New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-13
RACING FOR SILVER CUPS.
THREE NETWORK BOATS WIN IN THE
MARTIIAS VINEYARD REGATTA.
CRAWLING AND oUICKsTEp LEAD THE scHooN-
Frs AND TITANIA AND LIRIs CAPTURE
THE SLOOP TROPHIES
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE.I


Cottage City, Mass, Aug. 12.-Thls has been great
day for New-York fine dag for Burgess. and happy
day for Marthss Vineyard and the encrprsng assocla
don bearing It's that presented the four silver
cups that we'll I'm splendid race up the
Martha's Vineyard Sound and back by the schooners
Grayling and Quckstep, and the slOops Titanla anu
Llrls. Three hail from New.York, and the Quickstep
from Boston. The start a rather slow one on
account Of the light breeze, but good wind later on
gave the seventeen yachts entered a chance 10 test
their sailing qualities. Roger Phelps CarrOlls new
s0op Gorilla got away first after gun-fre for the
start Her time was 10 :21 :45. The Alice came
next five seconds later; then the big white Titana,
steered by HanR Half, and with a of two score
of sailors, IN white jackets lying down close along
the weather rail then the saucy little Papoose,
handled by Captain simphlns the schOoners Azalea
and Merlin, the sloop Katrina with her designer, Cary
Smith, deck and Skipper Barry at the Wheel Hght
abeam Of her. crossing at the same time, was inc
Brooklyn beauty Graylmg with the wheel In charge OF
Captain Terry then came the soops Lrs. Helen ana
| Oracle the schooner Constellation. the Sea Fox,
the sloop AVA and the schooners MayflOwer and
Sanlem the latter being handicapped a couple Of
minutes.
The wind light from the northwest. The
commodot's luck struck the fleet ten minutes after
the start in the shape of a splendid breeze from The
same quarter The Tltania. that got away first, got
the breeze first she came out By the East Chop
bluff, and she FAR out to windward of all hands
and going like witch the port tack before the
rest got the breeze. Then there some pretty
wlndwam work in that smooth water against inc
strong ebb tide that was making up Vineyard s0und.
! The sea Fox Grayling Merlin and Katrina followed
the Titania well up into Vineyard Haven To cheat
tho tide and then made several short stretches 10
| the westward under the lee OF west thOp' iho
breeze was very tickle, for it left the Iltan!a ana
favored the Alice Qulckstep, Gorilla and Marlquita
/ rkf truh he >
lee. placing them all on even terms. The Gr&cie'
| Crawling Katrina aud Helen stood close INTO inc
West Chou shore on the starboard tack IN Duhch'
then going about and catching the same Dlco"e u'oS
came ID the front passing inside the red puoS ou' "
tie tide The Titania seemed to have halu i'oh'
for all these and the little Papoose passed her' uo
ld Oracle even going through her lee The Katrina al
most caught her before the white sloop FELT inc p7A
and cot healway on her The Constellation IN trying u
pass between west Chop and the red buoy ran
arround ON the shOal which makes OF the point Inc!
kept sail on her and she worked OIL without ufn'aSo
I'm about ten minutes. The breeze was cahlDs 70 INC
southwark all the while and freshenng as WE'LL anu
the seventeen yachts coming c0sehaued OUT ~ t"o
NobsAa bell buoy, made pretty sight inc Marina
went about i'm three minutes after rounding the NopsAd
buoy. and held the starboar tack for five minutes
She lost nearly that amount of time by doing So Tor
the tide swept her off lecwar while the rest OF the
fleet by holding on to their port tack, senlheu 'hc
tide and reached ahead.
The wind had jumped round TO southwest. ana was
blowing a fresh breeze, that often knocked doWb inc
little fellows, and made the big ones douse Jb-topsallS'
81 Hank. Half made the Tania get down to busineSs'
lie held his port tack TIL close into Naushon beach' d.
10 IA then made twominue hitch on the starboard
tack to weather point OF land. then let her come
round again aud kept her going TO the WESTWARD lho
Katrina had made several short tacks. and was theh
At 1216 a mile astern of the Merlin's white sails
six minutes after Half put the 1ianla on the star
hoard tack and she tearing across the Sound al
| = ten knot aait Tor three minutes inc SchOoher
GrayIiny wa, the next boat 10 lecwald. ana she was
nearlv half a mile TO windward of the Sea Fox Inc
ouck,tep and Merlin were close up to her, and the
| ,ronderful little sloop Pap0ose right in among them
and hearing them both There was not another lorN-
tooter within mile of her. Another surprise was Inc
! performance of the old Graclo. She stuck to The
| Katrina I'm a manner that must have aatonshed the
lat,e,,s crew and stood up Ike church under her
| sails. 49,. - 80
4, -: 30 the Tiiania made another short tack OH
ho,e half a mile southeast of 1arpaUlin Cove Light
Lou.e The schooner Quickstcp rounded the Iarpauhn
cove takeboat first Of the small classes at Il AZ ana
tho little Papoose forty five seconds later Win sheets
h,o,d off 70 port they went for the finish setting
sp,nnakers to starLoah they went Tho oruef
If the others and time Of rounding tho Tarpaulh CoVe
staLebOat is as follows;