
Machting and Baating. 
HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 

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—The New York Yacht Squadron races commenced on 
October 9th. A more lovely or beautiful day for yachting 
could not have been selected. The arrangements on the 
part of the regatta committee were all carried out with de- 
cision and promptness, and the yachts in magnificent trim, 
showed themselves the glorious living and animated be- 
ings they professed to imitate. The prizes consisted of cups 
and purses presented by Commodore Bennett. 
1, Cup of the value of $1,000, to be sailed for by schooner yachts be- 
longing to any organized yacht club, from an anchorage off Owl’s Head, 
New York harbor, to and around the light ship on Five Fathom Bank, 
off Cape May, New Jersey, and return to Sandy Hook light ship. 
11, Three purses, of the value of $1,000, $250, and $250 respectively, 
to be sailed for over the same course, upon the same day, and open to 
the following classes of vessels hailing from any portin the Uunited 
States: 
First—Pilot boats. 
Second—Working schooners of not less than twenty-five nor over 300 
tons, old measurement. 
Third—Schooner smacks. 
‘In this race the first vessel arriving at the winning post 
to take a purse of $1,000; the first vessel arriving of each 
of the other two classes to take a purse of $250. No class, 
however, to win more than one purse, 
Tue ORDER oF StTartine.—The start was effected at 
twelve minutes past three o’clock, from the stakeboat 
off Owl’s Head, and the time of the leading boats passing 
the Southwest Spit was as follows: 
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PR Pae MINES CME TAE UE a hee Se stale ake ca cists ai gis oie, Seime< < cima ase ayscayaeie’« dab ae aterare 4 28 45 
SVRTC PORT AU Gee eerste s aiviephevane ba sighiais: clcisteaiPieie’ iajeiaialene a ctetels 4 29 09 
(UNSC STOOP ee Bias Boon P ae GUS Case pO SUD SE CRD REnGo nat ar pan 4 29 32 
WERE CED EAL OB eed eie late a cal othe since SW voy! glalpia’ eteiatajaiina pial eiays\niey= <iaiste 4 29 44 
llaiOgt Mary. dr. HIS. INO 4 oi, 5 oie 5 when: creme nuaidhoys = sisidin aye (nese sneia 4 34 32 
POL DOAULW OLCOMs NOR LO Se 6s a nieicicil aicieias cmislettisjaies cise cist sais 4 35 02 
IC HOCMGE MELE MOGI yat eterna stalelela oials ace civ arstey hace sie 3s) aes ae ears 4 35 26 
TOL DOAU TDOMAS Se INCOUS, INOW Ls. oe. ci cen sie dsc alien tes 4 36 14 
SOMIAGCIC WV SINAC DIRCKTOLG << cos ce sce cyte es dais ais'e vieinid 513 wane dices 4 37 05 
PMOL DOG SAUER WY. ET WELlt INO. Zoe since, eeiticesssigesie cadd cene 4 39 06 
Pitot Hoot amund Biant, INO. Oooo. cece a nsec ne neces rcees 4 39 36 
Five yachts, two schooners, five pilot boats and one 
smack contested in their different classes. The small yachts 
Clio and Eva were on the east and west line off Owl’s 
Head. The Dreadnaught, Alarm and Enchantress were on 
a line fifty yards further up the bay, while the pilot 
boats, schooners and smacks were lying side by side a little 
above. Soon after three o’clock the signal was given to 
start, and in an instant all sails were set, and they started 
down the bay towards the Narrows. It was really a 
splendid sight, the sky a deep blue, the wind blowing’ a 
fresh breeze and the yachts dashing along over the white- 
top green waves; the tout ensemble was indeed charming. 
The following isthe order of passing buoy number eight 
and one-half, just inside of Sandy Hook: The Clio at 4:24 
P. M., Enchantress, Alarm, Dreadnaught; schooners Van 
Name, Eva; pilot boats, Mary E. Fish and Widgeon; 
schooner Reindeer, pilot boats Edmund Blunt and James W. 
