The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-16
SAILED TO A PRETTY FINISH.
EXCITING RACES OVER THE YACHT
CLUB COURSE.

Easy secOnd-In the Second Class
the Undine and the lone Got the
Prizes-A Close Shave in the Third
CInss-NO Naphtha Launch Races
ON Account of the storm-Hundreds
of Spectators witnessed the Fin
fishes which Were ThriIIingIy
Close.
Thunderbolt river presented a scene Of
life and light yesterday.
Dotted here and there with the snowy
sails of half hundred yachts, competing
for the honors of the day darling now and
then to one side or the other, and hanging
for a while like feathers in the air on a
summers day, the picturesque sheet of
water, which leads out to the ocean from
the Savannah Yacht Club at Thunderbolt,
was beauteously adorned and the sight
was one OF enchantment to the hundreds
Of spectators who watched the start and
finish of the annual yacht races.
Not for a long time has there been such
a demonstration at the annual regatta of
the Savannah Yacht Club, and the officers
and members of this organization have
reason to congratulate themselves upon
the complete success of the races. The
occasion proved all that was expected, and
this is saying a great deal. The entries
were numerous, and the work by the
crews of each craft was fine, so that the
contest for honors was exciting and en-
joyable to the spectators, and conducive of
enthusiastic rivalry among the contest
ants.
The finish was particularly exciting, as
the river was fairly filled with the snowy
wings Of Jealous competitors when the
judges sat eagerlng watching for the first
yacht to cross the line after the twenty
mile race down the river to the red buoy
within sound of the heavy breakers which
roll in from the bosom of old Neptune.
The start was fairly good, the boats all
leaving in order but rather ragged in the
lineup" The first class yachts started
off amid cheers from hundreds of threats
on the banks of the river and the pavilions
Of the club house. They did not get away
evenly, but sufficiently close together to
beget speculation from the outset as to
the winner Tho boats of the second class
more numerous than those of the first
class, started off more evenly, but there
were so many that the spectators were
left guessing after the cannon fired and
the American flag was hoisted.
Ten minutes later the third class boats
went across in the face of a slight breeze,
and after these the duck boats were start
ed by the time-keepers and judges.
After these departures, the judges them
selves took leave of the club house and
went down the river to watch the course
of the competitors. The time-keepers went
down on the steam yacht, Sporting
TO,
hours from the scene of the start and
finish of the races. They only watched the
race to the rounding of the turning points
and then hurried back to the club house
in order to be there at the time of the
finish.
The Clifton, which had been chartered to
take the members of the club and their
guests over the course. made a delightful
trip, leaving after the yachts had started
and returning, after a trip to the last
buoy where the turn about was watch
ed with eagerness by the passengers in
time to see the wind up"
The Alpha made an excursion at the
same time and many spectators were
aboard to witness the races. Along the
river banks at Thunderbolt there were
hundreds of people who looked on with
excitement from the time the boats left
the line till they began returning.
The winners are as follows:
First Class-First prize of $50 Cora,
entered by Paschal N Strong, length u
feet, starting time 11:3345 finish 3:24:3S,
actual time 3:50:4S, time allowance 7:521k,
corrected time 3:42:55ia
Second prize, Ruth, entered by MIR. w.
N. Beckett, length 81 feet, starting time
1f;S2:S5, finish 3:23:12, actual time 3:50:S7.
time allowance o, corrected time S:5O:S7.
The Mabel, entered by e. s. Stoddard,
crossed the line in next to the other
boats with a time allowance of 2:4+ She
was not in time to be in competition for
second prize, due probably, 10 the fact
that she ran aground just beyond the
last curve i'm the course in returning to
the yacht club, where fully two or three
minutes were lost. The Mabel did her
best work at the red buoy, where she
darted around and threw her sails TO
perfection She was third then, but gain
ed rapidly on the Ruth ana Cora tor
few minutes, but seemed to fall back
all the while afterwards to the finish.
The Hustler, entered by MIR. Julian
Schley was a heavy boat and started off
at disadvantage. She did not gain any
thing during the entire course.
The winners In the second-class race
were the Undine, entered by Mr.. Isaac
Beckett, which captured the first prize
of $50; the lone, entered by Mr.. L. N. Tur-
ner, which captured the second prize Of
$25
The Undine started ahead Of the lone
and kept her pace during the entire day.
The length of the lone Is 1893 feet. while
that OF the Undlne is only 1903 making
her allowance time 1881. against G:52la
for the lone. The actual time Of these
boats on the course was: Undine, S.4iib;
lone ~. The other boats OF this class
ran close behind the winners. as follows:
The Lilee. entered by Mr.. Julian Schley,
first OF all the boats OF this class, but ac-
cording to the time allowances was not the
winner; the Darling, entered by Mr.. John
NJ. Bryan, fourth; the Florence. fifth: the
Maybelle. sixth the Nendette entered by
Mr. J. w. Wilson. seventh; the Colleen
Bawn. entered by Mr. William Hunter.
eighth; the Lulie r., entered by Mr.. f. s.
Butler, ninth; the Mascotte. entered by
Mr. +. s. Butler, tenth.
In the third class race the winners were,
El Captain, first prize; Alert Aimee, sec
ond prize. The actual time OF the first
was 1924. while that Of the second was
1891, and the time allowance was $40 to
the II Captain, while that to the Aimee
was 6:i0 the corrected time being for the
III Captain 3:20I3, while the Aimee got
3:25lS The IL Captain was entered by