The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-23
The YACHT RACES OYER
The Fancy Won in the Race OF Big
Sloops.
SEVERAL GREAT CATS RACE
The other winners I'm the Various Glasses
Were the Flight. Lorita, Catspaw and
Hesper-The Mariquits Was Caught In
Calm and Lost Time.

The start was not made In the sixth an
nual open regatta of the RHODE ISLAND
Yacht Club until 1:33:43 yesterday, when
Harry +. Lippitt's cutter sloop crossed
the line, followed closely by the Fancy
and the Vercna, the other hrst-class
sloops.
The wind was then ~ N. w. and the
conditions were favorable TO beautiful
race All OF the sloops shook out every
stitch Of their large sail areas and scudded
along before whole sail breeze. The
of their larger sisters five minutes later
when the signal was given them TO start
on their eighteen-mile run.
At five minute intervals the cats in the
third. fourth and fifth iclasses followed,
and the bay below Sabin's Point light
was literally a cloud OF canvas, OF white
wings shaping their flight to objective
points far out OF sight on the lower bay.
The stake-boat had been anchored within
n hundred yards of the lighthouse of
Sabin's Point and nearly two miles south.
east of the clubhouse. The two hundred
interested yachting enthusiasts principal
ly ladies who were gathered on the veran-
das and the large float strained their
eyes to catch sight of the flyers after
they had passed the jtdges' boat and
were mile below, but it was vain en-
deavor The yachts were soon lost
10 Unelr VlcW. LII tHe Tuu lTOIn souDiu
Point light to Rumstick Point the cutter
sloop Mariquita led her doughty antag-
onists "A ST ern chase, but at this point the
proverbial nemesis of i'll luck overlook
her and she was caught between varying
winds which produced dead calm. There
she was held nearly fifteen minutes TO see
the exasperating spectacle produced by
the passing Fancy and Verena, her formi-
dable rivals, every stitch of whose canvas
was tawt with the freshening breeze.
The fluke, like that in the cup races OF
July 25, lost the Mariquita the race At
no time Afterwards was she considered
n factor in it. The Austin sloop, Verena,
lost several minutes by the same fuke
but caught the breeze in time to round
the buoy off Warwick Neck in company
with the fast Newport sloop, Fancy.
From this point to the home flag the
Verena gained minutes and 20 seconds
over the Fancy, but as she was handi-
capped by time allowance of 10 minutes
and 81 seconds. the Newport sloop received
first prize.
The catboats had an interesting and
exciting race. The largest and most
beautiful fleet OF mainsail boats only that
have ever contested in RHODE ISLAND
year greeted the spectators at the open
regatta of the RHODE ISLAND Yacht Club
yesterday. Two of the first class cats ex-
ceeded in length the winning sloop Fancy.
They were the Ohylesa 81 feet, Inches
and Pigeon 81 feet 10 inches. The
Flight won this race of the frst-class
cats, with Hector second and Pigeon
third. The Lorita, j. ii. -Arnold's little
sloop won first prize in the second class
of sloops. The Taunton sloop Rahnee
was second The second class of cats in
cluded the flyers best known to local
yachtsmen. The Victor, Curlew, Khe-
dive, Cocheco, Doris and other we'll
known cats were in this class, and the
race was well contested. The Catspaw,
jamestown cat, won first prize In this
race, with the Doris second and the Edna
third.
The smaller class of cats were all we'll
sailed. The Daisy and the Mariana were
ably handled, but the Hester won first
prize, the others ranking in the order
named. The Victor fouled the Khedive
twice of Rumstick Point In turning the
stakeboat and the claim of foul was sus-
tanned. The appended table gives the re-
suits OF the races in detail:
FIRsT-CLAss sIoops