The sun., 1891-06-18
YACHTS cAusur IN A soUALL
The wind was Harmless. but It Locked
Pretty Rlack for . Tine.

The yachts which started In the Marine and
Field Clubs third annual regatta yesterday
! had a lively timo shortening sail when the
s1unll struck them down by Sandy Hook In
the aftern on. There were seventeen boats in
tho regatta. the majority being small craft,
and whom the sky blackened and the wind be-
gan to blow tho little fellows wero nearly all
riding under bars poles.
Early In tho race the yachts had light
southerly breeze. which they worked against
down the bay. Tho start was in Gravesend
Bay in front OF the grounds OF tho club at Bath
Beach. It had been expected that there would
be another flno race o: 4j-footers. but VIII
linn Macdonough's File cutter Jossica was
the only one OF tho conspicuous racers In the
class to take part. Tho Gloriann. Nautilus.
and Mineoa wore holding of for the New York
Yacht Club's regatta today. the Jessfca's only
competitor being Commodore W. ID. Dickey's
sloop Ma leap, boat of tho old-fashioned type.
The sloop Anaconda and cutter Clara had
TicTress. X Enrybis. b ka,hioen. saons hsieia.
Saslua, and PoIly-starcd uoder tho head OF
l.. j. .Touty s,ariel his new Gardner 25-ioot
FORSYTH and Sou;sr Johnnie. aud won good
Lakshmi won from the Falcon. ..,
.ei e' ssass sSas a' Ss sS
course Tor The larger opos, ieached around
HSno - m sS
CLASSES = ySSs only as iaE Tt as Bu9y s; on the
vas. Jcssica FORSYTH. AglaIa. Madcap.
haIkshm! Ii liErsss s"Iscr Johnnie EpsT6ia.
Al essr .say Without Ssss @ X.
h,yns such on that she ss
Ing tho fleet. An that had them set iibtorsaila
the Jes.ica also putting Sp T.
I;Is 5 sSS Ssss'es so carr; oa ali The henofs q
Having, made a stretch ove- toward the
s ss Sh sSS w
nie.ly. The Tisress. PSliy. and kathleen ioi:
Buoy ii. the order and times Of the first bosts
were: Anaconda :33 :33; Clara. l:35:10: Jes-
sisa. :s6:4O; Tieress' l:4l:O5: Kathleen.
Going out to the Scotland Liehtship the wind
reshs hsr SO In e fhaf at b ss
wantea j. became asSdsdiy I' pStfy. $50 So that b.
topsails were not needed fer = lime. but they
The three leading boats tackled around the
iightfhG 1 Anscendn 2! 2tI as Clara at
fine turn which enabled her to pass the Clara.
hut she could no, hold that position; lhe
bossa GsEa wss h' sssond s1 Of DsSGn sss
and as the three neared the Hook tho black
nearly to ihe llgh.ship. the TiE5ess leading.
Polly second. Kathleen next and then Eury b!a,
saonn; and sasqua, As the time came for the
new wind to strike in from the northeast the
little fellows let everything 20. the Jessicas
skipper doing likewise. Commodore Prague
lowered away the mainsail on the Anaconda
until he felt the force of the wind. hut tho
Clara only took In her topsails. and it was
soon found that this was all that was neces.
sary. for there was more OF dirty look"
around than wind. The Anaconda soon made
sail and was away again. The times taken at
Buoy IA were: Anaconda. 326:l0: Clara,
1886 05: Jessicn, 3:3s:50.
Coming home tho wind liQhtened so that
topsails were In order. the Clara picking np on
the Anaconda and in turn leaving the Jessica.
The TigEess bad her race we'll in hand; beat;
! ing the Eurybia minutes seconds elapsed
time and : minutes 33 seconds corrected time.
On elapsed time the Anacon,ia beat the Clara
2 minutes 81 seconds. nut the allowance due
the Clara gave her their race by minute 26
seconds. The Smugglsr beat the Forsyth
minutes II seconds actual time. and 10 min.
utes 12 seconds corrected time.
Messrs. Stephen Peabody. New York Yacht
Club: Theodore @. Zorega seawanhaks
Atlantic Yacht Club were judges The club
and friends followed the race In the
iron steamboat Cepheus. Tho summary is as
follows:
cLAs 2-sIoors ovrE 81 AID sor Owe. 81 rrrr.