The sun., 1893-09-17

| The race. which was open to members OF the
New York. Eastern. Seawanhaka- CoriDthian.
| Atlantic. New York Corinthiau. American.
New Haven. New Rochelle. Corinthian Of Mar
blehead. Hull. New Bedford. Douglaston. In
! dian Harbor. and Riverside Yacht Clubs. was
really intended to represent the schooner
championship. and It is to be regretted that
around the cape to test their speed with the
| New York boats. All tho boats sailed In one
oasS or crew. WV While the time aiowsnces were e.
ured on racing length. according to the rules
The Regatta Committee. which consisted OF
Barretto lost little time in getting the boats
@Sy tory signal @ sounded The rain. Which had been
coming down all the morning; ceased Just be.
the the sky ky would % clear beiore LONG The course
was from the starting line off Larchmont
stakeh0at anshorSa of Eet9ns .Ssscl Meek
stak eboat anchored threefourths OF a mile
west.southwest from Stamford ,Lightship.
stakeboat anchored Off Hampstead h9rbor,
1os nsptSs ms thsnss to ths a ns
As the FIRST log was q reach al had m ain top
mast staysails and balloon 'ib topsais set,
race. .f had adj 'S.l biz club topsai up as Well ali
ssssry fa Randed & bT CAPT Rhodes % to
flrst boat across The line. being timed at
sRisd i s' q 1I:iS:o3. ia and the Emerald last At
libby. Just before the handicap gun;
gave gave eveTy nS; sign ef q increasing: fhe Lascs
and Emerald began to draw away from the
could not hold fs The fSH es which @oS
ing fast IN spite Of her old age, age, reach is s lust @
to her liking 5 fRd aSs he nd bs 5
Eay @ evsr. Just before ID the fseeTs IRA rsaahsi 5
Ing sehooneeTrs, oyster boats. :, and fisher, l,
came % thsir sails while they ran into the wind.
Seeing the heavily laden coasters take such
precautions caused the yachtsmen to take
Of the west with hurricane force; down came
the head sails on the racers. The Emerald
ISpRss hs Snd The
moment later h and d down came her foEesnil.
fftfssa fss and fnG apped P As The m
sail. while the Lasca prepared to gybe with
all OF her 0Ts % and hs ssa
= ao'hias q r. k,1d; 4! ; Ss;yesd IL %lsSinS doxa
foresaii Was Eyb bed arst ahd 6e5 paInssil after
moment NONE later. while tho Ariel and Emerald
eeFns rsk Spas hy sss0ins 70 tn.
northwest and the boats made great time for
the rest, Of their Journey to the first mark.
which they rounded in tho following order:
12:43:25: Emerald. ,l2:44:43.. Their elapsed
times to this mark wera: Lasca. :25 :54;
Dauntess. 1:26:2O: Emerald. 1:3l :36: Ariel.
From here 1t was a beat Of seven miles to the
Stamford mark. and again the Lnscs drew
away from the others. rounding 1t at 1:42:25.
or JUS. 1:1o:45 after she fnassed Eaton's
times were not taken here. From here 1t was
q close reach to the Hampstead mark. and as
the wind had In the mean time increased to a
In arriving before Mr.. Brooks's dandy 90 -iooter.
which was flying along at a ten knot clip under
lever ipwer Working canvas only; They rounded
Emerald. 3.00:30. Both the Ariel and Emerald
had picked up 3 good deal on the Dauntless
on the beat and reach. but the lLascG drew
was now well in front OF the Larchmont flag
ship. while the Emerald was only q few sec
onds behind. Their elapsed times from
EsSS9s ssSt to 5sss9R''iEsa E%eIs "i5' sssf47
All tho boats lay down under the steadily in
creasing gale on the short beat home. and
as they dashed across the finish line. The EN-
erald seemed particularly tender. and lay
down to II In manner that caused more than
ever she kept right side UP to the finish, and
Just managed to beat the Dauntless home.
They hsished as roli9ws aLassca as 2:52a5:
to the finish were: Tssca. y SO: Ariel 97:as; 7:s
Emerald. 33:0S; Dauntless 34:19. Summary:
asn. Finish. Ea":sa 72:s '1;:.:' l;%e
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