Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01
A LIVELY YACHT RACE.
The Course to River View aud Return
Agnes May Winner.

Inc Course to River View and Return
Agnes May Winner.
There was a yacht race on the river yester-
day, which was an unusual event, as we'll as
one of considerable Importance to those who
are interested in aquatic matters and who hope
to return of the day when the winged
vessels will be more numerous and of more
consequence in these waters than is the case at
present. The revival Of this sport is due to
the enterprise Of the Capital Yacht Club.
This club was organized only last fall,
but it now has membership of twenty
eight and has fleet of seven boats. All
the yachts are built either here or in Alexan-
dria, and they are not only comelv craft but,
as was demonstrated by Yesterdays race, they
possess qualities of speed and quick action
that is much admired by all true yachts
men. There were four boats entered for
the race yesterday and owing to the difference
in the size the contest was made handicap.
The start was made from the Arsenal Point
and the curse was to River View and return
u distance of twenty miles. There was not
great crowd present to see the start,
as the members of the club are rather modest
as yet and so did not court publ icity, but no
doubt i'll time such event will have always as
much Importance as the races of the New York
Yacht Club
THE STARTERS.
The starters were as follows: the Agnes
May. the Spartan, the Jim jam and
the Hustler. All the boats are sloop-
rugged and carry lots of sail The
Agnes May is twenty-eight feet over
ali, load water line twenty three feet
The Spartan is twenty-five feet over
all, load water line twenty-five feet six inches.
The Jim Jam Is sixteen feet six inches over all,
load water line sixteen feet, while the Hustler is
sixteen feet over all, load water line
sixteen feet The craft carried racing crews
of from three to eight men and
flew at the fore the club flag and the national
colors at the gnff. The owners handled the
vessels and each one went into the
with the intention of doing his level best
to carry off the prize offered by the club
a handsome silver cup. Mr.. John Fl: Wheeler
sailed the Agnes May; Mr.. Charles F. Karr the
Spartan; Mr.. John L. Hoeke, the Jim Jam. and
Mr.. Leonard j. Nilsson, the Hustler. Mr.. Nilsson
also designed and built his boat.
THE ARRIVAL AT RIVER VIEW.
The start made about 10 o'clock. the
Jim Jam being given the lead. then came the
Hustler, followed by the Spartan and the
Agnes May. The wind was favorable and the
boats got away in good style, their white wings
spread out and welcoming the breeze that
came from the east by northeast. Under the
impulse OF the canvas or to speak i'll nautical
phrase the cotton, the boats sped along
and the line of procession began to un-
dergo some changes. Before Alexandria
reached the spartan. with the Ag-
mes May well on her stern. over
hauled the Hustler and left her in the rear.
Then the Jim Jam was caught up with and for
the balance of the course the race was between
the two big boats. 1t was pretty con-
test as well AS close one The Agnes May
went to the fron:, but of the magazine
she was caught aud passed by the Spartan, who
maintained her lead for short time, ami then
the Agnes May sailed TO the front and came to
anchor off River View about two minutes
ahead of her rival The Hustler brought up
the rear. The yachtmen were quite ready for
their dinner and found it ready for them. The
trip down made In about an hour and
twenty-five minutes
THE AGNES MAY WINS.
The start for home began abou. 2 80 o'clock,
the same positions being taken as at the start.
There was wind and the Spartan
found that she was carrying too much
sail and obliged to put back. and.
after reefng down closer. sho made another
start. but of course was out OF the race The
Agnes Mag kept steadily, on passing the two
boats, AID came In winner by about two miles.
The time one hour and half. The
Hustler arrived second and the Jim Jam
third. 1t is said BY some of tie members Of the
club that tho difference in the length of the
Agnes Nav compared with the Spartan is
partially made up By the fact that the former
is only thirteen inches longer than the latter in
the load water line. 1t is also thought that the
Spartan had an advantage i'll being brand new
and light.
large number Of spectators were on the
wharf to see the boats come in. and Tie men,
bers of the club are very much pleased with the
success of their hrSt race and hope that it may
result in stimulating the interest of
boating men and the public generally
in this form Of sport. In the future it is
expected that there will be race arranged
which will not be confined to members of the
club, but which will be open to all corners.