New-York tribune., 1897-07-18
LARCHMONT RACE WEEK.
CONTESTS OF THE OPENING DAY.

INTEREST IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE VENICE
DOR IN THESE wATERs-THE coI,oHIA
BEATS THE ExEnALD.
In the hands of the Lnrchmont Yacht Club tho
giving OF successful regattus IL brought 70 nho
art. Practice makes perfect. md the omc'nie OF
this institution certainly hnvo moro practice IMAM
those OF any other club. Yesterday thc OPENING
CAY OF the I.archmont race week. wns NOT o'e''eu
by any strong breezes but II provided nm exceieht
days sport and a larger average OF enjoyment thah
is known when rough sons spoil good iuncneohs
and endnngcr good clothes.
rhe winners the Colonin. the Ar1orita' the
Byce. the Acushla. the Pawnee twa!EoVer)' tne
Raccoon the Kite. the Houri the Ashore twaIk-
oVer). the vo'sung. the Presto and the Minnctonka
Outside tho schooner class the ehief interest oi
the day centred In tho performance o. the Venccdor
lately brought IN By cx-Commodore harry W.
Gillis from the upper lakes This ID the poat tha'
built for the international race with the can
ada last year. and since she received a largely
increased sail yachtsmen wero nli agos 10
sec what she would Go with Mr.. Hoyts flyer. the
fyoe. Not that II supposed the Vencedor
would lo up TO her true form yesterday ono Ic-
ceivei her new suit only Two hours before lhc
lace began, and II not TO be expected thnt the
canvas would do good work As II wan. the mum
sail seemed be working in three divisions owing
to the bags In It, when the race finished. Another
item Newbury ID. Lawtons race win MS
newly purchased thirty-footer. the Raccoon THIS
boat Was handled by several people last year ana
rarely did well experts expected. Mr. Law
toms handling OF her was therefore watched care
fully by those who know good thing when they
sse It, They we're no, di appointed. Her owner
has been on a boat several times before, ana, al
though experiencing some discouraging setDacgs
during the race he landed the Raccoon winner
by few enough seconds to show that he had TO WORK
for his mug
when the schooners were started, at 1:C5 Ghere
having been a delay for want OF wind) II was no
tced that the celebrated Hank" Haff was busy
on the decks OF the Emerald OF course, Mr. Max
we'll her owner s:eered her. but If ever there was
n combination warranted to beat the band II was
Mr. Maxwell and Hank" Half, the former at tho
wheel and the latter general al-over man TO
trim sails and to put in word now and then-a
word which In his case is idle one. One
could tell there something new on board by
the way the Emerald took the line. Both big bal
looms were aloft in stops. the jibtopsai and main
topmast staysail, till the signal sounded, and the
beautiful racing schooner swung majestically Tor
the Inc. Then both huge balloons broke out AT the
same instant and foated out and moulded into
their long sweeping curves that lifted the Emerald
buoyantly the line The Colonia, always
picture, next, and tried hard to blanket tho
Emerald as she swept along to windward. For
while 1t looked like a ufhng match, but MT Max
well kept edsing away. feeling far enough ahead
TO escape all dead airs until il became certain that
he could hold his on the quarter.ns run Tor the
east buoy. Only the schooners went the long
course which sx miles 10 the eastward, then
six miles to windward TO buoy off the west side
of Hampstead Harbor and three miles back to
Larchmont This ifteen-me triangle was sailed
twice making thirty nautical miles. The larger
sloops sailed twice around an eeven-mile triangle
and the smaller classes sailed twice around hve-
and-o half mile triangle. The compass courses
were thus about the same for all contestants anu
on the southwest breeze that was moving they got
two broad reaches and beat. ~ -,
Every glass was evelled at NcGiiig new =, & Doat
when the whistle blew for her class iiazeh MOI sc,
who as. said before handles more boats than thar =,
Sandy Hook pilot. had a new berth mere ana id ne
had just got nice comfortable position 10 %ihu- %
ward OF the syce when the gun wen. we c on ,r,sa I9en
TO get out. but every way she turned Morse hedde1
end OF the line where he wished 10 cross: Ihen 4
big bdl!oon-Jib lifted the Eencedor away 10 eOou
the Syce recovered from their astonishinent IL
was a cold-water douche in the region OF the meek
for them. and there will be day OF reckoning
II should be said that McGilg has removed the
which of course carries no topsai But II became
quite evident the proceeded that. even with
the large Increase of sail area the Nencedor wants
a lot more sail True. she beat the Syce out to tne
time by the wind bat the boat has extraordinary
power and moves so easily ana TteoSs Ser esnerd
until he that the hyer syce is no; me 20 cadcr @
tree was Calculating yesterday that the sail area
of the Syce Is now 2S square feet ana 'n"t r o, l
!
belief among the good men on the Scommitte,e
steamer that the Vencedor will make the Syce work
hard for every ounce OF plate sne Ws ' aa her ,
best in lgh, weather At the present time, even
wi,h her rev sail plan. she moves as po"erIuIy a.
tel telling Of vfst breea9s a@sny Of e Sl
terday did not in any way call out AS u was me me
bobstay weakened during the race allowing n Inc
that ihrea tened breakage, so they )ust saieu neI
easily not being able 10 repair and Were Seaea aeG
only by about ten minuies VIII t,ar 'ophaS' anu
two more sails aloft she VIII DO petter a..
| The following Is the order OF me s'ai'' "' '"o
! Yachts were sent of In divislons
sshooners. 1:o5-Emerah. coonIa.
:$$: ii i :Ss5s is.Hs Rs.fss Essson
Csroina Penelope, Goblin Kite - .., .,,--
sloops Glass p. l:4o-Vaquero Houfi' ouantuek sKn-
msug c,.s. q ,..,-As,hore
cas- Csis' class r iss-Presio Grace Rob Roy.
Cats. CAS- v 2oc-Minneonka. Dorothy. Byna. Jane.
At the first mark the Emerald s,i!l held the lead
being timed l4S the Coonia iGi'IWg 40 ana he
! Syce came at 5l 90. During the windward work
OF the second leg it was seen that the C9oha ana ma
/ Raccoon, which had made excellently planned
start was third boat In her class the Carolina and
| the Musme being ahead OF her; Mr church OF the
! Atlantic Yacht Club, who sailed on the Raccoon.
! explained afterward that this was owing TO some
bad luck on the Long Island coast; and before the
/ Hempstead mark was reached Mr.. Lawton was
( able to work into second place The times at the
second mark were AS follows
SECOND MARK.
sycc ...........2il:t 20 Carolina .80i 80
Vencedor ........2:4t:ls Raccoon :c5 80
.cusbf, 2 :GO ;os surprise .......'...3 90 20
Emerald ........... .3:o:};o7
At this point all set balloon sails and crossed In
good time 10 the home mark. at Larchmont. the
buoy which all classes had TO round. Here the
times were:
vosuns so2aD Grace y 80