The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-05
GE0RGlANA WON THE RACE.
ISLE OF HOPE YACHTsMEN MADE A
GOOD DAY OF 1T.

! HandIed-The Vida Won the First
Prize in the First CIass-Interest
Centercd in the Second Class
Where the GeOrginnn, MIR. Backus'
New Yacht, Won the Prize-The
Little Fern Ran Away From
Everything in the Third Class.
Tremendous Crowds Visited the
Island and Everybody Had Pleas
ant Time.
With the exception OF the light winds
which made the time longer than would
otherwise have been the case, the yacn,
race at Isle of Hope yesterday was an
entire success. There were large num-
Der of entries. and some very close com
petition between the owners of rival
yachts which gave a lively interest to
the regatta.
The regatta passed off without any spe-
cial accident OF an unpleasant event OF
any kind, and the members of the club
have reason to congratulate themselves
upon the fine days sport which they fur
nished for themselves and their friends.
The crowds were very large, especially in
the afternoon, when the people came out
as fast as the cars would bring them. \
large proportion OF the crowd remained
over during the evening, and came in on
the night cars.
The entries in the races with those in
charge of the yacht, were as follows:
First Class-Vivid. Charlie Fretwell;
Ecie r., Samuel Reynolds; Babbie. Ed
ward Demere; Vida, George Ferguson;
Julia D.. j. T. Dawson.
Second Class-Georgiana. Henry Backus:
Meta w, Charles Westcott; Undine,
Frank Ferguson; Imp. Raiford Fallgant;
Constance. 7. P. Reynolds; Sea Gull,
Epping Gabbett; Olga, F. j. Askew; Run
away Girl, Paschal Strong; Rastus, viii
Reynolds Florence and Marie.
Third Class-Fern, Edith, Florence, Baby
Mine and Olivette.
The course for the first and second class
yachts was from the pavilion to stake
boat anchored in the mouth of Joe's Cut,
of Cabbage Island, and return, a distance
of twenty miles. For the third class boats
there was shorter course of fifteen miles.
which brought them up to the pavilion and
back again
The starting gun was fired promptly at
IL o'clock. The boats got off quickly and
in good order, but the breeze was very
light and they moved slowly. 1t was seen
that without improvement in the breeze
the race would be a long one, and this
proved to be the case
The chief interest of the regatta CEN
tered in the second Glass race in which
number of fine yachts, some of them
newcomers, were entered. The fact that
there had been considerably rivalry among
the owners of some of these yachts in the
past added zest to the race. Among these
were the Georgiana a new boat recently
brought here from the West by Mr.. Henry
Backus, and put together here the Meta
w, Charlie Westcott's boat with the fam
Gus rolling center board; the Constantine.
the dainty little yacht recently purchased
by Mr.. ]. J. ONeill. and the Runaway
Girl, another uncertainty, owned by Mr..
Paschal Strong. These four were expected
to contend for the first honor The prize
was easily taken by Mr.. Backus' boat, the
Georgiana, with the Meta W. fair second
and the Undine very close third being
just 81 seconds behind the Meta W, the
Constance coming in fourth.
The third class boats or batteaux, were
the first to show up in the neighborhood
of the pavilion having to make that point
twice in their course. Mr.. Newell Vests
boat. the Fern, was the first to show up.
In fact, she made her appearance so soon
and was so far ahead of the other boats
of her class that the spectators thought
she had been pulled out of the race. Such
was not the case, however and after TAX
ing the turn around the stakeboat the
Fern proceeded TO go over the course
again. Her lead was still further increas-
ed on the second round, and she finished
nearly three-quarters of an hour ahead of
everything in her class.
First-class, winner of first prize, Vida
l22:42; 3;l4:55; 5:12:13: 5:1913.
1t was after O'Clock when the larger
votes began to make the finish. The Vida
was the winner of the first prize, finishing
10 minutes 50 seconds. corrected time
ahead of the Ec,e r.. the Julia D. coming
in third, and the Vivid fourth. The Bah
bic did not finish.
The report of the results, as obtained
from the judges last night. was as fol-
lows, including time of start, time of re-
turn, elapsed time and corrected time in
the order named:
First Glass
Vida-12:2:42; 5:14:55; 5I213; 5:19I3.
Ecle R-12I4:30; 5:3S:45; 5:34:15; $685.
Julian DBL :33: $3.50; 5:S7:56; 549:56.
Nivid-12;S:SS; 6:27:33; 6:23:50; 6:23:5O
Second Clas-
Georgiana-l2:9:55 4:4sHO: 4:86i5; 4:47:5.
Meta W.-12:7:55; 5:1l $50; 5:4:1; 5:41.
Undine-l2:9:57; 5:11 :35; 5:1:5S; 54:SS
Constance-12:6:45; 5:21A7; SLAP; 5:22:S2.
1mp-l2:7:50: 6;14:3; 6:6:l3; 6:S:2S
Olga-12:10:22; 6:1:46 5:5l:24; 5:59:54.
Runaway Girl-12;9;55; 51S:25; $3.50;
$500.
The Erastus. Florence and Marie in this
class did not finish.
Third Class
Fern-12:2O:2O; 3:46:23; 1888; $3.50
Edith-12:1S:50 $3.50; 4:47 20; 4:494O
Baby Mine-1219; 4:33:2S; 4:14:2s; 4I4:2S.
Olivette-12:1s;55 $40; 451;5; 5:3:5.
The committee in charge of the regat-
ia consisted of Messrs. Edward Demere
S. b. LaFar. C. f. Fretwel, Henry
Backus. E. G. Mcdonald, +. j. Askew.
The timers and judges were Messrs f. G.
Mcdonald, NJ. A. Schwarz, w. w. Fret
well, The general verdict was that the
regatta was conducted in a very sausfac-
tory manner.
The crowd at Isle of Hope was one of
the largest in it's history. The people be-
gan coming early and kept it up all day.
see them and there were large numbers
Of picnickers throughout the grounds
After o'clock every train coming out
was filled to the limit and a crowd was
always in waiting at the Tenth street
junction for the next Grain. The railroad
schedule was an excellent one and was
well adhered to. The majority of the
| people came in early, but some three or
four hundred remained for the dancing
at night
The genial proprietors OF the pavilion,
| Mssrs. Barbee e. Bandy did tremendous
business and served everybody 20 the
/ beSs M their ability which &c ca,gno