The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-06
SAILED TN THE STORM.
Jersey City Yacht Clubs
Annual Regatta De-
cided Yester-
day.
TENNIS COURT AND DIAMOND
Athletic, Aquatic, Sail, Wheel
and Turf.


Despite the storm yesterday the Jersey
City Yacht Club held its annual regatta.
It was its thirty-third. They had long
listof entries, and had the weather been
propttfous there would have been excit-
ing contests In every class. The storm
Influenced many to withdraw from
the contests. The regatta was. however,
sue ess as sufficient number Of boats
competed TO make It interesting The
start was fixed for 10 O'Clock, but the rain
came down in sheets At noon it ceased
rainiDg and the signal 10 start was given.
The courses were ms follows: The start
was from an imaginary liue between the
Judges or n stake boat and the statue on
Bedloa's Island.
1he course for Glass is to and around
old Buoy II, southeast of WestBank, and
return to the place Of beginning. buoy to
be left on port hand in turning. The
course for Glasses ID and E thence TO and
ABOUND old Buoy IS northeast corner
West HAuk, thence TO place OF beginning,
bnoy to be left on port hand in turning.
? The course for Glass F is to and around
Fort Lafayette, thence to place OF begin
ming leaving Fort on port hand
None OF the boats In classes A and B
started The first was for steam and
naptha launches and class B for cabin
sloops, 60 feet long aud over. In class 9.
Tor cabin sloops from 30 TO So feet, only
one boat, Captain Alex. Roe's Forsyth,
voyage IN Q hours, SO minutes and 80
seconds. In class d. for sloops less
than 90 feet long, TWO boats started
Commodore G. H. Benson's Mile
won. It's rival was Treasurer Fgueria's
Triton. The Mile covered il
In hours 81 minutes and 30 seconds. It
WAS a close flush. She won by 3 minutes
and 40 seconds after deducting time al
lowance.
III class e. cabin eats. three boats
started. G. Van Horns Bessie. J. f..
Fielder's yesper, and Lyons & Ziegler's
yesper II minutes and As seconds, and
the Greta Is inmates and As seconds. Her
sexual Time was ? hours. 20 minutes and
80 seconds She allowed minutes to the
yesper and inmates TO the Greta.
In Class I, for open cats over 70 feet, =.
Eureka competed. The Playmate won,
us the Eureka did not go over the course.
To class q for open cats, under 20 feet,
only two of the seven entered sailed.
They were Charles Miller's Miller and
G. r. Oekerhausen,s Minnie. Ii was an
exciting chace. and the former won by 30
seconds. she allowed the Minnie two
After the regatta collation. was
SERVED at the clubhouse, and the tars
were still there having a merry time at q
late hour last night.
Yacht Notes.
The Dauntless Yacht Club will partici-
pate at the dinner Of the Excelsior Yacht
Club of Brooklyn Sunday. The boats will
leave the club house at nine a. m.
Mr. Garry Vanhorn of the j. G. Y. c.
has returned from his cruise to the High
lunis IN his yacht Bessey,
Commodore Benson Of the J. @. Y. G.
has returned from the lower club house
after sojourn of week in the yach'
Japtafa B. L. Clarke mas returned from
his trip up the Hudson in the napth'
launch Gef1Tude, and has bought thi
yacht Minnie from Mr.. Ockerhausen-
the Pavonias gave hop last evening
at the club house at the Atlantic High
lands. Many members went down from
this city with their wives and ladies'. ln-
vitations were extended to the ladies re-
siding at the Highlands.
IL will be lively today at COmmunipaw.
The yachts that are to participate In the
big regatta tomorrow will arrive, and
the crews will be entertained at the Pa
vonfa and Jersey City Yacht Club houses
The open jib and mainsail boats of the
t'AFoH1H Heel VIII nave q race next Oab-
rrdny OF the club house at the High
lands
There are lao entries of the Yacht Rae
ing Association tomorrow. The Pavonia
leads the list 10 the number of entries
1t Will be represented by AZ boats.
Enoch Smith, win Meschutt, ex-Alder-
man Archie White aud Bill Alien re-
turued On Friday night after four days
cruise. On Friday they visited Sandy
Hook TO inspect Uncle SANS guns. They
had Jelly time. Enoch is so infatuated
with life along the shore that he threat
ems to make application for appointment.
The Phantom had large fishing party
on bonrd on Thursday. She carried eighty
fishermen to the BANKS
Jim Morey is the champion fisherman
OF the Pavonia tars. He broke the record
by his catch on Thursday at the Pavonia
dock.
The Payonias will meet next Thursday
night.
Hoboken boating Notes.
The boat clubs have not done much
during the past week It is drawing near