New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
LAST LARcHMOyT REGATTA.
THE CoLoNIA AND sYcE ADD TO THEiH
LISTS or VICTORIES.

The last Of the Iarchmont regattas, "hich was
held yesterday. wns about as tires)me an uiin'' %
was ever known. Owing TO the mpossoi''ty OF
getting up n good In the schooner ciass' o"''
the Amorta and the CoionIa contested.
The other chief race OF the day would prooao'y
have been Interesting II the weather conditions ana
everything else had been different TINS was ''i'
contest between Mr. Gilligs Vencedor an" ',
Hoyt's Syce As II was FIR. Glig was simply urea
out and gave up the drift before the breeze ar
rived which might have brought aoou' b'o"
finish
Another disa ppointmcnt was the pos'poheine'' -
the match race between the schooner Leslie ana
the scoop 1rochilus, which were under hsreepe"' ~
sail eleven miles for An even $50 Colonei Mclean,
the owner of tho Leslie tele phoned that his yacht
was "becaimed the ways" ut Cold Spring Har-
bor and could not get of In time to race
After waiting half an hour. the Regatta Cof'"i'-
tee went out to the Lnckenbach and gave the pre-
paratorv signal for the start a. noon. When the
signal for the schooners TO get away was gwen ai
1915 the Amori;a got the better OF IT, Shc was
more prompt at reaching the line. ana crossed ORC
minute ahead the times being. the Amorta, i2os;'o'
and the Coonia 12:095O.
When the signal for the start Of the fty-one foot
ers was given at l2Io. the Syce proved more active
In getting over the line, being about one pinh'e IN
advance The between the Goblin and Inc
Kite was started a; l2J5 and the '~enty-too'efs
The Colona allowed the Amorita about thuleen
minutes on the regular scale OF time allowances,
The Colona did rot reueat her trick OF driiung
away from everything, ana, 10 the surprise VI "''
the AmOrita held her LEAD. III
On the course out TO the eastery Duoy tne snIai,
variations In the wind favored first one Doat ana
then the other; but. through all, the Amorla sue
ceeded well, and she rounded the hrst Mark wiz,
a fair lead after completing the first six miles OF
the course. the positions being as follows: Inc
Amorita 1:i550: The Colonia. 1H1:b. 49,
Both beats waited for wind for some ufne,
or less luck Here the Coonis got lead, and was
six minutes ahead when the Hampstead Duoy WIZ
turned. - ,o.s
seemed 10 tell them hasten slowly and II 20
completely dwndled away that the Colonia ana ire
Syce had scarcely wind enough to turn the inarr;
On the Iarchmont Club house the members were an
sure that the races would be stopped here az me
conclusion OF the first round, but the leading noas
were both to be lowering down spinnaKer
booms. and that meant that there would be another
dreary round before a finish could be announced
The Colona rounded the home mark at 4;OJ33. the
Ar,orta following at 4:10l0
Soon after the Nencedor turned this marx ner
race in which OF the boats seemed to have
chance OF completing. and he took In his iole SPIN.
maker and worked back to the barber In the light
northery air. No sooner had he reached ~,
moorings than the breeze that had been wanted all
day spread suddenly over the SOUND 1t came al
first like side draught from some storm tnat was
blowing somewhere else but II d,d gooG worn Ior
finely to the east buoy. From mere IL was run
10 Hampstead. the new wind being about north
northeast From Hampstead across to the poine
had all the wind they wanted but not until nearly
everybody had gone home. ma MI
The Syce was able 10 finish as she liked. inc
Coonia thus adds another victory to ner long list
the Syce files her twenty-second winning flag.
The following table shows the results: