The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-30
PEQUOT CLUBS GALA DAY
PERFECT WEATHER MAKES 1T
SPLENDID SUCCESS.
Annual Regatta and Water sports
Went Off without u Httch-A StifY
Southerly Wind Sends Boats Over tho
Course in Good Time-IIlumination
and =" Hop" in the Evening.

and Hop" In the Evening.
| Pequot day was duly celebrated by
members of the association and Morris
Cove cottagers yesterday. The celebra-
tion was in every respect the most sue
| cessful of the many held by the club,
and those in whose hands the success
or failure of the affair rested were last
evening the recipients of many congrat-
ulations for their efforts in making it a
success. The events of the day opened
at l o'clock with a concert on the lawn
by full brass band. This was kept up
all through the afternoon and the starts
and finishes of the various events were
heralded with appropriate airs The
programme rendered was a delightful
one and many of the younger folks
could hardly restrain their impatience,
so anxious did it make them to tread
the mazes of the delightful waltz The
cottagers and visitors began to swarm
down to the pier shortly after the open
ing of the concert, and by 130 the place
was filled with women in outing dress
was in evidence everywhere, and the
pier presented decided holiday appear
ance.
1t was shortly after 2 o'clock before
all was in readiness for the yacht race.
Fourteen yachts in all were entered and
as they tackled here and there around
the little Cove, in and out of the fleet
of larger yachts which were anchored
there in large numbers, the scene pre-
sented was an animated one. The af-
ternoon was an ideal one for race and
by far the best in years on "Pequot
Day" The sun shone brightly and not
cloud obscured the sky. The wind
blew strongly from the south, and as
the boats tackled here and there trying
for favorable position they lay well
down to leeward and it was seen that
the race would be an exciting one AT
2:10 all were in position for the start.
and at the sound of the gun all slid
across the line. The boats in the race
were the following: Titania, owned by
w H. Childs; Viking, Bridgeport Yacht
club, and owned by Fancher, Holar &
Bartram; Emma L., Daniel Sprague,
Bridgeport; Cycla, F. S. Nettleton; Ty-
phoon, Frederick Catlin; Scat Gouve-
neur Paulding; Kitten, E. N. Wright;
Castanea, James Coxeter Midget,
Charles Merrill; Whisper, r. E. Girls
void; Meteor, ]. S. Ogchie; Yankee, G.
w. Rawson; Rajah, Charles e. Bed
ford, Greene's Farms; Siren, r. al.
Brown; Imp, John M. Champion.
The boats spread out just after CROSS
ing the line, and the race resolved it.
self into number of exciting contests
The wind blew strong and puffy and
many Of the boats were compelled to
shoren sail little as they got far
ther out The course was a four mile
one, starting at line to and around Bell
Buoy and both west breakwaters, keep
ing to the westward of Southwest ledge
light, and thence to finish. It was sail
ed over three times by the large boats
and twice by the others. The stiff
breeze blowing brought the boats over
The course in good time and it was but
little after o'clock when the sloop
Emma T. crossed the line winner in
he mixed class and the first to cover
The course. Behind her by less than
>ne minute came the cabin cat Rajah,
he winner in the thirty-foot catboat
class. Second in the mixed class came
he sloop yacht Titania, while second in
he catboat class was Scat" In the
lass for sloops under 2S-feet the Siren
inished second, but won over Typhoon
~ over two minutes corrected time. In
he class for open cats the Yankee fin
shed first and Meteor second, but the
mp displaced the latter on time allow
nce. The winners in the various
asses are as follows: