The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-23
SCUD OVER THE WATERS
BRILLIANT SAILING CONTESTS AT
 SATIN ROCK.

The Races Yesterday Between the sharpies
 and Half -Raters-A Fine Contest-The
 Winners of the Prizes.
 Yesterday afternoon the sharpie and half rater regatta took place off SaVin Rock and proved the most interesting of any that have been held for many seasons. The race was held under the management of the Winchester avenue railroad and it attracted g0odly crowd to the Rock, all being able to see the start and finish from the shore. The races were to start at o'clock, but on account of a slight delay the first boat did not go over the line till o'clock.
 The course for the half raters was a triangular one, the starting line being an imaginary one drawn from the end of Skeeles wharf to the stake boat The first mark was to the southwest of Fishing Rocks (Bradley's PoinD and the second mark was anchored off of the end of Second avenue, West Haven, and from there to the stake-hoat leav- ing all marks on the port side. The race was twice around this course.
 The following were the entries in the half rater class:
 Geisha, NJ. w. c. Lowe '97.
 Wee Cabot, MT. H. K Smith '9S.
 Brenda, MT c. A. Goodwin '9S
 Sina Loa, Messrs. J. Walsh and w. Ray '9S
 Orion, Messrs. Alexander Brothers.
 Lono, Messrs. H. Bingham and s. M. Milliken.
 Sabecca, M. P. H. Terrill.
 The course the sharpies covered was triangular one; the starting line be- ing an imaginary one from the stake boat to Miller's pavilion. The first mark was about a mile off east end of Second avenue; the second mark was to the southwest of Fishing Rocks 1 (Bradley's Point) and from there to the stakeboat. The race was twice around this course. The following were the entries in the | sharpie races: Alice, Frank Larabee. Fair Haven. Carrie ", Thompson & Rowe, Fair | Haven.
 Dovetail, N A. Luddington, Fair Ha- ven.
 Second Class. l Jubilee, Smith Brothers, City Point George M., Gus Marshall, City Point Yacht club.
 Ruth, Edward w Haines, West Ha- ven.
 | The racers went over the line in fine form, the Alice being the first of the sharpies and the Geisha the first in l the half raters, with the Wee Cabot a | good second.
 l The first boat to round the stakeboat was the Alice, with the Jubilee a good | second. The entire race was hotly contested and the sight of the ten boats was fine one. The races took about two hours and the finish was at the judges boat, off Miller's pavilion The following were the winners in | teh half raters class: Brenda, first; | Geisha, second. The prizes in this race l were first, a handsome silver cup; sec- | ond, banner.
 The winners in the first class sharpies were Alice and Carrie " The prizes l were $20 in gold, first; $5 in gold, sec- | ond. In the second class the winner
 was the Jubilee, and George M. second. The prizes were similar to those in the first class.
 The races were very interesting and
 reflected great credit on MT. Kelsey,
 who had the management in charge
 assisted by w. P. Fisher The press
 boat was ex-Alderman Wright's naptha
 boat Ella w. Among those who were
 in the boat, the guests of MT. Kelsey
 were, MT. Lewis, J. J. Splain, Winthrop D. Bushnell and Representative Charles
 Graham, and the members of the press.
 During the afternoon the invited
 guests on the press boat were enter
 tained on MT. Kelsey's elegant schooner Adrienne, which was anchored off the new breakwater.