The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-19
PAVONIA'S REGATTA
1t Was an Open Race and
TWenty-nlne Smart
Boats Sailed.
NEW WHEELING RECORDS MADE
Princeton Football Players Will
Practice Early-Baseball
and Gun.
NEW WHEELING RECORDS MADE

The Pavonia Yacht Club was fortunate.
1t could not have selected a better day for
its regatta. 1t was the twenty-fifth, n
was a grand success. The excursion boat
was crowded with merry people, and there
was a fair breeze. Twenty-nine boats started
and the results were close, as the smartest
yachts in thA vicinity were in the contests.
The Madrine, g new yacht, built for speed,
came down from Larchmont, but she was
not in it with the Jersey boats in her class.
The starting line for all classes was from an
imaginary line between Oyster Island buoy
No. Is. near Liberty Island, and a s~takeboat
anchored to the eastward of the buoy. The
courses for the various classes were as fol
lows -
For Glasses A, d, E and From an
imaginary line between Oyster Island buoy
No. Is formerly No. l9. and a stakeboat
anchored to the eastward Of the buoy, to
and around Perch and Ball buoy No. IL,
located to the westward of IS. W. Spit"
leaving it on the port hand, and return over
the same course. Distance, twenty-five
nautical miles.
For Glasses G, l and 4, from the same
starting point to and around the red bell
BUOY on the northwestern edge of the Romer
Shoals formerly No. y, leaving it on the
port hand and returning over the same
III 1t. a VIZ N@@
For classes ?, 3, 5, 6, Z. s and 8 A, from the
same starting point to ana around buoy
No. 0 formerly No. 49,, located to the east
ward of S%winburne Island, leaving it on the
port hand. thence to and around Fort La
fayette, leaving it on the port hand, and
return to starting point. Distance fifteen
nautical miles.
All yacht keeping to the eastward of all
west bank buoys, Nos Z, 9 and II formerly
Nos. 9, Is and 81, except in cases of round
ing.
The preparatory signal for classes A, B, C,
D, E, + and G was given at 11:20 A. NJ, and
ten minutes later the yachts were sent away
on their journey. There was a fine southerly
breeze blowing and very few Of the boats
were handicapped. At lac o'clock the
smaller boats were started. All the boats
crossed close hauled on the port tack, and as
it was a beat down to the outer marks all Of
the yachts, after standing down toward the
Staten Island shore for a few moments, came
about and made a long leg over toward the
Bay Bridge shore. Their starting time and
order Of crossing the line follows
Fida Vida 11:3s:40. Soutter Johnnie,
11:39:l8; Aliris, Il: SO :54; Lurliue, 11:4O:22;
Madrine. 11:41:1 10; Nomad, IL AZ IS: Forsyth,
I:42:47: Mile, t1:42:47; Marguerite.
11:50:07; Mary B., n:50:27; Lizzie L.
11:50:24; Pavonia, II 40 90: Mosquito, II 81 :O2;
Clara s.. 11,51:19; Emma K, ll:5l: IA: Maolin,
1855; Lochinvar, ll:52;S6; Tempest,
Ii sDO ~. v NCAAl DONAD
Frank, II :56:43; Mary, 1l:5T:1s; Aida,
1i:57: 81: Mile, 11:5s so; Hit or Miss,
1I:58:52: Win or Lose, II $50 100; H, C. Miner,
11:59:0O; Alice, II SO 100; Elcas, u:59:0Q:
The Payonia. Win OF Lose, H. G. Miner.
Alice and Elcas were all handicapped, the
latter nine minutes. Helped by a strong ebb
tide the yachts made good progress toward
the outer marks. The larger cabin cats and
sloops under 81 feet rounded the Swash Cham
mel mark as follows:-Marguerite, 1l:55;40;
Soutter Johnnie, 1:54:i5; Lizzie L., l:5S:20;
Mary. 1:56:45; Mile, 1:56:47; Nomad,
1880. So on the beat down the Mary
gained 3 minutes and 40 seconds
The smallpi omen boats which rounded
buoy Q were timed as fo~llows:-Clara s.,
1860: Aida, 1:21:50; Tempest, 1:22:25:
Frank, 1:25: go. OF the larger boats which
rounded Southwest Spit buoy the Webber
boat Madrine had a good lead, being timed
ct 2:10:10, and the Forsyth second at 2;18;07,
the Madrine gaining D minutes % seconds in
the windward work.
Coming back il was a run before the wind,
and the yachts made good time to the finish.
To every ones surprise the Ellsworth boys
cabin cat Mary, with Joe Ellsworth on board,
ran into a calm streak off Fort Hamilton,
and was beaten by the Marguerite, while
the Marine, which had things all her own
wa on the wind, was beaten by both the
Forsyth and Payonia, the former boat win
ming bv the narrow margin of sixteen sec
onds, corrected time. The only accident of
the day was when ]. a. Constants sloop
Aliris lost her topmast in the beat down.
The winners were:-
Glass E. J. A. Constants Airs walk
over: class F, A. F. Roe's Forsyth; class g,
W. B. Growtage's Nomad: class l, w. E.
Lessenden's Lizzie L walk over class 2, J..
w. Stilger's Clara S; class 5, F. Fl. Reglar's
Mosquito walk over; class 4, F. R. Sim
mons Marguerite; class 5, f. N. RandalPs
Win or Lose; class Z. w. P. & O.. p. Vree-
lands Aida; class 8, c.. D. McGiehan's
Frank: class s A, F. T. Barber's Doctor.
The summary
Elapsed Corrected
Start. Finish. Time. Time.