The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-05


! The Wonderful Minerva Carried or tho
Honors and FriEsSin n Higher CIasa-Tho
Anaconda Hcntuthc Clara on Actual Time
Thrty-two yachts wero entered for tho an
nual race Of the Larchmont Yacht Club yes.
terhay, and thirty-onc OF them started after an
cXasreratinR wait q! three hours for u breeze
Hundreds OF guests on the club steamer Albcr-
tina and hundreds more on the feOt of stenm
and sailing yachts as embed In tho pretty
harbor had almos; given uphOro OF a race, when
n Hight dir from the southwest came. Tho
signals wero promptly given by the COMMITTEES
Messrs. Scott Smith. and Sanderson. and ;ho
Neet got away in this order: Mr.. Carrolls Nj
nervn, with Bryan ALLOW at the tillcr first. at
2:1:2G: then the catbont Xuleika. the Iris
Anaconda. Mpriquita, thoctnw, Sasuua aud
Clara. all within n minute. then tho schooner
Iotus, the sloops Falcon and Norant. tho eat
Lakshmi, s'oop Amazon; thon tho schooner
Gevaia. with hor owner ut tho wheel. came
across under good heHdwar with :he A2aen
nearly two minutes behind her Tho rett
crossed within ten minutes. but nearly half
were handicapped.
1t was the prettiest yachting picture that has
been seen OH the Sound In many day, those
thirty ono yachts close hauled on tho port tack
tray cling through tho smooth water AMI
healing straight Tor the first marx stake
boRt anchored AT the mouth Of Denpstead
Harbor, with the saucv Minerva, rs usual. in
the lead She had bGen classified to sail
alone. but her owner by assuming the
lowest limit OF Glass 5. ritted her against her
old antagonists that sailed in that class. She
not only defeat d them all. but carried off the
honors Of the day by making tho fastest time
over the course; and winning beside the class
prize. the Gould Gun.
The wind was as light and as flckle us It pos
sibly, could be, shifting during the race from
finally back to, south. The course for the
s sSSho0ners and 9ll the sloons except
stake, boats or Hemp.tend and Captains
Island and retgrH; those sWo had to
the first mark the Azalea and some OF the
sloops set shinnakeEs 10 port for the wind
lufed around. The Gevalia passed the Lotus
and Azalea in the windward work, between
and she g Sb around he later marx marx
three minutes ahead Of the Lotus. The
tacks. and each carrying their b topsails. Club
torsals were barred on all tho boats. The
around the Captains Island boat at 2:4O:2S.
She was minutes ahead Of the Iris here. ~
I minutes 50 seconds ahead Of the Choc-
E5ceze and SMOOTH ,watSr; Anh it seem:
astonis he'd all hands by walking past the Clara
10 windward when they were half way over 10
the Stamford mark. Commodore Johu G..
lrague sailed tho Anaconda, and he sailed her
well. She Rybed close around the mark at
rom IL ts s sGs h23 % pssos The sa Is
this point minute 81 seconds. and with her
balloon Iib.topsaIl set she began the return
race for the finish.
In the stretch from the port tack from the
start TO the Hempstoad mark the Minerva
gained minutes q seconds on tho Ilri4 )
miQuteS II seconds tho MariQuitQ, and &
minut.s "a seconds on the, Choctaw. On the
second leg to the Captains Island stake. which
WAS nearly oil windward work. the MariQuiie
gained 4 minutes II seconds on the Minerva,
minutes jj seconds on the Lris. ami
2 minutes "a seconds on the Choctaw Tho
9 minutes 20 seconds. on the. Minerva. The
mari4uita made the fastest time on this leg
with Choctaw second best, Mariqulta third,and
Minerva last.
Tho Judges boat. Tred r. Dalzell, Can't. RAN
ney. had to travel at 10 knots an hour from
were at least 100 craft OF all rigs and sizes a.
semblcd there 10 see the hoats arrive. The
steam yachts included Mr.. II. u. FlaG!cr's new
Alicia, the Nedette. Thyra, Veto. Orienta Me-
teoE Oneida. Marguerite. Puzzle. and Viola.
and the biggest fleet OF phha launches ever
crossed the finish line. Capt. Oliver Adams,
and Measurer John Itlslop, an expert on
beauty. said that the ladies' enjoyed themselves
immensely. AloN. Taylor, Jr.. and Gus Mum
roe were The spokesman ut the club banquet
and Francis Scott ong neered the big fireworks
display which followed.
Here is the summary:
LARCHMoNT ANNUAL IAcE-couRsE 20 MILES