The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-15
A STIFF SOUTHWEST WIND
CARRIED 7HE BoA7s OF THE Atlantic
TACHT CLtB Ara CLIPPING PICE

CARRIED 1HE BoA7s or The ATLANTIC
TACHT CLUB ara CLIPPING PiCE
|
An Ideal Day for n Ecratta-some clever
| Rits of Sailing, hut No Close Contests
The Wasp and ~ Chico Win Hand,'y-
| The Sra,king Little "CU" Marguerite.
The Atlantic Yacht Club held their twenty
seventh annual regatta yesterday. and as they
| are proverbially lucky in tho matter Of choos-
Ing good days for their races. every one an
ticipated seeing some fine sport. In this they
were not disappointed. rs 1t Ia douhtfal II u
finer day for II yacht race could have been
| looked for. even II II had been made to order.
At IL o'clock. when the judges boat. the tug
| Mutual. and the club boat tho Iron Steamboat
| Cenheus.with several hundred pretty Bro pklyn
girls on board, arrived Mt the starting line or
| Buoy No. IL. there did not seem e. bc much
| chance OF good race ms there was little or no
| wind. Some twenty or more yachts could he
seen from the Mutual. slowly boating their
| way down to the starting line against the last
| OF the flood tide At - o'clock all Of the lag
| CARDS had arrived, and at II IL o'clock sharp,
on the first of the ebb tide. tho preparatory
whistle sounded Five minutes later the big
| follows got the starting signal. This class in
cluded the schooners and all boats over nifty
three feet At12:25 O'Clock the starting signal
for the rost OF tho fleet won't of. and all were
| nearly over when the last handicap whistle
sounded at 1890 o'clock.
They all went across on tho port tack and
made long leg over to tho Coney Island
Shore where there seemed to 10 more wind.
The Peerless was tho first boat across ut
l2:22:24 followed by the Marguerite at
l2:23:U3 The Shamrock fooled around the
line. but did not cross Immediately. her skip
per evidently thinking that there was moro
breeze somewhere else. At last, after tho
handicap gun sounded. tho Shamrock went
across at 12:25:lS, or.in other words. was an
dicaprcd lSseconds. Tho Clara also was hund-
capped 81 seconds when she crossed at
1925 81. Tho smaller boats crossed as fol-
lows: Marguerite. cat" ut II ;.t:O2: Ireyja
l2:2G:3S: Acorn. 12:2G:4t: Wasp 12:2T:O2:
Wilmerad. 12:27:27: Gnlnarc. l2:2S:23. and
saona. 12:2o:l2. Then came the handicapped
yachts. The TiGre Wahneta. DAPHNE. Oco-
noe. Datfodil. and FL Chico crossed at 1890.
1t was a dead beat to windward to tho first
mark. which was the Southwest Spit buoy for
the schooners and Clara. and to Buoy No. g. off
the point of the Hook. for tho others. A large
fleet of steam and sailing yachts wcrc assem-
bled of the starting line. among them being
the steam yacht Corsair. ]. Iferpont Morgan's
new boat: ]. b. lierreshofr's steam yacht Tran
auillo. the Rev. William Moor's Kanaia ho. T.
A. Siccombs steam yacht Startling. i. II. Now
ns'slaunch Frank. Jefferson Ilogan's schooner
CAviliier. Commodore Davic Eanks's schoon-
rrrnmntSr witch; y d: Lawt"ns slo?p Chisra.
Pierce's steam yacht Nydia.
"a a. tn the yachts neared the Coney Island shore
in% wlna hrw ltT = Chr" MI
MT seem to like light weather, and dropped
astern. The Wnhne,n ana FIe,ia her com.
weather to their liking; and tor once IN their
lives they were ahead: The scho"n"rs and all
" as Va ger vsry h set The
idea Of getting nll the wind thcrc was The
sHl or x and smaller Yachts tune, or ras,ed
$a Ss s sS' plSf 5aS55 i 5 $*;is
2"i'2s 1corn 395: ilar is"T 3o, n'f2
Wilmrrad. 2:07:lG: Daphne. l:O;':;,,,: Oc"nnr.
shamr"ck passed the South W., 81 nuov mt mt
2:lD:l5. followed by tho Marguerite ut 2:2:}.
and am the Leerless at 2:2S:;iO n" clara and
ieerlcss had no competitors in thor classes.
hut sailed over tho course for onc-hali the
prize which. under the rules. was allowed
As the yachts got clear Of the Hook the wind
increased considerably. and the sea. which
nan hthG i ncen cute aim. became very
and the yachts began to bury their noses deep
nt1 th1 Wa vas A. AK nearo1 sc"a
simply lei, the rest Of Ii" e @ hui do ws'T He
ship at o"wrsI ~ thu ,t GaTa at ' aE4:
Tigress. 40; SaenaI,, 2:5l:lo; DaH@dil, :}:Us: |
AS the smaller yachts turned. they cascd or
their sheets and started for home. The SaOna |
which had made great gains or the Ti.rcss on
the beat out. soon commenced to fail p.hind. |
to the Surpris" Of every one. Tho Marguerite |
seemed to like the sea- and steadily gained on |
The Wasp was the first boat to round tho |
stakeboat anchored five miles t. tn" south
started for home un Ter easy canvas Ct, 1nr h.
fore tho DaiIodil or Daphne. III" Wasn only |
set Stab big lbtopsniI IN tn" run in. instead Of
vantage. Shortly after passing the stakrb0ut |
theNlarGuerite passed the Shamrock and 3 mo |
thought that tn" Bay Ridge boat was hcatcn. |
spare. With rafting good wind port ah"am
winning the 25-raler class in site tie Of BENZ p
snerte IL ef wsa II" 9 %
Tigress scored another victory over the Snonu. |
They crossed the finish line in the following |
9?fSs HhrEfsH sS $685. $685. w tS"2 A4GE
4;45:3G: ,paroiil, 4!52337: Wn.pp 5: i41iI:
H rosE o oa 81 Gu MH.Fn'Tr Sio4 Shan"
The course for ali classes Of schooners and |
f fnss OF sd2Grf Wi to s thence
southwest to turning marx. and return over
same course.
For class Of soons tho course was to a
point Of Sandy Hook: thence to Scotland Light
ship; thence to the, turning marx, fly" miles
For Class I. same as foregoing to Scotland |
Lightshir. thence returning. 10 mi hin: line.
For lass 3and cathOats. TO stnk rbu at near |
buoy No. of sandy Hook and return.
summary OF the race follows:
SCHOONER CLASS 2-FRoM 10 TO 90 FEET
. Elapsed C,rre--d
Nane oTmr. I'rgh. Time. 7imr.
IT. IN. H.. NJ. :. II. N. $. |
Margueritc.R Suydam rai.
Shamrock j. Rogers Max.
weii..,.,,,r....7O g A. 90 3 40 81
SCHoONERs. CLASS BALL UNDER 70 FEET
Peerless. .."J. Edward Ack.
iey'...',...,....Go No. timed. |
sLooPs. CLASS 4-FRoM As TO So FEET
Clara',..'..k W. Osborn. ..53 6 % ID o % &c |
sIoors. CLASS 5-FRoM 40 TO 4t FEET.
,iuiuIe ..,,J. T. Dwight. IL & 30 ii 10 ii
daphne. A. W BU0lh Did no. GnIsu
sLooPs. CLASS 7-FRoM 80 TO 80 FEET.
Tisrets; James Wier Jr - 7 1000 90 40 |
Jas. h. " hItucy ~ ~ 81 ~ 40 |