New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-16
CONTEST OF BIG YACHTS.
ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE NETWORK CLUE
SIXTEEN sLooPs AND sCHOoNERS sTAHT-Ihh
LAsCA DOES ESPECIALLY wELL-IN'



LAsCA DOES ESPECIALLY wEtL-1N'
TEREsT IN THE EMERALD.
Foe. and a plentiful lack OF wind made the outlook
for successful regatta for the New->ork iach' '"
rather dubious Yesterday; but tho fog rolled away
the winds blew, and over gently rolling waters ""''
sparkled In the bright sunlight sixteen yaen'S WIZ,
over the club course II was the fortyelgh'h a'n""
regatta OF the club. and besides the racers meet VI
steam and sailing yachts was out lhere ""a "'",',
interest fl the between the new schoohe' H"''
and the schooner Lasca. which was new 'as' war
They sailed In class together anu 'n' '"''" ~ A..
did better The schooner lroquOs went over NV
course with the 6rstclass sciDoncrs and was umeo'
Init owing 10 the fact that she is under cha'er sn
was not q competitor for club prize she n'u vi
board the crew the Morgan syndicate cup
md they showed good work and inc hoqnois sno"'u
good speed. ,. ,,,,, sor.a,oo
ia s,eam Yacht May went down to the starting
u,ace about IL 80 o'clock. Commodore Morgan had
nm board besides his family Fleet Captain horlrlS'
and the members OF the rcgetta committee .. Nono'
son Kane Chester Crlswold and Irving Hrhheiis i"c
May has been painted black. ana those WHO hao ho"
her as a white boat, did pot al first recognize her'
o much has change Of color altered her appearance
The steamboat Taurus, with the guests OF the cinD OH
board went down 10 the starting place ABOUT Tue
zane time as the May. Among the guests on ooaru
the Taurus Montgomery Roosevelt ech"H'i
Rear Admiral Brainc James ii. Morgan, fraIhi"
Townsend Morgan. Lieutenant Won Leitgeb ana Lieu
tenant Weber, Of the Austrian training ship fruhdSo'rs
Lieutenant Walter j. Sears, OF the Navy; James a.
Wright IT, L. La Montague. T. sherman BENSON
John F. Lovcjoy, L. de j. Hail. Ernest staples Ell
ward r. Grcaccn, J. l. Myers John r. Li"re"oe'
Charles +. Haight Thomas B. Asen. r.. a. houen'o"'
H. Conger Oakley, william Kent. Dr. Lewis MOTIFS
Martin Il. Hayes Edmund Bunt. c. Mch. LoeSer'
L. NJ lawson III. y. Alden. George +. Randolph H.
s. Church. Thomas Manning A. d. kusseh' H. ~
Jones ~ d. Lawton, Charles A. Cheever' Ihouias
E. Cassidy. Harold II. Odde. Z. T. |haSe' W. h'
Stow W. A. Parkc, A. II. sands, Kooert a. ospoi"'
F. Winthrop william osborn, ]. B. Small ana 'ohli
P. Haines. There were many women on ooal1
Iander's Orchestra furnished music. The Taurus
was in charge Of F. ". J. Hurst, treasurer OF Tie
club and J. V. S. Oddie the secretary
The course laid down for the race WIS from buoy
NJ. II. Just outside the Narrows, down TIE h'" sP
channel around the southwest spit buoy 'heh cut
b, the point of the HOOK around the SANDY hooA
Lightship returning 10 the starting place over tu'
came route At ten minutes before noon the log
having lifted considerably, gun from the haespiP
MAY cato the signal for the yachts to prepare ior
the start There were indications then that the wind'
which was coming In lightly from The southeast
would freshen, and that there would be a race
At noon another gun fired from the May ana
. large rcd ball was run up the uiatic stay
This Wits the siCnnl for the soopS TO start Inc
sloop Ildegad went over at once Out uie h"ipe.
