The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
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c, ov THE YACHT CLUB TO
EhU n- SAILED ON THE FOURTH


Number of others Arc EN-
h"' prior TO That Time-Fast
49,. VIII Contest for the Prises
uonors-Everyb Invited to
,.tcnd. and an Enjoyable Day
Promised
.,ske place over the club course
O"o ..5s. morning There will be a very
Oh rn9aer of entries and the races
i'i7' ..1s5uIsd for the day promise to
u'-' .,,snal-v exciting. In the various
0 hsts on the results are being OF
CO INV the owners of the contesting
r.oF,s and their friends and opinion as
), which of tae boats wiz be the winners
=, not lt all uniform
rsa races win begin at II O'Clock in the
an which hour the starting gun
,..s,rs of the first class will be fired.
~. ~. races for yachts of The second, third,
IN r,,r,. classes will start at intervals
... .,.rYts- thereafter. In each race
~. minutes Will be allowed for the yachts
.,,.. t.e Hue. after which time VII
y, ,,t.. That is 10 say that two min
,t,s, t5c gun has been fired no fur
. .uocare, VII be made, but each
-,.s,.,st crosses the line thereafter vii.
y, credited with a starting time of two
-... ,1. srarr of the race.
r,s entries i'm the races, up to yesterday
~. d. f5lious: First class, Neona by R.
I Mckee, Yum YUM by Z. r. fretWeIi
ursrer. Uy H. E. Bitch. Second class,
Vivid hv T.. Il. FretWeI; Lady Bapple, by
r5U7rd Fl Demore; Vida, by George H.
Ferguson. Julia, by p. NJ. heHogg. Inlrd
,.,s. Meta W.. by Charles B. Westcotti
Inn by o. f. Brown; lone, by II. L.
| Baeus. Rasws, by Fred j. AskeW; IN
fre by F. II. Ferguson; Meteor, by c.
Fretveil. Pug, by g. w. Beckett; Avon,
/ Nv Edward H. Demere. Fourth class, Tai
1laa by W. w. F'retwell; AIMEE, by >.
r LaFar. Olvette, by H. II. Cohen; LIZ
-ia BY J. r. Gardner; Ell Captain, by Ed
ward H. Demere.
The race for yachts OF the third class
promises 20 Inc especially close, interest
1 Ing and exciting. In this class a number
Of fast boats have been entered, notably
/ The Ualme Of Mr. F. II. Ferguson, the
/ Meta w. of Mr.. c. 3. NNestcott, and the
/ Pug of Dr. j. ID. Paige. The Pug has been
! entered in the race by Mr.. G. w. Beckett,
as Dr. Paige is not a member of the club.
4 These are an swift yachts of their class
j and me others that have been entered are
4 COL far behind them in the qualities that
uake cup winner
The entries close at noon tomorrow and
il is expected that there will be a num-
! bar Of others prior to that time. some OF
tle yacht owners have been holding PACK
% watch the entries and TO assure them-
selves before entering the races, thaC they
will have ioemen worthy OF their steel
Than that This viii be the case there can
be nothing more certain, ana 1t is not
taougn- that there viii be any failure OF
entries on This account. The boats that
have been entered can be relied upon to
maze u interesting Tor anything that car
res sails, and those yachtsmen who de-
size only inc promise OF good race, with
some certainty of the tulhllment yof the
promise, need hesitate no longer. They
"ll nave all the race they care to tackle,
ana some OF Them, PROBABLY, more.
Inc course Tor the yachts in the several
t4'sss nave already been arranged and
r.'e 'e5u gwen III the morning News.
lna' ior tAe HIst' second and third classes
vi" ot hihejeeh ana half miles in
NlslA ana that for The fourth class fif-
VgN mH7s lA length. They have been &C
.CaeF marked out and' measured, and
"1 oe Indicated on the day of the re
s1'4 qF oIos- and stake boats. For the
sndlI part of the time all of the boats
VIII DE In full view of the spectators on
tae Sa9Ie. and everybOd will have an
opportunity TO witness the start and finish
o1O s9e4 intermediate exciting features
as wall determine The uncertain chances
u victory or defeat. For this reason
ueIe VIII be no steamer to follow the
races as il has been thought that
greater degree of pleasure win be secured
u nose Who come down 10 look at the
'ol'estS N watching them from the
snofe than 10y braviug the sea and its
soneunes unpleasant incidents during the
neat of July day.
The committee on entertainment consists
y Messrs w. w. Fretwell. chairman. f.
a, mutton ana George Z. Tison. They have
engaged Rosenfelds orchestra for the day
anu evening and there will be dancing on
M pavilion from the time of the start
II.l Midnight with such short intermis-
@olS as are necessary to watch the
sAIH Anish and The particularly skinful
nanelrers Of some favorite Yacht A
genera invitation to be present 10 erterda5
'y The club to the public and il is honed
. .oa. everyone in Savannah who can es-
s pg lor one day the cares and worries of
,a,ior MI take advantage of the invi-
- everybody will be entirely well