The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-08
KEEP MF G. CO.
B'way, bet. nth and 18th SITS.
Yachting.
Riverside Clubs Regatta n suoccss-A Rccep-
tIou to the Atlantic Fleet.

when the handsome fleet Of the Riverside Yacht
Club anchored in the Mianus River. the con-
sensus Of opinion among the white-trousercd
who had braved tho perils of the
deep during the afternoon was that the annual
regatta OF the club was one of the most SUCCESS
full Of the season. Under q sapphire sky. with
bright water that danced merrily away TO Ice
ward. topped by an occasional crest of glistcning
silver. nothing more in tho way of weather con-
ditions could be desired.
Tho Regatta Committee, cons listing of Frank
Bovine Jones, George d. Clark. and Ii. w. Tyler,
conducted the races in a thoroughly satisfactory
manner. As n result, even the defeated yachts
trnato opponents, Who carried of the artistic
emblems OF victory that were presented by the
club.
In tho absence of the big schooners, interest
was centred in tho popular class of thirty..oot-
ers, and admirers OF this perfect type Of racing
on deep water. Throughout the entire race
they kept well together; In fact. so close were
p rasF d iin mp oHsih u to Inc Clear nrSi the 5eu mark inA' Ws1p,
which was nearest TO the mark boat. fouled
tho cable and was disqualified by the commit
tee, while u general protest made by Capt.
James Barr, who sailed the Musme in the abb
sence Of Mr.. McDonopgh,, was not allowed; Sec.
was on board the Veda. as usual, but her infiu:
ence as a mascot was not sufficiently, powerful
to countcract the excellent work of Mr.. Duryea
at the stick, and Vaquero III. won with a trihe
Rear Commodore Frederick Gerken placed his
IilluSOlIlt 5Ntttlll ' hNnl W ~ 1T ulspOSNl
OF the Regatta Committee and the newspaper
representatives. Shortly after IL O'Clock anchor
Vas va We,g iiNS ana ana the Sb trim ,S craft Lasts stef han;dr ont It, to
Queen, loaded down with passengers, had al
ready sailed out on deep water. When the pre-
breeze blowing from the eastward, which caused
the fleet of white-winged racers to heel gently
under its caressing influence as they dashed 10
the larger boats was triangular to Matinicock
Point; thence to the black spar buoy OFF Centre
Islnp nd and raflrn IN rho stnrtinu limo 'Tha
the lirst mark or Oak Neck Point and the second
Sound.
At the signal for schooners the Adrienne went
sail and a small maintopmast ~staysail in addi-
ton to her lower canvas. She showed less than
a foot OF freeboard on the starboard side as she
tore through the green water. Fred NJ. Hoyt's
Syce had n sail over in her class, and a p~rettier
picture could not DO imagined as she drove past
sail and a No. l jlbtopsail. Her owner was at
the wheel, and on board was the array OF talent
t t6ries, has sam been sW RettSed b,g IN Cutler her J Eosent w yis,
plotted by lrv. Zerega. and her racing crew were
attircd in snowy duck, She went over near the
Commodore Guy Standings black cutter Mir
yana. The latter split her ballooner a moment
before she slipped over tho line, but she ran m.
other smaller one up on the stay a moment after.
Eidolon made a pretty start far to leeward OF
the Eclipse. with Sistae in her wake and about
All this time the "Thirties" were jockeying
for position. their Corinthian shippers watching
the other was hxed on the stop watch. that had
been carefully set, with the Regatta Commit
tees c%hronometer before the start At the sig.
vaqueEo III. being Just under his lee. They
Musme. in the order named. The Musimc was
close to the committee boat, The boats carried
big balloon jibs in the broad reach to the first
mark. At the end of the first round the yachts
were timed as follows:
yaquero H. 2;52t37; Acushla, a;55:o7i wawa.
