New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-05
FINE RACE TO NEW-LONDON.
~rsrERpAY's RUN OF THE NEw-YoRK
YACHT CLUB FLEET
,,,- MANY BOATS ENTERED INTO THE RACING
II, SIGNAL VICTORY FOR THE coIONIA--

80 u.SY BEATS ENTERED INTO THE RACING
SIGNAL VICTORY FOR THE coIoNIA--
DEFEAT OF THE WASP.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l
x..w.Iondon, Conn. Aug A--When the slumbers
~. Regatta Committee OF the New-York Yacht
.,,n were rudely disturbed at early hour this
.nlnS the breeze piping merriy through
nv s,-ouds There life and ygor in II.
', sleep-dimmed eyes were soon alert. Many
a." go was directed toward the western sky.
s,nce the best things come In the way OF
800 these summer days. and when the south
".,srly tendency of the wind had been duly noted
,ss sa,lormen made great to-do. for II meant
s,s,ps wind and racing run that would carry
70 New-Iondon, distance of sixty-fou-
n. The alternate course to Morris Cove.
,.,sty-eight miles away
the light mist which hung low over Hunting
-. Earbor lifted the breeze fell trife and some
:, the boats lost time In reaching the line OH
~.,o,,s Neck Certainly few more exquisite marine
,.,ures have ever been seen than that which the
pr,.sraneous feet presented as 1t drew slowly out
- ~. del,cate veil of rising fog like stately NOV
,ps phantoms
one discouragng fact was noted as the COM
o,sn, PARTS Of this vision OF the dawn giided
nor, That was the number OF craft OF the Meet
:, nearly eighty which SHE'D at the line. running
so The anchored flagship TO the buoy off Eaton's
and passed 10 lir taSt""A' WAN nv '"N''o
.hore,rc recorded Sixteen racing boats out of a
49,, ., This size IS not an encouraging showing. TO
= ,ha isas, NJ IL and II is more apparen. than
- ,hat tha interest Of the cruise will be found
% lie IN the contests between the Coonia ana the
Fr,.rald and the Quisetta and the Amorita In
tho schooner classes Among the sioops the margin
i, q ,ria. wider but half dozen likes the limit
pretty nearly.
THE SCENE AT THE START
?, ,as ,rsniriuc 10 see Commodore H. c. Rouse
IN the gallant Iroquois getting into company with
tho Colonia and the Emerald In the race. This
INC & true OF John Murray Mitchell In the
r,A,r,- the veteran Engsh-built cutter. No
,.-.s, commensurate with the Importance OF the
occasion however. Was manifested in the start
Tu,, or three steam yachts resembling the flagship
On tonnage dimensions cruising about far
from the mark when The preparatory gun at $50
belched forth lot OF smoke entirely out OF propor-
ZION 10 the succeeding sound.
At o'clock the sloops were sent away. They
crossed the line in the following order: The Wasp,
the Queen Nab. the Carmita, the Eclipse, the
Ncrcta the Minerva. the Bedouin the Cvra. the
Choctaw and The Olga. The wind was blowing at
the rate OF about ten knots hour from the
southwest. and the tide was on the ebb. All
the boats crossed on the starboard tack with bal
looners and every other stitch of breeze-ersnarng
canvas sheeted home for effective work. Most Of
them stood in at once for the Long Island shore
with what TO prove wise Judgment for it
was az offshore wind and most speedy near the
land
Once secure In their places, the Wasp. the
Norota. the Carmita. the Queen Nab and the
Minerva set spinnakcrs 10 starboard and entered
upon their all-day contest. The Uvira made
mos: astonishing exhibition of speed. She dis
dained the spnnaker and spurned the jib and, run
hing along In broad reaching fashion, passed
through The fleet under mainsail. balloon. staysaii
and No lib topsaii. with perfect ease. Later she
lost herself in q snowy cloud of her own bearing.
and three hours afterward. when abreast OF Bridge
port. having covered about twenty miles she was
in fun with her larger comp, titor, the Wasp.
and quite TWO miles TO windward Of the latter The
others were scattered over IL wide extent of water.
The starting signal for the soops was the pre-
paratory signal for the scho9ners which got 'neIr
to cross close to the leeward end. and shaped her
course at once for the run in the open water trust
rfa rsw schooner the Suset,1 was the second
over, followed by the Marguerite and ,he Emerald
and she xss handicapped. The Colona and the
Emerald seemed to, drift together 10 obedience to
and ne Amorita. passing astern of both. cuddled
up for settlement of their Gwn private diiff he
Orgoten, for she was Illustrating p both boz nh, The
Amorita and Quisetta that y Is possible for three
o constitute rotous crowd.
GAIN OF THE COLONIA.
After the start d gray haze settled down over
he water along the shore line, and for a while
al the boats unrecognzabe, but as as
opportunity offered captain William Hulins. Of
tho Luckenback. bore In toward them and 1t was |
'ound that there had been some lively divorces !
rom carly attachments. At 1915. after run Of |
wenty miles the Colona bowling along under !
,alooners and spinnaker with about a half mile !
Il green water between her and the Maxwell
'oat. She was slowly but surely increasing her ,
cad Both were quite well our hom shoe
emerald took In her balloon jibtopsail. viii b !
Wind hauled TO the northward. and both dispensed
With spinnakers, which mad been harvesting air
rom across the starboard rail. After or
more short bitches the hckie breeze settled down
nee more 10 aid them. and spinnaker booms were
hifted TO port and there remained.
Al $4,000 the Colonia was mile ahead OF her
ival and abreast Of Orient Point. When the
Amorita We're having Their own troubles far In in
'hore. and the former was getting the better %
he open water In far as could be ascertained
here was no other change in the relative places
coonia was constantly eating her way into the
space ahead and widening the distance between |
herself and the Emerald.
AT THE FINISH LINE
The awful nature of tn. beating the Colonia adj
to her rival made known at the |
.nish. The Coonia came in all booming at Sio:.i |
'efeating the Emerald by forty-eight minutes and
seventeen seconds, corrected time. The latter |
crossed the line with spinnaker holding almost |
y Ihe last moment al 49, n The Iroquois had |
~ AZ ~ while her smaller but ?lucky antagonist |
tossed al ~ 81, just seven minutes and five |
's e.. behind The Quisetta gave tho Anorta |
'sste OF her mettle defeating her by fifteen min
'.e e and thirty-fv> seconds. elapsed time
ne soops had been separated into classes for |
souse hlehce. The Carmita from the Wasp, |
= =, instinct surprise. Tie Minerva won over the |
. , , ana the Choctaw and the Queen Nab had
lonesome time of IT, for the olga, 10 all intents
AN PURPOSES Is out yet
SUMMARIES OF THE RUN.
Ahe summaries follow:
scHQONEkS--CLAsS H.