Jagged behind and from the Taurus IL ioo"e" d"
she was Handicapped. After the sloops had hau h'e
minutes In which to cross the line gun was me-
and two red balls sent up This was the signal LOT
,ha schooners 70 start They had ten minutes In
which TO cross The yachts went over In the follow
Nnp order; Hidegard, Lnsc1, Coronet, Ramona
Eclipse Loyal, Viator, NearI Daun'iesS' f'"'r"'
1roouols Rrunhide Shamrock. Cyue' Tampa vi"
Azaea The Yampa and Azaea were hauuicaPv'u
BEFORE the yachts had got over the line' all ''c
Tor had disappeared and fair sailing breeze was
blowing I'm from the sea. II came from the south
southeast, and 1t was long leg ana snort one Ill
the way down to the southwest spit. Inc hanoha
and Coronet were well over toward the west pan"
and to iceward Of the feet as the southwest sp was
spproached The 1Asca had taken the LEAD oil 'he
Acct and was sailing beautifully. The iiidcgard'
Iroauois and Emerald were next to her IN 'he oiuel
named The Ramona made board 10 "ihu"aia
and GOT ahead OF the Emerald -.
Tho unofficial time OF the leading boats at the
start WAS as follows: Iiudegard l. :O0 40; LAsca'
1.:l1 90; Coronet II III 20; Ramona 1. i. 10
ECLIPSE IL 12 35; Loyal IL ~ :05 Victor, L. l3 20
Neara l214:l3; Dauntless. l?:l4:23' hmeraiu'
l2ls:Os; lroquois, IL ~ no. Shamrock i 'lo oo
Cytr 12 ne 80; Yampa, IL 80 900 Aabs IL 10 ~
AT the Southwest spit the time of the leading
yachts was as follows: Lasca, / 10 90; Hldegaid'
1l1: 80; Iyoquols, / 16: 80; Ramona. III 80
Emerald las 80; Victor, 80 100; Neara. Id 40
Coronet "a 10.
The yachts now reached out BY the Point Of the
Hook, forming long and beautnul processioh do
their white sails filed with the freshening Wlnd ana
.hey gracefully nodded in the long swell which was
rolling In over the bar. The Lasca was well III
the lead Of the feet being about nre minutes aheao
OF the Iroquois, the boat nearest to hef The lnice
gard was the third boat. aud sailed we'll Ihe
schoOners Brunhlde COrOnet Dauntiess. R0Inoha ana
IamIa sailed in a class by themselves IN cruising
trim. Tie schooners Emerald ana iasca saild To-
gcther In racing trim, ana 'oe lay ue anu S rim
le NTH class scnooners ALalca, Yiator, Ncara and
Loyal also sailed In cruising trim. The sloops Hide
gard and Eclipse were III racing trlil Ihe Ldsca
rounded the hghtship AZ 2:l4:l0 the lroquols at
10 10; the lIildesard at 20 90 tne Emerald az
{. IS and the lampa at 80. The Vlator, Dauh'.
less, Ramona, Shamrock. Ncam, Loyal, Eclipse ana
Ioronet followed in the order named When The
yachts had rounded the llshtshp they eased on then
sheets aud with the wind well abaft the beam, went
Tying homo In line style, with jib; top'ails ana
balloon main t0pmast staysails drawing
that they seemed TO lit the aapely hus over tGe
water instead OF through 1t. The leading boat, the
Iasca, rounded the southwest spit buoy on the re
the bay 1t had been outside the HOOK. but there
was enough OF 1t to make the boats get over the water
in a credtable manner MS they flew up SPIT buoy
Dauntless he'd finished. the Taurus went up 10 the
CITY The May remained behind TO take the time Of
the others The race pretty one. considered as
Opinions seemed 10 differ to the Emerald. SINE
holding that she was great success. anu o.nclS ,na
she was only q qualified one. She Is too new boat:
Of praise for the Iasca The Yampa was Handicapped
IL seconds the Aaalea minute AZ seconds. the
Hionhegan IL minutes and the Eclipse minutes, 81
seconds The Winners we're F Ea%S oca me Of r
race was follows:
scHooNERS-CLASS I.
Elapsed Corrected
u,;SsSTlIs. II is not MEASURED T. H.