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

FoEhorns formed a rather necessary
portion OF the equipment aboard the
racers OF the Atlantic Yacht Club as
they started from the Club anchorage of
Bay Ridge, for the starting line at Buoy
No. II. or Craven Shoal mark, as 1t Is
known to shippers hereabout.
Prospects OF an ideal race were by no
mean inviting, for the topmas,s Of the
big flyers could hardly be seen from their
decks. 10 heavy was the mist that en-
shroudel the fleet. But the sanguiae
yachtsman Is always ready to tell of the
good we ,.her that exists Outside" be-
yoni the impenetrable blanke of thick
weather, and with oilskin-clad crews the
racers sailed In search of the breczes
that might be lurking down In the lover
bay.
A host OF steam craft ard the steamer
Cygnus accompanied the swift, sleek
spcc'iers over the course. cropping their
way through the fog, with Il chorus Of
sirens and steam whistles. In spite OF
the wretched state of the elements the
thronE of spectators was almost as
great a. Is customary at the Atlant!c's
regattas.
The Regatta Committee, consisting Of
John L. Bliss, Henry b. Howell ard
Major =. McSulty, timed ut the marks
from the wheelihouse of the Governor,
fired at exactly noon.
The starters were as follows:
Class H.-Ninetv-foot schooners.-Em-
era;l J. Rogers, Maxwell; Ariel, Geo. II.
b. Hill.
Glass ,IiI:-ssyenty-foot schooners.--
Agnes. j. N; WiGsiow, Elise-Marie. j;
3. king; Serkara N, j. Francis Loyal
Glass m sixty-foot loops.-ventura.
class ,IV.-sixty-foot sloons.-Eclipse,
Class V.--Forty-zlx-foot sloops.--wasp.
Il. +. r. l.. Lippitt, Gloriana, W. e.
H 29s.n n .P p; ,pe9oHin s,o C; y. I BTisAts ION.
". u. Lawton and s. H Mason. jr.
Ja n'"a' Weir. ''I IT.; Daftodi i. 'U J. R. WIFI WIFI
Ing.
Glass vlII.-3O-foot sloop.-wabasso,
class IiX,I35-feot sloop..-Golden Hope,
F.. Prentlss; Madrine, +. NJ. Freeman.
Cas- !. open lib and mainsail.-Exi'e
C.lss XI."Catboa .s.-Do.pnln. Geo. L.
r 'blnson; .A!mira, II. ". Hanan; Myr-
NJ. Randall; KittIe, lIaaen Morse; Ar
rCw. Frank Bennett
Vessels in every class sailed oyer a
course from Buoy No, II, off South
return, except that the large sloops
and ~schooners In classes J., 2 and 3
turned a stakeboat tve miles south
Sputll"tSN VI lHt l6htShip. lht NttS
came home from Buoy No. i.
Thick fog still hung over all the
and now and then n puny pun or two
that sent first. one, then the other a
tritlc 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 Penguin-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 It is always a struggle
for supremacy, the Cape CoGders and
Newporters having a trifie the best of
1t over outside courses. Arrow comes to
New York as the best exponent of her
type of craft in New England. She halls
from Providence.