The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
NEw LONDON TO NEWPORT.
Second Run in N. Y. Y. c. Cruise-yigflant
 Apain Led the Fleet.


 Newport, R. T., Aug. 4.-Blown along by good whole-sail southwestern, the best breeze of the week, the fleet of the New York Yacht club swept into the harbor from New London this af- ternoon, filling the already crowded roads to overf1owing and finishing the second of the runs of the 1897 cruise. It cannot be said, however, that the fleet came in in bunch, for when the regatta committee at Brentons Reef lightship, where the racing finish was made, took the time of the four leading boats, which were the two crack sloops Vigilant and Navahoe, and the two trim schonoers Emerald and Colonia, the rest of the fleet were hull down in the southern horizon.
 The run from New London was the most satisfactory of the week, for not only did the breeze make the start close and exciting, but the wind held throughout and all the yachts, smoth- cred in sail, to the little flyer with only few kites set, bowled along right merrily, while not a few of the shippers indulged in playful luffing matches while rounding Point Judith. The en- tire run was, in fact, most enjoyable and fully made up for the exasperat- ing conditions of Monday and Tuesday morning.
 The yachts were under way by half past nine this morning and heading out of New London harbor, made direct for Sarah's ledge buoy about two miles off shore. At $50 the preparatory gun was fired and at 10 o'clock the starting gun for sloops boomed out from the flagship Corsair.
 There was a pretty fight for the line among the single stickers, but Wasp managed to slide over first, and with starboard tacks aboarded, headed out for Fisher Island Sound for Race Rocks The time of the sloops cross ing the starting line was as follows:
 Wasp, 10:01 :06; Navahoe, 10O1 il; Vigilant, 1O:01:4O; Vencedor, 1001 50; Glorana 10:02:09; Carmta 1002:12; Uvira, 10:02:25; Queen Nab, 1002:29; Navalio, 10:02:30; Lirs, 10:0256.
 As the sloops were tearing through for the line the schooners were making a pretty fight for position, and when the gun fired at 1O:Ob half dozen came down for the line in a bunch and all managed to get over inside the time limit with the exception of the Sachem Hildegarde and Marguerite. Sachem was surprisingly slow, in view of the fact that Speaker Reed was aboard Hildegarde being new was not quite in trim, while Marguerite was both cred by a tow coming down. The schooners crossed the line in the fol- lowing order:
 Amorita, 1o:o6:25; Gevalia, 1O:O640; Iroquois, 1o:O7I9; Fenella, 1O:O7:19 Ariel. 10:09:31; Colonia, 1O09:32; Emer- aid, 10:10:03.
 By the time the schooners had start ed the sloops were all reaching down to Race Rock and the hottest kind of a fight was on. Navahoe walked by Wasp with ease with Vigilant hard af- ter her and for miles the two big sloops sailed on, neither gaining on the other The yachts rounded Race Rock in the following order: Navahoe, Vigi- lant, Wasp. Queen Nab, Gloriana, Ar uorita, Vencedor, Colonia, Assanor. Carmita, Emerald. Syce, Ariel, Hide garde. Lirs, Sachem, Gevalia, KestiaI. Marguerite and Fenella. Both Nava- hoe and Vigilant took more south erly course to Point Judith, running along under balloon jlbs. while the rest of the fleet set spinnakers.
 Navahoe and Vigilant finally squar- ed away for Brenton's Reef lightship, setting spinnakers and bowling along :n fine style Vigilant managed to pull by her rival and finished just inside her time limit The time of the finish- ing of the four leadings yachts was as follows:
 Schooners: Colonia, 2:42:40; Emerald, 2:44:41 Sloops: ViSilant, 2:1O; NaWa- hoe, 2:1z.