The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
IN A SPANKING BREEZE.
SOME TAIL SAILING IN THE MARINE
AND FIELD CLUBS REGATTA.

Beats the 1roquois Hnudily-saons Meet'
with an Accident and Loses.
Beautiful weather. q cracking breeze. and
| some excellent racing. all combined to make
the fourth annual regatta of the Marine ant
| Field Club Of Bath Beach the most successful
one In their history.
The Wasp and FL Chico. two OF Herreshofrf
| latest designs. won signal victories In theii
| respective classes. The Ell Chico. which sailed
In tho 25-rating class. simply smothered al
her rivals and beat the Iroquois. her neares,
competitor. by over thirty-seven minuteswh
the Wasp had almost as easy q task In defeat
ing tho Nautilus. one OF last years 4e-footcrs
Some OF the best sport Of tho day was fur.
nished In tho 35-foot class. where those two
old rivals. the Saona and Tlgress. met. They
fought out every inch Of the way from the
starting point off the club house to Scotland
Lightship and bnck. The Saona. which started
two minutes otter tho Tgress caught up with
and passed her rival Just after leaving the
Southwest Spit buoy on the way out and beat
her by over minute to the lightship.
Just after turning. the Saona. whilo crack
ing on canvas. carried away her topmast inst
at the masthead and lost u race that she had
Tho cabin cnt class also furnished some ex-
cellent sport. MS the Oconce. Aura. Marguerite:
finished within few moments OF each other.
The Oconee and Trunnt had q great fight for
first honors. and finished within thirty seven
SECONDS OF each other. the latter winning.
The starting line was between two stake;
SnGh htS Hoa of the sn
and grounds form an admirable place Of van
taGe for those who did not go on the clubs
able unnecessary delay on the part OF the Re
gattn Committee in sending the boats or.
two sa the II ud SsFs wa hs
on time and a splendid breeze from the south
east blowing. The yachts were, skimming
Committee we're busy with something on
shore. and much precious time was lost. AS
1Ssr hanRs the %nd the
yachts formed a pretty picture as they com
Penguin and Clara had entered. but the latter.
thonGh on hnn declined o to s'ar p for sJs
and Vent e in ' With tie 'o"n 'ASS
known us Course No. /. was from an imagin
anchored or the club grounds to buoy No:
-. near Southwest Spit. Passing to thy west
course. Course No. : > for class 10. ! was the
sane course as No substtitntinE Scotland
course 10 o. = but going only to and around
At i2:os q lock the starting gun was fired
'asb e + c$ieG 1Fof%Sis
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The Fl ,Chca.. which was the first boat
across the line. started of at n terrific pacc.
before her rivals got started. The Wahretn.
which was supposed TO tS tho only boat that
came to grief through the parting of her bob
stay within hundred yards Of the starting
line. She was forced to withdraw. 49,, 49,,
titus came across the line within, eieh.
the Iced. Archib bald Rogers. who sailed
the Wasp in splendid style. secured the
away from the Bay Ridge boat. and beat her
On tie run to the southwest t. spit Buoy close
hauled there were few changes noticed In the
Ss s s the a 1SSt on
i've seconds in tho rear. and that tho FL Chico
had done some wonderfully fast sailing.
wasr ss \ Naasiuss "p! SFs I 'o GSise
1:l5:45; Tigress. l:l7:l5; Savna 40; Pen
65 e9 = C l 5!g%S s1snos DS Ar"
schooner SHAMROCK. the Clara, steam yacht
Wasp which carried an enormous club top
sail. made the mark on one leg. while the Nau-
The Wasp had BIZ sa1 "a an SSu on the
way to the Bell Buoy Off Sandy Hook. gained
st more TneIE TINES at this point Were
wind commenced to frrshcn considerably. and
both boats took in their topsails.
Wasp still kept on her triumphant way and
passed the mark twenty minutes ahead Of her
Apparently her owner did not think it worth
while to risk his spars. as he came home
under working sails. only substituting work
toPSs sona .oT Ms tSs sue had
Tigress and went around Scotland liShtship
over a minute ahead. Just afterward n pufr
struck h"r ana tb she lost her topmast and with
AZ ySchs,S lnishsa "a. as T. follows SMasg
tnona Asntuf GhitG TdsFsss: t2E2a
sEtsyfE ruant i osS?fS aisasi hs
The winners wero the Wasp. by 10 minutes
i 3 Sf !ssonas minutes 5s seconds TruaHt
=, Just as the Yachts finished the steam yacht
TranIuillo. with j. !. Ilerrosh?fr. the blind
Elchico came, up along side OF the Judges
boat and asked what they had won by.
d as a they ss HR
tables. they answered rather brusuuely that
they would tell him later.
I he famous yacht builder. who wanted to
know they almost t;ll over each other in their
anxiety 10 tel MN the good news.
ii soemelre much pleased whom no found |
that the Fl Chico had won 30 easily. but did |
not manifest much interest as to the Wasps |
time
r; The officials were: Judges stephen Peabody.
Theodore Zerega. and II. j. Gielow: Rcgatta |
David Raft. Jy.. Chairman: w. ID. |
Dickey James +. Milett. and Louis Boury. A |
follows: |
CLASS NO. 1-sLooPs AND CUTTERS PROM 40 TO
"a FEET |
FidJsed Corrected |
Length Time, Tina
Name Orrnry. p. IN. n. NJ $. NJ. s. |
Penguin &c. Il. Brighton 40 A. Did not finish.
CLASS NO 2-sLoors AND CUTTERS FROM 40 TO |
40 FEET.
Nhutius''. W D. Dickey ...,.. 40 10 20 ~ ~ IL
" asp '''''"'Archibald Rogers 40 on 80 y % 30 |
CLASS NO. 4-sLooPs AND CUTTERS. 80 TO rs FEET. |
Iigrsss James Weir, IL, g. o. 90 q Gn q
CLASS No. 6-25 RATING CLASS.
Fl Chics' y MRitrd Kcrsey..2 90 3ol o3 bs o3 |
Char. es Ferret. 20 20 Disabled.
freyja Theodore " Davs24 oS . ~ 40 33l 40
Toquvis '..E II. Chandler....2io w . 80 Oh 80 OF
CLASS NO. 7-CABIS CATS.
ura. ". y. simon,on. so 2 alo93 aino5
iuaht 49, q Townsend. ~ - % ~ h5
hrBuerite'.f. H. simmons "a 10 ~ ol ~ o3