
the Nina and Qui Vive in the first and the
Fire Fly, Ruby and Elsie in the second.
| The course was from Barnard street to the
| first buoy in the new cut below Fig Island,
back to the stake boat and thence to the
starting point.
In the first class the Nina took the lead
from the start and Kept it until the finish.
She beat the Qui Vive by fifty-one seconds.
| r. NJ. Demere handled the wheel Of the Nina
and w. G. Strobhar that of the Qui Vive.
| The second class race was O pretty and
exciting one. The three launches started
down the river almost on a line. This
of mile. Then the Ruby and the Elsie
ran ahead Of the Fire Fly. On the run
back TO the stake boat these launches looked
as if straight line could be drawn across
| their bows. At the stake boat turn, how
ever, the Ruby gained few feet and kept
the lead to the finish. She won by two
seconds only.
The shell race, which every one looked
forward to TO make up for the bad behavior
of the yachts, was rather disappointing
There were two four-oared paper gigs In
the race, Fl. d. Osbornes crew and Clay's
Grew. The former wore blue and the latter
| white. They started off nicely from the
! Savannah, Florida and Western railway
| wharf, but when the race was about half
over, Osborne's stroke Of the blues, snapped
his oar, and practically settled the race in
| favor of the whites.
The prizes were set of club remnants in
each class.