The sun., 1891-07-03
A VICTORY AND A DEFEAT
ONE BURGEss PRODUCTION WINS A
SEAWANHAKA PRIZE.

| Jessica--Th1s T1ue the Msneola Draw
Ahead In Light Airs-Ths 2S-roote
Nsneless shows Up Well to Windwsrd
The Fife 46.foot cutter Jessica came nea
mixing yachtsmen up yesterday. 1fshe had VOL
the Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht Clubs spe
cial race of Oyster Bay there would have beel
pretty tanGle for yachtsmen to straiehter
out. As 1t was the Jessica beat the Burgess
| 46-footor Sayonara handily. and thus put
| different phase on their accounts, while thu
| little 25-footer Nameless turned the tables OF
| her rival. tho SmuRgler.
| The race was for 46-f footers and 25.foot rae.
| ing length boats. A prize OF 800 was offered
| for the larger and one OF $50 for the smaller
class. The course for the 46-footers was from
the starting line between astakeboat anchored
in The mouth OF oyster Day and tho Judges
boat to a staksboat anchored near the red car
buoy on Cows Reef, of Shippan Point on the
Connecticut shore. thence to and around
Matlnnicock Buoy and return the same way,
The two little fellows sailed tho same course
to Matinnicock Buoy. but came directly home
from there. making their course eighteen nau-
tical miles. while tho course for the 46.footsrs
measured twenty-five nautical miles.
The Regatta Committee. OF which Walter G.
Kerr is Chairman. left this city at o'clock in
the steamer f. b. Dalzell. arriving at Oyster
Bay at about II A. NJ. Thore tho steamer
found fifteen yachts gathered. either 10
race or to help mike up Rood-szed
fleet for the clubs annual cruise. The feet
was made up OF Commodore G. II. u.
Hills schooner Miranda. yice- Commodore
Ellis's schooner IroQuois Rear. Commodore
GIayd rSahI II iSys scE"enss
Intrepid Frsneis HI Weeks eek, schooner Mon
Gra iusSss sS4p sodn
Mariyuitn. q. w. Metmores 25-footer Name.
less {. J, Bo9ry's a5-foo'er smuCgler. William
srs M;neoa and sayonsra soon, came over
starting line at 1890.
Ii nna In hi SfnnT sh hst
when the starting signal was given, a whole.
oyds Ssee they Rs ssy sGfI 6 it. out fSas
The tmes aasa ens sufssd Tem
were as. follows: Sameless. 1a:5o:a2; Mineoia.
l$Sspffs Jsssnss s%nss1sEs !!55:'lo' s's0nAr'
we'll. known memb Der Of the seawanhasa Club.
aboard. There was no corinthian on the boat.
and he rules called for an amateur to steer.
little 5 and @ansai boes apuan ami ins Sas rIg airala
iqpss,iee, but consented 70 tnke the helm 10
roped into the game. but once there lie PLAYED
his hand for al! it was worth. To be sure the
she had set a club topsail and srinnaksr. as
she E., might hay have Ionei lone 6nt even without these
oas n1o
Nsmas wss sailed sailed :, Ii DaFsss Of
Count Sanderson OF Larchmont sailed the
The yachts had q reach across the Sound to
AO6An.
Tho Nameless started with her balloon lib set
but it proved too much. SO her working, jiD was
The So, onara aud Minooa carried Biz club
ressh had up interme ediste jib sopsails. ' ''i
The Jessica did not once send VI. her club.
s HS sas hss sn. her carried Mns bsoen ns
sTi; 81 SaI1s ,i 5nsI sSs Ssulsd shs TjRd
minute on tho Jessica. The times taken st the
l $50 a. smugeler. ll;8s:l5.
9ng 4 Re rss marx to
it was here that many believed the jessica
oush. to have piled on sail; she lut'ea lust
on. merely mindine her own business, while
set, balloon ,ibtopsails. took In their ibis.
S1 the enc sn ] sbo4s sy Sso 81
;;hat tho Jessica was close %p: fhe three
22;:3G:0o sayonara. ,2$O :i6:, jossica; 2:56: :is.
Tho Nameless and smuegler carried ,spin-
Ranns erh9 9ts seconds %
ut the buoy Were: Nameless. 2:59:3O: Smug-
:. From Matnn!cock Buoy to the finish the
Smugglsr and Nameless had a fine chance TO
test their wind-lsmming abilities in what was
mind the lumps In the least, but the little ie!-
lows bounced around considerably and had 1t
tbs G's shoTs VOTE faas tns
carried out the ambitions OF her de-
sgner, William Gardner. by beating her rival
Of the 4f.iooteTs the Jeessica set a small FORE
sail and haby ,ibtopsail on turning the mark
look in balloon jibtopsaIls and set uD t6sir
lbs. running e. up baby |ibtnpsails atter they
BACK to the staEeboat or shippan Point. and and
clubtopsails on the Mineola and sayonara
across the Sound. ontwinded both the burgess
'"rd Light. where the wind ieli Considerably, Of
he Jessie wns, second In the race. and II
tLs wind had held she would have won: As it
and the Sayonara lost by standing out into the |
.ide. SO the three strung ont in u we'll l-dehned
20 the finish. They rounded the last mark ne |
oows: A!ineola. 4:09:36: Jesslca. abby: |
Sayonura 4:lG:55.
The wind came up again; AS the yachts had il |
;beam z ;H coming home on and brough, them to !he
Mn ola carried a balloon libtopsail the Say
,ethsr with her balloon foresail.
At the cnt OF the windward work the JessIca
vas about 30 seconds within her limo. having
;ailed minutes 10 seconds on tho Savouara
The MineoIa Nj, hnd gained z minutes 5a seconds
,nds on mo Say,nara. on the last
" gaining minute - seconds on tho Jpssica.
he Jessica also losing 81 seconds to the
he official start ut, 1850 r. w.. tho Mincon
'eat the Jesslca 4 minutes SO seconds md
,eat the Eayonara minutes 3 seconds. Tho
esslca beat the SaYonara 3 minutes sec
'nds and the Nameloss beat the SmuGGler
minutes so seconds,
BY corrected time the Mineola only beat the
Tessica So seconds, and the Jessca beat the
'syonara minutes seconds; The corrected
'ayonar" have not been officially monsured.
.iven the Jessicn for TWENTY-FIVE nant ical niles
s very close 10 the rules The llitshing times