The sun., 1891-07-05
In A SPANKING BREEZE
zHE LARCHM0Nr YACHr HUB's an
NUAL REGATTA ~ SAILED.

The Jessics, Handled by Nr. Lovejsy. wins
In the class for Ae-footers. with the
Mineois ssecond-1 he Nsmeiess Defeated.
Long Island Sound was never In a better
condition for q Fourth OF July yacht race than
IT was yesterday. and no one was moro de-
lighted with the favorable wea her than the
members OF the Larchmont Yacht Club. who
tumbled up on tho deck OF the steamer Alber-
tina to witness their twelfth annual regatta.
There were In all about 600 persons on the
steamer. many Of them being ladies, who were
decked out 10 all sorts OF pretty summer
costumes. A large fleet OF yachts was on hand,
many carrying pleasure parties to SEQ the race.
and with q spanking breeze and q smooth
sea tho ersnt was In every way one OF the
most successful regattas tho club has ever
held.
Itwas handicap regatta. something now
for these parts Down-east yachtsmen tried
handicapping boats before they started in tho
race. but got 80 few to the line that they could
not Judge OF the merits OF the new system. It
worked successfully yesterday. Tho uncertainty
oithe handicaps brought out many entries. and
whether or not the handicaps tn. mselves were
such as to place the boats on an even basis Is n
minor question compared with the fun the
yachtsmen had over the newfauRled idea.
Some were mad at the time they had to give to
boats which beat them even up. but whom they
said anything they were laughed at and told
that the men who made up tho handicaps had
taken morning train for New York.
boat, designed by Wiliism Gardner for o. &c q.
vS Shs Ss Ssts ssiIsSS Ss
2h.Iaters on the other sids SHOWING
afs. and altSos9h h s sss Wss sae bsstens soha IN
her maiden race she did good work. consider
sas ns I'D E her so =: r s rs
Oyster say Sn Tbursday; Tss Sa@sisss t was IS
q. s%%fss the day wa. tn. ae,.a which
actual time the j ssiea beat ihs n sa1onarea
ons no %os na Ss J 5Sr the
Mr.. toSeoy ontge nsraIled BIS lis competiiors. and and
hs .Ss s ssS Sl Rsss ss
Alley. and thE, Mineoia BY her owner. August
RnSn TsH sna a %s NTH e E
1t. The peerless little lhirty-fDoter Kathleen
Of os Sai sRs
secured u good thir'i place.
Sheets o ts ed ~ 6s a f6e os
the broad reach over TO Hampstead hRrbor.
Tne IT., 30 SSo.taotsTs and tho.9 above them went
club; while the smaller ones. such a. SmuReler
and .Nameless wont from Hampstead harbor
stead again.
The order OF start and times were: Sayonara
:53:l0; Tattler. II :53:32; Mineola, II :54:lY
Jsssicn. 11:54:47; Mistral. II :54 :52: Minette,
1913; Nameless. II 1894: Yiator ii :55 1876;
Ariel. 1i:5S:45; Nautilus, II l;56:l4: kangaroo.
ona. M:5s:56: Kathleen. iI:57: :sS; Iotns.
:58 :32; SmngR'er. II 1888: Nellie. II 1925
The Zelica. Tempest. Ada, Ssnorita. and Van
da were behind Q handicap gun fired at 1907
Going across he Sound the Sayo"ara lad the
way. and the order Of the larger boats did not
rad a place for them carried working topsaiis
throughout the race. The 46-iootera started
with small lib, opsail.. which they held until
Nautilus carving also balloon foresails. Tho
Nautilus made the fastest reach acr oss. with
he Say onara next In time. Jeasica third. and
fourth. Tho order and elapsed timos
n the 46 and 25.footarR were.