The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-06
BEATEN BY THE FLAGSHIP.
THE S.IUCP CUTTER CLARA MEETS
HER VATIJiLOU Ar L4SE

Commodore John @. PraEns'- Sioop Aua-
conda Keats Her In tho New Rochelle
Ruce-lO Yachts In "A sharp Contest.
Under clear les and in smooth water forty
yachts sailed quick and very interesting
race on Long Island Sound yesterday over tho
tweEtv-two and seventeen milo courses Of the
Now kocl clio Yacht Club. Ii w6S tho nth an
nual event of thnt wido-a awake association. and
II will be remembered with pleasure by the hall
u thousand pc sons who witnessed 1t from the
naK-bedecked steamer Laura Starin and from
at least hundred craft that sailed or steamed
in company with the racing craft A mistake,
which experience will rectify was made by the
committee in placing tho stake boats at the
start too close together and too near the en-
trance to the harbor making 1t almost impos-
siDle to start Il largo feet Of boats without an
accident.
Out Of tho northwest splendid breeze was
blowing when the starting signal IA gun from
the club house lawn on Echo lsaud) echoed
among the rocks and hills. The auxiliary sig
nal. u square white flag On tho stub staH, had
hardly nuttsrod aoft when DR. Barrons
eaucy cutter, Clara. coming last from tho
north ard, crossed tho line AT 2:13, gybing as
she cleared it, aud her crew setting her spin
maker to port minute later Close alongside
the cutter md crossing with her was the sloop
Tourist. and then up from tho westward.
like beautiful white swan, came The Commo-
dore's sloop Anaconda, steered by apt. Frank
lin Leames Gyhing her lust before reaching
the line he sent her dashing across Just AZ Sec
onds after her classmate. Clara. Her spin
maker was set to port In ]ilTy, and the most
exciting race ever seen between these two
famous yachts began. As one looked back
IRON the leading boats the picture OF those 3S
following dead before the wind each with n
pyramid OF snowy duck towering above It's
slender hull. was nspiriting. The Phantom,
Sasuua, Marietta. Kathleen Wabasso got away
almost in bunch and all the rest within the
time limit.
Clara contest, and 1t certainly was one OF tho
closest races over seen over TWENTY-FIVE mile
sR G' and Of SanSs that
both yachts.
one-eighth OF mile east OF Execution Light,
tho Anaconda gained seven seconds on the
second mark It was reach and in this work
the Anaconda held the cutter well. In the VI
cious rulTs that came across the Sound her lee
Isa around d. i 5ho 6%oy for Is the tTs1
we're only AZ seconds apart. The Anaconda
proved wonder at pointing in this close
hnrd the eSst SGt The Fs
utes 20 seconds lead at this mark. the Ana
corda having TO make an extra tack to weather
the stake boat. and then 1t was reach with
iii topsais pulling like horses for ten miles
Lighthouse, the last mark, with lee rails awash
NJ times and The white soop gaining slowly
but surely ON the black cutter. on Milton the
Anaconda was only 30 seconds astern.
lho Clara lutred around Execution west
buoy and began the -windward work
Anaconda minute IL seconds later. The wind
FELL lighter for the last one-half hour. and the
sloon steadily gained until IL was plain she
would win and she did so by two minutes cor
rec ed time. although their elapsed time WAS
exactly alike. This was accounted Tor by the
fact that no seconds were used in timing the
start and finish. If there had been, the Ana
cOnda would have won By ~ seconds elapsed
time. 1t was the first time the Clara has been
beaten. ! ar crew gave the Anaconda three
cheers when they flushed. which were as
heartily retu' ned.
The contests uetween Capt IereRa's Kathleen
and APT. ndruss's Sasqua, the latter manned
BY m expert amateur crew, including william
Btshop and other youngsters. and between the
Ninrod AID Wacondah. the Kangaroo steered
and CigIle were all very interesting. The
kalhl' on gained on the Sasuua to Ma
unni"ucE Buoy. and increased her lead on
the wind. Tho Sas1ua was three minutes
ahead at the outer mark Captains Island, but
the Kathleen overhauled her, and dashed
across the fin sh line loss than quarter length
ahead. The minmod gained in reaching on the
hacondah. and the kangaroo walked away
from the Vixen in fine style. A reception was
given ut The club house after the race. Here are
the summaries:
NEW ROCHELLE YACHT CLUB-ASNUAL RACE
PRIZES SILVER
CLASS l-schuOSKkS-couRsE % NILES