The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-06


lufnng match on the run in. and the former
lost a chance OF winning the greatest race OF
the year. The schooners made great finish.
all coming homo In bunch.
On elapsed time the Harpoop beat the Wasp
minutes 40 seconds. and the Wasp beat the
Gloriana IS second. corrected time. The
Merlin beat the Marguerite minute 20 SEQ
onds. corrected time.
The Marguerite few her usual protest flag
al day. and claimed that the Acpa forced her
70 60 about
This was probably the closest all-around
race ever sailed for these cups All OF tho
sloops finished Ave minutes apart. and the
sohooners. with tho exception Of the Alert.
within twenty minutes Of each other. Tho
Orusilla did not finish.
The feet leave to- IN orrow for Cottage City at
o O'Clock In the morning.
Among the guests on Commodore Elbridge
U. Gerrys steam yacht Electra to-day were:
COL Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. Capt W. H.
Bixby. United States Army: W. +. Burden.
william Cutting. Col &. Van Rensselaer,
Cruger. Col. George B. Fearing. Rev.
@ @. Gilliad. J. Hooker Hammersley.
Richard NJ. Hunt. James b. Kernochan. Ar
thur Leary. Bishop Potter. Major Theodore X.
Gibbs. R. F. Wilson. Col @ 1. Best, and Judges
Andrews and Gray Of the New York Court Of
4 terrific wind and rain souall struck tho
were preparing to get under way. Any number
team yacht csrmont belonsinss Si to van
and for a few Moments there wa was "" great
sIeitement on board OF the ,seore or
Wsrs we're eroneh hsF up pain IN
time. however. to prevent an accident. so far
- known no serious damage was done to any
Of tho hest. The squat soon passed over nut
u killed all the wind. and 1t was not until 2
Pollock that the Regatta Committee were able
entered In the race for the cups.
Sshooners,- GG.nsteIiation. Aisas,; Merlin.
sieess S SEasIs SsnSF.; Ws.P sayonor.;
saa ssyonora did not OTIS start u''''"' H' 'h'ufA
70 .vsf9 on. She Is se-toos n.fes sf' beat IT,
3 snroil.1 smons the siabs hsst , ' %bish is
Sntr,. and Nat Herrsshof and his brother
E. va Ssss sSss and she ".' was ss ailoWe wed
70 start Nat Herreslon was, on board
.s and re- GS.a
work to windIard In going before. the wind
F.h Gss Of It o tss g sns ks
chico. William Gariiner, the, designer OF the
Alcaea. was also on board Of the Drusilla.
Tho race would probably have mover been
started If the Namoose and another steam
boats and hauled the Atlantic and Constella-
ton out OF the harbor. 1t was shortly after II
cant 9ea
started At :, T. osISsk Pei; 70, ~. ,a ~
Brenton's Rec! Ligh,ship before the squall
hnd anchored there. The others remained in
possible to start the race NJ the hour named
Outside there vas little wind me race o;uld
the h Is IT w
thf was finished ,Go by moonliGn
sienslled, that the race would De sailed over
from An imaginary line drawn from the TUNA
to Prenton's Reel Lichtshio to 2 mark boat
Buoy; to and around a marx two miles south
west By west from Vest Island Light; thence
TO the starting line no time limit; .. o.o5
i.ter. The breeze had ireshsned NJ a bit, and
skipped pout the TUNA at a lively rate OF
speed The whoe story Of the e. race &c, VA in the
Which could go before, the wind the faster.
s sS;ia? 4lz$s :a}&S n2E1Rs%?R fRSfS
3:21 80: Merlin. 2.23:o7; Lasca, 2:23:"l:
nSoS: dtesPncl fA mtnae Is 10; sceoa "
Alert, 2:25:OO: Handicapped. j minute. 40
The Gloriana was the first boat to cross, on
the port tack. she came about sharp and shot
pnder tho llunas stern with good fun.
excited So ouch m!ration last year. John
Barr was at her wheel aud he looked a. !. he
over his brother Charley on the wasp The
HarpoOn was the nest boat across tho !ih";
pear, the lightsnip. Charley adams was steer
he saw chance to ger ahead Of John Barr;
and proceeded to Try It. Tho Harpoon and
Gloriana were rapidly approaching each other.
The Harpo9n had tho right OF way. ana Ohm
Ba fn4 pc e@aI eSn hf tm Ht TRs
Harpoon tried TO blanket her. but she did not
succeed.
for Nat hstrssho to S cross wi viii i"s prasiIIa
Nat, however. was in no hurry, Finally. Arch,
lbald Rogers, owner Of tha Wasp. got tired OF
luna stern minute MUFFIN al , Fanay whi"H
was the third boat 10 cross. Tho Drusiila fol
sohoonors. followed by tlse lToquoIs, Nay
After standing out a little way. most Of tho
neet commenced 70 make a long leg oyer to-
Marguerite, and Merlin. however, mad,
long leg pat, and some thought that they
WAS not the case. Before they passed
Point judith light: the Drpsla was mIln
NarTagansett shore to get out Of the It'd tide, and
OSCILLATION. which WAS then tho leading boat Of
tho schouners. stood out, and the others soon
followed her example.
The order Of the tieet OF Point Judith was:
aolSna s ~ sSnnh 4 Gaas
fourth, Lasea nth, Maya ,wer sixth Map MAJ
seventh. Alcaea eighth. followed by the Mar
guerite. Merlin. lroquols. I'uickstep. Atlantic.
and Alert. The Alert at that time was about
three miles astern.
At 1885 O'clock the Gloriana Seemed to be
falling little further behind the Harpoon.
while, thr. Wasp seemed to DO gaining, on her;
The Merlin and Marguerite were having a hot
Weather quarter Wills tic Constellation and
Tor first place. Win Tho 'Lasca 10 wind
ward. rhe, ,llarroon ,rointed better than
eitier ihe Wasp or Glnrlnna. ana seemed 70
foot faster; Thy i"Iya pt tack, with ,n e,
az, sna .sftonis he'd eysrs one at at the block
Island mark by crossing lust . minutes
and is seconds after the Constsllation.