New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03
LARCHMONTrS GREAT DAY.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND A GOOD BREEZE
FAVORED TIE YACHT CLUB
pAUNTLEss AND RAMONA DID NOT START
QUEEN NAB BEAT KATRINA AND BEDoUlN'

pAUNTLEss AND RAMONA DID NOT sTARr-
ourrN MAR REAT KATRINA AND BEDoUIN.
1t was great day for yacht racing on the sounu
yesterday and the northwest wind sent t'e '"
of the Larchmont Club flying over the blue waters
in n ouick and dashing race There were twenty
six Yachts of all classes entered In the regatta
and OF these the cutter Bedouin was the o''''
one which carried her club-topsail over the eo"'''
The Queen Nab carried hers half or the way am
then took it in and set her working topsan' i"e
small boats got into troublous winds ana seas
when they reached over toward 'he |o''e
Island shore and most OF them came nome We"
reefed down There were several minor accidents
among the small boats that which happened 10 '''e
PIXIE being the most worthy Of note she was
nrobable winner In her class, but near the Hemp
stead Harbor buoy carried away her bowsprit anu
being thus put out of the race, was towed nome
The Dauntless and Ramona had been entered IN
Glass A of schooners, but neither OF them started
The Dauntless tore her mansal In the dow las.
week and II was not yet repaired The Ramona hau
been on the rocks and was not in racing condition
The Lasca also did not start her entered ahtas
onIst not being present to sail against her. Inc
Huron not starting the Queen Nab went up ih'o '"s
class above and raced against the Katrina ana
Bedouin
The starting signal was given at lllV anu ''e
schooner viator was the first the line Next
to h.. came the Triton and then the Peerless Inc
Queen Nab was the first over or the sioops Inc
Katrina and Bedouin made bad starts oi IL anu
were heavily handicapped
or the smaller soops the Dafodil was over hrs'
and the Susie w second. Then came the Iapitha'
Folly Euryla Kathleen and Audax, the rest loi-
,ou,ing at times which will be shown by the table.
The wind blew freshly from the northwest al the
start but hauled little more to the nor'h"ara pe-
fore the finish. The water was smooth uf''' oe
Yachts got well out into the Sound, when chopps
sea was encountered
The schooners went far as Captains lsiahu'
q course Of twenty miles the big sloops to STAN
ford and the smaller boats went around the hemp
stead Harbor and Matnicock buoys. OF the boats
which went over this latter course the leading ones
rounded the Hampstead. Harbor buoy In the foi-
lowing order: DafYodi Eurylia, Folly Kathleen
Susie w Tabitha Audax Mary c., Gamer. kwasind,
Mary Whm, Wenmah, Fanny. Almira, PIXIE ana
Brenda At Matinicock buoy the Audax was in
the lead, with the Folly Kwasind. Tabtha, Caper,
Mary, Fanny. Almira, Whim, Wenmah' fyxie anu
Brenda following in the order named AT the
Hampstead Harbor buoy, on the return the Auda~
was still in the lead with the Folly second and the
Kwasnd third. Then came the Tabtha.
The big sloops and the schooners which had gone
down the Sound on their long cruises had got back
bv this time, and the schooner Viator came bowl
Ing along and rounded the buoy next. Then came
the Gamer and the Mary and then the schooner
Triton The Amra and PIXIE next went by, fol-
lowed by the schooner Peerless. After her came
the Brenda AS the yachts came ploughing up
from the south to the finish the sight from the
clubhouse was a beautiful one. The time or the
race was as follows: