New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
GREAT RACE AT LARCHMONT
THE EMERALD BEATS THE COLONIA
BY TEN SECONDS.
QUEEN NAB oUTsTRTPPED - THE WASP IN AN
OTHER CLOSE CoNTEsT-A BIG FLEET AT
TIE MOST SUCCESSFUL. REGATTA
or THE SEASON.

OTHER CLOSE CoNrEsT-A BIG FLEET AT
TIE MOST SUCCESSFUL REGATTA
or THE SEASON.
II may be doubted whether any regatta OF the
season Will prove more successful than that which
Yesterday opcned the Larchmont year. 1t had
features. The best boats won. and 1t was the nrst
yachting race OF 1897 which allowed definite and
ga 70 conclusions.
The promise OF the early morning was not faVor-
able. At 10 o'clock a dead calm prevailed but
after some delay the proverbal "Larchmont luck
to the front. and fine southeriy breeze
swept ir 4 Long Island from the ocean TO give
the yachts all the driving force that Kites coud
cope with Although the absorbing interests OIL tne
day were m ny there were two contests that held
yachtsmen almost breathless. One OF these was
the smoking hot contest between the big schooners
Emerald ard Colonia with its extraordinarily close
finish in which a difference OF only ten SECONDS
removed the Colonia from golden glory ana SILVER
plate The other the duel between the ceie-
hratcd cutter Queen Nab and the almost invincible
Wasp
Perhaps the struggle between the new twenty
footers ranked next In the general interest the
new boat, the Skate, lately produced by rVhe
Cox appeared for the first time In Dig race. anu
she did a good deal to show that the ooats Oh this
class which have previously contested In puDlc
did not number among them the craft wnich VIII
he selected the representative challenger III INC
international matches this summer at Montreal
There was n large number OF steam yachts ana
sailing cruisers the Sound TO witness the rachs'
Vice Commodore Adams's big schooner the Sachem'
A. Y c. was present with Mrs Adams and
party OF friends on board. The three-masted aux
Hilary the Intrepid was there and many a yachts
man enycd Lloyd Phoenix his possession OF the
beautiful steam yacht Narada. There were many
others also with parties OF guests on board, put
the watching and timing of the racers LETT itte
opportunity to make lists OF the vlsitors'
Of fort -fyn
starters and IL took exactly hour TO SEND OH the
different classes Of racers For all schoohers anu
classes II and X the course signulle1 from the
committee steamer Luckenbach was; FROM OIL
Larchmon. east northeast to the Parsonage fo'ht
buoy. of Rye Neck and then to the Red spring
iuoy I'm Hampstead Harbor. END BACK 10 Laic"-
mont These classes travcrsed this triangle three
times making a total distance Of thirty-two and
quarter nautical miles. Glasses H. VI ana n went
around this triangle twice, while classes r. " o.
r and V followed a smaller triangle from Larch-
mont east northeast to the red spar buoy on the
Scotch Caps Reef. thence south half-east 10 p'uc
dory anchored in the middle of the Sound and back
to the starting point, twice around; distance. ten
and a half nautical miles
All the yachts were sent off on one-gun starts. and
at i235. when the schooners got the chance to
GO the Anoria well timed at the line
''Na;" Watson who last year sailed to victory so
often in Rayard Thayers thirty footer Asah Is this
year I'm command OF Mr. Brokaw's schooner, and the
difference IN prompt starting Is noticeable Inc
Amorta broke out a huge jlb-topsai and rushed Tor
the line just the sigma. was heard but D. Rogers
Maxwell had managed to plank his big Emerald just
20 w!ndward OF the smaller schooner. which thus
got somewhat checked in her rush. and the two
craft passed over the line evenly, the horn or the
Emerald reaching just about yard in 'front.' Inc
Colonia was not as smart as usual this tme and
crossed the line thiry-eight seconds later Viewed
from the lee side Of them. these three made great
sight they tore past under largest maintop-
mast saysails and balloon jbs About five minutes
aferward the Colcnia passed the Amorlta to wind
ward. and both left her some distance before Par
sonage Point buoy was reached. This mark was
turned in the following order: Emerald, 1ol;
Colonia. 1895: Amorta. 1:0J-unofiicial time.
In Class +, Of schooners. the smaller craft Leslie
Colonel Cornelius Mclean. was sent off at 12ao
without n competitor. At 12:5 the Queen Nab and
the Wasp got off, the latter leading and setting
the big balloon jb which so often lifts the wasp
toward victory when other competitors are con-
tent to the three smaller headsails. The breeze
light at this time. at about southsouthwest,
and the lighter boat drew away. Their difference
in starting seventeen seconds.
Glass X, including the Syce. the Uvira, Clifford
Brokaw, and the Norota, ID. b. Barnham, was
started at 1855 The Syce broke out forward In
fairly good time. and passed first at 1858. the
Uvra following at l2:5sAe, and the Norota at
l2;56:29 In this the Norota came up out Of
the class below to get n race. her own competitors
not having appeared.
The Acushia the Surprise and the Akista
prisng the Class NJ of soops, and the Pawnee, the
Sakana and the Fidelo. making the Class NJ IF
Fwne oSk int saS ps at Ss A Hfss ae
l06@9. the Surprise at 1860 the Aeusha at
For R Contest Silver ss
lights of the Larchmont Yacht Club, produced the
time. She did well in the race but later on in the
Gay W the wS s@ gaye p hs
men,ber of of the learned professions and sew;
If it had not been for the ready assistance Of oil
yer Adams they would undoubtedly have been
The FOO Msra not vsaue9S III the
taken across BY Mr. Ellis nfieen seconds after the
Me Ss MT the night S
thirty four, seconds respectively after the signal
only represen tatves, and as the latter boat got
lost in the shuttle somewhere. Mr. Brokaw's fast
there was some dcuy in reading the numbers
of the twenty-footers as they started. and, by
their ~ns ns" wi Where they can be SEEM It is only
kind to long surering committeeman to make some
guessed. the Kcneu crossed first, with the Shark
se sS e Of s ns at
which was fought out hammer and OnSs from
mighty 10 good ON big
volsung for the owners. the McDermott brothers.
slammed her in winner. with a small margin to
spare: Her. opponent. the well-known Dorothy Is
The cats Edwina, the Ondana and the Out Vive
followed: also the Minnetonka and a boat rejoicing
in the name of Byna Jane. which was not seen
again after the start
over two minutes ahead of the Coonia and about
twelve ahead Of the Amorta, They we're timed
2a4:5O; Amorita. 21iIs. The breeze had steadily
Increased since the start and was standing
true at about south by west. There we're no fukes
for any one. and hence yachtsmen knew with GER
tainty for the first time that the Emerald's atera-
items had enabled her to clean outsail her bigger
rival which had beaten her steadily through all
last season. The three schooners 5ibed at the
home mark close to the committee boat. and the
way all hands were working to set the big stay
fight They were out for blood. and each craft
was magnicently handled at the jibe the Colonia
making the best turn.
The Wasp was then minute and 1--WE seconds
been gained when the wind was lighter. Their