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f>2 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. p-ed .oCa^evrs ' GRAYLING. secured the prize, beating the Peerless 7m. 10s. It was in this year, also, that the sloop Meta was built by Mr. P. McGiehan, at Pamrapo, N. J., for Mr. G. H. Beling, and with Captain Ellsworth and his Bay- onne crew on board, she took rank as the fastest single-stick vessel in the country. Mr. Beling, during the previous year, had the sloop Kaiser Wilhelm built by Mr. McGiehan, and there was enough of suspicion that during some of her races ballast had been shifted, to cause her owner to be black-balled in the New York club, and on this account he adopted as his signal on the Meta two black balls, and entered her for all the races that were possible. July 23, 1872, the Meta sailed a match with the Gracie from buoy No. 5, twenty miles to windward and return. The Gracie at that time was owned by Mr. S. J. Colgate, New York Yacht Club, and was 58 feet 5 inches long. Last year she was 79 feet 10 inches, and this season is still longer. The Meta was 61 feet. The race was sailed under the rules of the Brooklyn club, and the Meta beat the Gracie in actual time 31s., but on corrected time the Gracie won the race by ira. 45 s. I may mention in passing that beside the Brooklyn and Atlantic clubs, there had now come into prominence the Harlem club, of which one of the ruling spirits was Mr. Harry Genet, the brilliant politician of the Tweed regime. " Prince Hal" he was called, and the house on the point at Port Morris, now occupied by the Knickerbocker club, was built under his reign, which I may say was short and brilliant. But in this year, 1872, the Sea- wanhaka club was a year old. It had its annual regattas at Oyster Bay on each recurring Fourth of July, and they were the most enjoyable yachting events of the year. The Jersey City club, too, began to loom up prominently. Their regattas were social affairs, and used to take place at Greenville, N. J., from a tavern called the " Idle Hour." After the race of the yachts, a banquet was served, ladies were present in great number, and the affair wound up with a dance in the evening. Apropos of
Title | Yachts and yachting |
Creator | Cozzens, Frederic Schiller |
Publisher | Cassell & Co. |
Place of Publication | New York |
Date | [c1887] |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000060 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | f>2 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. p-ed .oCa^evrs ' GRAYLING. secured the prize, beating the Peerless 7m. 10s. It was in this year, also, that the sloop Meta was built by Mr. P. McGiehan, at Pamrapo, N. J., for Mr. G. H. Beling, and with Captain Ellsworth and his Bay- onne crew on board, she took rank as the fastest single-stick vessel in the country. Mr. Beling, during the previous year, had the sloop Kaiser Wilhelm built by Mr. McGiehan, and there was enough of suspicion that during some of her races ballast had been shifted, to cause her owner to be black-balled in the New York club, and on this account he adopted as his signal on the Meta two black balls, and entered her for all the races that were possible. July 23, 1872, the Meta sailed a match with the Gracie from buoy No. 5, twenty miles to windward and return. The Gracie at that time was owned by Mr. S. J. Colgate, New York Yacht Club, and was 58 feet 5 inches long. Last year she was 79 feet 10 inches, and this season is still longer. The Meta was 61 feet. The race was sailed under the rules of the Brooklyn club, and the Meta beat the Gracie in actual time 31s., but on corrected time the Gracie won the race by ira. 45 s. I may mention in passing that beside the Brooklyn and Atlantic clubs, there had now come into prominence the Harlem club, of which one of the ruling spirits was Mr. Harry Genet, the brilliant politician of the Tweed regime. " Prince Hal" he was called, and the house on the point at Port Morris, now occupied by the Knickerbocker club, was built under his reign, which I may say was short and brilliant. But in this year, 1872, the Sea- wanhaka club was a year old. It had its annual regattas at Oyster Bay on each recurring Fourth of July, and they were the most enjoyable yachting events of the year. The Jersey City club, too, began to loom up prominently. Their regattas were social affairs, and used to take place at Greenville, N. J., from a tavern called the " Idle Hour." After the race of the yachts, a banquet was served, ladies were present in great number, and the affair wound up with a dance in the evening. Apropos of |
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