New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-17
GIORIANA SWIFT AS LIGHT.
SHE FLASHES AWAY FROM OTHER YACHTS
MARVEL TO THOSE WHO SAW THE ATLANTIC

crup,s RFGATTA-woRK OF OTHER BoAIe'
The finish Of the Atlantic Yacht Clubs regatta yes.
terdav was Ike the finish OF that noted resSv'" ~
Cowes when EngIsrt's Queen asked what oo"' "as
sacond IN the America and the quartermaSter on 'o
lookout sorrowfully replied Alas. your Ma]cSN' UNIV
is no second" A.. c,o.,o,,
The new wonder from Rhode Island. the Giorana'
oonino home with her antagonists so far astern
Tho, q seemod a mockery 20 them that 1ags shOulu
stream I'm the breeze and bright sun dance OH .''o
waters With hull and canvas OF spOilcos VIM
swift and shiny, she sailed into fame anu hohS W."
saw her Yesterday rs she came IN by lie s'"
doubted that he gazing on the fastest ooe VI ~
size in the world. The names OF fhe anu N
those two designers whose fame for the last re" years
h snread over the World grew pale before the name
~ Uerrcsbon one could hardly say that yacnlsinen
were surprised; for some time the air has oeen nueu
with something indefinite, but nevertheless redi
49,. the Glorana,s victory yesterday only resiila
tion OF what had been hoped for by some anu co.
nv others The place Of Herreshon among haNai ai.i
tects has always been in the 'front.' rank DuV 'o'V
b stopned ont ahead Of the front rank and became e
,"as.u u yor,d not be wise TO place so much I'M
-.anoo .. single race had not the conditions Oeeh
- sorah,a for A fair test, and the victory oi "i'
c,oriana so overwhelming. The barparr Ni0
I,d.rim savonara and Bvira were not ther, i" - ~"
Int their lines are known. All except inc iiu' -
bad trial sails and there have been such
little or no doubt Tat they Womb lare do o"'
roce with the Glorana as did that Doa1 Ill,
y n Morgan has got what he has been so lohs ioo
,,r Gov a fast boat-and bis failures with the 1oinan~
and Moccasn he could well afford 70 orse. ~
as standing at the tiller OF the ulori'h" "D hi.
other A6-footers following as best they oo'u w.
hrhhtno wake Behind him struggled haIu "o
ola that boat ON which Mr.. Burgess mas IaVi'n.u -.
urdonhtod genius Her owner, August bel'ioh'' w.
a
80 shorknosed Aeetlng white PHANTOM ",nOa
+,cbod away and away and seemed 10 DC JuD ma.
thing NJ life that was playing with the resi- Vi INV 80
What could the Mineola dol AS 70 tle 4a"'i, ~,
boros ~ New-York yachtsmen went uo"n 9o f
nat what was at first toboggah SLUG U1'" 80
roo,n,ca over which they tumbled' Anu 49,
worieo Fife of Fairlic 1t is well you were Spaleu
49,. ro.,,clo NJ the Jessica racing with the "io''""
rh cIoriana Is not a boat built on cohNe"uo""
,s Her bows especially are a ne" anu ia -,
donorture from the received theories lheS w.. -
ono ~ those little boats which one can seo
dov At staten Island coming ashore from ->oi
III and which the sailors call proas Ihere Is noV
a bolloy line In them and as one LOOKS aV ''e"i
ora,nd.d ~ q shark sprnging out OF water ineio
49,. M chance for a thrash TO windwaTd yeseru'S, ;
49, a was for windward work especially "i"'
.hoso neculiar bows were buIU p9
torrcebof. on actual time the Gloriana YESTERDAY
boat the Mineola minutes II seconds the Nau'"u,
IA minutes Al seconds, and the JesSlca ~ uiinu9
..oonds over the course. The Mneola has not ye'
hoon OFFICIALLY measured but she cannot be iar lro,h
A. anna size AZ the Gloriana Giving the Mlhe"a
A., h,.et ~ the Doubt the Gloriana beat the Sileoa
On corrected time Minutes. on correpen unio e
boat the Nautilus II minutes seconds anu liz
Jessica IA minutes 80 seconds. -,
II vras a beautiful day for race ard when tiis
time OF the start drew fresh VIVA came ou
nm tbrmrh the Narrows, filing the white sails OF the
wait
- eo rd tbc r,ce 10 begin Besides tho racers, lean
