New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-16
BROOKLYN Y. {. REGAIIA.
LIST OF ENTRIES CUT DOWN OWING TO
THE STORM
1-yENrY-oNE BOATS CROSS THE LINE WITH A
GOOD SAILING BREEZE-THE NoRoTA DOES


NOT APPEAR FOR THE RACE
The usual good fortune attended the brooA'S"
Yacht Club in It's thirty-ninth annual resaN'a'
sailed yesterday afternoon. The storm OF sunday
while II LETT no behind. did not bio" quite q"
the wind out Of the clouds 1t did. however, gei
a grip on a number OF boats which had peen en-
tered for the regatta. and laid them up for re-
pairs The Est OF entries was decreased from
thlrty-nine to twenty-one. IL was source OF as
appointment that +. NJ Hoyts yacht. the Norota'
dd not appear to contest FOR supremacy Win 'he
Iukato owned By f. II. Converse. The latter was
on hand and sailed over the course Ike the thor
ough-going yachtsman that he s just for the sport
Of II and for the benefit OF the hundreds OF ex-
cursionls,s board the Cygnus. when closely io'-
lowed the race, and even accompanied the liKato
out TO the Southwest Spit The committees ar
rangements were as perfect such things ever
are on board the conmittee-Doat were chairman
Henry s,anwocd. James Il. Finlay and Captain
Samuel H. Bayliss OF old Fleetwlng fame.
The wind was Right from the south-by-east. and
deI almost entirely away about IL o'clock. 20 that
Il sas 10 p m when the starting sigma vas
given Even then It looked /. tho proyerb!a
good fortune OF the club to be ecl.psei. but
the breeze rrcshenel after the yachts crossed
the line giving them n full-sa breeze for the race
The courses were three in number. For the larger
boats It was from the stakcboat 70 Old orchard
Shoal Lgh,. thence 20 the buoy at southwest Spt
aad then home The second to Old Orchard
head o, Swash Channel and return to the starting
;o.nt The third tor small cats and was 70
Black Buoy No. O. thence to the bell buoy a; swash
Channel and return home All marks were TO be
LETT on the port hand and tho time limit OF the
race was six hours. The starting line was a stake
boat anchored due north from Norton's Point and
the Regatta Committees boat.
An the yachts crossed the line closehauled on
the port tack. with the Sea Gun In the van OF her
class. and breaking out her ib-tcpsa!l as she
crossed She was foAo~ed by the other boats IN
old he'll
hand capped
All IN. racers stood well on toward the Staten
Island shore. with the single exception OF the
Martha NJ. whose skipper went about toward
Coney Island Immediately after passing the com
IN itee-hoai The yachts rounded O,d Orchard Light
in the following order. Ikaio Step Lively. Presto.
Louise Edla. Ethel Mary II. Nautilus. Madge.
Sea Gull Airs r. j r.. Mabel. Yare. Grace f. and
Paula The step Lively at this time leading
her class by nearly n mile and demonstrated her
superiority with ease. Tho big sloops were the
nat on the short leg OF the course. between Old
orchard l. ght ami the Southwest spit The others
after turning the light. had a close reach FOR the
bell buoy. and with sheets ltted and the wind
about three points abaft the beam. stood FOR hone
The winners were. llikato Alris. Ella. Grace f..
step Lively Presto. +. J. r., Haldee and Martha
NJ The summaries are AZ follows: