The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-04
THE WASP SHOWS HER SPEED
oREA WORK BF ARCHIBALD ROaERs's
FOR1T-SII FOoTER


The Giorinna Made nm Effort.
NEW LoNpoN. Aug 3.-Thc second day OF tho
New York Yacht Clubs annual cruise. and the
hrst day on which the yachts havo actually
raced. was made memorable in many ways
In the trst place, 1t was n day OF Gains. hukcs.
and luck and shifting brcczcs: In the next
place, 1t was made noteworthy through the
really phenomenal sailing OF tho 4b-footer
Wasp and tho 0O-foot schooner Jnscn, which
defeated the entire ilert into Now London har-
Dor In hollow style. Archibald Rogers. tho
owner and clever amateur skipper OF the
Wasp. and Cary Smith, tho designer OF tho
Lasce. IRE two Of the happic.t men In the
country o-night. and. under similar condi-
TONS It is doubtful Il any boats In the fleet
will be able to hold the Wasp and tho Lasca.
To be sure they had favorable wind. which
Is hardly considered u fur .ost OF boats
merits, but they did enough TO satisfy the
average sailorman that tho others will have
TO show considerable Improvement in speed
before they eau horo TO Leaf them. The
great surprise Of Tho LAY. however, was the
really phenomena sailing done by Bayard
Thayer's 46-foot BURGESS sloop Sayonara. She
not only led the feet for good part Of tho
trip but came near heating the Wnsp. The
latter, however. managed to draw away after
passing CorniiclL Lishtship. J. Rogers Max
wells little dyer from Bay Ridge. with her
owner and builder. II. C.. WintynGham. on
0onrd. sailed 81 lcndi race. but was defeated
by Il Suydam Ialiners schooner Marguerite
after rafting race. Caldwell Fl. Colts Old
schooner Dauntless covered herself with glory
BY defeating tn" moro moderate Constellation
The Lasca as stated above won easily. with
the Marlin and Alrma hull down at the finish.
The old-tlme 1O-foot sloop Fannie found the
weather Just TO her liking and defeated her
old .fiD,a ri>pI tha (,rn,i, npI IA Irplorp
Katrina easily. c. W. Wctmore's 40-footor
Liris. which started over twenty seven minutes
behind. did some fine work and caught up with
tho feet off tho Thimbo Islands, The Fortune
also dill some sailing until she got lecalmed
Frederick Grinnrl's dandy little schooner
Quicksteh under perfect cloud OF canvas.
had little trouble in capturing the prize in her
class and was well UP with tho big boats at
the finish.
The club received large addition to its
feet hero last evening. At 6 o'clock there
wero fully 100 yachts in the harbor anchored
on the Pcruot House. or these $50 belonged
to the New York Yacht Club. on Sachcm's
Head. just tho other side o. Faulkner's Island.
about the only exciting incident OF the run
CURED Tho yachts were NIL becalmed. The
soops Oracle. Fannie. and the schooner CO.
valia were all within n hundred feet of each
other. There was no room to do anything and
the tide sent them together in ono confused
heap. The Oracle rul' el the band Of the end
vi the Fannie's boom. Otherwise no material
damage was done. and ns a brccz. sprang up
afew moments later there were no more COL
wnI on the souna or Morris W Owe Were the
fIeet had anchored for the night after a hard
days beat and Tor timo it looked as though
there would De no wind AL day All the skin
Pets were, srnmbIinv at their N luck, when: at
northwest sprung up on the Conn Hcticut Shore
Tho keGatta Committee on Nicc-C commodore
and ut ll:l7 o'clock tho preparatory gun was
Tired. The course , for the day, was starting
snchored about q mile outside the New Haven
Bartistts Rect Lightship on the port hanJ.
Distance. about 80 miles.
the line with sheets slightly eased on the port
tack. After they crossed they all set ii bal;
SS Mon and the Ns bs
tence q not rncipg to-day. and INDUCED in no
= tSs yheel., and i was evident FIAT he
.af WASP i NJ ssu W. s'3HHSs NY tls ss
5000: Wasp. i0;$5:So: j0uiekstcp: io;$3:4S;
Capped % seconds Lasea' A 10 II :o5: Fortuna
AsFi t24G kat e ?9'$ VsO
t MssHPo 46 tSa aSnssi CONAN sn
ihe 49, 5S4 Htsntic osp9 Fanny 4cs
ce1onet fiamo %fh antom. and Irs Wore
all handicapped from one TO twenty-seyen
After the start tho Fanny. Lir;s. Montauk.
And score or more yachts which We mt into
In tho distance making their way down the
found. They were all too lato to save their
Al ii 10, when the fleet we're off tho Thimble
!sand the wIT ha EicSsdi anE nnfy ded bo out
ever: carried the broeze down, with them
and were soon abreast with tho rest
the 1 ss nato Short time Would haR Rs
tHe beet Rrht here W VI Lanssys hand
Some 81 tho more experlenced Shippers Kept
lasted ipr mo5snt: but 4 was enough .snt, to
and L MSaiauk As Witch w sens's aat
hour on sachem,,s Head tho order Of the fleet
sc ssyansa wasl Thsn
a9Sm ia hs1s tsuS M. As%r e0P ot
istiSn. Osnons. Miranda, and NonparelI; At
Island. tie wind hauled around to tie south
west and STAYED there for the rest OF the after
noon.
Tho feet all iibed their booms over to port.
and as soon as they worked off II little from
the shore they eased off their sheets and made
comparatively good time for the rest OF the
afternoon
Tho Wasp commenced to pick up on tie
Sayunnra and soon was on level terms with
her, The pair then INDUCED in u lu!linS
match, which took them way out on the Sound.
1t mad. little difference to them. AS thny were
90 far ahead OF the iect that the others could
not catch them. 4 large number 81 the fleet
did not catch the breeze until nearly an hour
aftor the lenders. So no fair comparison could
DO made from their work to-day.
At 2:15 of Wcstbrook tho order Of the feet
was: Wasp. Sayonara. Marguerite. Shamrock.
Iascn, Gioriana. Atlantic. and Iroquois. fol-
lowed by tho Dauntiess. the leader Of the rear
division. The others were al bnnched to-
her spnnaker to starboard. The Wasp. Iascn
Fanny. and Sayonara all followed her example
o few moments later, and soon the entire fleet
had then, ont, They made q pretty picture as
they passed Corniield Point lightship. buried
as they We're. in canvas.
The Lasca. which had been doing some great