The sun., 1896-06-23
THE IDEAL Is A FLYER.
SHE WINS THE FIRST RACE FOR
HALF-RkTERs AT OYSTER BAR.
SelectiuE q Defender for tho Senwanhakn
Trophy-N No Iess than Twenty-seven OF
the Yacht. Cross the Starting Line
Tho Winner sailed by Hermann Duryen


the Yachts Cross the Starting Line
Tho Winner sailed by Hermann Duryen
After ono of the greatest contests between
small boats ever seen in this country. the little
fifteen -footer Ideal, owned by II. .. Havemeyer,
Jr. the first heat of the half-rater trial races
to determine the defender OF the Seawanhaka-
Corinthian Yacht Clubs international small
boat trophy Tho race was sailed Off Oyster
Bay yesterday. Tho Ideal, which was designed
by w. =. stephens, who also drafted tho lines OF
last years cup winner Ethelwynn, was splen-
ddly handled by Herman Duryea, the owner OF
the thirty footcr Naauero Ill. lie was assisted by
w. Irving LercRR, and that the ldeaIs victory
was due to no tiuke Is apparent when 1t Ia stated
that she defeated no less than twenty-six com
petitors by from two minutes up to over half an
hour each a twelve. mile course.
The Riverside. pretty little fin keel. designed
by Charles Oimstead for asyndicntc OF riverside
yachtsmen healed by W. ID. Hamilton, was
close second. two minutes and six seconds be-
hind. while FL lleirie. the winner OF the Larch-
mont regatta on saturday, designed, owned and
sailed by c. II. Crane, was third, u minutes and
81 seconds astern of tho victor. Herbert Jen-
nings's Two Step, another stephens boat, wns
fourth; the Hope, designed by Huntington aud
owned by Arthur lsciin was nth: the rrilby,
another Olmstead fin, owned by q. q. Tyson.
was sixth: &. sherman Hoyts Huntington
PRprika was seventh: tho Nesper. owned by
Paul Butler. . son OF the late Gen. Il. +. Butler.
was eighth; F. VI. Hoyts HerreshoH Gnome
WAS ninth, and the webbcr boat kittie ", owned
by HaZen Noise, tenth.
wnile yesterdays raco by no means decides
the Ideal as the ultimate defender OF the cup, it
went u long way toward convincing the com
mittee anu spectators alike that In ordinary
summer breeaes she will be a hard boat to beat
90, aud
morrow. and in stronger winds some OF the
other boats may yet beat her.
The Ideal. which is simply an improved Ethel.
wynn Is one of the handsomest boats i'll the
fleet. She is a doublc-sktn boat. white cedar
plankiug inside and bright mahogany outside.
She was built by the Spalding St Lawrence
Boat Company OF Ogdensburgh y. Y. She is a
centreboard boat, - feet 4 iucdes over all. IA
feet 1 inches on the load water line, G feet =
inches beam ami inches draught without her
board. With her centrebOard down she draws
5 feet = inches. she has Quarter-inch Tobin
bronze board weighing 65 pounds. She has
leg.of- mutton mainsail, and carries @42 square
feet of canvas.
That there was n tremendous fleet OF half
raters at oyster Bay yesterday morning goes
without saying. and the Seawauha&a float was
almost hidden from view during the early morn
ing hours by fleet OF nearly thirty Of these
tiny racers.
They ranged from the costly $1,000 Bristol
racer down TO the home built Great South Bay
scuw whiCh was dear II II cost $50 to build and
rig Not only this, but the toy racers differed
rs much in their type and rig as they did in
pr!, and style. Whi.e the ordinary gan main
aail seemed to be the favorite rig for these
dim!nutlye marine butterflies many owners let
their fancy run wild in derisnG strange and
curious arrangements for their canvas. >,
Inc most curious rig OF the lot was on Paul
RutI"-'s Nesper. which HAD "A batten aud a yard
running across the sail. which nlate her main
sAl look for all the world ia II she carried a
working ,opsaiI. Nearly all OF the boats, with
the exception OF ;he Riverside and rtlhy. lin
keels mad centrcboards. relying on their crew
for ballast. and one boat the Maudeen. owned
by K. g. MacManus. had Two cen treooarts.
The Regatta Committee, which consisted OF
Oliver f.. Cromwell. Chairman; hHrles w.
Wetmore. Walter G. Kerr. u. Leroy Dresser.
and Charles A. sherman. arrived at tn" start
iI.g line IA the Judges steamer DunderberG
shortly before noon. and. after waiting half an
hour FOR the lagrards. the preparation sigma
was sounded at l.;45. The owners and skip
pcrs OF the starters follow;