New-York tribune., 1899-06-21

the line time the bg schooners ana most VI ''''
important boats ready when the preparatory
gun sounded at 10 a. m.
The iron steamer Cygnus had been chartered 10
take the guests from New-York to the clubhouse
at Sea Gate and around the courses. Among the
,wo hundred persons aboard were Nice-Commodore
A. E Chasmar Of the Norwak Yacht CUB; horace
S Hatch, Of the same club; Ernest staples Ne"
York Yacht Club: Morton W. Smith, Karl Meiss-
ner John JGrgensen, Miss Naomi smith, Mrs'
Stanley Smith. Miss Blair Smith Char'es NJ
Schott willard H. Jones. Carl Eglnger' MISS Ter
ken. Miss Dwyer Miss Herman. Mr. and Mrs. ~
j Bishoprick Mrs. Haworh r. B. Batch Dr' ana
Mrs. A. w. Ford and Mortimer OBrien-
THE sCHOONERs OFF TOGETHER
The schooner classes were all sent of together on
n wind which at the moment Of start was not
fresh. but increasing. 1t came out OF the sou'"
southwest. and gave a long and short leg 10 'ne
first turn at the southwest buoy. Ihe schoo"els
had 10 round here and then go eatterly AROUND the
Hook and to the Scotland Lghtship then around
the Sandy Hook Lightshp and home by way OF
tho Spit buoy The big sloops went The same
course except that they only rounded the Scotland
I.lghtship and then went back without taking the
long ocean passage TO the further lghtship
In going off on the one-gun start the Qulsetta ed
the Amorita across the line by nearly four minutes
which was a clear gift Il. Lincoln Lippitts
Providence schooner and It was rightly taken py
being smartly on time. The Coonia got away IN
front AT once and the Lady Evelyn belonging 10
7 Frederick Ackerman and the big Ramona. be-
longing to Vice-Commodore Benjamin NJ. NmtocA
followed.
rbo rext class was of difrerent-szed sloops put
IN together and the celebrated Gloriana J B
Lasell: the Kestral John b. Mills; Acushia H.
Wilmer Hanan; the Uvira X. + Doremus' ana ihe
syce Commodore F. NJ Hoyt were all started TO-
pether at 1910 o'clock With these also went the
Eclipse. the Daphne and the AVA OF the speci''
cruising rig class of soops.
The 3O-footer Hera arrived late for the start
Pembroke Jones with the Carolina ana henry ~
Havemeyer with the Esperanza had lead al the
start Among the mainsail yachts c. T. Pierce got
away IN good shape with the Dot, and Also hnaiy'
with the cup A large feet Of pleasure vessels iol-
lowed the yachts out. At 1866 the 3O-footer Hera
left the race probably because she started too
late. At 1l:02 Ac1shla II was passed with her
sails down and the steamer from the big Sagamore
OFF SANDY HOOK.
At 11ll the big Colona off Sandy Hook Point.
having left the other schooners by more than
mile She had rounded the Southwest Spit buoy.
and as soon as she struck out into the ocean she
luffed up several minutes, and in the distance her
balloon jib seemed to be partly In the water. she
soon got Strengthened on her course to the Scot
land Lghtshp going to windward fast.
After rounding the Southwest Spit the real race
between the Amorita and the Qussetta began. and
this was the race Of the day. The Quisseta having
reduced the four-minute gift AT the start, was
ahead, and the Amorita coming along in grand
style with balloon jib and maintop staysail rounded
out to bursting point She was gaining perceptibly.
On coming by the wind both boats luffed up to get
their sheets fat aft and to drop and smother their
big balloons and under all but working be
gan plunging In the ocean seaway, Both boats
the head canvas and foretopsails going all ashake
often. 1t then hammer and tonss between
the two, as they could just lie their course to the
Scotland IdRhtShiD ught-drauEht
was lifting out her eanoe-ike body and hitting lifting
Amorita was unquestionably making the best
At il :s2 the Amorita sent up a baby jibtopsail.
showing that she could stand more sail and wanted
It. but the Lipptt boat stood pat" According to
southwest At ll:S7 the Colonia rounded the Scot
land and started her sheets for the Sandy Hook
same II As 40 and baby jbtopsail at 1l47
which was the time the Amorta rounded in her
the reach out. though il looked as If they could
both have carried better jbtopsails.
LONG GYBE OF THE CoLONIA
The Colona took a long gybe around the Sandy
Hook Lightshp at 1l;57:2O and presented beauu-
ful sight to the guests on the Cygnus as she tore
past to windward, her lee scuppers awash and the
hanging to anything the almost perpen-
dlcuar decks.
When the Quissetta took the llghtship she fol-
lowed the Coonia's long, safe gybe. But Billy"
ong c fF bhnS and m took Se
in one beautiful swing with the helm hard over
T r6a s sm Sf m fn9 # he
bodest and most useful gybe seen in the last nine
years Of yacht racing at New-York 1t was blow
ing hard. and ne gained nearly a whole minute by
playing the 2O-footer and he landed his boat up to
have surprised the Arst-class sailor Mr. Lppitt. OF
the Qussetta.
on the passage back to the Hook the Amorita
was plainly the fastest boat but when she tried to
pass TO windward. Lipptt luffed her out and when
as she struck the wndspt under the Quisseta
This coptlnusd all the way to the point Of the the
others. caused by their lufiing matches.
In the mean time the syce seemed to be having
was eS found [" out "i aferward that Aeushla II had
pulled out the tgrnbgckle & in her y bSRsay st and The
S%sySS S9' '0f ooE %
iq ii:44S6; the schooner Lady Evelyn 1880: the
schooner Ramona, 1l909; the cutter Uyira:
II $500 on the return from the Scotland Light |
ship the, syce was leading her class by by oyer
others coming in thus: The Glorana. $4,000; the !
Kcstrel, l2AlOO; the Eidolon' l2A3"; the Uvira' I
The times OF the schooners as they returned !
past the Hook were rhe C0Gnia i2&3 Ee re The
meant that the AmorIta right on top Of the |
leader. AS they close hauled for the SPIT Spit buoy:
was seen that the Qussetta had her jib down, and |
In She set another tIb and it could not be seen
that the accident cost her much. The AWorita /
FINISH OF THE YACHTS
The yachts finished at the following times: The |
Colona 81 "A: the Quissetta 14s 40; the Amorita.
! :43:4s the Lady Evelyn. 24iOO; the Ramona.
223.Oi: the Gloriana. 1904; the Kestre. 1880:
the Uvira, 2Oo2s; the Syce 1:3l 0s; the Eidoon, |
! 5414 the Eclipse. 2Os:5l the Daphne 222:2l; the
Ava 2OS25: the Memory. 157:02 the Zulu 2:3i27; |
the Edla. 1908; the Apteryx, 1856; the Esper-
ANA. 122S and the Carolina, 113H.
The summaries follow:
CLASS II sCHOONERs-ALL OVER 100 FEET-srART.
I0o5.
Elapsed Corrected
time. time
Yacht. Owner HMs Inns |
Colonia, c. A. Postley. ................ .22044 -
sCHooNERs-so- FoOT-CLAss D-sTART. 1906.
luissetta. r l.. Lppitt .................34l 40 -