New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-25
TRYING THE HALF-RATERS.
r1, HEIR1E WINS THE THIRD OF THE PRE-
IIMINARY CONTESTS.
THE sEAwAN1IAKA CoRINTHIAN COMMITTEES NUT
SATISFIED AND THERE WILL BE An


OTHER RACE ON FRIDAY.
An incident occurred at the third trial race Tor haii
rat.rs over the seawanhaka Cornthian course yes
-, az Ovs,er Raw which demonstrates that
,bere s many a slip between wet deck anu d
leather-covered foot. Sherman Hoy' va" m
victim He was crew on the Paprika with Len
Huntington for skipper He had gone io' ~a'a Co.,
take In the jib preparatory to J0ing arounu "' 49,
mark of the second round Of the race Ills loot
slipped on the wet deck and before he had cN"'Oe
10 think he had plunged into the waters OF the oou"u
He came up without a splitter, ana as i"o So
swung about Huntington dragged him on poaru anu
leaped back into the cockpit. the Vicunh ., '''
bath started for that jb sheet again reScueu ''e
sail. and without losing way the boat was sent
on her course. 1t most spectacular pfoceeu-
Ing and was greeted with cheers and laughter on the
part of the observers the boats waiting at 'he
mark
The race was sailed In the midst of drenchine
rain. 1t was the third OF the trial races 10 seec'
a defender for the Seawanhaka Cor'n'hiah
Cup and while the conditions OF wiId ana
weather Just before the start were discourae
ing the boats Ind hardly been sent over 'he
line, which they crossed In magnificent s'yie'
than the wind freshcned from the west-south-
west and held almost continuously throughout ''e
race Tho start sounded from the Donderoers
NJ 1913 and at S49 FL Heire came across the line
winning the race AS before 1t was day OF sur
prises. and when the race was over the committee
was almost as badly off "a II was on the previous
day. when the Riverside developed such speed To
save discussion II decided 10 hold fourth race
which will be sailed tomorrow, at the same hour'
noon over eewa I'd and windward course. two miles
a leg. 10 be sailed over three times Inc Doa's
chosen for the final test are Fl Heirie, designed
by c. H. Crane. of New-York. and sailed by himself
and his brother Henry NJ. Crane the Riverside.
designed by c. Olmstead and sailed by himself; the
IDEAL designed by Mr. Stephens. the designer of
Ethelwynn. and sailed by Herman Duryea; the Pa
prika designed by Huntington. and the Nesper. de-
signed by Butler Ames and owned and sailed by
Paul Butler. OF General Butler and one OF the
crack canoists of the United States.
The Ideal. which did show up at all well In
the race OF yesterday. the winning boat In
the first contest of the series. and her choice was
therefore unnecessary. As for the Vesper, she has
been undergoing a tuning-up process throughout the
three days of racing. This was her first appear
ance. and indeed ihe morning of the Initial race
her crew were still engaged in arranging her rig
ging when she reached the mark by us seecton
the committee has certainly pitched upon hVe repre-
sentative boats. , .
The for the third race Of the series was
the same that pitched upon for Monday IT was
triangular, miles 10 the leg. TO be sailed twce
around. 1t east by north one-half norm from
the Centre Island buoy TO the mark then horpn-
west and return TO the buoy. south by west one
half west All marks were eft on me pOr' Hs
better opportunity than at any time before 70 70
measure me craft on yata sa ibe known Heavy
weather boats might have shown up better bu' ~
doubtful
those which finally to the mark for the nnlsh
The victor. the E-Heirie showed herself to be a
marvellously steady boat The twenty-seven start,
ers on the first day and twenty-five on the t%cond
dwindled Yesterday sixteen finer exhibition
has rarely been offered at starting line than the
sixteen presented they flew Il in the crving
rain with booms broad off 10 starboard and spin
maker cloths waving in the freshening wind. before
they had progressed very far on their run Tor the
first mark those spinnakers generally dis-
appeared. II reach TO the second marx ceaI-
jy done. and beat home As for the second round
II was a reach for the first mark for the wind LAD
shifted trne. and run to the second, while 'he
last leg to the finish a reach The boats went
over the lire IN this order: Ideal Riverside Troy.
Hope. Terrapin. El-Heirie, In It, Paprika cyclone
Saghaya, Tornado, Yoa. Die Heve. Question. Yes
per and Willada. At the FIRST mark the l,!versice
was first and El-Heirie second, Truoy thnd AZ
the second, El-Heire was first and the Riverside
second while the Ideal had fallen 10 the NTH posi-
fion, with Paprika next.
IL was on the beat home the last leg CT the
FIRST round that the race was ~on. The tide was
troublesome. running ebb very strong, but skipper
Crane certainly knew mis- business. He took the
El-Heirie firmly in hand and pointed her high up
in the W ind, while The Riverside was drifting away
10 leeward both being the starboari tack.
The El-Herie carried we'll on a long leg until
and had struck the .bb flowing out Of Oyster Bay
her she took on IRE nendous swing. The order
and the Rive side The Two latter changed PAGES
at the first mark the second round and changed
again at the second mark. Tho summaries: