THE YOUNG 
Henry third, by seven yards ; Brogan 
fourth, by six feet. 
— The annual swimming contests for the 
championship of the New York Athletic 
Club took place on the Harlem Kiver 
Sept. 8. The one-hundred-yards event 
was swum across the stream, from the 
club-house, and was won by H. E. Tous- 
saint in Im. 35s. ; J. B. Moore second, by 
a yard; H. B. Phinney third, Sidney 
Green fourth. The half-mile race was 
down-stream, with the tide, but the con- 
testants had the strong south-west wind 
against them. C. T. Schlesinger led all 
the way, and won in 12m. 23is. ; H. E. 
Toussaint second, by five yards ; Theo- 
dore Guierra third, and A. L. Esterbrook 
fourth. 
— Dr. Bryant having shown that the 
Shadow can beat the Wave of the New 
York Yacht Club, an effort is being made 
to match her against the Eanita, owned 
by George J. Gould, of New York. 
— The American Yacht Club have taken 
a two years' lease of a portion of the apart- 
ment-building on the northwest corner 
of Madison avenue and Twenty-eighth 
street, New York City, and it is expected 
that the rooms will be ready for occu- 
pancy Oct. 1. 
— Hanlan, the champion sculler, will, it 
is stated, establish a ferry of his own be- 
tween Toronto and the island on which 
his hotel is located. This does not lend 
color to the rumor that he contemplated 
removing from Canada because his liquor 
license was revoked. 
— The September meeting of the Dor- 
chester (Mass.) Yacht Club was held Fri- 
day evening, Sept. 7, at the club-house, 
at Harrison square. The treasurer re- 
ported a balance of $259.18. On account 
of the closing of the Hotel Pemberton the 
matter of a supper was laid over. 
— The annual regatta of the Oswego 
Yacht Club was sailed on Lalce On tailed 
Aug. 28. Five yachts competed, and Capt. 
Cnlhbert's Katie Gray, 10 tons, won, de- 
feating the Ella (19 tons), Cricket (10), 
Laura (11), and Fairwater (12). 
— The sloop-yachts Gracie and Fanny, 
both belonging to Ihe New York Yacht 
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Club, are matched to sail a race off Sandy 
Hook on Oct. 8. The race will be sailed 
under the time-allowance given at the 
last regatta of the N. Y. Y. C. 
— The Quincy Yacht Club held their 
closing regatta for this season over a 
course off Great Head, Mass., Sept. 8. 
First and second prizes (cash) were given 
in each class, and the result was as fol- 
lows : Second class— J. F. Brown's Niobe 
first, in 111. 31m. 5s. actual sailing time and 
Ih . 3m. 27s. corrected time ; J. E. Putnam's 
David Crockett second, Ih. 31m. and Ih. 
4m. 33s. Third class— D. H. Lincoln's 
Flora Lee first, Ih. 17m. and 51m. 17s. ; 
S. G. King's Samaria second, Ih. 19m. 
25s. and 54:m. 13s. 
— The Cape Ann Yacht Club sailed their 
open regatta, for small boats, postponed 
from the preceding day^at Gloucester, 
Mass., on Sept. 1. A fairly good breeze 
came from the north east^ and the 
weatlier was bright and bracing on tiie 
water. There were eight starters in the 
first class, for yachts over 20 ft. ; fourteen 
in the second, over 15 ft. ; and six in the 
third, under 15 ft. Three cash prizes 
were offered in each class, which were 
won as follows : First class, 12 miles - 
I Cunningham's Kittiwalce first, in 3h. 
48m. 9s. actual and 3h. 2m. 39s. corrected 
time ; McKenzie's Venus second, 3h. 49rn. 
55s. and 3h. 9m. 23s. ; Pigeon's Judith 
tliird, 4h. 2m. 48s. and 3h. 21m. 10s. Sec- 
ond class, 6 miles— Griffin's Sassacus 
first, Ih. 25m. 25s. and 58m. 34s. ; Tucker's 
Sunbeam second, Ih. 33m. 24s. and Ih. 
5m. 8s. ; Holder's Helen third, Ih. 30m. 
37s. and Ih. 6m. 10s. Third class, $ 
miles— Williams' Marchioness first, .lh„ 
45m. and Ih. 13m. 54s. ; Bickford's Tit 
second, Ih. 56m. 57s. and Ih. 24m. 3s. 
Judges— H. F. Sanford, George H. Oakes 
and G. H. Blatchford. 
— The annual regatta of the Union Boat 
Club was held on the Harlem Eiver on 
Saturday, Sept. 8. The weather was cloudy 
and threatening, and a stiff breeze from 
the southwest roughened the water con- 
siderably. The distance rowed in all the 
races was one mile, straightaway, and 
the results were as follows : 
Pai7--oared gigs.—S. Van Zandt, O. J. 
