New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
LARCHMONT RACE WEEK.
THE SYCE, THE NOROTA. THE RACCOoN
AND THE SHARK THE vICTORs
yESTERnAY


Perhaps the most interesting part Of yesterday
yacht racing at Larchmont was the good sho"'ns
of Harry NJ Glig's new yacht. the Vencedor. IN her
struggle with the Sy;e. The Chicago boat Is peihs
closely watched Since the purchase e~-.o'ni'o
dore GIig gave her new and increased san area
and I'm her first she was beaten only ten MN
utes In spite Of a partial breakdown YESTERDAY
after repairs, but still wanting her requisite ''uui
tlon in canvas. she was beaten only ABOUT iou'
minutes and Il has become quite clear that WIN
further preparation she can give the Lew Eyer tic
Syce at least tit for tat AS 1t was, she leo over
the two most important legs of the first round. ana
apparently lost the lead through bad luck.
When the two boats were waiting Tor the start-
ing signal yesterday. al li:io. the Vencedor was
slowly head-reaching southerly on the westward
side of the line. with the Syces Dowsprit near her
starboard quarter The wind was light from 'hc
SOU west, but freshon!ng. and the Syce was
waiting to come out to windward OF the Venceoor
as she played off to take the start. AS there were
no other competitors. nothing was lost by delay ana
Hazen Morse waited till after the signal ana then
paid off with just enough room to make ms cour'e.
He thus held his advantage and crossed with ieau
OF length A big baoon-jib lifted him away Oh
the east course to the first mark, ana IN the next
two minutes he gained couple more .ehs'hs'
The Syce was carrying a balloon foresail lib' II
good sized Jibtopsail and her small Gan opsail In
this position they seemed TO continue the whoie OF
the first leg, and the fact that the Vencedor was
still ahead at the easterly mark after four-mie
reach shows that In this point Of sailing she can at
least hold the champion boat.
At the end Of the first leg the boats were timed al
the eastery mark In this order: Vencedor, 12ll:o5;
Syce l2I215 Norota, 1860; Race )on 122iO2;
Musme. l2:2417; Carolina 122619. On rounding this
buoy the Vencedor swung around at once into the
port tack to take the long leg Of the four-mie peat
to Hampstead. The Syce stood on, after hauling
her wind toward the Long Island shore, and did not
int
minutes. This gave the Syce an advantage as the
wind in this quarter began to come to them so lar
southery that at times the boats were lying ther
course. The shift, therefore. put the Syce some-
thing to windward. an advantage which was not en-
tire!y lost az the boats sailed back to the Hemp
stead Bay region where the wind OF the start mad
not altered. Latterly, they neared Hampstead,
the wind backed them off until 1t was dead beat
to the mark and 1t was also much fresher than at
the start.
At 1890 the Vencedor sailing along till the
wind headed her off almos. due west. Then she
stayed, expecting to make the buoy. but again the
breezes coming out OF the Hampstead Harbor
backed her off. and there were many shades or
opinion expressed TO which boat would cross the
other But. as they neared the Syce being on the
port tack found herself unable TO cross clear, ana
was forced about, the Vencedor moving along TO
windward of henand apparently with everything IN
her favor. Why the Vencedor now lost her lead In
a. quarter of a mile; why she tackled twice to make
the buoy and why she overstood so far that she
rounded over a minute behind. were questions not
to an by ON %a the dgTs o h
battling OF the wind in this always treacherous re-
Here It was that the Musme was seen to have
acquired good lead for herself in the windward
was cracking along with all the buoyancy Of a
short-lived victor The second mark was turned
i:os:2a; Mrsme. I:os 81; Raccoon 1000; Carolina,
1l54I. On the broad reach ot three miies 10 NM tne
makers and the Vencedor lost about another min
and made poor turn at the Larchmont marx, tx
safh ny ans 1 Any Fish P0es
syce veneed9r NSrota r6,i lSlS hsrS
Withdrew from the race. and it was noticed that
the Raccoon had reganed her lead IN the TsaSn S
tween the two remaining thirties on their four-mie
reach to the rst mark Of the second roInd na'
the times at this turn being: syee l4tl9 VenGeaos'
Then came a peculiar showing in the long ana d
bov eT Tbe syce came out at the windward mark
minutes ahead or in other WORDS & sne sth hn,h
boats we're over to their rails. the angle Of eareen e
being the in both as Judged from rear cond 0,eW
on tions " in S Which the vencedor had sufficient canvas
the Syce could be expected to beat ner re 3te
the race that the syce had benefited by certain ain
slant Of wind whSh put hes ton to m Se correc In
fact it may be said that no race In light soutnery
ukes and banning slants the high lands In t9s ne
tne breezes on the water The Hampstead mark
was turned with the Syce ahead. 2l52i; Iencedor
2:22 :20 Norota, 2:36;'g Inc haccooh anu Niusiiie
times were not taken here. . ,.. -
The of the two larger boats poth car
rvine spinnakers the wind being more from the
south uneyentfu but the work among the
The racers finished thus: Syce. 2;Sss: Nencedor
2s.14. Norotf 302:53: Raccoon. 3lI;3o; Musme
All :39 Shark 207:2l; Wave. 2:9O:OO
The following table shows the results:
SIOOPS-CLASS X.
Elapsed Corrected
Length. time. time.
-. ou,or Feet H.MS. Inns
boa';1, ,i tioy, ..... 2591S 2:5g:1S
,,..ador 81 n C;iliiy 3O6:l4 3O3:26
SLOOPS-CLASS L.
Norota d. b. Burnham. 4l6t 3I':o3 3;l' ''o3
SIOOPS-CY.ASS N-SPECTAL