2:5l:55; Musme. a:5b:O2; vOrant IT,. a;5s:so; Pens.
lope, %2:S9:23; Ninita, s%;C5;ooi. syce. ,8:l6:le; Con.
Eidolon. 3:3O:l6.
The wind. which had veered around to tho
southwark. made the first leg of the final round
a beat and a run home with spinnakers to port
They finished as follows:
Tagnero III. 4;2s:ol; wawa. 4:s4:8l, Acushla.
ss::Ss4s::SSSS;; v ETsai H. t;" t:ss!o5 HAZE Hei.t s:S s:s6!.1i h T: $
ope, 5:o4;22;o Ninita, o:oo;5s; syee. .b:4l:2s: Con.
Eidolon, G:s7;i2; voinnte. e:b7:5s; Nir1ana. S:5s:5o.
Following is the
u.,, Elap,ed corr'ted
" Length. Time. TIME.
Adrienne. I" Grs 2nsS%a'i Kel.ey.4ss.sso No; os Il ln ., n n T.
s~LooPs-60-Foor GLASS.
Eclipse. l.. J. Callahan. ...... 80 rs o "a 90 o IS so
NirVana' Guy Standing ......o2.ol o 80 o. b 80 22
~sLooPs-51.FooT CLASS.
syce. y. N. Hoyt..........50.so I 81 23 4 81 23
sLooPs-HANDIcAP CLASS.
s Ss!ae'! John hi R s%i.s::" ::45.iass 81 90 3 II 81 & &
s~LooPs-36-FooT GLASS.
S SSS:%s e. ass s:S' III 7 Tyson. % s.:ss ; ) q e Il : ! i i E
sLo~ors-3oFooT CLASS.
Penelope. Dr.. i. '. Ketcham 800 . 20 20 8 90 So
YAwL CLASS.
Consuelo, A. v. Cabot .......2 SO 1 80 SO 1 80 90
sLooPs-sPEcIAL 30-Foor CLASS.
Musme. J. NJ. McDonough 80. 80. 90 0 22 SO q ee So
Yaaue5o H. i; y. Duryea... 80, 90 al o. g 4 Q!
. HSsS, a. J! a. f s,iilim nam. .s 80, 90 ; 10 Il : 70 =
veda. G. Vanderbilt, Jr......9o.oO 3 10 81 . 10 %
disqualified.
suclo. and Vaqucro III.
to D fRd St thS GySYn a~Et a G 5i9SSD'IUn w@ S.d tGnGeT red
burgeo, from tho h@gpole at the clubhouse
Committee. and the house and grounds were
turned over 10 the rockinG.ch hair sailors.
After tho CUSTOMARY courtcsios between he two
clubs had been exchanged the signal code flags
were sent Hiof! 10 the truck Of tho stan on tho
club font, which, read: You are very wei
Come ashore and have q drinE'' .ASIif large .' let.
ter A in colored lanterns was the principal
The yachts will cruise to Black Rock to-day,
whore thoy will be entertained by the Bridge
port Yacht Club. In addition to tho other les,
tivitlcs there will be n concert at the residence
OF Fleet Captain Watson.
PLENTY or BreeIo for InterIaGe Yachting
PUT-IN-BAY. July 1.-THE second day OF inter
lake racing was interesting. A tifteen-mile-gn
hour breeze was blowing from the northeast
and after tho start 1t freshened SO that GRAF
shortened sail. The course was oyer a triangle
three ana one-half miles TO the leg.. Twenty
hNe s~tealhDoats and steam yachts followed thu
racers over the course. Summary:
5E'Fo0t Cless-EvA, sandusky. 2:O8;00i Test San
g7.FoOt CILss-Myrns o.IU.i !, Sorocco ncaro,t
2:l0;43.
Special ~class-cStherin OF Toledo beat out Dorii
OF Cleveland ny seven minutes.
NRphtha Launch-Dearest won oyer Hobo by an
minutes. both Yachts arc from Cleveland.
Mnilatule hAe,s-Irex won the silver trophy