Year: 1874

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The cruising season has, thus far, afforded
our yachtsmen good sport and an en-
! joyable time. The run of the Brook
| lyn Yacht Club since the rendezvous up
to tho time of reaching Green
| port is graphically sketched by our corre-
spondent with the feet, and the excitement of
the friendly contests that enlivened the way
from Morris Cove to Greenport recompensed
for the i'll natured trick of the wind in dying
entirely away near the end of the run, and
compelling the fleet to drift with tho food
tide to their anchorage. Greenport gave o
hearty welcome to the feet, and the only mis-
hap was an injury to the White Wings centre
board, which obliged her to go on the ways
for repairs Tomorrow morning the Brook
lynites will be up and away for New London
at an early hour There seems 70 be promise
of fair weather and welcome breeze during
the week.


On the 4th Of August the rendezvous Of the
New York and the Eastern Yacht clubs is
called, the one at Glen Cove and the other at
Holmes Hole, and the two clubs will meet at
NoWpOIt' 4AO IuCcS tAbt uIt tueA W Obho
place will be the feature Of the present season.
Not the least interesting of them will be the
Corinthian race of the Seawanhaka Yacht
Club, which is to be run on the 9th of August,
and the rules of which are published in the
HERALD to-day. An invitation of the club
was issued in April last to the owners of
schooner yachts, belonging to regularly organ
lied yacht clubs in the United States to join
in this struggle for prize offered by the club.
Before July ten yachts had been entered, the
minimum number to bind the race having been
fixed at five. A much larger number will no
doubt start. The interest of the race centres in
the strict enforcement Of the rule that the
yachts shall be sailed, and, as far as possible,
steered by their owners; that they shall be
manned by amateurs, and the professionals
on board ore to be restricted to a sailing mas
ter or local pilot, steward and q cook. But
neither of these is to be permitted to direct
or assist in any way in the management of the
vessel or to work as one of the crew. We do
not see why the steward and cook should not
have been amateurs also, tor it is certain that
these places could have been very well filed
from the ranks of the yachtsmen and their
friends. However, the rules are to be strictly
enforced, and the committee reserve the right
to expunge from the list of the racing crews
any person whom they may consider q pro-
fessional. Hence the race will be one of un-
usual interest and will fully test the mettlc of
our amateur sailors. The regulations as to
allowance of men, sails, signals, course and
all other details will be found elsewhere.


This Corinthian race will, however, be only
one Of the attractions of the August gathering
of the yachts at Newport. Other interesting
races have already been arranged, and many
spontaneous contests will spring up during
the reunion to add to the excitement and
pleasure Of the event The Newport season
will be at its height, and the double attraction
WILL no doubt, draw together large number
OF visitors. 1t is to be hoped that the weather
will be favorable and that our amateur yachts
men will have fair opportunity to prove their
seamanship. The judges in the Corinthian
race are the Commodores of the New York and
Seawanhaka Yacht clubs and the Vice Com
modore of the Eastern Club; and the wish of
everybody will be that the best yacht and the
best crew may win.