The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25
A HoME-BuILT sLooP WINS.
THE RUTH CARRIES OFF FIRST
MONEY AMONG THE SAILING
YACHTS.

Winners in Each Class and the
Times Made-The Twentieth An
nuaI Regatta of the savannah
Yacht Club Made n Pleasant Sue
cess in Spite of weather and "a
Lack of Wind.
Despite the showers yesterday and some
what Of a scarcity OF breeze. the members
Of the Savannah Yacht Club made de-
cided success Of their twentieth annual re-
gatta. The race Of the first class sailing
yachts attracted most Of the attention in
the sailing races. but there seemed 10 be
more interest taken this year in the runs
Of the naphthas.
The day began with the trip Of the Vigi-
liant, which left the Abercorn street dock
at O'Clock in the morning, with the
members and guests Of the yacht club,
and a band of music. On the way down
the river the Vigilant stopped at the
cruisers Atlanta and Raleigh and took
aboard those Of the naval officers who had
obtained leave of absence for the day.
in order to attend the regatta. There
were twelve or fifteen Of them at the club
house during the day. and though all Of
them were invited. others were unable TO
attend on account of the fact that the
cruisers were preparing to leave the har-
Dor this morning for Hampton Roads.
Mr.. Julian schley went out early in the
morning and officially took the measure
ments Of all the yachts that were to en-
ter the races. The sailing committee,
Messrs. Isaac Beckett, chairman. +. T.
Jones and W. d. simkins, was on hand
early in the day, and the timers, Messrs.
w. W. Starr, Julian Schley and John
Screven. Jr., were ready for the start
The Ruth the winner of the race in
the first class sailing yachts. was the first
to- cross the line after the firing Of the
cannon and the lowering Of the flag. She
shot across at II O'Clock, q minutes and
40 seconds, followed closely by the Glance
at l1:2S o'clock. The Vigilant, with the
sailing committee and timers on board,
left the club house just a little ahead Of
the yachts, one or two OF them remaining
behind to take the starting time OF the
boats as they crossed the line.
The Ruth and the Glance made pretty
race going down to the buoy. followed
by the Eldiva. The Marie, the only third
class yacht that was entered started with
the first-class boats and kept along with
them pretty we'll She was sailed by Mr..
+. d. NJ. Strachan. but only went down
20 follow them around the course and
was not in the race
The Vigilant, with about 800 members
ana guests OF the club aboard was al
the buoy on Cabbage Island Spit when the
yachts arrived. The Ruth went around
the buoy about six minutes ahead of the
Glance, with the Eldfva in the rear on
the return trip toward the clubhouse
however, the Glance gained about five min
utes on the Ruth. but opposite WARSAW,
Sound she carried away her peak hall
lards and lost several minutes or other
wise 1t was thought by some that she
would have won the contest. The Ruth
however, had a four-mipute time aIto,,.
ance on account Of her having less length
than her contestants the sailing vacbts
Delng allowed six seconds per foot for each
nautical mile. Despite this allowance
however, the Ruth came in ahead OF All
the yachts in her class by more than hair
minute, The score for this race was az
follows: vas as
Start. Finish. Corrected
Ruth ...........n:g7:N s:sS4s 4i0s:5,
Glance .........11:2S 3.2g.ef 900 OF
Eldiva .........11:2s:S9 412:S8 4.I9.9e
Inc Glance was the longest boat being
80 feet 1la inches The Eldiva was 20 feef
1 men and the Ruth 81 feet H. inches.
Both, therefore, had time allowance over
the Glance. The Ruth did not have her
iuil sails flying, but as Il was she made a
IANNt9 idtts one Was sailed bN Mr.. ffp0rqp
FOUNTAIN and Mr.. b. j. MCINTYRE her
builder. Mr. Mcintyre built the Ruth M
Ihunderbolt to show that such yachts
can be made at home, and he proved in
yesterdays race that he has made a sue
cess OF her. He also built the Marie. which
mas up to date won everything in her
class. The Ruth was built on the same
model as the Marie, and both are among
the fastest yachts in their class to be
round IN the riveT here. The Glance was
sailed by Mr.. Norman w. Beckett, and
the Eldiva by Mr.. w p Holt
In the race of the fifth class Yachts
which was the only other of the sailing
class entered, there is a contest which
has not yet been decided The starting
and finishing times are as follows:
Start Finish
Oerfude ...................l1:4l 80 1851 :56
Haille -.....................ll :3S:51 252:30
Winifred ...................1l: 1899 3:54:51
For this ii will be seen that the Gertrude
came in somewhat ahead of the others
but the navigators of the Halle claim the
Gertrude was not in the race on account
of the fact that she ran aground before the
finish and showed off with an oar instead
OF working off by means of her sails This
Is considered foul, but the captain of the
Gertrude protests vigorously against any
such claim, saying that one of his men
picked up an oar perhaps with this inten-
ton, but put it down at once when he was
helm of the Halle. and with the aid of
Messrs. Noble Jones and Walter Robider
sailed her well. 1t is likely, however, that
the Winifred will be declared the winner
OF this race, as she had a heavy time al
lowance on account of her short length as
compared with her competitors. This pro-
test has not yet been decided by the sail
ing committee.
The Vigilant arrived at the club house in
full time for all aboard to come over and
see the finish of the race of sailing yachts
The course for the first-class sailing
yachts was TO and around the red buoy
on Cabbage Island spit and back to the
club house, a distance of twenty-one nau-
tical miles. The first prize of 500 in gold
was awarded to Mr.. b. ]. Mcintyre. the
owner Of the Ruth, and second to Mr.. Nor
man w. Beckett, the captain of the Glance
The hfth-class boats went over course
of fifteen nautical miles to and around a
stake boat in front of Cabbage Island
near Tybee cut. On the return of the sail
ing yachts, the naphtha races were start
ed and there were at least two entries in
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