New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-11
YACHTING.
THOUSANDS VISIT ANCHORAGE OF
YACHTS AT MARBLEHEAD
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Marhlehead. Mass. Aug. 1o.-The oldest residents
n this town agree that there never has been such
large feet of yachts in the harbor as is anchored
hare now nor has there been such a spectacular
sisplav Of flags. From their bowsprt ends up to
.ber topmast trucks and down again to their
,arrsils three hundred yachts Of every size and
rig from Colonel Oliver II. Payne's big steamer
Anbrodite 10 the smallest sloop in the New-York
r Eastern Yacht clubs fleets. bedecked. rain
how fashion with flags OF every hue They were
boisted al "colors" this morning by order of the
connlodores of both fleets. From early morning
until late in the day hundreds Of visitors came by
boat from Gloucester and by trolley and carriage
from Boston. Salem and Lynn. and at 4:3o o'clock
IN the afternoon there a reception to the
New-Yor5 Yacht Club captains and their guests on
hoard Commodore Albert Bigelow's handsome
steam yacht Pantooset the flagship of the Eastern
Yacht Club Thousands of spectators frnged the
rocky shores Of Marblehead and OF Marblehead
Neck opposite while hundreds were afoat
sailing among the feet in sloops. catboats. knock
abouts dories and rowboats. a more beautiful day
could not be imagined. Out of cloudless sky
cool breeze blew. tempering the suns bright rays
and keeping the flags in motion
Four yachts that attracted much attention were
the old Cup defenders the Puritan now a schooner
and the Volunteer; the sloop Pocahontas built for
4 Cup defender. and the schooner Viking. owned by
ex-Commodore James D Smith of the New-York
Yacht Club. who has also been for ten years
member of the Americas Cup committee The
viking has followed the New-York Yacht Clubs
squadron all through the cruise from New London
10 this port. His guests board Mrs. s II.
Cummings his daughter: Master Cummings, Mrs.
Thomson and Samuel Elliott.
II was nearly midnight when the last Yacht
crossed the finish line last night. and when the
regatta committee ended their calculations il was
found that. owing to the large time aowa given
to F. n. Smiths sloop Effort by the Yankees
rinutAs and II seconds-she (the Effort the
Con1rnodore's Cup for sloons in the run from
Provincetown TO this place. Her corrected time
was S hours minutes and seconds. That of the
Yankee hours minutes and 81 seconds; so
NJ Effort wins by forty-siX seconds in the Of
fhirty-eeht and one-half miles. She defeated the
WeetamOe on corrected time by seven minutes and
fortv-three seconds.
In the regular run the Yankee wins the prize in
her class beating the AIineoa bv four minutes and
thirtv-three seconds and the Rainbow by eleven
wins the Comrnodore's Gun for schooners. She
was allowed twentv-eieht minutes and twenty
seven seconds bv the Constellation.
The winners in the other classes IN the regular
SQUADRON WIN We're the schooners Constella ton
from the Hildegarde the Corona from the Emerald.
the Katrina from the Seneca. the Agatha from the
trend The sooDs Hester Mira, Affair, Effort and
Cherokee also winners.
Commodore Lewis Cass Iedyard expressed him
self 2 pleased with the cruise.
All the crack schooners and sloops are entered for
-o-rnorroW's big race of the Eastern Yacht Club.
The start is 70 be made about 1880 o'clock off Half
wav Rock. The New-YOrk Yacht Clubs squadron
will disbaud at 'fcolors" Tuesday morning.
Elaborate arrangements have been made by the
citizens Of Narhlehead and by the Eastern and
Corinthisn Yacht clubs for brilliant illumination
the town fire alarm whistle, which will sound
long and two short blasts at $50 o'clock red FIRE
torches which have been supplied 10 mon stationed
entire shore of the barhor will be Lighted
simultaneously. Cottagers and others will also Ae
stlnulied with torches The yachts in the harboT
will all respond with red. blue and green fire