The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-29

patta courses. Glasses A. B, G, u, z and
r viii sail over. Course From an
Imaginary line between Oyster Island
buoy number Is formerly No. 19l and y
take BIO AZ anchored to the Eastward OF
| the buoy, to and round perch aud ball
buoy No. 10. locatedto thss westward OF
rs. w. Spit" leaving It on che port
hand, and return over the same course.
Distance twenty-five nautical miles.
Yachts ih Glasses 6, 1 and 4 VIII sail
| over course 2 From the same Starting
| point TO and around the red bell buoy gu
the N. w. edge OF the Romer Shoals
formerly No. 81, leaving IL Oh the port
hand. and returning over the same
course. Distance twenty nautical miles.
The boats in classes Nos. 2. 8, 8. G. Z aud
will sail over course 8, from the same
sta rting point to aud around buoy NO. b
| ward of Swinbarne Island, leaving L on
the port hand. thence to aud around Fort
Lafayette. leaving It on the port hand,
| and return to starting poiut. distance,
fifteen nautical miles.
All yachts must keep to the eastward
of all west bank buoys, Nos. z. y aud IL
formerly Nos. 9, ID aud 49,, except In
| case of rounding.
tn Oceanic Yacht Club will also have
a club regatta. Its boats are ready aud
have been put in shape for the initial
event. The course will be the Triangular
one with the start aud flush of The club
house. Prizes will be awarded In tae
| several classes, and after the race is over
| the members will have q feast aud re-.
union at the clubhouse. q
Jersey City Clubs first event will be a
a cruise down the Bay. Commodore
| Benson will lead the procession on his
| stauuch and feet boat the Mile. 1t will
| be an orderly, we'll behaved procession
| going down, as all the yachts must
S wsEe o IF t nOs'''0o o-omm noa cra sHs
| AT the end of the sail 1t will De different.
IL will be a go us-yuu please Tor nomes
| and many spirited races Will marx the
| return VOYAGE. The clubhouse was
| crowded with yachtsmen yesterday, and
| the prospect Is that very few boats Will
be missing when the signal 10 start IS
given.
me New Jersey Yacht Club will hold
| its opening. Its boats will have a spin 10
test their condition and speed. The club
will inaugurate the season oy d sail. Inc
club float, rhirty.five by thirty feet. was
placed in position a few days ago, and
gives general satisfaction. Instead OF De-
ing fastened with stakes, it IL conuec6ed
with the bridge by two arms revolving
Oh pivots. and is the invention 81 COM
modore E. S. Ketchum. The following
yachts are now anchored of the CLUB
house: Louis Wunder's sloop Vixen,
John e. Drew's sioop Lottie, Nice-Com.
modore Alfred Wenzel's sloop Wanderer,
l.. Voight's cat Caroline, the sloops
Phenie and Phantom, and the naphtha
Maggie D.
Athletic Sports.
A carniv al of sports will be the grand
feature of the New jersey Athletic Clubs
opening. 1t will be on the clubs
grounds ct Berg en- Point, and the pro-
gramme is one OF The best that mas peen
offered the admirers or athletics IN this
vicinity. Ali the crac RUNNERS and jump
| ers in the Metropolitan, Assoc iation are
on the card. The sport will begin with u
lacrosse match between the teams or
| Princeton College and New York A. G.
| The athletic games will be called at two
| O'Clock. The events are:-100 yards run,
handicap; 900 yards hurdle, hand leap;
440 yards run. handicap: 1 mile RI Il hand1-
| cap;3 mile run. handicap; $50 yards run.
| novice (scatch); 2 mile bicycle, handicap;
| Q mile bicycle, handicap. open to resi-
dents of Hudson county; team race, l
| mile, open to teams of four, representa- g
any one club or college.
The carnival will close with a baseball
| game between the teams of the home
| club and the New Jersey A. G. the team
| race will be an important event as Har-
wards champions will meet teams from
| Yale and Princeton aud the leading ath-
letic clubs.
wheeling Events.
The twenty-five mile road race over the
Acknowledgment course is the aug
raj event. Thousands of bicyclists
gather to witness the contest IN
which all the speedy wheel drivers in
| New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
will participate. Every club IN this city
| will be represented. The Jersey City
Athletic Clubs delegation will form
quite q respectable procession. A tally
no. with accomm odations for thirty, has
been engaged. A number of club
men will go out in their
own rigs, and the wheelmen will ride
their bikes on their first club run. After
the race the wheeimen will go TO Railway
to see the contests of the Union County
Roadsters. The tally-ho party will ride
to Orange and ave dinner at Davis.
The Hudson County Wheelmen will
make the trip on the wheels and at the
conclusion Of the race, they will run to
Railway where the ir ex.President. Theo.
T., Merseiee, Jr., is to1oficiate as referee
at the Union County Roadsters' meeting
The Palma wheelmen and Catholic Club
cyciers will have club runs to lrvington.
Three JERSEY City wfeelmen Will start.
They will wear the colors OF the j. Q. A.
A.. although all are members OF the H.C.
w. and one is also in the Palnla's bicycle
division. Conspicuous among the trio Is
Charles E. Kiuge. who was the champion
and held the record of ! hour and 80
seconds for the distance. This has twice
been cut, and last season Hoyland Smith,
the scratch man covered the course in l
honr II minutes and II seconds.
Kluge has not contested In the race for
several seasons. He began training last
wear. but had to abandon it by illness.
He is in splendid form for q veteran, aud
has been allowed a START of only one min
uts. He intends making q strong effort to
establish a new record. He is set a min
ute behind w. +. Murphy, who was the
first to break Klu9e's record by two
minutes and has since been active in
wheeling contests, although Kluge has
been off the wheel for three years. w.
G. Huson, who will ride for the honors,
has been allowed seven minutes start,
and Lew Schemefhorn Is among those
who have an allowance Of nine minutes.
One hundred aud fifty will take part.
Oar, Gun and Outings.
The marksmen of the Greenville and
the Hudson Rifle Clubs will spend the
day at the range in the Greeuyille
Schuetzen Park. They will have two
team matches. The first will be between
teams of ten, and the SECOND between
teams of two.
III independent club will have an
open shoot at the Union Hill Schuetzen
Park, and the capital shots of the jersey
City and Hoboken clubs will contest for
the prizes.
The oarsmen will pass the day on the