New-York tribune., 1905-08-21
COL0NIA HOME BOUND.
OCEAN RACE STARTS.
FlUe SchO0ners LeaUe Mdrblehead
for Run to HalifaT.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

Marblehead, Mass, Aug 20.-UpOn signal from
the flagship Colonia all the yachts in the har-
bor dressed ship this morning at "colOrs."
There were about one hundred in ALL and they
made an extremely pretty picture as they rolled
gently in the easterly swell setting in from the
sea. Thousands from Salem Lynn and other
nearby towns dotted the rocky shores and oecu-
pied every available boat from noon until sun
down.
Lieutenant Commander HoIcombe. L. s. N,
executive officer of the cruiser Brooklyn, and
other officers of that ship paid formal visit
to Commodore Laurence Minot at the Eastern
Yacht Club. and a number of officers and mem
bers Of the club were entertained on board the
steam yacht Niagara by Howard Gould.
Commodore F. G. Bourne left for New York
to-day in the Colonia. The only yachts to sail
were the Iimosa II. the F1eur de Lys. the
Viking. the Narada, the Intrepid. the Idler. the
Felicia and the Levanter. There still remain
about twenty of the club fleet
All arrangements for the invitation ocean race
to Halifax N s., complete, and it is certain
tonight that five schooners will start from
Marblehead Rock at 10 o'clock In the morning
They are Arthur T. Luke's Corona F. F. Brew
ster's Elmina, Commodore Laurence Minot's
Hope Leslie. W. S. Eaton's Agatha and Charles
E. Gibson's Black Hawk.
The Elmina represents the New-York Yacht
Club, the Black Hawk the Boston Yacht Club
and the other three the Eastern Yacht Club. 1t
was hoped that the sloop Doris would start but
unless she has competitor she will not go. All
the yachts TO sail In cruising trim. so that
clubtopsails are barred. and allowances will be
reckoned by the Eastern Yacht Clubs tables
on a basis Of 357 miles Stephen W. Sleeper.
of the regatta committee. with Secretary Revere.
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the yachts at the finish, which will be between
the committee boat and a buoy anchored off the
clubhouse Of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht
Squadron in Halifax Harbor.
The committee boat at the finish will fly by
daylight large Eastern Yacht Club flag and at
night she will show four lights in vertical line.
the two upper ones red and the two lower ones
white The buoy will carry flag by day. and
a red and white light at night
The course directions say that Halfway Rock.
the whistling buoy. off Sambo Island. the black
buoys off the Sisters Bell Rock. Duncan's Reef,
Litchfields Rock and Mars Rock at the bell
buoy off Pleasant Shoal and the black buoy off
Reid Rock must all be left TO port. Yachts in
the race allowed to make port and anchor
owing to stress of weather without being dis
qualified
Commodore Minot will have as guests on board
Eaton and Secretary George Atkinson of the
Eastern Yacht Club. On board the Corona as
guests OF Arthur T Luke. captain and owner.
will be Albert H Wiggin of New-York; Charles
A. Price of Boston, and James c. Summers of
New-York T. F. Brewster's guests on board
the Elmina will be T. W. Farnham, Of New
Haven; D. c. Byers. of Pittsburg and W. Still
man. of New-York. Norman L Skene will be
Mr Gibson's guest on board the Black Hawk
The Corona is steel schooner, 123 feet over
ALL $40 feet water line. "a feet beam and 10
feet draught. She was designed and built by
Herreshoff as a keel sloop for the defence Of
the Americas Cup in 1898 She was altered to
a schooner. and centreboard added in 1896
The Elmina is a steel schooner. designed by
Cary Smith and Ferris, and built this year by
George Lawley. at Boston. She is 125 feet over
all, 81 feet on the water line, % feet beam and
10 feet inches draught
The Hope Leslie is wooden schooner. built
by Harrington. of Bath. Me-. in 1886. She is
81 % feet over all. &c feet the water line, 16
feet beam and 10 feet draught
The Agatha designed by Fred Lawley and
built by George Lawley, OF Boston. this year.
She is IS feet all, 1915 feet the water
line, % feet beam and 1912 feet draught.
The Black Hawk was designed by \. l. Skene
and built by c. F. Brown. at Pulpit Harbor.
Me-. this year. She is 81 feet over all, II feet
on the water line. 143 feet beam and 50 feet
draught
With a fair wind it is estimated that the win
ming yacht will reach Halifax by Wednesday
night. With head wind 1t may take week
In a match to-day over course four
miles to windward and return, from Marblehead
Rock, between the 33-footer Mimosa II. of New
York. the 30-footers Dorel and Chewink I and
the 22-footer Tyro. Mimosa II won by about
eight minutes.