New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-04
FIRST DAY OF THE CRUISE.
INITIAL, RACE OF THE NETWORK YACHT
CLUBS ANNUAL EXCURSION

TIME A1JOwavCr,-THE WASP AND THE MAI
TAKE THE TROPHIES IN THEIR CLASSES
As a sort of final indication of triumphant de-
parture Nils Olsen. tho veteran Indispensable vi
the New York Yacht Club. swung from the pier
at East Twenty -sxth-st. and the East River W
the deck OF the tug. the Edward LucKehoacA
The whistle gave a final sonorous warming the
screw began TO turn and at 9:f' o'clock yesteroa.
morning the August cruise of the New-fork fa'i''
Club was officially begun. Officially. because U"
board was Commodore S. Nicholson Kane 'ne
suave chairman of the Regatta COMMITTEE "hose
word will BE- law for ten days TO come soon ai'''
the tug drew out into the river the Starin COM
pany's steamer the Sam Sloan. having on ooard
a merry crowd Of the clubs members and friends
WIS cast off from the north side Of the pier ana
followed He'll Cateward with all possible speed
Both boats bound for the place Of rendezvous
in Glen Cove Long Island. The day was all that
could possibly be desired. although the most vital
adjunct 70 Yachting success the wind. was almost
entirely lacking. BY divers signs and omens' now
ever the weather sharps gathered in foreknowl-
edge of an afternoon breeze enough TO make the
race for the commodore's cups for schooners anu
for sloops a success. AS the tug maze her way
up the East River many white sail was left be-
hind It seemed that all the cup-huntins myers
were bound for the point OF meeting, and were
only waiting with sailor-like patience for the WIND
to serve. As Glen Cove hove sight TO the east
ward It needed no chart to herald Its nearness
Boats of all classes and descriptions were hover
ing about clouded with every stitch Of working
canvas trying by every device known 10 the sailor
make anchorage.
Once inside a busy and picturesque sight was
presented TO the eye. Here were at anchor the
steam yachts Sylvia. Commodore Edward NJ
Brown the Nourmaha John Jacob Astor; the
Nevada Henry Walters the Eugenia, John H.
Herreshon; the Reva, George Lorillard Ronolds.
the Alicia Henry NJ F1agler; the Anita, John A.
Flagler the Talisman, J. Herbert Ballantine: the
Hermlone Henry T. Pierce: the Nyda. Isaac f.
Emerson: the Shearwater. Alfred c. Harrison; the
Peerless Charles W. Hardness; the Judy. W. H.
Watrous the Tonette. A. b. Hilton; the Con-
queror F. W. Vanderbilt; the May. Edwin ID. Nor
gan; the Oneida f. c. Benedict; the Katrina,
Henry F. Moves; the Orienta f. r. Ladew the
Strae Thomas ~ Mcintyre the Forget Not.
W. H. and G. p Butler; the Nirvana, W K. Sands;
the Neoira C. A. Gould; the Black Pearl. Edwin
r. Seldom; the Avene William Solomon: the Bar
racouta Mrs Sarah d. Fell. the Whileaway. c.
c. Dodge; the Clifton, Charles Mallory; the Aquito,
Henry A. Van Lew: the Kanawha. John p. Dun
can; the Duquesne Thomas r. Hostetter: the
Reverle f. G. Bounce: the Elsa. Miss Eoise l..
Breese; the Abatross, Jacob Rupert, jr.; the
Maspeth G. NJ Meyer. and the Clermont, a. Van
Santvoord.
The schooners were the Clytie. Commodore
H. C. Ward: the Montauk. Rear Commodore L. Cass
Iedyard the Puritan, DR.. w. Barton Hopkins: the
Mavhower W Amory Gardner the Colona. Clar-
ence A. Rostey: the Emerald, j. Rogers Maxwell;
the Ramona Harry VI. Gilllg; the Amorita, w.
Gould Brokaw the Quisetta. Henry W. Harris; the
Marguerite Henry W. Lamb the Republic. George
Matthews: the Agnes. Norton Wnslow: the Con-
stelation George W. Weld the Carlotta, Colonel
George Duryea the Quckstep, William Rocker:
the Ariel. Percy Chubb: the Iroquois. II. C. Rouse:
the Ingomar John d Barrett: the Woodmansie +.
F. Cole: the Shamrock Willard b. Ward the Victor,
A. J. Morgan and the Atlantic. Wilson Marshall
na f.
Katonan Frederick l.. Ames: the Helene. Francis
s Brown: the Viola. c. w. Wayland: the Thistle,
! Howard Ford: the Cymbra. Thomas A. Mcintyre;
the Bonnie Kate F. A. Plummer: the Eclipse }.
Caliinan: the Trochilus, Mayhem w Bronson; the
Carmita. w Watson Caswell: the Minerva. Joseph
= Eletcher: the Bedoun. j. Murray Mitchell; the
Huron Edward s. Hatch. the Uvlra, f. NJ. Lock-
wood the Queen Nab n l.. Francis the Raccoon'
r r Hoststter: the Mai. o. G. Jennings. and the
Mirth H. J. W. and C. d. Beekman
II hardly requires expert 10 anayZe the list for
discovery Of crack racing ability TO be found by
,L,ng mental measure OF the boats All familiar
from experience drawn from season that is yet
Young Regarding the Colonia and the Emerald IL
is unnecessary 70 speak Their relative por.o"' arc
established beyond any chance OF caVi the eAo''
ing feature-exciting because OF the he"heS' VI
,,n,ust he aroused by the first cones; between MI
Brokaws Amorita anu t"e ~" "
boat , , o,
details Of the race and at 80 the signa gun YARN ~,
Tho IA gship barked out its get under wa. Wa h
ing emphasized by the mmediase non % light
hyceae was tanning the water from the souihw vest
Course was signalled from e'e omgtia boat
and Matinnicock Point buoy, to and around marx
one i,I Ledge Norwalk Islands. Leaving it on the
port hand return five miles over the same conr n5
to %nd ,hence to the line between the
,nittee boat and stakeboat one mile west Oh
Eaton's Point Light. making distance OF twenty
one This course was logged by Captain Nils Olsen on
the ana tng yn s onv
sS,n sounding at 24O O'Clock. with the wind still
6otthersomey lacking; The course at starting made
=, a rnn with spnnakers to starboard for the first
d u heat FOR the second and reach for the last
Ave miles TO the finish mark. The start was not OBJ
furned through the fleet the order was noted
follows: The Emerald. the Coonia the Marguerite.
,Ha Wash the Quisetta. the Uvira, the Amorita the
troouois the Queen Nab. the Mai. the Eclipse. the
Minerva the Carmta. the Raccoon. the Katonan.
Ar the same time a wide-spreading fleet OF white
winged pleasure craft were making for Huntington
Harbor 1t was jus; at this important juncture that
shadow came across the sunlit horizon. II was the
black Yacht the Josephine. westward bound. and the
daxs AZ half-mas the closed and darkly curtained
windows OF the saloon cabin patheticaily sig
nfficant OF the boats sad mission. On board the
body Of Mrs. p A. b Widener. whose sudden death
Iuckenback kept company with the sombre visitor.
and Captain Olsen half-masted the club coors as
As the tug foamed through the feet OF racing
vessels II was noticeable that the schooners had
small craft were still running free for the mark.
In place the large boats had substituted balloon
After rounding the outer mark and in the beat
back to the Hampstead mark at $40 o'clock the
SOr e nas the hra IN a.d
we'll to windward, was the Quisetta Just loanhs
along about her business. and fourth was the
The Anal leg was reach in the stsrboard tack