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people congregating there to see the finishes. The house then built still stands,
and is now used as a club head-quarters
by the New Jersey Yacht Club, which sails
its races over very nearly the same course
as that adopted in 1846 by the New York
club, on the occasion of its second match.
This course was from a stake-boat off the
Elysian Fields, to a stake-boat off Staple-
ton S. I. ; thence to a stake-boat off the
Long Island shore, and thence to the
Southwest Spit, returning over the same
course. For this, there started: the
schooners Lancet, Giincrack, La Coquille,
Minna, Brenda, Spray, Sybil, Cygnet, Pet,
Northern Light, Siren and Coquette, with
the sloops Newburgh and Mist. The
largest schooner'was Mr. J. H. Perkins'
Coquette (76), and the largest sloop was Mr.
L. Depau's Mist (44). The only yacht
which made the course inside of the limit
of eight hours was the sloop Mist, which
did it in 7I1. 37m., winning the prize,
this time offered by the club, and which
was of the value
of %200 ; and this
is called in the club
annals its " first
annual regatta/'
Why, I don't know,
since, as we have
seen, there had
been one during
the previous summer. The allowance was the same
as before — forty-
five seconds to the
ton—and schooner
and sloop, all went
in together, the
sloop as we have
seen, getting the
best of it. The
club had another
race the next day,
July 18, 1846 ; but
the two days are
properly classed
by the club as one
regatta. This time
the starters were:
Schooners, G im -
crack, Hornet,
Minna, Br en da,
Cygnet, Siren an d
Coquette, and the
sloops, Pear sail,
Mist, Ann Maria
and Dart. I think
that the Pearsall,
Ann Maria and
Dart were working vessels, allowed
to come in on even
terms with the club
boats. The course
was the same, and it was for many years
the regular club course. The Gimcrack,
finished first, Mist second, Hornet third,
Dart fourth ; Mr. A. Barker's schooner
Hornet (25), winning, on allowance of time,
a piece of silver valued at $200.
There has been some little boasting on
the part of the Seawanhaka club over a
claim that they were the first to introduce
" Corinthian " racing, and so fearful have
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THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING.
people congregating there to see the finishes. The house then built still stands,
and is now used as a club head-quarters
by the New Jersey Yacht Club, which sails
its races over very nearly the same course
as that adopted in 1846 by the New York
club, on the occasion of its second match.
This course was from a stake-boat off the
Elysian Fields, to a stake-boat off Staple-
ton S. I. ; thence to a stake-boat off the
Long Island shore, and thence to the
Southwest Spit, returning over the same
course. For this, there started: the
schooners Lancet, Giincrack, La Coquille,
Minna, Brenda, Spray, Sybil, Cygnet, Pet,
Northern Light, Siren and Coquette, with
the sloops Newburgh and Mist. The
largest schooner'was Mr. J. H. Perkins'
Coquette (76), and the largest sloop was Mr.
L. Depau's Mist (44). The only yacht
which made the course inside of the limit
of eight hours was the sloop Mist, which
did it in 7I1. 37m., winning the prize,
this time offered by the club, and which
was of the value
of %200 ; and this
is called in the club
annals its " first
annual regatta/'
Why, I don't know,
since, as we have
seen, there had
been one during
the previous summer. The allowance was the same
as before — forty-
five seconds to the
ton—and schooner
and sloop, all went
in together, the
sloop as we have
seen, getting the
best of it. The
club had another
race the next day,
July 18, 1846 ; but
the two days are
properly classed
by the club as one
regatta. This time
the starters were:
Schooners, G im -
crack, Hornet,
Minna, Br en da,
Cygnet, Siren an d
Coquette, and the
sloops, Pear sail,
Mist, Ann Maria
and Dart. I think
that the Pearsall,
Ann Maria and
Dart were working vessels, allowed
to come in on even
terms with the club
boats. The course
was the same, and it was for many years
the regular club course. The Gimcrack,
finished first, Mist second, Hornet third,
Dart fourth ; Mr. A. Barker's schooner
Hornet (25), winning, on allowance of time,
a piece of silver valued at $200.
There has been some little boasting on
the part of the Seawanhaka club over a
claim that they were the first to introduce
" Corinthian " racing, and so fearful have
