New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-22
THE HUGUENoT YACHT CLUB REGATTA.
MISS EMMETT FALLS OVERHEARD FROM ARTHUR
lsE1IN's BOAT AND PLUcKILY DECLINES
TO BE AIDED BY A CONTESTANT


THE WINNERS.
A fresh southwest breeze sent the yachts around
TO a fine finish I'm the regatta of the Huguenot
Yacht Club o; New-Rochelle which was sailed yes
terday the Sound.
The winners were the Eurybia, which won from
the Coya by five minutes and fifteen seconds the
Acusha which beat the Surprise thirty seconds: the
Skimmaug, which won from the Wahneta by four
teen minutes and six seconds: the Hour. which out
sailed the Priscilla seven minutes and fftytwo sec
onds the Shark which beat the Idea three minut es
and thrty-five seconds the Trilby. which beat the
Yoa four minutes and hfty.two seconds the Kit.
which left the Onaway by nine minutes and seven
seconds: the Win-or- Lose. which beat the Rob Roy
nine minutes and thirteen seconds; the Punch.
which from the Adele by twelve minutes and
twenty -one seconds. and the Sora. which won from
the Narrock by minute and twenty-five sec
onds
The course from the start. off Huckleberry Island.
was on the frs, leg broad reach with booms TO
port the Execution Reef buoy, and then a run
TO the Hen and Chickens with spinnakers set TO
starboard, followed by beat back to the home
mark: distance, half miles. The
Regatta Committee composed OF E. Burton
Hart, chairman: r. T. Badgley and Howard nor
ton.
The preparatory gun was fred at las from the
steam yacht Irma. which was used as the com
,nittee boat Soon after the start Of the halfraters
Miss Elizabeth Emmett, who was sailing with
Arthur Isein on the Hope. fell overheard The
skipper Of the zach, Fiddler. Nelson Nute. which
was following close behind. dived off his boat and
came to Miss Emmeit's She asked If he
was in the race. and then told him to go on with
his race She also refused to be taken aboard the
naphtha launch Munde. and was finally picked up
by Mr. Iselin himself. the Hope.
The 2O-footer Keneu. after turning the Hen ana
Chickens mark on the last round, carried away
her mast in an extra heavy pun and was picked
up and lowed home by the steam yacht vision
The Trby won her first In TWO years she
was one Of the many boats of last year That were
not quite good enough TO keep UP with the process
SION but Commodore G. q. Tyson nearly always
nut her in even when only seeking to make good
show for some club Yesterday she got her hrst
reward. when sailed by F. Bovine Jones, and now
people are saying she might have won long ago
II Mr. Jones had sailed her earlier.
At the start the Win or Lose was the only craft
that started reefed though there were many that
came home reefed The Acusha crossed first when
the gun went at l:5O the Eurybia following with
her lee rail awash. and on her starboaTd quarter
came the Coya. with the Surprise close behind
At $500 the Onoway. the Wahneta. the MI .ne
Skjrnmang and the Priscilla crossed IN the 9tner
named At 100000 the Keneu. the Shark the Idea
The Win or Lose the Punch. the EdWina me
Presto the Rob Roy the Adele ana the bosie
ma ssed the line in the above order. 49,
At 2O5 the Trby. the Yola. the sara the 'oio-
thy the Fiddler. the Hope. the Narrioch ana 'he
Cieophe crossed in the order named ,, ~, .,
AT the end Of the first round the posi'o"s Vi INC
foil