The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-09
GAINS AND FLUKY BREEZES
PRETAILhD DURING THE NEW FORK
YACHT CLUES CRUISE TESTERDhK


York Yacht Club started from Glen Cove to-
day for their annual cruise to the eastward.
and to- might the majority OF the boats are
anchored off tho Pequot Association Club
house at Morris Cove. New Haven harbor It
was intended to send the fleet on as far as
New London, but as usual with the Sound Mt
THE season OF tho year. 1t was day OF Gains
and fluky freezes. There was no racing worth
speaking Of during the run. for at no time did
1t blow over ilve-knot breeze.
At o'clock tho flagship May started of to
Matinicock bouy, with long trail OF steam
yachts dangling astern. After waiting nearly
three hours for a breeze the Regatta Commit
tee finally sent the fleet of with Just II CATS
paw to I'LL their sails. evidently trusting to the
lido to carry them to their destination. No
wind springng up. the yachts did not arrive
in the harbor until late hour TO- night; 80
late in fact that no time could be taken. Some
of the bonts did not get any further than Black
Rock. where they stopped for the night.
At n meeting OF the feet Captains on board
Of the flagship May last evening Archibald
Rogers Of the cup defender Coionia was unan-
imously elected Rear Comm odore. in place Of
Ralph n. Ellis resigned. Mr. Ellis Is now in
Europe sailing in tho Nnvahoe and. as he Is
far from being In good health. he decided to
relnIuish his ofllco In tho club.
or the race to-day there Is little to be said
outside OF the good work shown by the Al
cara. Dagmar. Ariel. and Queen Nab in light
airs. Shortly after x o'clock signals we're set
on the MAY. indicating that the starting line
would be off hiatini"ock buoy and promptly
at 9 o'clock the flagship steamed out Of tho
harbor and dropped anchor off that noint
The mao Of the yachts were under way
long before the fl2g?hip left the harnor. but
they had made little progress toward the
starting line when she arrived there and for
nwhile it Looked as though the fleet would
@% of sHe"e" Witch Se%r"ha a"
sun Just before noon the Regatta omm iia;s
rr"mply at l. O'clock the preparatory gun
rather nat as nSts siaEls one Of the cpp de.
the only ono on hand. did not cross the line. as
she had no competitors and sailed down the
Sound 10y herself in advance OF the feet.
got the signal there was Just the fan,est sus:
ririon, Of II freeze from the eastward. and
was toward the south The course for all
classes was east by northeast to Morris Cove.
to Ct across before the handicap gun was
heard In this. however. the maj ority were
unsnccss .f"l, and the result was that nearly
whch got over the lin. first at 13:iG;.55. She
ahead of the cutter Eedouin The Grarie iol-
lowed at l2:lp:2l: Tho Crocodile crossed ex-
actly with the fla sh Of t he handicap gun. which
What little wind there was died out with the
report of the gun. and not a single schooner
got over within the allotted five minutes After
the leaders. the other sloops cross ed in the fol-
lowing order: uvra. Mari1nita, Ventura. Ia
FOsRlind. and Nymph.
Then came the schooners all In a bunch No
one seemed to know how they cot across the
line. As far ne can he learned. tho tide had
DaEmar. which William Gardner transformed
into schooner last year. was the first boat
across. followed by the Marguerite. Commo-
tor" sutton,s ROYAL; Ai"r"i ShamrGGk Victor.
Constellation. Flectwing. Emerald. lampa.
Palmer, pauntless. Atlantic. Coronet. Brun-
hide Fortuna. and Ramona in the order
named All crossed on staThoard tack. aud
Connecticut shore in search OF a breeze Their
win-hunting expedition. however. was not
very profitable. and they m tde little pro :ress
until o'clock. when the wind hauled around
At /: 30 O'clock a majority OF the fleet were
on Oyster Bay. on tn" Long md shore the
Queen Nah was the leading boat among the
slo"ps The Jessira was second. WASP third.
the Al"ma away over on The Connecticut shore
seemed to havo lit lc better wind. and they
soon PASSED tho single stickcrs At2 o'clock
the wind hauled to the south southwest. and
balloon ibis and srinnakers were called into
reIuisi ton. For the remainder, Of the after
noon the wind. though light. held fairly true.
At this hour the fleet was off stamford. with
the AlcTR in the Load Just what has come
over tho boat within the past few days no one
seems to know. but fot some unknown reason
tO-day's run, and beat the fleet into Morris
Cove.