The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17
LADIES IN THE YACHTS.
A Fleet Of Pleasure Parties in Thun-
derbOlt Waters.

NAON~N 1NNASe
The ocsan Queen Captures First
Prize and the Glance Second.
The Racss Between tho Naphthe
Launches-Partiss Aboard the Diff
fzrent Yachts - An Afternoon of
Pleasure for Pleasure Seekers.
The gathering at the Savannah Yacht
Clubs quarters at Thunderbolt yesterday
afternoon was one of the brightest and
gayest of pleasure parties.
The ladies' day regatta is always made
an attractive occasion, and is always one
at which the prime object is not so much
the racing of yachts as the pleasure and
enjoyment that can be afforded the guests
of the club.
The leading feature at the races, there
| fore. was not so much the racing itself as
the appearance of the ladies aboard the
yachts which entered the lists In fact,
I there were no races except those between
| the sailing yachts. as through some mis-
} understanding the naphtha launches did
not compete
IN TIE YACHTS.
Each of the yachts had on board a
| pleasure party. and they were all well
! prepared for the occasion. The Ocean
| Queen, the winner of the contest in its
| class, carried Capt. and Mrs II. NJ Dem
/ ere, Mr.. and Mrs r.. G.. Hardee, Mr..
/ c. LeHardy, Mr. and Mrs, w. D. Dear
| ing, Mr. and Mrs. j. f. B. Beckwith
| Miss Walter, Miss Lily Anderson, Miss
| Matte Backus; Messrs. r. w. Cunning
/ ham, A. G. Guerard, Jr., A. Med. Bond,
Raymond Demere, Jr., Edward Demere,
| Willard Sullivan and James Sullivan.
! Aboard the Glance, which proved
| second best in the contest, were Misses
| Sallie Cabaniss, Belle Vanderveer, Nellie
| Lamar, Emma Clark, Tina Roberts, Be
/ atrice Launey, Jennie Buckner, Messrs.
/ w. n. Beckett, Cliff G. Rowland, Rufus
/ Richards, Harry Aveilhe, W. G. O'Byrne
and George Ellison.
THE THELMA'S GUESTS.
! Capt. and Mrs j. b. West entertained
on the Thelma, Mr.. and Mrs. George ".
| Owens, MIR. and Mrs. Charles Gibbes, Mr..
| and Mrs. Henry McAlpin, Mr.. and Mrs.
! j. j. Carolan, Messrs. Pedro, w. G. Hull,
/ G.. Noble Jones and w. +. Blois
| Aboard the Eldiva sailed by Mr.. Will
| liam p. Holt, were, Mrs. A. S.. Bacon,
/ Mrs. Nicoll Miss Nellie Charlton, Miss
| Deversaux, Me5srs. w. p. Holt, Roder-
| eau and Postell.
| The Marie. of the third class sailing
/ yachts, the winner in her class, carried
Misses Dixon and Ward Messrs. Frank
/ Strachan, w. r. Dixon, w. T. Walker,
/ George Allan, Harry Strachan and Wal
/ ter Allan. Tho Osprey, her competitor,
was sailed by Messrs. Richard Adams
and w. n. Bent.
THE NAPHTHAs.
! While there were no races between any
| of the launches, they all carried pleasure
parties around the course Aboard the
l Carrie were Misses Hattie Saussy, Mona
| Saussy Susie Jau1on, LOttie Sa5nett,
/ Susie Sasnett, Messrs. j. A. G. Carson,
| w. II. Chandler, g. w Melton and Full
ton Saussy.
The Dixie. Mr. George J. Baldwin's
| handsome launch, carried MIR, and Mrs.
! Baldwin, MIR. and Mrs A. II. Lawton,
Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ellis, Jr., and
! Mrs Backus.
On the Mona w. were Misses Josie
| Dorsett. Bessie Cooper, AnnuletCe Stubbs,
! Mona Willy, Messrs Lee Wylly and +.
| c. Wylly. The other naphtha launches
also carried pleasure parties around the
sailing course.
| THE RACERS.
The entries for the races were in the
first. class sailing yachts, the Ocean
| Queen, Thelma Glance and Eldiya;
third class, Marie and Osprey Naphtha
! launches, first class, the Dixie, Carrie and
/ Moselle; second class. Mona w Mamie w
and Flash. The Mosele met with an &C
cident day or two ago, and
was not on the water at all during
the afternoon. There was some mis-
understanding with regard to the time
and manner of starting on the part OF the
naphtha launches and when the signal
was given only two of them began the
race. They were the Dixie and Mamie
W. one being of the frst-class and the
other of the second. On this account the
times made by the naphthas were not
taken.
THE EVENT OF THE AFTERNOON.
The race between the frst-class sailing
yachts was the most interesting of the
afternoon. The course was from the
club house to the mouth of Herb river
and back twice. making a distance OF
about six miles. The Ocean Queen took
the lead at the start and kept it, though
it looked at one time as if she would be
distanced by the Glance on account of an
accident in running aground in the
marsh.
Capt Demere piloted the Ocean Queen
around the point on the first trip with
much skill, and was far in tho lead when
he rounded the buoy, The Glance kept
about a quarter of mile behind him,
and the Ocean Qneen had made one cir.
cult of the course before the Thelma and
Eldiva had rounded the point Mu,h diff.
a count of the direction and lightness of
the wind, and at times haif 4 do en- tacks
were made without anyapparent advance.
THE OCEAN QUEEN AGROUND.
On the second tour of the course, while
tacking at the point, the Ocean Queen
ran aground in the marsh Of the point,
and it was fifteen or twenty minutes be-
fore she could be pushed of the mud 1t
appeared then as if the Glance would
take the lead, but as soon as the Ocean
Queen was released she sped on her
way, leaving her competitors, and
making the sailing course in about an
hour and nifty minutes. The Glance
came in second her time being about two
hours and nine minutes The wind had
moderated to such an extent that on the
second tour of the course the Thclina and
Eldiva found it almost impossible to tack
around the point, and they turned back
to the club house.
THE MARIE A WINNER.
Messrs. Strat han, Dixon and Allan
sailed tho Marie with much skill. and
won the race of the third-class yachts by
almost a length of the course between
the club house and Herb river
On the return to the club
house refreshments were served and
music and dancing werc in order. The
regatta was in charge Of Commodore f.
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