New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-24
SHILLING FOR THE ADAMS CTPS
NE EIDOLON CAPTURES THE sLOOP
TROPHY AND THE DOROTHY THAT
FOR MAINSAII YACHTS

Inc sIoops and mansai yachts Of the Atlantic
1acnt Club sailed for the Adams cups Yesterday
Nce-C commodore Frederick T. Adams lately pre-
! sented 10 the club Two przes-a silver cun vaIpe
WV ior sioops OF Series b, which includes yavls or
sloops from ffiy-one feet racing length dow, -
'iose OF twenty-five feet racing length also silver
cup OF The same value for mainsal yachts OF Series
- which includes those between twenty and thirty
| feet racing length
| The entries in the sloon class y.ra .. .ouo
The Penguin. owned by George F. Br!ghtson. The
Eidolon' owned by James Weir fr; the Akista
owned by George Hlll the lola owned by G. T Rus-
SELL and the liydriad owned BY G. r. Brown For
I the race OF the mainsan yachts these boats were
entered Inc Dorothy. owned by George Hi; the
] oquaW' owned by Herbert S Jewell: the Oui Viyo
/ owned by George Freeth; the Cncas owned by 7 &
Negus. and the Ethel. owned by F. J Bergen
Inc course for the soop class. chosen by the
regatta COMMUNICATIONS D. Lawton David
/ T. Austen and George W McNuty-was No 7 being
from the startng-line. off the Atlantic zach, Club
wharf, 10 the bell buoy off Bay Ridge thence N
the bell buoy near Robbins Reef Light thence to
req Duoy No II, and back the hnishing-line ali
Duoys being left on the sarboard hand: the distance
sailed on rounding this three times will he
thirteen and half miles. The for the main
| sail yachts from the starting-line 70 Tho bau
ouoy on Bay Ridge: thence 10 red buoy No Il
ana pack TO the finishing-ne. the distance three
times around being ten and half miles As these
races were sailed over the Upper Bav courses thu
the clubhouse. In spite OF the fact tha. tho c1,h
offered TO give prize TO each woman who sailed on
a winning yacht there no candidates for sou-
Venrs OF this kind and the racers went off on their
cup-hunting contests without being honored in the
way made permissible by the rules
After the preparatory signal the sloons were con,
off at 3l5 O'clock onegun starts being the order ~
the day. While all were timed at the signal tho
boats crossed in this order The Akis,a first with
the Penguin TO windward and the Eidolon following
in the wake of the Akista There was a good south
erly breeze blowing. and the boats could tus. lie
their course cose-hauled to Buoy No r. off Bav
Ridge
After the start. II was noticed that the Aklsta fell
of considerably TO leeward. and that although she
seemed to point well she did retain her grip
10 windward. At the first mark the soops eased off
for the 10 the Robbins Reef mark the booms
being TO starboard At the second mark all iibed
the broad reach Buoy No. H. with booms 10
port The last leg Of the course from Buoy No Il
70 the mark at the clubhouse beat to wind
ward.
At the end OF the first round the Eiiolon which
ably sailed by Eddie" Fish and her owner Mr.
Weir beat the Penguin minute and fifteen sec
onds and the Akista two minutes and ffty-nve
seconds the official times being follows: The
Eidolon. 5000; the Penguin. 1890; the Aksta.
4lO45.
The mainsau yachts sent Off five minutes
after the soops AT 3:25 The Uncas got of first fol-
lowed by tho Dorothy, with the Qui Vive the
Dorothys weather quarter. All these catboats were
reefed and sometimes In the course of the
they seemed want something more than n single
tuck as the puffs coming up through the NarrOws
had a good deal of body in them The course OF the
smaller yachts was like that of the soops. except
that the Robbins Reef mark was omitted; and after
rounding the Bay Ridge bell buoy they went straight
10 BUOY no Il, Al the end OF their first round th-
dorothy was long way ahead OF both ner competi-
TORS while the Qui Nive was acting IN the same
unpleasant way toward the Uncas The Official
times were: The Dorothy. 4ll:3O the cui NIye,
4ISl5 and the Uncas. 4:Zio.
A. The end OF the second round Of the sloOps II
US found that the Eidolon had not greatly i'm
,"roZcd nor lead while the Altista had lost more
pro,,ud Their times follows: The Eidoon,
tt:tt5. the Poguin. 1854; the Akisia i:59:33
rh~ second round of the mainsai! yachts was
r,adc nus: The Dorothy. i:5s:20, the Qui Nive.
5:Oa:25: the Tncas. 81 ';oe . a., ,,r, o,,a ,.os
The rest of the sailing during the third round was
comeuhat uneventfui in both classes, thoueh me
boats we're going at rare good pace N thoT0ueh-
Il, sgtief1ctorv contest which held no nukes Al Inc
ssb tbere was a close thing in the time allowance
between the Ak!sta and the Edolon. AS was, e .he
io,,"r hoa, ONLY won by twenty-five seconds aitcr
ewing The Akista her required tiine. oh lIt '.St
I1o -. Tho finish the Ak!sta did not quite MAKE me
M -L and had TO make short hitch or tc"
rde Tbis slight delay evidently cost her lhe CUP
THE finishes appear IN the following ''oe VI ie"'9