The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-08
FAMOUS FLEET OF YACHTS
NEW YORK YACHT YACHT CLUE
 SQUADRON AT MORRIS COTE,

Brilliant Scene or the Pequot Dock Last
 tington Bay, l.. I.-Nyinncrs in the
 Various Ractng Glasses.
 Morris Cove last evening was the gathering place of one of the most la- nous fleets of yachts in the world Fully 150 yachts of the New York yacht club were anchored there within short distances of each other-a fleet such as is seldom seen in these waters. The scene with all the yachts lit up was brilliant one, and one that was enjoyed to the fullest extent by the cottagers'. All the early part of the evening illuln- mated launches and small boats Kept flashing between the fleet and the re- quot landing place, and the grounds III the vicinity were alive with yachtsmen' In honor of the occasion the Pequot as- sociatton had the landing, float ana grounds illuminated with red ire, Wlllch added much to the effect of the scene
 Nearly fifty of the yachts ot the meet did not anchor at the Cove at all put kept on their way to New London, the degtlnation of to-day's run. All the yachts Jeff the rendezvous at Eatons Point, Huntington Bay, L. l., at AA'l' o'clock, but there were only fofty stalt- CTS in the various racing classes. The distance from Huntington Bay to tlle Cove is twenty eight miles, put m spl'e of the sight breeze and the fact that she sailed close hauled all the way, the Corona. Commodore Ledyards tast schooner arrived at the Cove at 3:2S. the first to cast anchor. Many Of the yachts followed her closely, and befofe o'clock most of the large boats had crossed the line. Scores of Cove col taeers In all sorts of boats witnessed the arrival of .he fleet The winners in the various racing classes follow.
 Sloops. Class H-Vester beat Ashlld, 12 minutes 30 seconds: elapsed time, Sloops. Class T-Wasp beat Sayonara, fl minutes Il seconds; Petrel, 63 minutes 5t seconds; Fredonia, 1 hour 39 minutes 34 seconds.
 Sloops, Class K-Syce beat Sharp, minutes 25 seconds; Altair, 10 minutes 30 seconds; Uvira, 31 minutes 51 sec onds; Hussar. 52 minutes 59 seconds; Sistar 36 minutes 1 second; Lotowana, IA minutes 54 seconds; Ondawa, 56 min utes 25 seconds; Jessica, hour 19 min utes 3S seconds; Kara, 1 hour Do min utes seconds.
 Sloop Class L-Hebe beat Vinita.
 Sloop. Class M-Countess beat Effort, i minute 51 seconds; Kiowa, minutes 3s seconds Cymbra, 37 minutes 3S sec- onds.
 | Schooners special Class A-Corona beat Constellation, g minutes 40 sec onds.
 . Schooners Class A--Hildegarde sail over.
 | Schooner Glass D-Quisetta beat La tonia. 19 minutes 12 seconds; 1ngomar 30 minutes 24 seconds; Katrina, 31 min utes Is seconds.
 1 Schooners Class E-Indra beat Way ward, [ minutes 49 seconds; Neora, l9 minutes seconds; Nevalia. 30 minutes A seconds Kiwara. 36 minutes 4S sec onds; Rrsalka. 45 minutes 43 seconds; Uncas. 1 hour B minutes 20 seconds Sleeps, sepcial 70 foot class-Mineola beat Rainbow, IS minutes 5s seconds; Yankee. 20 minutes 30 seconds
 J. R. MacDunough's slo0p Jessica car ried away her topmast and bowsjrit and the sloop Venita broke her bowsprit while off New Rochelle.
 | Other yachts of the fleet and their owners are as follows I 61. sar Adrian Isin, jr.'s Radha, A. Van Santvords Clermont, J. Rogert Max wells Kismet, A. Fl. Alker's Florence Lloyd Phosnix's Intrepid, John Jacob Astor's Nourmahal, Cord Meyers Mas peth A. Hart McKee's Parthenia, J. T. Williams Embla, Harrison B Moore's Marietta w. E. Bannigan's Llewellyn, J. F. Dominicks Varuna, Elbridge T. Gerry's Electra, August Belmonts Scourt Cornelius vanderbilt's Mirage Perry Belmonts Santanella, General F. " Greene's Wild Duck, Edward S. Ren- wick's Giralda, F. c. Benedict's Oneida, Colgate Hoyt's Tide, A. Bandouines Viola, F. G. Bourne's Artemis. James Hillman's Columbia, Butler Brothers Forget -Me-Not. N Witherells Reba, George B. Wilson's Anita. Howard c. Smiths Saghaya,. John B, Herreshoff 8 Augusta. Leonard J. Busbys Duchess A. Van Rensselaer's May F. D. Trow- bridges Altair, Ed. Kellys Barracauto, William R. Sands Nirvana and Charles | G We]d's Akela.
 | Schooners Clement A. Griscoms Alert. w. F. Isein's Emerald. George w. Weld's Hildegard, Morton F. Plants | Tngomar, Charles s. Smither's Way ward, Frederick c. Fietchar's Rosemary. Henry F. Lippett's Quissetta, Francis 1 Skinner, jr.'s Constellation, Willard P. | Wards Shamrock, Frederick T Adams | Sachem. Seymour l.. Husted. jr.'s Cru- sader, Charles F. Ulrich's Carlotta, Will liam s. Vernam's Meteor, Howard w. | Coates Gevalia. Charles P. Buchanan's | Uncas Francis L. Ieland's Ariel Thom- | as A. McIntyre's Neara, D. r. Morse's Kiwassa, James E. Fords Katrina, Malcolm Graneham, jr,'s Glendover, | Frank F. Olney's Rusall1a, and John M Richmond's Indra
 Single masted vessels and yawls: Vice Commodore August Belmont's Mineola, Cornelius Vanderbilt's Rain bow H. P. Whitney and H. B. Duryea's Yankee, Percy Chubbs Vigiant, C. L. IVY