New-York tribune., 1897-08-10
THE FLEET NOT DISBANDED.
THREE DAYS FOR THE YACHTS AT BAR
HARBOR.
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE PRoiRAMME-sUC-
CESS or THE LONG RACE-THE Co1oNIA


GETS THE 5000 CUP
Bar Harbor Me. Aug. 9--The yachtsmen in the
New-York Yacht Club cruise ere. to man, so en-
thusastic over the success Of the long ocean race
that there is every probability II such contest be-
coming an annua! fixture. Commodore Morgan.
who originated the scheme. has been congratulated
by every one. More than this, II was his energy
that made the success, In spite OF some hes-
tancy on the part of various yacht-owners IT was
therefore an easy matter for the local committee TO
induce the yachtsmen 10 postpone the dispandne
OF the feet until Thursday next and at meet
Ing Of tie captains and yacht-owners on board the
flagship Corsair this afternoon II was 50 agreed
unanimously.
The handicap race 20 this port was declared on
by Commodore Morgan. and the feet came up 10
anchorage inside the Porcupines in squadron, with
the Corsa;r leading All the yachts dressed snip al
noon and this afternoon the harbor presented an
animated appearance with launches spinning about
and the regular passenger steamboats, coming i"
loaded with humanity to witness the spectacle
The steam yachts were anchored off the Bar Har-
Dor Club while the big sloops went around INTO
Frenchman's Bay before dropping anchor.
The EXTENSION Of the time for the dispersion OF
the assembled feet has led TO an alteration In the
programme and IL decided that the handicap
race for the yachts. which was called OH th's
morning sh ,uld be sailed tomorrow al 'he tiihe
previously appointed and that the illumination
over until tomorrow night This will bring the
gig and cutter races Tor the Owl ana Ganecoch
colors and the naphtha races on Wednesday, VIII"
the possibility of siill another race on Ihursua!'
If the local committee can carry out its plans.
At dayligh. to-day seventeen OF the Twenty-Five
yachts that crossed the starting line al Vineyard
Haven Mad finished the race. and were anchoreu
about the flagship Corsair inside OF BAKER ls'-
and. ready the last run OF the cruise u ''i'
port. distance of fifteen miles. The only yachts
that di not finish the race We're the lhlrepu' 'ie
Crusader and he Viking The Columbia was the
last boat over the line. She crossed at o'e
o'clock las, night a little more than six hours
after the Vigilant the first boat had finished
All the yachts in the second division had the
same sort Of weather as the leaders. ana no acci-
dents occurred among the smaller boats or 'he oiu
timers. .
stated AZ first 10 be lS5 miles the average speed
throughout the first afternoon and night and on up
TO o'clock Sunday. was not very great. Inc
Vigilant the leader of the fleet. covered the as
tance In thirty hours. less five minutes ana thir'!
two seconds and the Colonia. the leader of the
schooners took over thirty and one-half hours
About two hours may be allowed for the calm
after the start so that putting the time occupied
In sailing at twentyeight hours. the average sail
ing was between six and half and seven miles
an hour. OF there were times when the
yachts were going much faster. especially in the
fresh breeze after dawn on Sunday morning IL
the breeze had kept up throughout at the best
velocity II exhibited during the contest, some OF
the boats could ave made as good time as Oh the
return from the Heligoland race lately. where one
yacht logged twelve knots for the entire distance
from Hegoland to Harwich. the owner subse-
quently receiving handsome souvenir OF the
achievement from the German Emperor.
Among the people here there seems TO be an I'M
preston prevalent that the wind treated all the
boats alike and that there were no streaks ana
sl,tc of a
and other boats gained marked advantage on
Saturday, after the calm when they got the breeze
before ii reached the rest OF the fleet Again on
Sunday morning the schooner Amorita got an ad-
in wd hch e e9aSd r hsT o the H pSM P
was favored in a way that returned the lead to
about SG isa6 on Which She was able to come from
long way asern and land herseit aneau oi po'h
These two schooners had hammer and-tongs
contest from early dawn on sunday right on 10
were discovered TO be engaged in smart lufiing
match and more than one Of these ,ussleS aoOia 0t
seemed to get rather the better OF It, & W till y, ;
they r 6 s nSoq had mnSsed Dse to draw
slowly ahead and she retained her LEAD All 'he
The only incident to be really regretted in the
whole affair is the dcu about r the dnn insh by Si the
Committee there was only a difference of twenty
one seconds in favor Of the Coonis after the & car
culation OF the time allowances between the Dodts.
But after the Colonia had crossed the line at her
finish the anchor was nosed yo on be ee oana
ing-line on the hoodtde This. the Emeraid 10
friends say might have made a difference IN the
time 1t has been expected that ne feeling nE over cf
this would be bitter. but among the maJorv @ 8, iii 81
tbe vachtsmen there is an impression that II VIII
be better allow the matter TO rest IN any cas-
the decision of the committee Is without appeal,
and II has finally decided that the Colonia Is en-.
titled 10 the $1,000 cup. Al the same time IL mus.
Doint' One yachtsman who Jaw the drift OF tne
flagship said: at undoubtedly accounted i4r inuch n
NJ The Colonias twenty-one seconds. ana tne ques-
ton is How much?"a question which VII p1oS prNo
ably never find answer satisfactory 10 ootN o ne
The following summary issued to-day, gives tne
,imes of all the yachts including those Wnlcn
finished late last night, the lntrepld, the OiuSauoi
and the viking not finishing: