New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
THEYACHTs ATNEw-LONDoN
A START TO BE MADE FOR NEWPORT THIS
MORNING. "a
RACES FOR THE OWL AND GAMEcocK ,cor'ohs-
NAPHTuA LAUNCH BuRSr-THE CHERRY
DIAMOND REGATTA DECLARED Vrr'
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New London, Conn.,. Aug s.-rhe yachts OK sne Wv
York Yacht Squadron have been resting quietly all aay
here many of them repairing damages resulting rom
the run of yesterday. The Gossoon came In THIS aisr
noon from Port Jefferson aud reported that she pun IN
there yesterday because OF injuries 70 her sarOoalu
chain plates One of the things talked OF To-Day "ho
the yachtsmen were comparing notes regarding o'io
trash 10 windward Of yesterday was TIE me WORK oO0
nv Augustus Motifs schooner Magic, which fairy as
tnsutshed herself in the heavy work The feet TINS
wear assembled here cannot compare In number WIN
that which last year came together unoer NOn"ouo,o
Gevs flag in these waters IL Is the g~neral opin'o
that the experiment Of making the place Oh @nn'iA
rendezvous at Glen Cove will not be repeateo' many
~ the Eastern yachts belonging to the club DO DOT hko
N 90 80 far west as Glen Cove simply ior
The uurpose of sailing back here again. When
m. feet reaches Newport, for which pace /"
Start will be made at o'clock oo-morro"' Vne
number Of yachts Will be materially ausnionoe,
for there arc many boats there waiting 10 'o1i' nv
o,c,ock to-day Governor Russell. Of Massachusetts
rncbed with Commodore Gerry on hoard the Electra
~. Governor was accompanied by Colonel fcaoooy'
=. his staff When he came on board gun was
e., ord the state flag OF Massachusetts, huttered OUT
,,, tbe Electras mainmast. The Governor Is
-,est on the schooner yacht oenone, Captain hush
Cochrane. .,, ,o,o-s
.rs raced for Five four-oared gigs started III une
race for the Gamecock cOlors' lHey "eio i'"
ra,,rtless Iroouois Fleur-de-Lys, Fortuna and Col
,,r,h,a The course was two and half miles ana inc
.ac was won by the gig Of the Dauntless, with that
- So Iroonois second and Fortuna's third. IN al
,,t IN the colors each in the crew OF the WIN
ming boat received prize Of 90 For the owl coiors
the Columba's boat had a walkover. Inc dlhsS race
ras n walkover for the Dedouns boat a haPnOha
larnch race followed, in which the Electras iauhoh
Che others entered IS minutes 10 seconds start
xrara
Troouos sapphire Halcyon and Fleur-de-LyS. Inc
-. ,ras three miles The race was won oy the
CoInio,s launch with the sapphires second and the
Iroquos's third. . 49, ,.o
N nlpht than there yesterday, Tor ,he U'iuo"
Rod a thirty five foot naphtha launch oelonsins "
W Roerrm viii sail the seas no MORE LasV hsnV
bcr owner went on board and thought ne slneliou
nanbtba escaping He lighted q match TO see, anu
,onnd that he was right, for the launch immeoiaOeS
took FIRE A boat from the Constellation, WHICH was
inst putting off from the Fort GriswoId HOUSE ron,
alongside the burning launch, and the sailors @ei
70 save her by throwing water on the nre WIN Ne
hats 1t was no use, however, and the uoiueh ~
was lowed to the rocks shore, where she DurheL
rha uns a cabin launch valued at $1,000. On
hoard Of her was s5 900 worth Of te~ery pelonsius
70 Mrs Boerum; most Of IL was saved
This morning the Philadelphia Yacht Club, cruising
10 the eastward under command OF CommouOro HA
war;, Coleman, came into the harbor The meet CON
slsts of the yachts Norma Lydia, Helen Ance'
Rozslyn Narounya and Arethusa The schooners
Intrepid and Constellation OF the New-l orh n, meet
ief, here for Newport to-day, where they Will re-
ioiD the fleet The cherry diamond regatta, which
Wa sailed rather Enthusiastically on July 20, "aS
mort on August Is. The GlOrana Mlneoa, say
ppDara Oweene and Jessica are expected TO start.
"Commo.-ore Gerry has redeemed himself regard,
ing the weather and gave the fleet to-day some OF
his very best brew. 1t was as perfect day as any
one could wish, and Glen Cove, Huntington and
the weather Of yesterday are all forgiven ana
fnrCotten.