New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
SYCE WINS AT LARCHNONI.
H. NJ GILLIG'S VENcEDOR LEFT a MIN
UTE AND \ HALF BEHIND.
THE RACE DRIFTING MATCH At FIRST
WITH \ SPLENDID BREEZE AT THE
FINIsH-THE. KIT AND THE

OTHER NICTDRS.


OTHER vIcgoRs
The Weather Bureau having said that yes'eF-
DAYS WIND would be northwest, 1t came southeast
Later on the Bureau 60; a better grip. ana 'lc
wind COMPROMISED n southwest, senc!rs the
Larchmort yachts 10 Gnish after o'cloci. '"c
chief feature Of the day Wa tho haId-i1urHl rae
between = VI. i!cyts ffjy-one-foo'"T. the ~ &c.
and ox-Commodore Harry NJ. G!llics hH"'' me
Venccdor Hc,c the lead was cfon 'N1fanbod'
and the vcissitudes - sore extent o''iu'"'
John f. Loycjoy assisted Mr.. Giiiic ID the s'''ns
q the VeHcedor wh.o the :'Tce Cared the o" go
81 the Coo.ia clarence a Ins!"y. ana NJ: C'd'''
sailing master. "Char.ie" Barr.
When the signal for the start was given " was
soeo that comparatively few cf the yacits inat
entered were coming 20 the line. Al Loo '"e
VcnceGor and the Sy"e crossed the staring i'I-
about even. the Ncnc,dor holding the weather
berth and better place. There was IohS' r'',
yv,u coming in from the eastward. the i'S"i' -
the hard breeze Of Tn" previous cay "'" W
Verccdor seemed to mount the rollers poor! !"
Tho Ipht air The SyCc eai!cd through the H'''N'
boats Ice with case. cainiue about one lenE'h III
every four sailed. Tat, vhi.c ~" N'"','".
moved slugei.hy ). tic Syce iook conld''a"'e '""
in the first FIVE minutes Of the beat. IheT '""'S
was first to the Red Springs foint pcoF' g" va
cast side Of Hemps;ead iiarbor. and lo'cjoy soon
sw;ing the NcnccdOr toward tho sou'h S""''' W
Give his side 10 the swell and to find "ou'hWos'
wind on the Long Island shore Of the sound II
WAS a right move. ard he 80: what he sought
The wind came out OF the souih'ard a:d WESTWARD
soon after which put the GiiliS sloop ahe'u'
After this there was lorg series of Short tac"'
and battling brcezes in which TIE SFce S"' ''''
hes. Of it. while the yachts worked past PROSPECT
Paint arains, the strong drift OF the food Ede.
Afterwurd while in Hampstead llarbor, ana WINE
trying 10 negotiate the Gains OF thal u'"'''
spot, the Vencedor got streak ana it., S AVID
syce. roundns TIE hrst mar" an. Tchis took over
three hours beat about i've mics deI''S - ~.
tide and their times here we're Neh''"o'' -"''
Then the Gains ceaG,d and a southwest nio'It
camc 70 the rescue of the whole regatta.
Sre.Senod rr3du,Ilv until the yachts were buried
20 their rails before they finished b3tI n1",S -.
sound to Parsonage Point on the north .noic on
This run the Sycc again took the ledc ana loumu'I
me seGoh cong H Thn syCe o. The Voncedor 25,
on the third side OF the triangle wmEn G@'G ho oi'
Yachts a long and short l"g 10 "lhlWaI"' pp'i'
lacked several lines and the Ecnccdor made a
pereeptiblen gain tha' IS G1 lis lG MT Know that
the committee was going 10 i2p IN" i r o. r ,t
skinned round the Ieeward mark at the FINISHING
line the Nencedor stood out 80 a. To CIoss - ~,
windward end. Consequently the c"neF, o. re
Vencedor Was Il good deal Put out at hndlnS th'
race officially completed when TIE breeze Va
good ch4nce OF %,h syn ne 10. the Vencedor
43O:5l The Sycc therefore WON .! one minute ana
IN Class S the big catboat XII. owned by 7. J.
and the other former winners in her class 20 mat
she had 10 take Walkover. In Class T. OF ct"n cats
only four boats started cut Of large entry: me"
we're the Win or Lose owned by J. ,. Ap"ienE
the Out NiVc. the Presto and the ADSicSe.t. 10,
winners had some lick IN being able 10 get around
the first mark ahead, as the others were unable
10 cope with the food tide. and iai ed 10 turn Tor
a long time afterward Their tines were: WIZ y, or
or Lose ~: the Anglesea. iG,.}2 the Presto.
J. ID 40: the our Vive 229:ro The times the Sc
ond mark were: The Angesca, 2:2l;. ne VII or
Lose POP SO; The Presto. 1896 the Qul Nive, 3ia
AT the home mark. first round. they turned mus;
The Win or Lose, 2:i0:20; the Anelesoa. 2Allo' the
Presto Bills; the Qu Nivc, 3:3S21
From this point onward the Win or Lose hod
sure lead turning the first mark OF the s'cond
round nearly six minutes ahead. The times AT tie
finish were: The Win Lcsc Apis; the Anglesel
iI9l3; the Presto 4AGG5. and the Qui i've. 4'5:)L
The following table shows the results: