The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
EASY WIN FOR AoUsHLA.
she beats Her Rival Bo-Footer Surprise 4,
the Sea yynnhakn Race.

The autumn yacht race for selected cln,,,.
under the auspices of tho Seawanhaka CORN.
THAN Yacht Club, was sailed on the Sound Sal.
urday afternoon, and. although tho fatcs did M,
deal kindly with the yachtsmen from Oys,o,
Bay, there was sufficient interest evinccd In IN.
event to bring out quite a good fleet Of racers.
A feature Of the days sport was the perform.
ance OF the 20 footer Shark, which led the oeo,
from start to finish. The noted hulf.rater pa.
prika parted her throat ballard block on tn,
last leg Of the course off Huntington Harho,
and was towcd in to tho starting line BY IN.
Regatta Committees steamer Seawanhaka
which in turn was rendered useless by an aca.
dent to her piston rod.
The wind. which barely gave steerage way Al
the start, developed during the afternoon into ,
nice sailing breeze. and tho competing yacht,
finished with rails undor.
The 36.footers sailed tho regular Sound tn.
angular course. a distance Of fifteen nautical
miles, while the smaller boats went over thu
shippan course. eleven nautical miles.
Shortly before the preparatory signal was
sounded tho Acushla was deserted about half
way across the Sound. heading for the entrance
to Oyster Bay. JamesD. Baird. on the Surprise.
generously agreed to walt for the Hanan sloop
in order to have a competitor. Az a conss.
quence, the smaller boats were sent away first
a ahS prep !ah !no tgc s, sfnr,,n was s;g glse fr at i ! 1000:
tho 96-foot class sounded. Shark crossed al
once, followed by the Secret. Skimmauy. Name
less, Xola, Vagary, Skate, Paprika, and Priscilla.
all with spinnakers set to stArboard and booms
broad off TO port. The tiny yawl Alice followed
for a sail-over in her class.
The Acushla was towed to the starting line BY
tho committee boat. and at 2 :O2 :O5 the 36-footets
were started. The. Acushla, slipped across one
minute later, but the Surprise did not cross un.
til 2:O9 go. The contest was a practical walk.
over for the Acushla.
OF the smaller boats, Shark held her lead,
yhile Skate and SOln did excellent work in thu
run to the red can buoy known as O Cow"
where the yachts were timed as follows:
eliza niaasgt :li5:4s: v agar s:98:27 Secret. s;4sS:4o' SKIM KIM
maug. 3:47:2O; Paprika, 3:4s:lo; Sameless, 3:5l4o
Acushla and Surprise rounded their first mark
1924: zoo; Surprise, 3:33:5l.
The second leg of the course for all was q
broad reach on the starboard tack to the red
following times were taken:
shark s:55:Go; skate; 4:CS;e'; Yoia, $1,000; Sc
fTs,' aial;4 al ys{aFy, pa ao11;Ss' s sf'mma"s Ss s;asi;s,'
4:l7:43; Acushla- $4,000; Surprise. +;27:5a.
The wind had increased to a nice whole.sal
ing the last leg a beat to the home mark. The
summarizes:
sLooPs-36-Foor CLASS.
Racing Finish. TIM.
Acushla, II. W. Hanan. 49,. 94.O6 5 50 OF 3 20 OF
Surprise. J. d. Baird .........34 So b 81 3S ) ~ %
sLooPs-25-FooT CLASS.
Secret, H. Townsend. 5 40 % IA 90
Priscilla. F. W. Boyer.......2j 90 y o. ~ ! 90 ~
Sameless, r C. Wetmore.. 30. 20 d 90 rs l Is 25
skimmaus, C. D. Mallory...-- 5 AZ 81 IL 80
sLooPs-2o-FooT CLASS.
Skate, Irving Cox ........... go. 90 8 IS SO 1 O3 IS
Shark. Rouse and Hoyt 20. 90 , 20 - 8 81 Is
vagary. Barclay Ward. ...... 5000 8 "a 10 10 10
YAwLS-20-FooT CLASS.
Alice. G. G. ry....."....ls.6 Not timed.
~sLoops-l5-FooT CLASS.
Yola-. c. D. Mallory ..."...l5.oo 0 10 90 4 IS o.
Paprika, Stevens Bros. ......lo.OO Disabled.
The winners were Acushla, Skimmaug, Shark
Alice, and Nola.