New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-05
a FAIR RUN TO NEWPORT
BETTER WINDS AND SEAS FOR THE
YACHTSMEN
TUE LASCA'S SPLENDID sHOwI NG-CoNsTFLLA
TIoE. LAsCA. IIOoUCIS. oUiCK:TEP. HURON
CLARA, GLORIANA AND MAR!oUITA
THEIR CLASSES
LEAD THEIR CLASSES.
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TBr TEIHGRAPH THE TRIBUSE.l
Newport r. l., Aug 4-Winds and seas and
the weather generally were more propitous to
the New-York Yacht Club to-day than they have
been before the cruise. The run from New
London to Newport was really something like
race, and the yachts are beginning to shake Off
the "hoodoo" of Glen Cove. The Gloriana par
italy, and only partially, redeemed herself to-
day. doing some good work on the As for
the Lasca, She performed marvels and sailed
like a witch as soon az she got the wind
She showed that she a schooner Of such fleet
ness that her lack of beauty does not count. and
she can fall back on the old adage of Handsome
is that handsome does She certainly did hand
some" to-day, and so dstanced her rival the
Acaea, that the latter boat did not have show
for victory from beginning to end.
When the sun rose out of the sea this morn
ing a heavy mist, which had stolen up by
Montauk Point in the night, lay heavy over the
harbor of New-LondOn. sea of vapOr, cured
into cddies by light southeast wind, hid all the
green headlands and the big fleet which lay
between them. AS the sun rose higher, how
ever it dispersed the fog, and the wind freshcning
there was surety of good run TO Newport
Seeing this, Commodore Gerry ate his breakfast
in peace and contentment on the Electra, and
the Regatta Committee on the unovoly Ituna
scented a day of hard work timing yachts.
II was 10 o'clock before the mist was entirely
swept from the ocean floor by the sun and wind,
and at IL o'clock enough wind was blowing to
warrant the ltuna in running outside and esao-
fishing starting line between her and Sarah's
Ledge. Then the starting signal was given, and
the feet got under way. The wind was blowing
lightly from the southeast, the tide was ebb, ana
the sea was smooth. The yachts not starting
in the race made the best of their way TO New
port The racers crossed the line in the follow
ing order: Sayonara, Wasp, Gloriana Mneoa'
Ouickstep NORA, Liris, Mariquita, Clara, Azalea,
Huron Oracle, MontauS, Ventura, Fanny feer-
less, Alcaea, Lasca, Dauntless, Katrina, Merlin,
Constellation, Atlantic and Coronet Beiore the
raccrs the white towers on Race Rock and Little
Gull Island marked the pathway to the broad
OCEAN where the wind was blowing and the waters
sparkling.
Nearly all the schooners except the Quickstep
stood on the port tack out into the Sound. Most
of the sloops did likewise, but some few stoou
on tie starboard tack down toward Fishers
Island. The Wasp was among the sloops which
stood off into the Sound. The Gloriana was
wiser and went on the starboard tack. The re-
snlt was that when the Wasp came about she
WAS q considerable distance behind the Glorlana'
As the procession went by Race ROCK anu OUT
into the open the Mineola was leading ouU 10
leeward; the Gloriana was next, ana near
her WAS the Wasp and Sayonsra. The Gloriaha
and Wasp we're we'll to windward. The schooner
Ouickytep was well up with the leaders. Inc
rest Of the fleet was far astern. The Lasca was
not doing well, but the Acaea was doing worse
The former boat was making every enort 70 ara"
ont ahead of the fleet, but evidently needed more
wind.
80 the fleet poured out through the race, ana
catching q good southerly breeze went down oy
the Block Island shore with big racing sails SET
of Moves Beach the Wasp had got ahead oil uie
Gloriana. and the Quickstep, MaynoWer, Noira'
Iroouois and Sayonara were following. IL was
now that the Iasca showed the wonderful speed
there ws- in her. She came out from the fear"aiu
norton of the fleet, and going like an express 'ri
few ND on the winners. At Point judith the
order of the leaders WAS follows: Quickstep'
Wasp Glorana, Mineola and lAsca The wlhd
nov came in from the southwest aud al the yach'S
sci their spinnakers. The Lasca passed ahcad oi
the fleet and came in first The winners were a.
follows: Constellation, Lasca, lr0qu0is Vuich-
step Huron, Clara, Gloriana and Marlqui'a
his was the first real race Of the cruise, Ioi'S
niles and one can Judge from the following table
what the yachts are doing this season
THIRD CLAsS-sCHOONERS.