New-York tribune., 1897-08-05
THE YACHTS AT NEWPORT.
NETWORK SAILORS HAVE LIVELY
RUN FROM NEw-LoNDoN.

LUCK AND DIsAPPorNTs HER FRIENDS
THE EMERALD AND THE VIC
LIANT WIN THE LED
CUPS.
Newport. Aug. 4 (SpeciaD.-At last the New.
York Yacht Club cruising fleets got a breeze
from port to port. After waiting for a wind all
day on Monday. with results. and until after
midday on Tuesday, before they could move. II
was relief to find good breeze blowisg from
the south-southwest when the internal signals
were being set for breakfast at an early hour
this morning. At o'clock there was a heavy.
watery look iE the sky. which seemed to promise
rain. and the heat which was felt toward the
time Of the start seemed to prophesy thunder
storms during the days run. Neither rain nor
thunderstorms matsrialIzed. The wind fresh
ened up bit. and during most Of the day the
sun remained obscured. making the quick run
to this harbor a most enjoyable one.
The yachtsmen were little tardy this MORN
ing after their gayety at the Pequot Casino last
night and it was 8 o'clock before owners and
guests were on view. BY 8 o'clock. however.
the boats had left their anchorages and were
making for the Bartletts Reef Lghtship. Sbout
two miles out At this point the wind Vas
found somewhat brisker. and without being
what is called stiff breeze. IT still suffi-
cient to send the lght-weather yachts along at
perhaps their best pace. 1t held steady and
was better than had been expected by the wise-
acres on the previous evening. At the start the
tide ahead for the Newport run. but 1t was
not running strongly. and with the change at
noon and fair wind 1t had not to be considered
In the railing
THE START AT 10 O'CLOCK.
The preparatory gun was fired at $50. off the
Sarah's Ledge buoy. and at 10 o'clock the start
ing gun for sloops doomed out from the flag
ship Corsair. There was some good manpu-
wiring for position among the singe-stickers and
the active Wasp. well sailed by the Lippitt
brothers, managed to take first place.
The times taken Of the soops as they crossed
the starting line were as follows: Wasp,
1901 :O6; Navahoe, 10:01:11 Vigilant. 1901 40:
vencedor, 1901 80; Gloriana, 1O02:09; Carmta
1OO2:12: Uvira. 10:02:25: Queen Nab. 1002:29:
Navoto. 1002:30; Liris. 10:Q2:56.
The schooners came next, and in the circns
for best places there is. perhaps no better CAL
culator than Nate" Watson, who sails w. Gould
Brokaw's schooner the Amorita. Watson put
her across first when the gun fired at 1905. and
seven racers turned for the line. None of these
made frst-class start, but they all managed
to get over inside the five minutes within which
their times are taken and calculated at the
finish, with the exception Of the schooners Mar
guerite Hildegarde and Sachem Here the
Marguerite bothered by tow coming down
the Sound, and the Hildegarde did not seem 10
be quite ready.
The schooners crossed the starting line in the
following order: Amorita, 10:06:25; Gevalia,
1OO6:4O: Iroquois 1O07:19; Fenella, 10:07:l9:
ARIEL 1O:O9:31: Colonia, 1009:33: Emerald.
1010:O3
HOT FIGHT AMONG THE sLOOPs.
BY the time the two-stickers got Off the soops
were all reaching down to the Race Rock. and
the hottest kind Of fight was going on. Royal
Phelps Carrolps big cutter Navahoe walked past
the Wasp soon after the start, but the Vigilant
was hard after the leader. and for the next few
miles It could not be that there was any
difference between the sailing OF the two big
historic yachts The other Herreshoff boat was
showing the speed down the wind which so
often in her races in England made the foreign
va hts despair Of catching her In this direction.
and as mentioned in yesterdays dispatch. she
proved herself dangerous rival FOR the vigil
liant in leading winds The Navahoe was me
first boat to round at the Race Rock, and then.
sackening sheets, she headed off for Point
Judith.
The yachts rounded the Race Rock in the fol-
Wasp. the Queen Nab the Glorlana; the Amor
ita. the Vencedor, the Colombo. the Uvira. the
Sayonara. the Carmita. the Emerald the Syce.
the Ariel, the Hildegarde. the Lyris, the kato-
nah the sachen, the Gevala and the kestrel
As the boats passed the Race Rock they low
cred their spinnaker booms and squared away
for the thirty -sx-mile run before the wind TO
Newport All booms ready before the
round OF the Light and the sails being sent up
in stops. were broken out prettily as soon as the
free course could be taken.
THE HILDEGARDE's ACCIDENT.
The H,lderarde was Just about to break out
her spnnaker when the halliards were carried
away and the sail fell in the water. The crew
Ashed 1t out, but for a long time the giant
schooner was compelled to get along without
this most necessary SAIL and as every other boat
had a marked advantage here. the apparent
want OF speed Of the new schooner. as shown by
the dock requires this explanation.
The Amorita did not hold the lead which she
gained at the start for long. The Coonia
and the Emerald both caught and passed her.
the big boats going at great clip. II was in
this part Of the race that j. Maxwell Rogerss
schooner Emerald showed what an extremely
dangerous boat she is In leading winds. The
Colonia had great difficulty in maintaining the
thirty seconds lead which she gained on the
start. and at II o'clock was only leading by
few seconds more.
At Watch Hill the Navahoe was still little
ahead of the Vigiant, and the Emerald was
steadily crawling up on the Colonia. Foot by
foot she gained. until at l2:2O o'clock she swept
past the larger Vessei anu as'o"'s"eu ''e """ie
fleet. 49,
At this time the Queen Nab had gone TO the
front and was leading in her class, she being at
rv,ila aSfe nf he ad
schooners.
THE WIND SHIFTS.
Shortly after the Emerald took the lead the
wind shifted a bit to the southwark. requiring
the removal OF the spnnakers. The Navahoe
lara han Ill al hes