i o-,cetuIIv now 10 port ard now to starboard as
+bav lay of and on before the clubhouse al Boy
Ridge there was assembled on the sunni wafer
aeet Of schooners, chops and steam yachts WHICH ia"
coh,e down to see the sport 1t was lnspirhe-H1e''
waving trcas green Slopes and bright slheIhhc' fa
av,av between the grim forts that guard tie NarTo"s
hazy mist lay along the south, and impatient Su nus
men were afraid the wind would fail AID iohscu lo
the start The racers numbered twcntyon yaohts OF
all classes ard seldom has faster fleet oeeh as
semblcd to compete for cups and glory IN New forA
Raw r. $ Palmers white schooner Marguerite
looked as purity in politics locked to certain poll
tician like an ridescent DREAM" Her niue haHio
sake from Down East" went about with sturdy ar
lt cIIdcd through the water with speed that showed
that she could sail in any waters, be they never SO
far from "Tyanns on the Cape
OF course everybody watching the forty-sM-
footcrs but the forty six-footers were not snow
ing Off much, being for the most parO
UarIlv engaged in watching one another At ~ 'ao
O'Clock the preparatory gun was fired and the yachts
which were to start first began TO manoeuvre for position
above the line At 10 80 O'Clock second gun was
fred and over went the schooners and Glasses l. ana
2 Of the single sticks Five minutes more and another
run gave the signal for all tile other yachts 10 START
Before this the 4ef0oters had made for position ABOVE
the line and the Gonana had come out from among
the nest Of yachts, where she had been hddcD' anu
sailed crandly into an open space OF sparkling wafer
Txclamations more less appropriate 10 the OCCASION
sprang 70 the lips of every one WHO saw her' EVE"
then the race was won. The wind drew up freshly
through the Narrows and the yachts crossed on the
starboard tack with their lee rails awash. AS there
was no competition among the schooners, the Mar
guerite and Gevslia each having walk over IN her
class no ono paid much attention 70 them Among
the sloops 1t evident that a good race was On
They carried ib-topsails the Gloana having larger
one I'D than her competitors. The yachts crossed
m the following order Gevalia Shamrock. Hdegarde,
Marguerite. Nautilus Anaconda, Gloriana, Jessica,
Mineoa Marguerite (cat Polly, Clara Euryba, India
Teress Bijou Saona, c. o. D.. Portia, Kathleen AND
smugger. So they streamed out In long and glitter
ing line Of swift white sails, by the hill into the
Lower Bay There the wind was blowing steadily from
| the southwest. The course for the schooners and
Glasses l. and of the sloops was from the starting
point of the clubhouse 10 BuOys Nos. ID and IL, aud
ughtships returning over the same course. The
smaller boats went only TO Buoy No. 8, and return
The finish for all classes at Buoy No. IL, on the
West Bank, outside the Narrows.
Tho Gloriana at began TO work her way to the
front Of the boats Of her class IL was reach rom
the Narrows TO Buoy No. and The long white hull OF
the Uerreseshod boat drew ahead steadily and surely
| outpointing and outfoohHg the feet. When of the
Upper Hospta Island the Jesslca took In her ib'top
| sail as did also the Clara The other yachts chung
TO theirs and the wind falling llttle the Clara and
Jessca soon set theirs again. The Mineoa overhauled
the Nautilus and tried TO blanket her. The Nautilus
was sailed by her owner J. Rogers Maxwell, and he
is sa.lor OF renOwn he kept away and waited for
an opportunity when he tried the same game on the
| Nautilus The Mineola got the best of the encounter
| however, and finally drew ahead of the Nautilus
The yachts OF the larger classes had gone on In search
| Of Buoys Nos. Ia and IL now and those which were
making for Buoy No. the Gloriana far ahead and
| Increasing her lead. The little Tigress, with