New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-13
BEATING TO WINDWARD.
TIE YACHTS RUN TO NEWPORT IN STIFF
SOU'WESTER.
PROTEST OF THE Oracle DIsALLowED BY THE
REGATTA COMMITTEE-vOLUNTEER GETS

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The GOBLET CUP.
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Newport, r. l., Aug. 12.-It was the last run
Of the cruise. and the feet Of New York yachts maui
1t in smoky Southwestern over seas that roi'eu uP
combing from The ocean and tosted the veatheFB
onalties Of tho vessels The Mlne0la. which went
ashore in Woods Hor yesterday, came into New
Bedford llarbOr in tow late last night, having oeeh
pulled of by tug sent 10 her assistance she was
uninjured. and sailed with the feet today III WIS u
lucky escape for Mr. Bcmonts yacht. she "ent
aground on hard sand and not on rocks, as was NJ
first reported To-day the regatta committee rem
dcIed It's decision in the foul OF the Oracle anu
Volunteer and decided in favor OF the Volunteer.
This decision was unexpected, but ii was rendered.
after careful consideration Of all the questions III
VOWED. and the committee Is composed Oh D
Nicholson Kane Chester Griswold and Irving Gnnneu'
than whom there are no more honorable 2ehue"e"
or better yachtsmen, it must be right, however the
affair may have impressed casual observer in0
letter which Mr.. Earle Of the Oracle, sent to the
regatta committee in stating his protest, especiav
said that he did not wish TO cause the loss TO the
Volunteer Of the GOeet Cup for schoonerS but Simply
wanted his position under the rules defined Inc
measurement, Of the Volunteer also showed that to
Volunteer beat the Iroquois at the Goeet Cup race
20 seconds with time allowance. so the Goelet Cup
for schooners, after ALL goes to the old oupdefehoer'
This Is as it should be- and all is serene.
The Electra, anchored of ClarkS Point, fired her
prpparatory gun at 10 O'Clock to-day, and ten minutes
later the signal given for the yachts to get under
vvav The wind was piping up from the southwest
drawing more TO the westward ii up Buzzards
Raw and even at Clarks Point considerable sea
was runnng II was dead beat to windWard ana
the Yachts pitched into It. They crossed the line
nc follows: Mineoa Sayonara, Cinderella. Nautilus
Clara Ouicksep, Merlin, ldegalde. Fortuna, Con-
stelati0n IrOquois Mischief and Oracle on the
DumpHngs the 46-fooers took in their topsailS and
all the schOoners except the Constellation took IN
their forc-tOpsais. The Clara carried her gattopsa
while her antagonist, the Cinderella, was obliged TO
house her tOpmast. At this point the Oracle was
giving the Hidegarde a good thrashing and had the
Mischief already beaten. The schooner Constellation
did wonders she liked the weather and she never
sailed better She is rather under-rfgged Tor racing.
bnt she showed that she has good racing stun In her
and the more the roll and the harder the WINDS
blow the better she is. she took the lead OF the
schooncrs and held it to the end The Fortuna ana
Merlin came at her heels but could not catch her
Far out to wtndward the SayOnara and Mneole
we're fighting the SayOnara getting rather the Desf
OF it. Half OF the fleet were keeping up toward t
north shore and half toward the south shore IN the
Raw but neither one Of these courses gave any
decided advantage and at the Hen ana Cluckeh'
light the fleet came together again ard poured
out into the open The wind nghtened III
tie here but the sea rougher than ever The
Merlin set her topsai and most Of the SchoonerS
followed her example. The yachts passed out from
Buzzard's Bay into the open in the following oncf
Oweene Constellation Merlin, Sayonara, cara TN
derella Nautilus MineOla, Fortune, IroquoiS, Oracle
Ouckstep. Mischief and IIillcgarde. The Owccne
was sailing finely, almost, ii seemed, in the eye OF
the wind. and the Clara was getting much the best
of the Cinderella The MineOa took a long stretch
TO seward to try and get the best Of the Sayonara
and the Constellation too. stood well off shore About
. O'Clock while well out along the Rhode Island shore.
the Oweene carried away her throat halyards she
had been leader Of the 4GfoOters up to that tme but
this lost her the race. She refused to give up how
ever and hove TO while her throat halyards were
repaired when she again started and came in second
I'm her class 1t was an exciting race, the yachts
jumping into the sea and sending the water every now
and then halfway UP their iibs. on shore it was
sitting hot but in the breath Of that strong southwest
wind that blew from the smoky it was 50 cool
that yachtsmen buttoned their coats tightly around
them.
The spray flew, the cordage creaked and the feet
went plnnginc on toward Brenton's Reef where the
race was TO end OF the rocking, rolling yellow hull
of the ghtshp the Electra anchored to take the time
of the yachts They finished In the following order
Constellation, SayOnara, Merlin, Fortuna O"eehe
Iro0uois, MneOla Quicksep. Clara, Oracle, Nautilus
Cinderella Hldegare and Mischief
The winners arc Constellation. Merlin, Cuickstep,
Oracle IIildegarde Clara and Sayonara.
Tomorrow will be sailed the special race of the As
footer for cups offered by the New York Yacht Club
ON Friday the fleet will disband and the cruise will
ne over The summary of tO-day's race is as follows
FIRSTCLASS SCHOONERS