The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-24

able to enter the Carrie, and until yester-
( day morning the Dixie, Mr. George J.
/ Baldwin 5 launch, was the only one en-
! tered among the tirst-class launches
/ The Dixie had never run against the
Moselle. Mai. wilkins had just had the
machinery of the latter repaired and the
| handicap appearing so heavily against
/ him he was afraid that he would be una
! BILE TO enter. The MOselle was in shipshape
+ however, and she was entered some time
before the races started. Her length
/ is IS feet 50. inches, and that of
/ the Dixie 80 feet 81 inches. The handi-
/ cap allowed the latter over the former
was about three minutes per foot per
mile making a difference of the five min
utes and twelve seconds in the Dixies
favor. The Dixie started at thirty-four
minutes and forty seconds past u O'Clock
| and the Moselle followed about five min
utes later.
THE NAPHTHA's GUESTS.
With Maj. wilkins on the Moselle were
/ Mr.. Andrew SimOnds, president of the
First National Bank of Charleston, who
is himself quite yachtsman; Mr.. 5. L.
Breaux, Of New Orleans; Messrs. w. A.
Wilkins, Jr., and J. r. Lewis. Mr..
Baldwin carried on the Dixie
Messrs. A. X. Lawton, Jr., and w.
B. Hartridge. The Moselle attempted
10 ON6ILdh6 Liie OlAle DGlOIe reaching the
red buoy at Cabbage island, around which
the yachts were TO 90. over half the dis
lance was gained, but the Dixie rounded
the buoy little over a minute ahead of the
Moselle The MOselle overlook and passed
the Dixie Just opposite Romerly marsh
about twenty minutes after having passed
the Cabbage island buoy. From that time
the Moselle made steady gain until she
crossed the line, minutes and "a seconds
qhAad nf her pOrqTonfif0p Tho MOCella
was the last boat to start and the first TO
finish. The Moselle is a floating palace,
and is, perhaps, the handsOmeSt pleasure
yacht in the river This race establishes
her reputation as the fastest yacht of her
class, and this is the second cup she has
won, though scarcely a year old. Her
first race was on the occasion of the
ladies day regatta last year.
The Dixie has wider beam than the
Moselle and had more resistance to over
come, which probably accounts to a large
extent. for her loss of the race, as both
have the same horse power engines.
The Norma, entered in the third-class
naphthas, was sailed by Messrs Montague
and Bent, and the Ruby, her competitor,
by Mr.. w. F. Baker. Both launches are
Is feet inches and were on the same
time footing. The Norma took the lead
at the start and beat her. competitor
around the fourteen mile course by II
minutes and u seconds.
THE NAPHTHAs' TIME.
The times of the naphtha launches are as
follows:
NAPHTHA LAUNCHEs-FIRsT GLASS, 20 MILES
Flaps Cor
ed rected
Start. Finish. Time. Time.
Mosele ... ..12:3940 3:26;52 2:4S:12 2:53;2l
Dixie. ......12:34:40 3:3O:3S 2:56:5s 2.56:5s
THIRD CLASS NAPHrHAs, IA MILES
Norma. ..12:33:OO s;29:2O 2:562O 2:56.2O
Ruby ........ .12:33:30 3:4102 3:13:32 3:18:32
Commodore Lathorp did not enter the
Flash in the races, but he carried out a
pleasure party, as did also Mr.. L. T.
Turner on the Que Vive. The Out Vive
Is one of the fastest yachts In her class
and has beaten almost everything she has
raced against in former regattas. She
was not entered, however, in yesterdays
races.
The regatta was in charge of Commo-
dore f. S. Lathrop; Mr.. w. d. Simbins
was measurer, and Messrs. j. L. Walt
hour and Jno. Screven, Jr., timers. The
sailing committee, MeSsrs. M Y. Hender-
son, f. +. Jones, and Isaac Beckett were
the judges of the races.
The Bellevue followed the races around
the course, reaching the club house about
O'Clock in the afternoon, where there
was music and dancing until dusk. After
their arrival from the race Mai. wilkins
and Mr.. Baldwin took pleasure parties
down on their launches to meet the sail
ing yachts, which were still some dis
lance below the point. The Bellevue
brought the guests of the club and the
members up to the city last night about 8