New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-23
TRIAL OF THE HALF-RATEKS.
=, n uAvEMEyER, JR's IDEAL WINS THE
PRELIMINARY RACE
u,pnry ENOUGH WIND To SHOW "hAi
PoArs CAN DO. AND THERE MAI DE-
DIFFERENT RESULT TO-DAY


po,rs CAN DO AND THERE MAY BE
nrrE-rRENr RESULT TO-DAY.
, oouob Wind TO fill her sails the i'e'''
sa,. of,ernoon stole across the line AT INC
franco 10 oyster Bay. winning the ,~dar ~
race among the half-ra tiers for cno'ce VI - mas
rho sewanhaka Corinthian Cup. Inc ''0 ode
= triumph OF seamanshp, for there was ,ats
nuate wind to try the quality OF tne Nv" mr.
a ., oil the more is honor due to Herman d. No.
va rho sk,pper OF H. o. Havemeyers sa'''' 49,
craft and to his crew of one, W. H''"' ,ad
Through superior handling they overca,'' ,,.o,a
~ the Riverside. owned by the RWers''e ~ t,s
and ''skippered" by G. Olmstead' "mo" II ,
tho turning Of the first mark on the seconu 'o"''r
They heat her on the test tack to the seco"' mo.
and never again lost this advantage anu W."
handlly by two minutes and six seconus' w :,
niNcant that the Ideal was designed ny
stcnhens who designed the Ethelwynn' "hlc" wv"
from Spruce ~ last year 49,
sbe was built by the Spaldlng St. Lawrence com
panv and was launched at Throgs NecK o" Jun.
# IN time to participate In the Douglastoh faci'
Club regatta where she did not MAKE very So
showing as there had been no opportunity TOT ."'',S
her up She appeared for the second ti'ne III ~
Larchmont drifting match OF last SATURDAY 30 mo.
this WAS her third effort In general outline s"e -
M, rnllke the Ethewynn. Her dimensions are %
fee, inches over ALL "A feet inches water me-
feet inches beam, inches draugh with the Ger"
tre-board up AMI feet inches draught VIII"
lowered Hell mast is - feet above the deck ana
her boom ~ feet In length. giving her san
area Of abbut 2iO square feet Sne mas "
double skin the outside being OF mahogany III
her contest with the Riverside which promised
much the Ideal showed her superiority In the Hgh,
air that prevailed at almost every point OF sal""s
The FL Heirie which won at Larchmont. started OUT
with promise Of Joyful things FOR her skipper anu
owner but she was beaten by the Riverside by four
minutes and twelve seconds.
The members OF the Regatta Committee were
Oliver +. Cromwell. chairman: Charles w wet
more. Walter G. Kerr. u. Leroy Dresser ana
Charles A. Sherman, secretary. They had perfected
their arrangements with exceeding care ana had
provided every possible accommodation for all the
contestants The course Yesterday was the TIL
angular one from a line between Centre Island
Buoy. OF the entrance OF oyster Bay ma the
committee boat anchored southeast OF the buoy.
first east by north. onc-half north, two miles TO
and around a mark. leaving 1t on the port hand
northwest two miles to and around a mark leav-
ina II also on the port hand, south by west. one
half west two miles 10 the finish line sailing the
course twice over making twelve nautical miles IN
All The wind vas llgEt and battling before N"
start. that some ot the niue 'cllo"s nag n.l.-
Guilty iu beating their wly out y oyster Bay to
the starting mark But by G!ut % smart hanti ng
;hsy arrived and the starting signal sounded a.
4 .; T. IN. Al that tim" ne a!nd had rather
southwest All excep, mo 70 the entered boats ac-
r-..fal ne challenge, Ianse were tn" Florence,
Owned by T. cohen. OF the Tappan Zee Club. AMI
the Julie owned by J. Brown. OF the N"w-Yorh
canoe club Twenty sprtes were flirting
about the linc or near II when the last whistle
sounded Here IS their class ncation