New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-12

THE SCHoONEh-1
+or,o,s battle-Nag. as the PROUD sO'
'o o 49, rne inst ahead of the 1roquois
- ~. old cup-defender Colonia IN her ne"
as defeated by the Emerald was ha'u9
. s,,r1,rise 10 the veterans on poaiu' va" .
+bair superstitions concerning ailereu lbs o,..
Ills The Emerald pointed better Out 'ne Co''',-
l,,,,d outfoot her with ease IL was Sp''
s.roted that Captain Charley Barr can icai
.xsu .roro 7 Rogers Maxwell. at least IN so
80 - srcb a matter could be judged from 'ne' d.
.,mas too distant point Of view OF those oi' po@-
+ha excursion steamer. James o'A''i'.'" -,
non IN the special thirty-footer race Ou' 'o
matter OF how 1t was done ask 'he ma ~ 49,.
Ill tho little fellows were rushing toward .ie
"""o 1870 .ba steamer was reaching out for
,be Sandy Hook Lghtship to watch 'he iou"'''s
Of the larger craft.
A PERFECT DAY.
?. ..s ne-fect day. clear and cool, with 'hat
rare circumstance OF the weather west "o' Va" ~
Wind holding almost without change throus"ou. .-'e
sr+ire race The Regatta Committee, comp 's'le
6 nicholson Kane. Chairman Archioalu hoeeis
and Gouverneur Kortwrght. had perlec'e' a."
- orranpements with excellent judgment 80
.ho+ although not OF them was ao'e " ~
nresent the machinery for the race was uioi o'e-'
oiled and tested and there was no hl'cn Vi any
LIND The iron steamboat Taurus hau pee" g.
ooaa for tina convenience of the members ana 'he
So. .h,ia tho acting committee used the flag
III sylvia with Commodore Edward NJ Brown
ON hoard The members of the acting committee
ware ". F. Iseln, J. Frederick Tams ana f!eet
Can,ain Chester Griswold. Fleet surgeon Dr' MOT
rs + Asch was likewise on board the SyINA mo
aur,s had been scheduled to leave Pier NO l. Norm
River promptly at 1915 o'clock ana II was oni'
. .au minutes after that time when the last whSue
.orrded and she drew out into the stream Will d
merry party on board. not too large Tor comfort
nor too small for just display OF enthusiasm,
The saloon cabin and parts OF the main oeoA H"'
been given over to the luncheon arrangements
and there were white-covered taoies anu "''
aproned walters everywhere.
THOSE ON BOARD THE TAURUS
.-o,a tho naone on The Taurus were Mr.. and
Me- V S Oddie Julien X. Meyers. w r. Cot
,anhader Thomas c. Cassidy, Ernest staples
Chester c. Munroe +. lie Roy stewart " W.
Rutherfurd James p Paulding. W. d. Bshop' V''
BARCLAY E. Mccarthy. Horace Craignead James
w Fellows Henry Guy Carleton fFeue'1ch d.
1vshor Mr.. and Mrs T. d. Rich. W. Hamilton
Ecc,As,ne ir E. L. H. McGinnis, T. A NC
Intvre George s. Hubbard, Louis l. Lor.~aro, IT,
Delavan Bloodgood. L. S. n; II. Cruger oahiey'
q G. Hamilton NJ W. Bronson J. ~ "'iS'o"'
Rawson Underhill, W. A. Haines. Andre" IL oaiios'
M Roosevelt Schuyler, ID. w Bishop' a - lain
son. Charles L. Wilson Rear-Admiral henry En-
han " 6 n: j. Searle Barclay. Henry >. Roseh-
waugh Joseph H. Vondy Arthur lnSrahafn' = D.
Harm tt +. W. J. Hurst. Sidney IL oa.o,Ho'' ~
NJ Lawson IT.. A. NJ. Cahoone. Pau Aioen' W
irving Van Vert James NJ. Davis. e L. Darre"'
80 1Trs u Edwards Ficken, Charles II. Nc
In.,re Montgomery Strong. Alexander Maitland.
q De Forest, tr., Walter j. Logan LIE ~ H.
PARKER E. j. Greacen. William H. Bottom Hehry
u Tiffany John X. Eastward. FRANCS J. C'i"eS'
James NJ Tappln, Sheppard Romans H. g. Roone'
Frederick Gallatin, Mr. and Mrs. Fordham Motifs
Inns Francis John ~ Wilson. w. Buchanan. +.
A Morrison Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Pine, j. v
8 Odd!e IT, ". H. Morse, John {. orr MI. ana
Mrs p z. Stevenson. John r. Travers. II. r.
Midtown Arthur Burtis L. s. n; Luclus n. onl'h,
Mrs I C. Orr, Miss Orr. John A. Taylor MY ana
Mrs. william Buchanan. Cyrus Fled Judson' RoD-
ert s Church John w. Emerson James {. bergen.
w F. Costen. John r. Patt John haoer'haw'
worden c. Wood George H. MARS Alonzo D.
Jones f. Clark Van Wart John H. Coe. LOUIS D
brush Frank L. Anthony. Franklin A. PIummer,
CANAAN Magnus Anderson Henry H. Hendricks
T. \ Lawson Henry Stanton. Thornton N Motey.
Charles S BREASTED, Rear-AdmlraA H. l.. b4a'''e'
L. s. NJ and b. Frank sutton
rbo s,earer reached the sakeboat OF Buoy No.
70 Lower Bay, and just as she ola so the pre-
naratory gun was fired from the Sylvia, showing
e., Tho COMMITTEES was determined on a prompt
start as the conditions were so favorable Tor me
beginning The wind was blowing iuly twehty-lour
miles an hour when the gun was hieu' ana Il
tr.sbened IN eight before the day was done
While the start was hanging, ana me Ds schooleis
were playlng like doph.ns about the excursion!
steamer and the thrty-ioolels weic SP'its 80.
ike tops in the distance toward Fort W ads nor
hauled close 10 tne ndESiIp anu
esrno,,ncement was made that she would not race,
as there something the mater WIN nel ce -
hoard The Clytie passed out OF the contest AFTER
rourding the Sandy Hook ghtshp ana went nome
by the Swash Channel thus ending her chahces 50
ne iro0iois and the Elsemare were in a sense
ni,ted one against the other because OF broken
classication. the former being In Class and
Wasp do the singing in Class D. the Uyira went
home with a broken bowsprit from Class Z in
rloops-racing trim-eavng the Norota no girl to
play with ard the Olga did not start in Class O.
cruising trim--so that the Choctaw had nobody 10
scalp in her class unless one counts in the Way
ward sloop which the schooner Ramona had left
divorced IN the mixed class under Rule 4-cruis-
ing trim. However. these are a., Side Issues when
one looks back upon the contest offered by the
altered Colonia and the Emerald and remembers
specaI class of thirty-footers These We're all on
hand TO the latest entry of Bayard Thayers Asahi
THE COURSE AND START.
The course for the big boats an
imaginary line drawn from Buoy No 10. TO the
Judges boat, anchored east Of II about two cables
length; TO Buoy No. IL. near Southwest Spit. pass
ing to the south and west OF II; thence south of
Buoy No 10 and north OF bell buoy off the point Of
Sandy Hook to Sandy Hook Ligh;ship. turning
from the north and east. and returning over the
same
For the small boats. the S0footers. two courses
we're open at the option Of the committee,
10 be sgnalled before the start from the flagship.
Course No I was selected at the last moment. 1t
was the same the Others 10 Buoy No H. then
A was around that buoy. leaving IL to starboard.
TO and around float displaying a red nag with a
Hhts stripe. one mile SOUTH one-half west from