The sun., 1891-06-17
GLORTANA'S GREAT RACE.
: ID. MORGAN'S NEW B0AT WINS
HER FIRST CONTEST EASILY

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Second and Jessicn u Close Third.
The Atlantic Yacht Club had rare good luck
yesterday with its twenty-sixth annual re-
Gatta. 1t started a fleet OF twenty-on boats
in the morning for q race. had breeze all the
way out to tho Sandy Hook LiRhtship and back.
and got all the racers safely to It's Bay Ridge
anchorage without a mishap before the thun-
| der storm set in From tho standpoint Of Q
land lubber tho weather was delightful for
q regatta down the bay the air being agree
ably cool and the sky clear, and when every
| thing had been made snug aboard the yachts
for the night and the storm struck In evory-
body except the yachtsmen themselves
thought that 1t had been the finest yacht race
seen in years.
| Even yachtsmen could not compain much.
but they would have liked 1t even better II
there had been some good windward sailing
| to tost the merits OF the new yachts which
| raced. 1t was a reaching race nearly all the
| way. and as interest centred in the 8.footers
1t would have been more exciting II they could
have been compared In windward work.
As 1t was. however. oil who saw the race
witnessed wonderful speed on the part OF the
| now fCrty-six-footer designed by Nat Herres-
hoff OF Bristol. II. l.. for Vice Commodore F.
d. Morgan OF the New York Yacht Club. The
Gloriana had as competitors August Bsmont's q
hV" DuAN0So oohs MiuoOa u. hOkeIb MhANCh
new Wintringham yacht Nautilus. and W. OBJ.
MacdonouRh's File boat Jessica built last
year. Tho relative speed OF these bonts in
yesterdays race was soon shown. the Gloriann
leaving the others. the Min ola holding good
second. with the Nautilus and Jessica about
even with the wind on the quarter. the Nauti-
ins q daraT,ng ing hw when she got the breeze for
The memhers OF the club and their friends
ioIIowel oI!, the n race In asseamboat. and had o
Bridge dock. brooklyn. leaving tIere at 10
O'Clock. and s;enming down to the club house
sboara Then peS tooP poson wsIs e
ne GI1o NOUS 10 ne h the start and alter
club. 40 that the members who do not own
yschts were nicely taken care OF. .-..7,7
y any wind at 1880. the hour announced Tor
beRinninG the race. but in ten minutes later a
from tho direction Of Staten isianI. % and nd hs ths
Kegsttr Comminitse n vas quick to take advan-
ssn aa a. %hsn .bs ss
ing at great, rate. i seemed as II the Start
,onnee,ed Viii nei It. The wi ie S's Was
flood. a point in favor OF the, sharks who win
tho bay. but with the s6-footers it was about
even .hanoes that they would hold courses as
aH sn% Will. thhey hs ywna s1 there was no
s TO the
hoSss ssd I marEea by A:!antie q iass; g. SSs Thss
yacht t sailed q, owe. under working topsais and
2ioo s' sosn ios shan %
Maxwell himself had preerroi to race bis 4e-
handled the Shamrock and they made rs
pSs OF 'hS o9p as has been seen
nv ~ ~ rail- But e. dix rs: s$s: s$s
water boiling eienr up 10 her honIe. H Ths Yacht
is used to Ihls SOFT Of thing. however, and did
bergen. linen came il; s. Palmer s schooner
tromite Of better things. this year than she
has aeSompiyishsd on, be hereiofore % a. These yachts
doomed a start for the 4G-foolers. together
with With the /. rest M q I the feet
Was only pf n @ s bshsd tss
ard Wts but Tis H. Moraaee
bore down With Nat Herre.hoff's creation. the
da's 'Weatber Quarter. passing e. the e Anaeonda s
TO windwnrd before they had cleared A. boats
S he s nsn
boat. Mine ola. astern. The order Of the others
sas!sS sIars @ e5ss.s!s,i GsSo y osbe;a ;sISsp
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sSss S s. o%asd sy ssS3
H1 woa own.d ' bs W4% Vi M;' %ho:k M snG
jib aud mainsail boat smueGler. owned by L.
The Wind was Just forward of the beam in
side the Narrowa. and on this point Of sailing
The The g. G!.riana passed to S windward Of the Sautt-
shsai q
when the yachts drew out from Fort Wads-
tho Esrs %ias 9T hs
with the schooner Marguerite second. Ge,alia
third Glorlana foNrth Nautilus and Ana,
Nautilus. Clara followinR. alter Mineoa,
and Jessca falling aste!n. The way the Glori.
peculiar pee features Of the yacht. j; Was q iresh
vafIins s CON eondion as regards I Wind Wind bmt @ enough
Of the characieIistics OF yacht racing down the
apksd Sa On hS
The ysehts, il would have been eXreetel that
m in front. but these are the except lonnl con-
ditions down the tiny in tho summer months.
4G-fo ootcrs and. IN fact travelled faster through
the water than the longer boats Anaconda and
besides. I showing Herself to be n winner e from @
the start: The sails on all the new boats SIT
not not have m been as $ much afieience on account
Of sails ss showed IN their relative speed: All
were able to lay their course to the first turn
Ing nolnts. The. .schooners and the sloops
shamrock and liilIegarde had to 70 around
buoy a. on the Southwest spit. first. and hence
had to hold higher than m olherss whose
and the buoy on the roint OF the Hook. The
wird below the Narrows came from Tho sou'-
west and. as usual. was found light down near
Sandy Hook; hut it had force enough 70 keen
H., soils full and prevent the possibility OF
iiukrs.
The Gloran held nearer the west bank than
by the Anaconda tn Two hear!ng down to the
mark under a good inll The Mineola seemed
10 give the race In her cas. O lne tlo' 'iupn
from the outse. and went for the Nautilus. he
as smro OF last place on, elapsed timc as the
Glorana was OF ilrst. SO Mr.; belmont held TO
kaIrows pntl he had covered M the gan be:
the ,Naut'MI%s. a,r. sps had "a. hard Hot time
be passed by losing tricks Ho ga"o the Nautl- |
Us a Iap iull 20 make her m."ye: ana kept
were ut OF their course and had the wind
nearly abeanl. The large sail spread OF tho |
Lou a tn hnr foc