Elwell. After passing the buoy if was necessary to tack 
twice in order to clear Sandy Hook, after which they had a 
straightway course for the light ship off Cape May, ninety 
miles distant. The boats passed the Highlands in the same 
order that they did buoy number eight and one-half, ex. 
cept that the Eva again got ahead of the Van Name and the 
pilot boat Negus passed the schooner Reindeer. By this time 
the wind was well to the eastward, and the yachts were bowl- 
ing along at adozen knots an hour with the wind on the 
port quarter, the little Clio leading in gallant style and be- 
ing well to windward. ; 
The yachts, pilot-boats, schooners, and smacks contin- 
ued on their course all night, the Enchantress rounding the 
Lightship at 1h. 57m. Several hours afterwards she fell into 
the trough of the sea and was nearly meeting with asad 
accident. Asit was she split her jib; but nothing daunted 
she made her way back again, beating and tacking, and ar- 
rived at Sandy Hook Lightship at 6 hours 12 minutes, win- 
ning the $1,000 cup for yachts and making the entire dis- 
tance, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, of about 247 miles, 
in 39 hours. The balloon-jib of the Alarm and the staysail 
of the Dreadnaught were out of order. Similar misfor- 
tunes had occasioned slight delay to other yachts, and 
nearly all had been obliged to reef their mainsails. Of the 
pilot-boats, the Negus had taken the first place, with the 
Widgeon second, the Fish third, the Elwell fourth, and the 
Blunt last. The race home was a ‘‘ beat dead to windward”’ 
and progress was necessarily slow. The Negus increased 
the gap behind her. The Elwell overhauled and passed 
the Fish, and bade fair to obtain soon a similar position 
with relation to the Widgeon. The fishing smacks and 
working schooners were not to be seen, but as there was no 
interest in their race, it mattered litle. The remaining 
yachts were a long distance astern, and at about 8 A. M. 
the wind died out completely and left nearly all the racers 
becalmed within a few miles of the goal. The Negus had, 
however, obtained a position favorable and drifted across 
the line at 8:49:30 Saturday morning. It was 12:33:80 
when the Widgeon crossed the line. The Fish did not ar- 
rive till 7:40 P. M., and the Elwell’s time was 8:35. Then 
came the yacht Dreadnaught at 8:38, and the remainder of 
the fleet drifted about several hours longer before accom- 

FOREST AND STREAM. 
plishing the few miles intervening between themselves and 
the lightship. Of the working schooners the Van Name 
arrived first, thus winning the $250 prize awarded to the 
winning schooner. 
—The representatives of the Regatta Committee stationed 
on Sanday Hook Lightship to time the returning vessels in 
the great races, make the following report :— : 
Lie tae Ss 
October - 11—BEnchantTess, .. 2.2.0... cece cee eden dens 6 12 00 A.M. 
Thomas S.(Negus ies ice. bees ec cee ban 8 49 30 A. M. 
DWH SCOT rota sk. «ais Siainiarcyaleto svete ain/tele o/n\uiti® 12 83 30 P. M. 
TIER A ae op Po a one opal Side hObe 7 40 00 P. M. 
SamMes, We idalwelle foi eet a nies Adeecent $725 00 Pi Me 
DVEACNAU ANTI ahi chia, e velereieleettey sie ce sind 8 320 00 P. M. 
Bdmundsi, Blunt. sci srs cunid aw te ee wena 9 44 00 P. M. 
William H. Van Name..... ...........-. 10 52 00 P. M. 
Wallace Blackford............2...++20-+ 11 44 00 P. M. 
OCEO DEL Le CHO: ore srarraracy totetasiote endl! ie(ava\c ais) elalelo/oets ots 4°:22""00), A. Me 
—The challenge of Mr. J. F. Loubat, owner+of the En- 
chantress, to Mr. A. B. Stockwell, owner of the Dread- 
naught, to sail from Sandy Hook Lightship to and around 
Five Fathom Bank Lightship and return, for the Cape May 
Challenge Cup (now held by the Dreadnaught), was accept- 
ed by the latter gentleman. Owing to the Dreadnaught’s 
splitting her sails, and receiving other damage in the late 
ocean regatta, it will be imposible for her to compete for 
the cup. The Enchantress will sail over the course and 
claim the cup. 
—The Brooklyn Yacht club held their annual pleasure 
sailing match and clam-bake on October 8th. Owing to 
the genial kindness and princely hospitality of the popu- 
lar Ex-Mayor Godfrey C. Gunther, the members and 
friends of the club enjoyed themselves in right royal 
style, at his marine residence, Unionville, Long Island. The 
yachts Sophia, Tate, Qui Vive, Undine, Emma T., Sadie, 
and Terrible, made a beautiful start from theclub house, 
foot of Court street, under the command of Commodore 
Jacob Voorhees, arriving at the anchorage opposite the 
mansion in excellent order. The first yacht received a 
prize pennant, ~vhich was won by the Sophia, and singular 
to say, there was a prize for the last yacht, which was con- 
ceded to the Emma T. The clam-bake, toasting, and 
speeching-making lasted until five o’clock, and with many 
thanks to the host for his cordial good fellowship and gen- 
erosity, the yachts started homewards, and thus ended one 
of the pleasantest parties that ever sailed out of New 
York bay, and an elegant closing of the Brooklyn Yacht 
Club season. 
