The sun., 1896-06-24
NOW THE RIVERSIDE WINS.
SECOND TRIAL RACE AMONG THE
HALF-RATERS AT OYSTER BAY.
Fluhy wind. and Calrn- Mste It Impo..,s,.


possibly be imagined, the little FIN keel River
side. owned by syndicate OF Riverside yachts
men. yesterday won the second trial race held
under the auspices of the Seawanhaka- Corin
THAN Yacht Club for the purpose of selecting
acup defender to meet &. II. Duggan's Cana
dian half-rater in the races for their interna.
| tional small boat trophy next month.
| While tho race was unsatisfactory as a whole
1t was due TO no fault OF the Riverside, and
should not detract from the credit of her hard.
earned victory. She finished close second to
the Ideal on Monday, and yesterday was sailed
with rare good Judgment and skill by her de-
signer, Charles Olmetead.
Not only this, but the wind on both days has
| been very light, which is disadvantage to a
| nn-Reel boat and is supposed to just suit tho
cehtreboarders. Although she needs n breeze
10 send her along the Riverside has now n first
| and second to her credit, made against fleet
or twonty-sevon of the fastest small boats ever
| built.
In spite OF all this, the Scawanhakn's Race
Committee and every one who has seen these
races, Is as much In the dark now as ever re-
garding tho true merits Of these little racers
Inc wind was so tiuky and light, to say nothing
| OF an unfortunate start which robbed the
Ideal OF all possible chance that the question as
to which is the fastest boat is still open. Some
people assert that figures never lie but IL any
one, after study ing the elapsed times on each
Iouhu or yesterdays race. can say which is the
best boat, he ought to give up work and piay
policy.
For instance, at the end OF the first round tho
elapsed times were:
s:r fr W. r. vfsptT Ests aI'' ~ ,s sa!n1 sr',
stSs:95 stSSss:95 tiop.; 3;2io9. paprika 39+ i0. Ideal,
fool,a m"qH make Yea! Sis;s! which saasnent to
''us'n ~, p'ase.i l'la a'I"so' Two step s;S' 20
In the second round yachtsmcn will probably
be surprised to hear that according to Official
nsures the kittie Wis the fastest boat Yet no
one believes that under any sort Of conditions
she could beat the Riverside or III IIeirie who
required more time to cover this round. The
lows: " '0
.iy kittis v. e:lol7; FL Hcire. a:ll 80; vesper,
eil2oo; Trlby. 3:ljo3. riverside 2:l7:32.
This shows that tho kitto V. beat the River
siae minutes seconds on this round.
Outside of the Rlverside's hard-earnrd VIC
tory the performance OF Paul Butlrr's Vcsprr
In taking second place from the FL leiti. by
hlne seconds was ono OF tho most notable fea-
lures Of the trial.
There was strong northwesterly wind early
n the morning. anu IL looked as though tho
little yachts would have an ideal sailing breeze,
but unfortunately the wind died out and at
stirred the placid waters OF the sound The
hulis and sails Of the little racers were re-
ror. While there some wonderful
effects OF light and shade, IT was anything but
pleasant for the anxious skIppers and crews
who swetercd In the sun, alternately whistling
and praying for IA breeze. Finally at 30 II lit
lie breeze sprung up from the west-southwest,
ana while II WAS very faint tho committee de-
cided not TO let II escape them. and at 80 the
preparatory whistle sounded, and live minutes
later the aspirn ng little cup defenders started.
Unfortunately tho Ideal. winner OF Mondays
race. the rerrnpn. and Die IIexe were on tho
them. and there was SO little wind that they
Were utterly unable to make any headway
man puryea, who was sailing the Ideal. asked
the press boat 70 come to his assistance, n, he
here for two hours doing nothing" So
,hs ths Ideal a, and Ier.apin were ,owed to
and the committee took their times. mes.
ueducting minutes and Is seconds FOR their
sisy asis soo no m@.'sr be- of fact n an res
properly decided tina. as they Intended to select
what they considered the best boat. regardless
unfair TO disQual!ty one OF the fastest il not the
fastest, boat in the fleet for slight breach OF
the sailing regulations.
TWAS noticed as the yachts crossed the start
inE me that the Menowtas4uott-' Defender H..
twentytwo starters The N,t came out en',hs ;o ths
line, but did not cross. The Two step wa, tho
sTs. across fo!iGTs1 by the "ns c1!nmhia,
Linome, Saguhaya. Iola. and the rest Of the
feet. The Ideal and Terrap!n ,were hand,-
while the Die Ee1e WAS n icng way astern OF
both.
three miles To II leg. sailed over twice. a total
distance Of twelve miles. and the first l.G was
LAID laid Of n. + by N three miles; which made \
Ideal. covered tho distance in less than
an hour and ten minutes, her time for
hfty.one seconds. as against one hour. eleven
minutes and fifteen seconds made by the Two
Step, the leading boat OF tho fleet The Ideal.
from being almost last at the start. was now
rounded as follows - l' ''''' " '"''
5T2 s'R E's'' $" sSsaSt IS 'T"" &
n IT, s. 80 Yos S. s. sa c2s" 81 S arSaSo % %
asalssn sSi % 3" il. Wais Istfs
rl It vas Vas - beat now back to the starting line.
took the port tack where they ran into tho full
force OF tho ebb tide. The others, stood across
were in two divisions. the Kitte II. leading the
leswara and the Riverside the windward fleet,
Yola, Columbia. In 1t. and Hope, while TO winc-
ward Of Of the last named were he Ideal. Gnome,
had a lyns lead passed in close Under 1.-The the
I.loyds Neck shore into Cold Spring har-
ss fne sy tn. wA' K. oTsd e and Il Pp ts dSs TSs
Riverside came about on the port tack AT III, |
and at tho same time the FL lieire passed tho |
Kittie v. to windward and took second place;
The Riverside more than held her lead. and |
rounded the buoy at ~ 10, seven minutes and |
fifteen seconds ahead Of the Vesper and seven
minut and nifty seconds ahcaG Of the FL lleIre.
which WAS the third boat around. The leaders |
were timed rs follows:
E,ss4T 49, yfEGE Es t2n = sa.SaIs Ss
8 % 07: Hope. % :O6i Pnprka. 5'Ol lG. ll,a,
05 o.: loa. OAR; Two Step. ! 0v .. Columbia.
l2'25; In 1t. l4:2O; TcrrapIn al :0j Die IIeNo,
o:l5;20
The Riverside set her little spinnaker to port,
while Paul Butler set balloon iii and after.
ward n splnnaker. The Riverside soon took
hers in, whic the Others NIL carried theirs to tho
outer mark, where they were timed as follows:
Riverside. 5;4i,l5: ~ Hrirc, 5,iO.l6; Nespcr,
300 .I7 Ssghaya, h:O D:2H. Yula. G:OG 55 Paprikn.
bUi;oo Hope; 9s:l', Iw"" step, O:oo;i3, ,olum.
In the run before tho wind the FL IIeirie
picked up | minute and 40 seconds on the
eader, passing the Vesper half way across tho
sound The Kittie '. also sailed we'll. and
made the second best time for tho run. Tho
wind freshened for a time, and IL looked a.
though tho leaders would fetch the home mark
without lacking.
As they stood across the Sound they caught
tho full benefit q: the food tide, which helped
them not a little westward toward their desl ina
ton. Unfortunately tho wind not only com
nenced TO die out, but what little there WAS
headed tho tired yachtsmen Off instead of help
ng them; The. riverside got none the
best Of the shift OF wind. and the other
boats commenced TO cosC on her. she finally
managed to slip across the liIo first at :US :OS
aud al, -