The herald., 1897-08-05
Supplement the Fleet Off
Newport
THE REGATTA'S SECOND RUN
FINDS THE FAITHFUL vIGILANT
IN THE LEAD
The Cycling Cracks Gathering at Phil
adelphia-Internationel Tennis
Play-Baseball Games
Associated Press Special Wire.


| NEWPORT, r. l., Aug 4.-The city
was brilliantly decorated today in honor
Of the New York Yacht club and the
North Atlantic squadron. The stores
and residences are mass of bright col
ored flags and bunting.
| In the forenoon the cutter races took
place in the harbor between the crews
from Fort Adams, the Newport naval
reserve torpedo company, seamen, gun
ners from the torpedo station, appren-
| tees from the training station and the
Old Colony repair shop for prizes Of
fered by oliver II. P. Belmont.
| The land parade this afternoon fully
equaled expe pectations, and was viewed
! by what was undoubtedly the largest
crowd that ever filled Newport's streets.
The landing of the marines and sailors
from the warships. 1900 strorg. began
shortly after ! o'clock. Colonel A. A.
Barker R. l. NJ. was chief marshal of
the day, and with his aids haded the
procession. The Second artillery band
followed and then, in order, came th2
foot battalion, Second artillery from
station. the marines from all the war
ships in elk companies. the band from
the flagship New York, battalion of sea-
men from the Maine, the Connecticut,
the Massachusetts, the Brooklyn and the
Indiana in that order, the naval battal-
ion of artillery, Newport artillery, COM
pany B, Second regiment r. l. NJ, ca
dets, light battery of the Second artil
lery, U. S. A., and the hospital corps,
r. l. NJ.
From the stand in front of the Ocean
House the line was reviewed by Gov
ernor Dyer and staff, Secretary of the
Navy Hon. John Long, the officers COM
manding the several ships of the North
Atlantic squadron and others.
Tonight's illumination was a fitting
climax of the days celebration, and one
that the citys guests will not soon for
get, 1t is estimated that fully 10000
visitors enjoyed it. Added to the dis
play of war vessels in the harbor. was
the big fleet of the New York Yacht
club and numerous excursion steamers.
All were handsomely decorated.
Blown along by a good whoesaii
Southwestern, the fleet OF the New York
New London this afternoon, filling the
already crowded roadstead to overflow
ing, and finishing the second run of tie
1897 regatta. When the regatta COM
mittee at Brenton's reef light;hip where
the cruise finished, took the time Of the
four leading boats, the crack sloops Wig
liant and Navahoe and the schooners
Emerald and Colonia, the rest of the
fest was hull down on the horizon.
The yachts We're under way at $3.50
this morning. Heading out of New Lon
don harbor they made direct for Sarah
buoy, two miles off shore.
At 10 o'clock the starting gun for sloops
doomed from the ship Corsair The time
of the finishing of the four leading
yachts was:
Schooners: Colonia, 4:33:07; Emerald
4:S496
sloops: vigilant, 4:O9:2O Nahaho,
4:12:4o.
On corrected time, Emerald Isle in
the schooner class and Vigilant in the
sloop class win the -commodores
cup in today's run.
ENGLISH RACES
COWES, I. T., August Ain the race
today for the Royal yacht squadron
prize Of one hundred pounds over the
Queens course the Me teor won; Aurora
second, Bona third. The Britannia die
rot start