The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-29
oN YnA AMMRlc4N NnINE.

4 Fine Excursion to the Poughkecbsio
 Races-0n the Richard Peell-rhe lN-
 curSionists We'll Taken Care Of-A Quiet
 Timo and No Disturbances-Th Peek
 Passed All the River Boats.
 Those who went to the quadraugular
 race at Poughkeepsie by the steamer
 Richard Peck, which left New Haven
 at 12;2O Thursday night before the race
 enjoyed one of the finest trips possi-
 ble to be had in this section of the
 country. The Peck left New Haven
 with about 15O persons on board and
 at New York took on 100 more. The
 boat left New York shortly after II
 o'clock Friday morning and before
 PoughkeepSle was reached just before
 t o'clock had passed every north bound
 boat within sight of which she came. The Peck was the first of the down the river steamers to arrive upon the scene of the race and secured position,
 which was one of the best, if not the very best from which to see the finish
 of the great race. From the llagstar at her bow iloated a large blue Yale banner, and as she steamed in through the t1otailla of yachts she was greeted
 with cheers for Yale, every one seeming to recognize the fact that she was a Yale boat from New Haven. She was anchored almost directly opposite the
 finish boats, just a trihe below with
 broadside turned toward the finish boats, so that every one aboard was given an opportunity to see the racers nn ma l,,n pIA | contingent aboard heartily cheered Co., lumbia and appeared much crestfallen and disappointed as that crew came last into the finish. As the winning Cornell crew shot past the finish line | the Peck's deep bass whistle joined
 with the hundreds of other whistles on the harbor in din of pandemOnium. | As soon as the race was over there was great sCurry of craft both the small | boats and the large steamers seeming to be endeavoring to be the first to start on the home trip. The Peck, how ever, like a huge leviathan slowly, leis
 Urely and massively turned about and
 after being placed in proper position l heading down stream was given little l stean. motion. By this time the other
 boats had gotten well started, but the | Peck now began to steam up and before | having gone ten miles had again pass | ed every boat even to the fast steam | yachts and was at the very van of the | of the aquatic procession. Every boat
 which was passed acknowledged the | Peck's superiority with a salute from 1 her whistle. By the time Newburgh l was reached all of the other boats had 1 been left far behind and none were yet | in sight. From this point on down to 1 New York, which was reached at 10:40 l the trip was one of the most beautiful 1 possible to imagine. The moon just
 rising over the rocky highlands on the eastern side of the river beamed across | the water and shed it's mellow light with a wonderfully beautiful effect over l the Highlands and Palisades along the west bank. With the rocky Crags in l imagination easily covered with ruined castles and the silvery moon bathing 1 all in it's wondrous waves of sOftening l light the scene almost resembled one
 on the Rhine or in fairyland Charles | l. French, the well known local agent l of the New Haven Line, was aboard
 during the entire trip and spared no | effort to make the excursion in every | way enjoyable to the New HaNenerS
 aboard and that he succeeded in every respect it is needless to say. The peo- | pie aboard the boat were of a good class and there was none of the rowdy- 1 ism or drunkenness so often seen in ex- l cursiOn parties. The trip was in every
 way a quiet nice affair which no one
 could help but enjoy, The New Haven
 CTS were brought from New York to
 this city on the return trip on the 1 Northam.
 Among those on board were Joseph | D. Sargent, Edward Taylor, Frederick
 l.. Averill, James E. McGann, Henry | Fresenius, Charles I. French, Charles | R. Waterhouse and H, M, SedgWick.