New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-31
THE EMERALD TRIES HER WINGS
SHE IS AK EXTREMELY FAST SCHOONER AND
WILL, BE FA:TER-THE ATLANTIC
CLUBS FINE SPORT.

Tho Atlantic Yacht Club opened It's house aud Its
racing season Yesterday In due and ancient form.
Tho prncIpal interest Of course centred In the per
fouanrcs OF the schooner Emerald. the new boat OF
J. Rogers Maxwell. She had the able SCHOONER
YACHT IoIuois with the crew OF the Morgan sShuica'c
cup defender board, TO compete against anu Sh'
showed that she will be the fastest schooner yacht VI
her elias, affoat when she gets down to her lines
Tn. hs feet OF the Atlantic Yacht Club was as
xonhled on the clubhouse at Bay Ridge before 10
O'Clock and shortly after that hour thirty yachts
were anchored In two lines there. There was an
outer line at the head OF which was Nice-Commodore
sanford on hi, soop Rival and an inner line AT the
head Of which was Rear-Commodore ketcbun. on MS
sloop Saona. The flagship OF the feet Commodore
Banks's schooner Water Witch, was anchored lust
ahead Of the two lines. Among the wehkho"h
Yachts composing the fleet besides those mehuohc1
were j. W. Winslow's schooner Agnes. W. +. WARDS
schooner shamrock E. j. Bergens sloop Aglaa. j.
T. Ackcrman's sloop lola. John G. Prague's sloop
Anaconda. J. F. Munn's schooner Nidette W. d.
Dickey's sloop Nautilus. IL. d. Ufany's sioop ven
tIra, j. = Mannng's sioop Rover. }. ID. wings pls
schooner CorCnet W. H. Buffers soop forget'''>o'
7. Macrac, schooner signal, d. II. Whites sloop
Dafodil q. r. Brownies sloop liydrlad, Iheouorc
punham's soop Beatrice. Jefferson lIoeans schooner
Cavalier Howard Coates's schooner Gcvalia. G. r.
Erighnm's new sloop Nahna. c. +. Camercns sioop
Arva and I. ID. Wclr's soop Tiress, sailed by Ed
mund Fisk
At 10 20 o'clock a gun from the hasship water
witch gave the signal for the opening OF the s'"so
The white and red dag OF the club was run up 10
The head Of the lofty pole on the brcak"a'er III iro"'
Of the clubhouse and the guns OF the two lore lines
Of Yachts sslu,ed beginning at the right OF the on
shore line each yacht salutng rapidly, each gun
sounding before the smoke had left the mu7Lc OF
the CUR, OF lis predecessor 1t was pr"''s h'iI'
sigh, OF tapcring masts and shapely huns wrea,n'u
I'm smoke blown by tho strong southeast wind wmch
swept across the sunit waves.
When the saluting was over Il gun from the pr'ah
wafer IN front OF the clubhouse gave the starting
,ignal Then the yachts got under way ana poured
In shining stream of white and cleaning canvas
down through the NarTows. Though tho wind va,
southeast outside Of the hendlandS winch s"aru
he entrance to The Upper Bay II drew up 'iro"s'
the Narrows from n souihcrly dirccuoh' anu '"o
yachts went beating down against It, Inc lroluoi'
had been towcd dowr 10 the starting point from
Xcv Rochelle, She was in command OF Captain Hansen
who will be the salng-maSt OF the More'"
syndicate cup DEFENDER and board # her was the
,i,k.d CROW which has been selected To man the
unnamed and unlaunchcd boat AZ soon as the boats
wcr. fairly OH. the >chooncrs lroluoiN ana f'herhu
and IA. Il, op Anaconda drew away from the rest "i
ib. fleet The Anaconda seemed to have renewed her
youth and she sailed like witch. She beat every
,,u In the feet except the two big schooncIs. The
t,,La were made before the fleet could get ont by c
>urruw~: then ii was n reach down 10 TN. .uFIm :
point. the southwest spit buoy. The Emeralds sais
,yrlr bent only on Fnuay ana her small ere" lau ID
II, continually sweating them mp. the ltOiuos va
beautifully handled and she Is u fast schooner, Inc
votk den. bN h,r crew ua> grstifNlng 10 All VINO
Lnhrd her. II IA" continue 10 IMPROVE, ul'
Morgan cup defender will have crew which VIII DC
br,"nd criticism when she comes ont. The 'hree
leading yachts, the lrpqrois. Anaconda ana fm'roii l.
lound,d the southwest Nl pu,y III IN, o'I w..
named. there scarcely hall minute m
tween them. The Emerald Rounded al ]. -
n'clnrk she made the run hcmc In one
hour and twenty Minutes on the run h ,ne ths
two scho, ncrs dropped the Anaconda The lrolios
set a spnnnkcr ~ she rounded The buoy. I'm"
Emerald liho the other yacht, Of the Atlantic Meet,
had NJ SPRINKLER abod, but she. Ike the other boats
set biz jb top.alls the lun mp. There was about
a minute between the two schot nrrS. aud that minute
IN favor Of the Irouuoi' at the finish. No Tine was
taken by any of the yachts.
II was only an opening sal. In cruising trim. TWO
things ware settled. howevcr-tha, the Emerald WIS a
remnrknl. fast boat. ana thit the Morgan syhdicht"
boat going TO have good sailing master and II
good crew.
After the sail there dinner. with yacht talk. at
the house " the Atlantic Club The Anaconda carried
away her topmast In the frcshenng breeze of the
Bay Ridge pier on her way home.