The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-18
AFTERMATH OF THE RACE.
SAVANNAH FACHTsMEN ExTOL THE
PERFOR EANCE OF DHAGOON.

city Yesterday-One Of Them TnISs
CheeriIy About the Race-Every-
body Satisfied with the Showing
Made by the DragOon-What the
Charleston Papers said About sn-
vnnnah's Victorian Unfortunate
Expression Charged to Savannah
Nan.
The trains from Charleston yesterday
and last night brought most Of the re-
rna-nlng members Of the Savannah Yacht
Club and their friends. Gho had fingered
for an after-taste Of the gracious. hospital
i-y thai had been lavished upon them. In
their comments upon the race and the
manner in which they had been treated
by the Charleston people. there was no
n0te Of diminishing en- thusiasm, but
eyeryxh here and with them all the same
appreciation OF the performance Of the
DRAGON and the same acknow cement
of courtesies, many and manifold, received
at the hands of the members Of the Car
DINA Yacht club.
THE Dragon has not disappointed the
expect atoms OF her friends" said one of
the h0ming yachtsmen. and has shown
thar in any weather she is well fitted 10
hold her own with any craft that sails in
Southern waters. In the fresh breezes
that prevailed at the start Of The race
she few ike a bird through the waves,
and in the almost dead calm that came
later she forged steadily and surely ahead
by the mere force Of her own fleet lines.
Al no time Was there a very hard wind.
but had there been she would have done
10 worse. and won the race just as surely.
In the regatta OF the savannah \ acht
Club she was sailing half the time on her
sfde and ran ahead Of everything, and
beat che race over longer course in TWO
thirds Of the time she consumed ia the
process on yesterday.
The members OF the club are proud of
their representative IN The race ana proud
OF TIE way she was sailed. A more thor
ough familiarity with the currents aud tidts
and he way that they run in Charleston's
harbor would perhaps have permitted
nicer calculation OF chances and length
ened the lire between the Dragon ana
her nearest competitor But as IL was We
have every re as0n 10 feel perfectly content,
and THAT'S the way We 10 feel If the
tsSf csn bs, P7e' ,bs r2rseo5r ''''' IN
fair winds or foul, why let
them 90 ahead ard try IT, II they succeed
The number of gTletoasiy surprised and
disappointed men in savannah viii equai
the membership Isl Of the yacht club.
AS for the wav we were treated by the
Charleston people there is nothing that
can be said that would half express IL. In
the city across the way the art of hosp
tally has been reduced 10 a science and its
chief opponents and most apt masters and
pupils make the Yacht Cub house their
headquarters They were all On hand when
the contingent from Savannah showed up,
and they eXefted themselves for our y cas-
ure aud entertainment during the entire
time Of our stay They We're model hosts,
and II their iOats lost the race. the peOpse
themselves gained the everlasting admra-
ton OF every man that went over from Sa-
Vannah ana watched the race. All hat we
want now is 81 chance 10 show how we feel
about it, and when the CharlestOuians
come 70 Savannah next year we are going
Illustrate the fact that we ire as admirable
aS hosts as we are Incompatible as sail
ors. That's a strong expression 10 use
about ones own crowd but a. shows the
TO try to do"
There are some beated Savannahians
sih left in Charleston VINO will straggle
home In the next day or two, They are
awaiting the time when the exuberance
OF their enthusiasm shall have subsidized
and they feel ia mood to attend TO the
prosaic duties of everyday life. In the
meantime they feel that the air Of Charles
ton, still redolent of yachting and yacht
inG enthusiasm, IL more to their taste
and liking, and that it would be better.
i they allow themselves to become grad
In the introduction to It's report of the
yacht race, the Charleston News and
Courier had this to say
'rhe unexpected does not always hap
pen, despite the theory to the contrary.
In fact, the theory would very soon lose
prestige if il was infallible, and so all
who had expected the Savannah cup de-
fender 70 win the interstate yacht race
were fairly well satisfied, even though
their city pride made them argue in favor
OF the home boats. The Dragon won
easily enough, but the local yachtsmen
say that il was the boat. and not the
sailors w no managed this handsome little
craft and steered her TO victory. This
may all be settled next year, when the
Carolina Yacht Club has a racer also,
and until the next regatta at least
Charleston Will have TO admit that the
river town across the Georgia line has
the fastest sailing boat In these parts and
ore tnat VIII WIN despite all obstacles.
and even when the experts can find some
flaws in the management.
The two boats which went out with the
Dragon yesterday afternoon were sailed
for oil they were worth, and made spleu-
did records, but they could not beat the
Dragoon-it was a physical impossibility,
and the result had been foretoid several
days ago. The management of the Ka-
trinka and the ftania was faultless, but
they were not boats 10 compete with the
modern racing machine, and they couldn't
win. Part Of the race was a drifting
match, and IN this, OF course, the lightest
craft had every advantage. The fair
southeast breeze, with which the yachts
started out, did not hold and when the
race was half over there was hardly
capful, and even when sailing with this
wind aStern the movement was so slow
as to require the taking of range to
tell whether or not The boats Were NOV
ing. The Titania's topmast had been tax
en- down. and she was in the same rig
as the Dragon, but in spite of this re-
ing the katrnka, with time allowance
By one minute. The Dragon won the race
with twenty minutes, thirty-rine seconds
to spare, corrected time over the Ka-
trinka and nineteen minutes thrty-nIne
seconds over the Titania."
The News and Curior had its horse re-
porter"-self styled-down to see the race.
and he Is responsible for the following;
IAN Savannahians were not pleased with
the outcome Of the race There was a con-
tingent OF them wearing badges bearing
the legend, Isle Of Hope Yacht Club, that
were decidedly displeased with the race.
One Of these Isle Of Hope gentlemen. COW
cred with badgse. expressed himself quite
strongly: Well, I'm sorry Katrinka lost.
like the way these Charleston folks race,
They race with a Charleston boat a pleas
ure yacht, and do not send North for a
harred-out racing shell 10 win a friendly
contest. Then again. that Dragon Is a
trick boat and while her measurements
cause Katrinka TO give time, every fair
minded man knows that Dragon should
allow Katrinka fully fifteen minutes, but
Charlcstonians are game and raced with
al the odds against them. That's why i
am sorry Charleston lost
Whether the alleged member of the Isle
Of Hope Yacht club Is correctly or NOT re-