The evening world., 1894-06-05
RACERS ENsHR0uDEO BY Foe.
Atlantic Yacht Club Regatta
Started in d Dense Mist.
Flyers Hidden from n Cropping Fleet
OF Guests Boats.

Foghorns formed a rather necessary
portion OF the equipment aboard the
racers OF the Atlantic Yacht club. as
they started from the 1t anchorage of
Bay Ridge. for the starting line at Buoy
No. IL. or Craven Shoal mark, as II IL
known to shippers he%reabout.
Prospects of an ideal race were by no
means inviting, for the topmasts of the
big flyers could hardly be seen from their
decks, so heavy was the mist that en-
shrouded the fleet. But the sanguine
yachtsman Is always ready to tell Of the
good weather that exists outside be-
yoni the impenetrable blanket of thick
weather. and with oilskin-Clad crews the
racers sailed in search of the breezes
that might be lurking down In the lower
bay.
x host of steam craft and the steamer
Cygnus accompanied the swift. sleek
speeders over the course, cropping their
way through the fog, with a chorus OF
sirens and steam whistles. In spite OF
the wretched state of the elements the
throng OF spectators was almost as
great as is customary at the talanta
regattas.
The Regatta Committee, consisting Of
John l.. Bliss, Henry u. Howell and
Major 7. McNulty. timed at he marks
from the wheel-house OF the Governor,
the imaginary line being to the stake
BOAT luminous. Inc preparatory gun was
fired Mt exactly noon.
The starters were as follows:
Glass lI.-Ninetv-foot schooners.-Em
erald. J. Rogers. Maxwell, Ariel, Gen. IL.
b. Hill.
Glass ,III--seyenty-foot schooners.T1
b. KING. Serkara N. j. Francis. Loyal.
Class Iii.-sixty-foot sloops.-ventura,
Glass W.Ssixty-foot sloops.-Eclipse,
l.. J. Callahan.
Classv.-Forty-six-foot sloops.anWasp.
kins. NJ. D.; Penguin. q. +. Bughtson.
Glass vI.-Forty-foot sloops.-Moccasin,
Nd. Lawton and S. IL. Mason. r.
James Weir, jr.; Daffodil. j. II. Whit
Glass vn~I.-so-foot sloop: wabasso.
Glass TX.12-foot sloops: Golden Hope,
F. Prentiss; Madrine, +; NJ. Freeman.
Glass X.-.0pen jib and mainsail; Exile
ROBINSON; Almira, II, W. Haitian; Myr-
tie, j. X. Maxwell, jr.; Win or Lose, f.
NJ. Randall; Kittie, Hazen Morse: Ar
row. Frank Bennett. t
course from Buoy No. il. of south
Beach, s.. l., to Scotland Llghtship and
return, except that the large sloops
and schooners In classes and .
u " poht ~
southwest OF the lightship. The cats
came home from Buoy No. 6.
Thick fog still hung over all the
course. with the wind light In spots
and now n then a puny pun or two
that sent first one, then the other a
trlie ahead. Most Of the fleet. how
ever. were so densely wrapped In the
mist that nothing could be seen OF their
movements from the steamers
Among the features of the days racing
was the duel between Emerald and Ariel.
Mr.. Maxwell's schooner being much i'm
proved over last years form. having
been heightened and otherwise reftted
during the Winter. Then there was the
triangular battle between Wasp, Glor-
lana and P%enguin-a battle of the old
school against two stages In the devel-
opment OF the modern. There was also
an old feud between Tigress and Daffodil
that was renewed for the first time this
season.
with the cats II Ii always a struggle
for supremacy. the Cape Codders and
Newporters having n trifie the best of
II over outside courses. Arrow comes to
New York as the best exponent of her
type of craft In New England. She halls
from Providence.