The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-05
HOPES RACES
YACHT CLUB REGATTA WAS THE
PRINCIPAL ATTRACTION THERE.
SAILED OVER A SLOW COURSE.
LIGHT WINDS KEPT THE RACERS
FROM SHOWING FAST POINTS.


the Third-Pretty Jockeying for
Position at the Start-StrOng Head
Tide and Light Wind Kept Many
of the Craft Half an Hour in
Rounding the POint-Bathing and
Dancing other AttractiOns-CrOwds
of People Watched the Races From
the Pavilion and the Shores.
The regatta of the Atlantic Yacht
Club was the principal event of the
day at Isle of Hope. 1t brought
perfect fleet of sloops and boats of
smaller types into competition, whose
white sails, for half an hour before
the start, seemed almost to roof the
surface of the river.
The winners were as follows:
First Class-Gussie Smith.
Second Class-Meta w.
Third Class-Glory Quayle.
1t was not good day for sailing.
The wind was dull and inert, and
scarcely a capful could be sifted out
of the heavens to drive the willing
racers over the line at the start. At
1875 the starting gun was fired and
the yachts began to cross. 1t was a
slow process and a number of the
boats exceeded the time allowed for
getting over the line and were made
to pay for their hardness in the final
estimate of the result.
The effort, of course, was to get over
the line in the most favorable position
as regards wind and tide, and with the
barely perceptible breeze that was
blowing against a spring tide that
seemed strong enough to sweep some
of the smaller craft away. the jockey
ing for position was as pretty an exhi-
bition of the nautical art as the heart
of the sea lover could desire.
stuck on the Point.
Against the strong tide it was diff
ticult for some of the craft to get
around the point just below the pa
vilion, and here a number of them
stuck for half an hour or more, tack
ing again and again in an effort to
clear the point and get under way and
on down the course. At last, however,
the breeze freshened and they were off
The principal interest centered in the
race for yachts of the second class, in
tAtA
representing the fastest types of mod
ern yacht building.
IN this race the Meta w. showed her
competitors a clean pair of heels, de-
feating the Mamie ON, which was
thought to be her most dangerous OPP
ponent by more than an hour, over
ten mile course. The performance of
the Mamie ON, indeed, was a disap
pointment to her friends, as not alone
the Meta w, but the F'lirt
and the Lookout managing to
cross the line half an hour in advance
of her appearance. The Mamie ON.
was originally owned in Boston, where
she was considered a top-notcher in
her class. 1t was not her day yester
day, however, as the result showed.
In the third class the Glory Quayle
showed herself easily the fastest. boat,
crossing the line sixteen minutes ahead
of Goo Goo Eyes.
The course for the boats of the first
class was from line opposite Barbee's
pavilion to a stake boat anchored off
the mouth of Joe's Cut and return, a
distance of twenty miles. For boats of
the second and third classes the course
was from the line opposite the pavilion
to a stake boat anchored off Barstows
landing, at Wilmington, and return, a
distance of ten miles.
At the Finish.
The boats of the first class that COM
pleted the race were as follows: Gussie
Smith, Capt. H. C. Strickland Two
Brothers, Capt. C. Adams; Leila B.,
Capt B. B. Bostwick; Vernon, Capt
H. E. Bitch; Mabel. Capt. Register;
Star, Capt. ]. g. Holman.
The second class was composed of
the Meta W., Capt. C. B. Westcott;
7 I;,.f
Capt Saunders Ross; Mamie ON,
Capt. Charles O'Nei.
In the third class the entries were
Glory Quayle, Capt. H. H. LaFar;
Goo Goo Eyes, Capt. Charles Briggs;
Darling, Capt. Burroughs; Sea Gull,
Capt. Dawson; Olivette Capt H. Co.
hen; Foam, Capt. H. C. Smith.
The judges of the race were Messrs.
Willard Sullivan, r. ]. Warrick and
Ernest Brown.
The races were witnessed by a large
number of people, who watched them
principally from Barbee's Pavilion,
which Mr.. Barbee had generously de-
voted to the uses of the club There
were spectators, however, stretched
along the banks of the river and many
who followed the races in yachts or
other craft of their own. They crowd
ed the pavilion to watch the racers
cross the line ana the victory OF
popular boat commanded by popular
man, was the invariable signal for an
outburst of hearty applause.
The Day on the River.
The yacht races, popular and inter
esting as they We're did not at all
monopolize the attractions at Isle of
Hope yesterday. All day long and.
after the races were concluded, until
far into the night, there was dancing
on the pavilion, which the people who
thronged the place enjoyed to the ut
most.
Then, too there was bathing in the
river. From the time the first car
load of people was landed at the sta
ton until just long enough before the
last car left for those still in the water
to get out and dress, the river was
full. There are opportunities for driv-
ing at Isle of Hope not offered at any
other of the salt water resorts near the
city, and it is this feature that lends
the place, possibly its peculiar attrac-
ton for bathers. At any rate they
clamoured for suits yesterday until the
bath house attendants had to throw
up their hands.
Mr.. Barbee furnished a delightful
restaurant service during the entire
day, and the meals that We're served
to those whose appetite whetted by salt
air, demanded satisfaction, We're not
the least pleasing features of the day
at the quiet but beautiful resort.