New-York tribune., 1895-06-12
YACHTS IN TICKLE WEATHER
ANN1yA1 REGATTA OF THE ATLANTIC
CLUB.
COME SPIRITED CONTESTS NARROW EscAf
FROM coLLIsION-HEAVf FOG Al ii"N"
AND SOME LATE FINISHES = THE


AND SOME LATE FINISHES - THE
WINNING BOATS.
,. ,,,.,,s., annual regatta Of the Atlantic Yacht
C,uh was sailed yesterday, and was success Inc
vach,smen and their friends crowoeo ."e ''ea
boat General Socum, which ieit "es' ,'.S..
socordst at 10 O'Clock and stopped at the clubhouse
=, pav ridge where the already large crowd on
ta was increased by over hundred men anu
uoren friends Of the club A heet OF twenty n,e NV
schooners and soops was AT ahchor o' ~ 49,,
house lying in what was almost - s =
TIE sky too was overcast, ana the pio','e .
regatta seemed poor. Shortly peiore II 49,
Judges boat. the J. f. Loniha'' " r.o Cav
Raw 10 the starting point. Buoy NO. H. i"e ~.
, s,ocuro followed closely. and then came '".
acht. with every sail set. The wcatner e'es
nm a hit about this time. and when the prepA ,oo.
signal was sounded from the Judges o'a'' ~
= ~ tho Raw in the vicinity OF the puoy pre-
sented a brilliant sight. Skiiiui ma"oeo ~
s,,,,.d and the starters came along In a ou"e, %
su''e. ., s,an., was sounded at 12:40 o'clock.
r,.o~.ra crossed the line first, at l2:4l ~. Inc
,.a. .chooner was hotly chased by the S"a'' ,
rock willard p Wards speedy yacnt whici :. ,
ill.,, or,v Ten seconds behind her principal u va
Tho schooner Ramona, Henry NJ uIils' any,
Noxwelrs big white Emerald started "'''
and one-haf minutes OF each otne' a"u ..s, ~
= rsg.,,or tug-of-war so TO speak, an the -
- ,.oon Tho Ramona won in Class l. ana 'ne
AoI
ra.,, In Glass O. The fast sloop Dragooh ""1 -
,,kover and covered her course III ''
minutes % seconds. The Waposso wa" .,otro
ayalns, her but did not sail. Minerva "' -, t,-
ane near fouing at the start OF the '"e., cood
= or,ort tho spectators held their orea."s' ,
"v,''e" ,ad accident but It was close "orh
- ,a, minutes II was the fault OF the Mi"e' -
io' ,,,,,, inst cost her one minute and nVe se'-
onds oa,ber began to
Shortly after the start the "ea' - .he Scot
.h,cLan and when the yachts were OIL III" IA
land Iightship the fog had risen IN 'ne . ,,,s,
carne chasing In. The boats vah'sneu - m,s.ds ~
a Tho General Socum did not venture ou
ana ."e T.en ,hrou4h the smother OF fog came
49, iar.,ny ~ the bell on the lightship' anu w
hoarse whlstng OF steamers bouhu III a' .
tho harbor But the fog dld not '"s .,nr.ad
oc,ock a northeast breeze sprahg up anu ~ "a
Tho uhite yapor. The breeze was p'i' -
.a,,,, raised the whitecaps The hopes oi '"e
vachtsmen we're also raised. and they SCI so" 20,
sau In the fog they had TO De eau''o 80 -,
go, ms, sjowly but as the sun came out anu "'. nv
L,as cleared the yachtsmen began ~
,,or rounding the Scotland Lightship Inc s
boats. which did not have 10 go iui i'".' ..s =,
their spinnakers and came nome oe'o'e Wv
a good pace. -. CANDY Hook
,,h,.hIn and many OF them did not hnisn un.''
,,tar dark The wind dropped al SUNSET a ~
larger vessels had tedious sail 10 the .
A dense fox came in the evening" aA' NV =.
.h1on sn,shed late were badly delayed oy IT,
co.,on.lirhts were fred from the judges boat 70
gu,ae the ia,e-comers The sounds OF iosno.nS "l,S
and whistles sounded over the Bay and the vessels
latest in simply had to crawl up to the'r aho"o
ages. ,,,h tho nrizee won
lias. schooners Ramona $50 Glass Emera1' ssa
Sass Elsemarie, SIS; Class s. Loyal, w.
No starter in Class 3 c, Ouaan Nab
.ss' Ciass 4 Wasp $50 Glass s. Norota, 80 CIass ~
Dragon so; Class s. Freyda' $40; C'ass y
EImra and Allegro won prizes of sa5 each In the
catboat class.