—The New Jersey Yacht Club held their first autumn re- 
gatta, on October 9th, The course was from a stake-boat 
off the club house, Hoboken, to a stake-boat off Fort 
Washington Point and return. As all the boats belonging 
to the club are sloops, they were arranged as first and 
second class sloops and cat-boats. The members were very 
tardy as not more than one-half of the sloop owners were 
on hand, Attwelveo’clock the wind slackened a little, and 
the yachts made all preparation for the race. They 
were the first-class sloops Emily, D. Temple: Eugenie, J. B. 
Sewall; Vinnie, Capt. De Guion: Royer, Capt. Roselle; 
second class sloops, G. W. Dilks, Commodore Noble; 
Charm, Commodore Ketchum; catriggers, Ripple, A. Hen- 
nion; Julia, G. W. McMillan; Kitten, E. Vail; Sophia, R. 
Havens. The signal gun was not fired until two o'clock 
P.M. The Emily took the lead; the sea was running very 
‘high, but none of the other yachts thought it safe to spread 
much sail, and were running under reefed mainsail and 
jib. The second and third class yachts got under weigh 
from the anchorage at the firing of the second signal gun. 
The cat-rigged boats were reefed as close as possible. The 
wind died away at four o’clock, when the yachts were 
about half way to Fort Washington. The Emily was 
still leading a mile and a half and was forced to put about 
owing to the lull in the wind; the rest of the yachts did 
likewise, when they slowly drifted homewards. 
—The National Amateur Regatta of Philadelphia took 
place on the Schuylkill river, on October 7th and 8th. The 
wind and weather on the first day were very disagreeable, 
making the water lumpy and unfit for ‘cull racing. The 
first contest was a four-oared race to be rowed in heats, one 
and a half miles and return, consisting of the following 
clubs and crews: The Analostan, of Washington; the 
Friendship, of New York; the Vesper, Quaker City, and 
Crescent, of Philadelphia; the Nassau, of New York, and 
the Argonauta, of Bergen Point, N.J. In the first heat the 
Analostans of Washington and the Friendship of New 
York got into line. At the start both crews took the water 
together, the Analostans starting with a rapid stroke and 
won the heat in9 minutes 45 seconds. The Friendships 
ranfoul of a canal boat and upset, the crew swimming 
ashore. In the second heat three Philadelphia clubs start- 
ed—the Crescents, Vespers, and Quaker City. At the start 
the Vespers were left behind, claiming they were not 
ready, but eventually rowed over the course. The Quaker 
City and Crescents fouled. After considerable time had 
been spent talking, the umpire declared the Vespers distan- 
ced, decided a foul against the Crescents, and ordered the 
Quakers to row over the course. The third heat was be- 
tween the Nassaus of New York and the Argonautas of 
Bergen Point, N. J. The Nassau crew was composed of 
Frank G. Brown, bow; Walker, No. 2; Montgomery, No. 
3. and Oliver Johnson, stroke. The Argonauta crew was 
Ed, Smith, bow; Walter Mann, No. 2; Stephenson, No. 3; 
and Eldred, stroke. Night was now coming on rapidly, 
and after a hard struggle the Argonautas crossed the line 
three boats lengths ahead of the Nassaus in 8 minutes 16% 
econds. 
The second day was beautiful and the water in excel- 
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lent condition for making fast time. The first heat was 
between Watts, of the Undine Club of Baltimore, Lavens, 
of the Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania, and Blake, of the At- 
alantaof New York. The heat was well contested, and 
was won by Watts in 10 minutes 3 seconds, Blake and La- 
vens coming in together about a boat’s length behind 
Watts. The course was the same as the day before—one 
mile and a half, straight away. The second heat was 
rowed by Dr. Withers of the Atalantas, and Edward Smith 
of the Argonautas, Bergen Point. Mulrey, of the Scharf 
Club, of Pittsburg, who was to row in this heat did not ap- 
pear. This heat was won by Smith in 10 minutes 14 sec- 
onds, beating the Dr. by twenty-nine seconds. The third 
heat was a walk over for Pleasonton, of the Bachelors, of 
Philadelphia, Courtenay, of the Union Springs not being 
able to procure a boat, and his own being unfit for use, 
owing to the manner in which she had been hacked by 
some ruffians on Monday night, who broke into the Vesper’s 
house. In the fourth heat Le Roy, of the Atalantas, Par- 
sons, of the Riversides, of Rochester, and Myers, of the 
Nassaus, contested. Myers won the heat in 9 minutes 38 
seconds, beating Parsons by nine minutes. The man was 
distanced. The final heat for four-oared shells was next 
rowed. The contestants were the Argonautas, the Analos- 
tans, and the Quakers. This race was splendidly contest- 
ed by the Baltimoreans and the Bergen Pointers, but the 
Argonautas succeeded in carrying off the prize. The race 
was won in 8 minutes and 36 seconds, the Analostans com- 
ing in seven seconds later and the Quakers following thirty- 
three seconds later. The four-oared race was succeeded by 
the pair and double sculls. For this the Argonautas, the 
Vespers and Crescents, both clubs of Philadelphia, strug- 
eled for victory. The race was won by the Crescents, the 
stroke of the Vespers falling in his boat from dizziness in 
the head when the chances of winning were almost within 
reach. The Argonautas had no chance from the start. 
