The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-28
THEFLIRT WINSTHERACE
TIE OCEAN QUEEN LOSES BY A
BROKEN RUDDER.

WINS IN the IllfQ ClhS5t ana Tine
Meteor In the Fourth Class-The Dixie
Carries Off the Honor in the Naphtht
- Launch Rsce-The Guests Steamer
Aground OF the Club House the
Entire Afternoon, and Visitors Fail
to Get a View ofthe Race, Except the
Start aud Finish.
The Charleston yacht, F1irt, won in tht
annual regatta of the Savannah Yacht
Club yesterday. beating the Ocean Queen
s minutes and as seconds. The Ocean Queen
bad the race won at the end OF the first hall
of the course but lost her rudder at the
buoy. Capt. Demere, however, made a
brave shift with paddle blade as rudder
and came out good second.
The Marie won in the third class on a
run of 3;5530.
The Meteor won in the fourth class and
the Dixie in the naphtha launch race.
It was a pleasant day for the members Of
the club and their friends, Notwithstanding
several mishaps. The steamer Bellevue left
her wharf at the foot of Abercorn street at
9 o'clock with a large party on board, the
ladies being out in force. Middleton's band
furnished lively music during the trip down
the river The Bellevue made the trip to
the club house without mishap. The 10 and
II o'clock trains on the Coast Line took out
large additions to the party.
READY FOR THE START.
At 1870 o'clock everybody except the
sailing committee and timekeepers and the
crews Of the boats was hurried aboard the
Bellevue ready to start down the river. The
steamer had barely gotten thirty feet away
from the wharf when she stuck fast upon q
sandbank, repeating the experience Of the
Eliza Hancox a year ago. The tide was
falling fast and it was seen that IL the
Bellevue were not gotten off IN a few
minutes there would be no chance of her
doing so for several hours. The engines
tugged and steamed, but without effect and
it was seven hours later before the steamer
changed her position.
The large party of pleasure seekers on
board felt their spirits fall somewhat as
they contemplated the prospect Of spend
ing the day on the Bellevue and missing
both the race and the dancing. The best
was soon made of bad bargain,
however, and the naphtha launches
transferred the crowd to the platform Of the
club house, which they had left only few
minutes before.
The accident TO the Bellevue delayed the
starting of the races somewhat and 10 was
after II O'Clock before the first boat got OFF.
THE START.
The Flirt was tie first of at 12:5:19, fol-
lowed by the Herman Norden at 1880,
the Ocean Queen at 1850 and the Thistle
at 1885. This composed the first class.
There was no second class. The May and the
Marie we're entered in the third class and
got off shortly after the first class boats.
The fourth class boats, the Nomad, the
Osprey and the Meteor, all got Off very
near together, and so did the naphths
launches, the Fire Fly, Ruby and Dixie
A partially complete list of the crews
of the boats was obtained. The FIirt,
which arrived from Charleston Thurs
day evening, was entered by the Charleston
Yacht Club. Her crew was composed
of w. B. S. Hayward, captain; Henry
w. Conner, Jr., Eugene ?. Jervey and
of the party we're H. NJ. Tucker, Jr., s. D.
Boylston, P. II. Gadsden, st. Julian Grimke,
w. H. Prioleau, W. II. Rose, Miss May
Holmes, Miss Georgia Holmes, Miss Geor-
gia Hayward, Miss s. Inglesby, Miss V.
1nglesby and Mrs. w. p. Holmes ohape-
ron. The visitors formed a very welcome
addition to the occasion, and their visit
proved mutually enjoyable both 20 the vis-
iting party and their hosts.
THE SAVANNAH CREWS.
The Ocean Queen was entered by her
owner, R. NJ. Demere. The other members
of the crew were Louis LeHardy, DR.. F. T,
Lincoln, A. Mes. White and Frank G.
Strachan.
The Thistle's crew were Capt. Postell.
Abbott Thomas, Thomas Ryan, John Hall.
Louis Salterbacn and Robert d. Gignile
nat: The Thistle was entered by John
Sullivan.
The Herman Norden was entered and
sailed by J. b. West. assisted by Newell
West and A. G. Guerard, Jr
The crew OF the May, In the third class.
was Turpin Bacon, captain; Bryan VIII
Jams. j. L Spivey, o. T. Bacon, j. D.
w. johnson and c. Rowland.
The crew of the Marie was W. N Beckett.
captain; l.. West, G. w. Goodman, George
Spivey, George Fender and George Beckett.
She was entered by Isaac Beckett.
The fourth class boats, the Meteor, the
Norma and the Osprey were an interesting
lot. The Meteor was the dark horse of the
race. Her crew was Capt o. E. Brown,
J. Gillespie, G. Ferguson, j. Nelson and c.
Nelson. She was entered by F. s. La
throp.
The Osprey's crew was Capt T. 8. ChIay,
Jr, h. I. Moore, B. P. Arson, r. K. Ak
son, 7. L. Clay. w. L. Wakelee and Arnold
Knox. She was entered by M. A. Cohen.
The naphtha launches were the Fire
Fly, Ruby and Dixie. The Fire Fly was
sailed by f. L. Lathrop and Allan Hunter;
the Ruby by H. n. Bacon, w, II. Crane
and w. F. Baker. and the Dixie by George
j. Baldwin and Wallace Cumming
THE DAY AT THE CLUB HOUSE.
Owing to the Bellevue being unable 20
pull off the mud bank the visitors and
guests of the club were unable to follow the
race down the river as was intended. This
was regretted by the lovers of the sport. but
the majority was doubtles just as we'll sat
isf1ed to stay at the club house.
where music and dancing, picnic
parties. Conversations and unlimited
refreshments prevailed. The Charleston
party was entertained at lunch by Mai. J,
b. Withers in his customary hospitable
manner. The time passed very pleasantly
until the return Of the boats. AS will be
seen by the score of the race it was made in
remarkable time. the course Of twenty-six
miles being finished by the swifter boats in
about AZ hours. The day was pleasant and
the breeze good, but not unusually
strong. The Flirt was greeted
with cheers as she passed
the club house. The Ocean Queen was only
few minutes behind in spite Of her dis.
ability. She would have been a winner il
she had not lost her rudder after having
rounded the buoy, when she was leading
the Flirt by nearly three-quarterso of a mile.
The Marie, in the third class, won in re-
markably good time. coming within five
minutes of the time made by the Flirt
The Meteor had no difficulty In
WALKING from, bn o4bau