The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26
CORINTHIANS AT THE HELM.
CHEsTER ". tHAPfN's SCHOONER
TAMPA WINS ~ CRUISING THIN.

EAxht Wsuts Did NOT fVeFeet 'o'" $3.50
Yseht Racing tho Lower Bay hes-
tcrA.y-Ne s,iverwa-e, bot Simply Pew
Ger Mus. Go ts tho WANING Crews
L,tti. seats" Have = Bout.
The Corinthian Yacht Club OF this city have
zone a great deal for yachting since their
organization. some six years ago. and yester-
DAY they added another feather to their cap
hv brin gine two OF the finest schooner yachts
IN the country together in their sixth annual
rscA The yachts were the fampa anu inc
Alert. Both were In cruising trim. and their
neStdnr resulted In one OF the PROTEST races
econ In New York harbor for years. The tampa
A IN ocean going steel schooner. designed W
A. CARY Smith. and owned by Chester W. Cha-
hin. she Is without doubt one OF tho fnest
yschts anoat. and 10 fast as well. when other
yachts are taking in foresails and reennG' she
h EARRING full sail. topsails and staysai1s IN
eludsd. She holds any number OF long-dis-
tanss records.
The Yampa has not been hauled out for some
TINA. and could not do very much In the light
hrs>xs Yesterday, as her bottom was COW
sred with grass about two feet long.
ctill she gave very pretty exhibition
n speed whom the wind freshened. Her de-
sixnsr. who was on board. In speaking OF her
foul bottom said: "Thcy did not use the lawn
mower on her this morning. or she would %
all right" The Alert. her competitor. is
another hne seq boat. She was designed by
Harry Bryant. and Is now owned by J. n. Lur-
lag Of Ban Francisco.
Tho Corinthians had rather hard luck In not
havinr more starters. but 1t was not the fault
Of their Regatta Committee. as they worked
early and late. trying to infuse some sportin.
blood Into sonle not very sporty yacht owners.
The Corlnthian Club Is essentially racing
club. and COOS in strictly for amateur sport
Is safe to say that one Of their pewter mugs Is
asa' H s%% S tho
judges boat arrived at tho elq0's pnehoLaGSh,
"a thsTT xa sp h bnas sTes IN
hut Messr; Ebsn 3. Clark. y, 9 Hall; and qyds q.
mittee. were not ) bit disco ragged; Tho Yam;
pa and Alert each took a tug ana we're towed
Sn to as o baoy p H. hs Nr
The other beats: the cutters Dslvyss and Pc Pc
and Doctor. were already there. SO there was
little or no delay In starting them,
signal S vas blown s at io1
ScSoSn.i ssf iooHsd az as 15 s'S't L
gun start. and no allowance was made Tor de;
oats"" was blown at i2:io o'clock. In the
schooner class tho Alert proved worth, Of her
and was the o1fy a. sbn
not cross until HHi isi4 The other boats crossed
dine, Doctor. Delvyn. and Petrol;
:. At the start the wind was light from tho
to tho s s04 marx eso Hs
Spit. and tho wind was so light that tn. yachts
msde slow progress. IN spite OF Of the held Of the
Starting from an imaginary line between the s'afe
boat and Buoy Il TO Buoy I? tpereh and BALI on ne
sSS :sss ss'GSs on
.. 80 ,na saa .nm
co1rts to BSoy sspnE to 81: sn.t.,rd q nrS Sno
on Inc poin: Of sandy naof. going ana returning d.
lance. thirty.thres nautical miles
The course for the other classes was:
sas sn 'n s1
&c g hand s. .a
's'.s and to s1s
nSe The osn: II fs4ay Ks.s
The Alert gained little on the Yampa on the
S|sS IN Ill., was oe Ss Y tss Rof AZ:
Es%pa tuFned 1 simultan sSusiy. They w i
tined es nfGow. sanEsrpr lsl9: on Pa Tn:
6sht Tor arst' honors. The Devyn. which
Started with q long lead. lost a great deal on
Tho wind kept very light and the schooners
made very little progress until they got clear
Of the Hook. Then the wind freshened and
shifted to the eastward They both set spin
makers and for q while made good progress.
40 they nsarsd Sandy Hook L'ghtshlp the
wind changed again. this time to west by
north. Spinnak ers came in. and they rounded
the lightship as followa: Alert. 4:i5:lO:
Yampa. 4:48:10. 1t was found that the Yampa
had gained minutes 80 seconds on the run
ehip. The Wind freshed bit here. and the
Yampa. although to leeward. commenced to
outfoot and pass the Bryant boat. Cary Smith
commenced to look happy.
The Yampa took o short hitch to windward
Mt 5:44. but came about again at 4:47 80. when
she got to windward OF tho Alert. The latter.
which was pointing far better, held on her
course and almo caught the Yampa. They
flushed as follows: iampa. 706:lO: Alert.
7:16:27. Tho Yampa Is supposed to have won.
but as she will have to allow the Alert time al
lowancs. nothing definite will be known
Of the result until tho boats are measured. 4
tie race, said: "she holds tho record to ai the
Azores islands, Of 8 days II hours. and made
nun OF 697 miles inside OF fifty hours"
The other boats finished as follows: Delvyn.
Nadine, t:S3:22: superior, 30: Doctor,
4:40:50. None Of tho boats have been m ga g.
pred. 80 no corrected time could be announced.
A summary follows:
FIRST CLASs-sCHooNKRs, CRUISING TRIM
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