The sun., 1897-06-27
IN A SCUpPER BREEZE.
THE HEsElWANHAKA-Co BE
GATTA A MARKED SUCCESS

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the oueen Nab Usdrr tho sow Tine- -Aiiew-
apee Cendition-Coieu,a wins tho Rouse
Cup for schoonsrs-Ths Skates Fine Werk-
Yesterday was day 10 be marked with .
white stone in the annals OF the Soawanhaka-
Corinthan Yacht Club. In the last seven years
tho club at Oyster Bay has not held such success
full races. Everything combined TO make the
"twenty-seventh annual Corin,hian race" a.
the event oIicially styled. the most notable Of
successes-wlnd. weather and the fieet Of con-
tcstants. Tho most exactinR Of yachts
men could have prayed for nothing moro
ideal. To bepin with, tho sky was
cloudless and the rays Of the sun werc tempered
with wind that blew steadily and true from the
northwest all day long rni was 'scupper hrccSo"
from start to finish Of tho race. Moreover, the
entry list was a large and representative one.
not only paper. but In actual fact, the desert
ers being few In number and by no means re-
mark BILE in quality.
With all these ideal conditions, tho races for
the Rouse Cup were sailed under a new moas-
urement formula, drawn up by Irving Cox, tho
designer, as a standard Of computation for time
allowance. Mr.. Coxs formula, taking exccs-
sive sail area. draught, and overhang, and so
designed to put the normal type Of boat on
an equal footing with tho racing machine,
works very well with the schooners. but plays
mula, Wasp, which hitherto has always been
gwen a time allowance by her moro powerful
rival, Queen Nab, has now to allow the suhatan-
tial margin OF z minutes seconds to the Watson
cutter over the Seawsnhaka couree Of thirty
nautical miles. Naturally enough when this fact
was gently broken to Mr.. hppitt the outcome
was hardly propitious. The Rhode Islander
waxed wroth and promptly refused to race his
boat against NAB under any such conditions.
Reing thoroughbred sportsman. however, he
refused q W .lkover In his class. and arranged
special race with Carmita. W. K. Vanderbilt.
Jr.'s. boat. Carmita received an allowance OF 2
minutes. As events turned out sho could
easily have dispensed with such an allow.
ance, for. handled In magnificent style by
J. Frederic Tams-who. by the bye, never trod
her deck before yesterday-she sailed like
witch. and on her elapsed time WAS beaten BY
Wasp only by a few seconds. Her showing was
one Of the main surprises OF the day.
The real honors Of the day, however. were car
ried of by Irving Cox's tweuty-footer. Skate,
the " iounder" with "ferry5oat bow" Sho
carried off both the Center Memorial Prize and
the Leland Corinthian Challenge Cup, and she
did 1t with consummate ease at that
W. W. Howards craft In this interesting
/ class made her Hrst appearance In race in
these waters, and proved to be SO lightly con-
| structed that when she began 10 hresh about
! In the seaway her seams opened up. and Howard
| was compelled to return to the clubhouse, at
| which place she arrived with her deck about on
level with the water.
| She is a freak Of the most pronounced type
| with fiat floor. rounded topsides that meet the
! crowned deck with welldehned tumble
/ home"
! viccCommo tore Van LEV placed his steam tear,
mit;ee or the day. Shortly before o'clock she
sietmel up TO the stnrting line. The prepara-
tory signal for schooners sounded Al 1888. whi'o
hs ss swelling IeE
white sails were reflected in the dancing waves
A, O'Clock blast, OF the whistle sent the
schooners away, and Iroquois 8 he first boat
hauled. on d. POI t"ck, i minute and 81 SEQ
and swirling around her stsrl olrd rail-
Coonia vas the nex. Of The the tMo s.!Gkes to
the starboard tack at :O3:l5. and in her wake
Amorita WAS timed at :03:32. Just as her fore
si sae ae IN %f of re ree anes NE
were sent away. 1t was ope-gun start for he
various classes OF single stickers. and they went
Queen NAB. Norota. Gossoon.. Gvira, Carmita,
syce. Bedouin,. Surprise, Acush'a, vaq9ero Ill.
HeIa, w wa; ,veda, Musme, 'aquero. Noisuns'
The direction Of the wind made the contest q
that marks the channel OF Centre Island to the
mark of Greenwich Point, a reach WITH the
wind on the arbotrd beam TO Long Ne,k Point,
/"
Tne yachts talked around the first mark and
gy bed over at the mark OF Long Neck Point.
They were timed at the finish OF the frst round
as follows:
cSis9a ss5o Irp9Soi; s.S: ysaafso I
2:5l:53; II ra. e52:as; veia. 2:33:Es; Queen Nab.
ss.os w 1ss 'S:s GTI sGio s5o
| 3:l5:ls; soon 3:l6:oa
Among tn incidents of the race during the
second round was the carryi & away OF three
light sails from the deck OF Commodore Rouse g
schooner Iroquois, two of which, however, were
re, over d.
Amorila broke her martingale again. and
Owner Brok w reluctantly Withdrew from the
ran in to seawanh ka harfor and anchored,
One OF tho Corint hian crew OF Z. T. Dodge'a
picked up with nothing more serious than a
dren hing. Rumors were also s1oat hat a cat.
noI not be verii 4. The yachts fnishei the second
round without further accident. and the le 'ders
were timed rs they crossed the lins as follows
1s ss5'i io1j 'o SS'f:;
s:a,tS; Hour s:as;gs: ay,aQ@Sero @ SS;,s cClenis
roqao i;o,sS: 4.1s surpr taacs vsauero ill.,
,oo s. taisa nsaouin %4% .ss stS Garn,s Mia
t:5s:ia :i' " -''' '''''''' ''N'' '''' ''-
The summaries:
scHooNERs- cLAss-
Raesno ZINE T,me e.
Colonia. c. A. Po tly ....... sS.iS on 2s 90 VI
scHooSERs-s5.FooT CLASS.
Iro1uoi- n. C. Rouse ... says 3 ps 81 0 95 81
Amorta. W. o. Brokaw 1910 Disabled.
sLoors AND cUTTERs-FIRsT CLASS.
BedOuin. J. N. Mitchell ..... 1911 81 10 81 II
sLooPs-70PooT CLAs8.
Queen Nab, n. L.:Frano's 's....o3es 8 - 50 8 81 81
sLooPs-6O-FooT CLAss
WASP H. r. Lipptt..........59.g7 . 80 10 p 90 q
CaEni,a, ". K. .ta-derb ltJr3s.36 3 81 ~ 8 ~ l.
sLooPs-5l-FooT CLASS.
syce. F. NJ Hoyt .5oss SO 10 Bs 2,
| Uyira, Clfo-d prokAw. w.......+T.5O 10 ~ IL 8;
Gossoou, p. T. Dod o........47.s3 Did not nniSh.
sLooPs-43.FooT CLASS.
Sorota D. Burnham. tl.he = II 90 ID OF