New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-05
A LUCKY THIRTEENTH THIS.
REGATTA OF THE LARCINiONT YACHT CLUB.
THE CONDITIONS IDEAL-TnE roRGErMENoT's
GOOD STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WASP.

GOOD STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WASP.
Never a more delightful yachting day rose over
Long Island Sound than that which yesterday shone
the fleet OF yachts which sailed In the fresh north
Yves; wind and the bright supshinc at the thirteenth
annual regatta Of the Larchmont Yacht Club. T1ir
teen Is an unlucky number. bnt II was July a. ana
that fact counterbalanccd the other. Although many
yachts which entered did start. and three yachts
through the sheer carccsness Of their shippers, who
did reed the sailing regulations. sailed the wrong
course the regatta success.
Tho marine picture presented by the leaning sails,
the dancing water and the green shores which walled
them round, was something to be remembered III
winter days when dark waves rush on desOlatc shores
and yachts dsmanlcd in quiet basins forget the glory
OF tho summertime. Twenty four yarhs OF all sorts
and conditions started In tho race. There were Com
mOdore Colts fnmons old schooner Dauntess, rather
out Of her element on the Sound and moving suggishly
as If she longed for the Atlantic gales she often has
encountered and the Atlantic, built with high ambi'
tons never fulfilled a elOop and then changed INTO
n coed all round schooner the little 2jfooer PIXIE,
the latest design IN that class by Gardner, and many
other boats Of record and achievement.
The Wasp also there and sailed over the
course against the ambitious Forge,-mc-n0t she
proved again that unless the Gloiiana has been
severely monheycd with since last the forty
six foot champion OF last year Will be the champion
Of this. Tho ForgcmenOt made good hight and
had OF her light sails aboard Mr.. Butler, her
owner, had among his Corlnthan crew NceCOm
mOdore Hansbury, OF the New Rochelle Yacht Club
Franklin Bassford. Frank Fulgrah and Robert Ken
worthy, and they worked like beavers. OF course 1t
Is absurd 10 imagine the possibility Of the Forget
me.nots beating the Wasp but II was nevertheless sur
prlsing to SEQ what a good she made Of II. The
Forgetm c-nOt formerly the Berthe and always
good boat
Every delighted at the way the PIXIE
sailed, and 1t pity that the Ell Chico did not
start against her. There were two accidents In tho
course OF the race. The Gurare, which was not In
the but had put ont with the other yachts.
carried away her mast when 10 the eastward Of
Mahnlcock buoy and the Dauntless carried away her
ilbboom "a the way home
The wind nOrthnorthwes, at the start and blew
freshly II died away somewhat at the end of the
The tide was running ebb. II was handicap race.
and strange to say no made violent objections 10
the handicaps. The Atlantic was Handicapped 10
minutes to the Phantom the Wasp Ia minutes TO the
Forget me not and the Kangaroo minutes 81 seconds
the Petrol The Azalia Peerless and Victor sailed
evcn and the other boats regular time allowance.
The largest classes around stake-boa or SIAM
ford Light, the next division around Captains Island
buoy, and the smaller boats around the Hampstead
Iarbor buoy. The Viaor went away out to Stamford.
when she should have rounded the Captains Island
buoy. Thus she lost the race.
The big schooners started In tho following order
Dauntless, Phantom Atlantic and Iroquois. AT STAN
ford Light the order Ircquois. Dauntess Atlantic
and Phantom The IroquOs sailed beautiful race.
The winners were lroquos, Azalia, Wasp. kangaroo.
Kwasind. Aura, Wilmerad and Phcbe r. The Daunt-
Jess and PIXIE each had wakOyer. The time OF the
race follows