The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-16

Yesterday afternoon the Brown UniverS
SHY YACHT Club held its annual race on
Nhyatt There were two classes, one Tor
eloops over % feet water line and the other
for those under that length. The prizes
were cups offered by the Buzzards Bay
Yacht Agency OF New Bedford and ex-
Commodore Joseph W. Tucker of Provi-
denoe. The wind from the southwest was
rather light mt first, but II freshened tlt
soon after and before the first buoy OF
Nayatt was reached heavy squail from
the northwest swept across the bay, max
ing the going bad and the work hard.
Slight accidents occurred on board the
Haylo land Fannchon,E but otherwise 30
harm was done. soon after tho squali
still heavier one developed. but the Inlsh
OF the race was made In good wholesale
breeze. f. w. Olney's Aimee won the
class !. cup in 3:57s actual time, covering
the course in 3.22:l1. William Aldrich's
Ellide won class ?, in , minutes and o9
seconds. Her corrected time was s IL :oo.
The three Bristo. built boats, the Fly
Sallie III, ana Cockatoo. are hauled out
at Stearns' yard, Marblehead The yacht-
ing public is much Interested In theip, as
they are the latest Herreshoff 2l-foot tn
keels and all designed as improvements
on the Cock Robin.
That they are much like the latter can
not be denied, and they clearly show
that the Bristol man did not believe in
wandering away from his good thing"
Of late years, for he has simply gone on
and improved. from his standpoint, over
the Cock Robin. There Is no radical step
taken, as Lawley took from the 10 Peep
to the GoslinR nor is there much cutting
away OF the lateral plane. The reduction
In wetted surface is measured In square
feet rather than in yards.
II h,a ,n1 20,
Boston from Ireland whittier he went last
fall TO mect bacon, tie champion runner
OF Great Britain. Bacon promised hun
three return races in America this year.
Connect says that the trouble he cxper-
fenced on account OF climatic changes
and severe attack OF malaria to which
he attributes his defeat in the races with
Bacon, has now entirely left him anu he
is ready 10 meet Bacon at the same dis
tances as were run in ireland, viz, one,
two and three miles
Connect expresses his Willingness 20
put up any stake that Bacon may desire,
and Is ready TO post forfeit at once.
Despite showers the opening at the Mys-
tic track i'm Massachusetts yesterday was
very auspicious There were three races
on the card. and all were got of In gooi
season despite rainfall Immediately af-
ter the second heat of the pacing race.
The old track was never in better condi-
tion than at present.
The best race of the day was the 2:l5
pace. in which the Tennessee horse, DIR.
Mood paced three heats better than his
record, which was 2l5 Hat. This horse
was brought East last summer by George
T. Parberry and was raced little. al
though he was short OF work. After that
the Madden brothers bought him for S500
and the way ne has performed SO far this
season makes him look like an extremely
cncap horse for the price.
John Riley has won two races with
him, and yesterday had him right on
razor edge The last heat he went out in
the middle of the track after the shower
and showed wonderful finishing ability.
He is not particularly pretty horse, but
whenever he steps one heat fast IL Is "A
sure thing he can repeat. He beat "a good
field Yesterday, OF which Fred Wilkes was
considered tho best of the lot because of
the race he won last Saturday Mt Cofnci-
nation Park.
Nicola, the favorte of the .. II trot was
not placed. the race going in straight heats
to the New York horse Louis Victor.
John Payne made desperate attempt
with the trotter and pacor Red Bud, but
he only. could land second money. There
was quite a tip out on the green trotter
Tennahinch in the 2 25 trot. and after los
ing the first heat because Of making
hliok going away he landed the next three
heats and the race. The son of Dalgetty
showed great speed when called upon, and
finished more like an old race horse than
ono new TO the game. Allen Lowe worked
the horse some last season, driving him
trial In 223, but lie was never started to-
fore
The race for today will be the . 90 trot
and the 2 10 and .. 80 pacing classes. The
summaries:
2:l4 cinss trotting: purse 500