The day’s sport terminated with the victors, who were vic- 
tors in the trial heats, coming together. Myers, Watts and 
Pleasonton were the competitors. Myers won easily in 10 
minutes 8} seconds, Watts following in 10 minutes, 35 sec- 
onds, and Pleasonton distanced. 
The prizes consist of a silver cup for the single s: ull 
race, a beautifully embossed fruit epergne for the double 
scull race; but the gem is the challenge vase for the four- 
oared race, which is a large boat-shaped cup. with Neptune 
and Victory emblematically carved on the prow and stern. 
On either side is an accurate and claborate representation 
of a four-oared shell. Mr. Wilkes of the Spirit of the Times 
gives an appropriate silver cup engraved and carefully 
carved, of the value of $250. 
—The New York Rowing Club will row a sculler’s race 
for the Leland Medal, on Saturday, October 18. 
—The Palisade and Vesper crews will run an eight-oared 
barge race on the Hudson, at Yonkers, October 22d; dis- 
tance, three miles straight away. 
—The Executive Committee of the National Amateur 
Rowing Association meet at the Astor House to-morrow 
evening at 8 P. M. 
—James Ten Eyck has challenged William Scharff to row 
at Peekskill on the Hudson, for $500 aside. W. Scharff 
has accepted the challenge, and an early date will be selected 
for the race. 
—The Logan four-oared crew of St. John, N. B. have 
challenged the Ross Foley crew of Halifax to row at either 
place for $200 or $400 a side. 


—J was at one time a curiosity when fruit was bloomed 
infall, and generally it was attributed to a remarkably 
open and moderate season. Now it is well understood 
to be the result of the fall of the leaf before the time na- 
ture had fixed for it in her ordinary course. It is on this 
account that grape vines suffer so much from mildew, and 
the pear from leaf-blight. The leaves injured so long 
before their proper time, the regular order of nature is in- 
terferfed with, and either the flowering is too premature to 
result in fruitfulness, or the general health is affected in 
some other way. The good cultivator of fruit trees is 
therefore very particular about the retention of the leaves 
tilllate in the season, and neither caterpillars, blights or 
mildews are allowed to operate if he can help it.—German- 
town Telegraph. 

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Rare Wrves.—There are some wines which very fev. 
people drink, not only because they are scarce and dear, 
but because, they have asmack that is not tothe general 
taste. Lacrima Christi is sipped by travelers at Naples, 
but how many flasks of it do British cellars contain? The 
white wine of Jurancon, sacred to the memory of the kings 
of Navarre, and always loved by Henry the Fourth of 
France, cannot be bought. Every drop is bespoken, years 
before, by far-sighted Legitimist consumers. It is hard, 
even at Vienna or Presburg, to buy one of those quaint bot- 
tles, of white glass and bulbous shape, that hold an impe- 
rial pint of imperial Tokay. It is dearer, bulk for bulk, 
than any wine inthe world. It is almost as strong as 
French brandy, almost as substantial as a syrup, and is in 
fact only a very superior raisin wine, luscious and cloying. 
But it is a Porpherogenite, born to grandeur, Those who 
grow the grapes are princes, whose Hungarian territories 
are administered by prefects and councils, and those who 
buy the wonderful wines are kings and kaisers, whose au- 
cust demands leave only a handful of flasks to be scrambled 
for by the outside public. So, ina less degree, with Prince 
Metternich’s Cabinet Johannisberg, monarch of Rhine 
wines, the best of which scorns to find purchasers not com- 
memorated in the courtly Almanac de Gotha, but pseudo 
specimens of which, at about two napoleons a bottle, are to 
be had at Rhineland hotels and Paris restaurants, in quau- 
tities that would make a thoughtful man marvel at the fer- 
tility of the few stony acres of the historical vineyard.— 
All the Year Rownd. 
