New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08
THE LONG RACE BEGINS.
CRACK YACHTS START ON THE VOYAGE
TO BAR HARBOR.
LARGE NUMBER or BOATS TO CONTEST FUN
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OVER THE
uILDEGARDE'S TINE ALLOWANCES.
10y TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBuNE.l .

Cottage City. Mass, Aug Tine yach'sn." -,
the New-York Yacht Club cruise were as''r ear
this morning Before coors were mace ~
o'clock the schooners and soops that "e'o
tered for the cup races had their mansais up anu
were hard at work preparing for the ions rae "
Bakers Island the coast OF Maine a 's
crowd gathered at the New-York Yacht cluo sta.
ton 10 the boats of. others asse"o''' "
various points along the beach. -
The course is from here TO Bar HarooT' aie.
distance of 1876 miles. 1t Is the first time III '''
ffty-three years OF its history that the cruz 80"
sailed such race, and great interest " ''"." -
the contest. The cups to be given as prizes W.
offered by J. Picrpont Morgan this year co''''''
dorc of the club. and are valued at s'"".
The prizes will be divided follows: To the VIII
ming schooner one valued at 5000, to the seco""
schooner cup valued at $1,000: to the winh'hs soop
cup valued at 81 900. and the same 10 t"e ~.
sloop The start is off East Chop Light anu ,.e
finish will be of Whistling Buoy No - jus" ~
eastward Of Bakers Island.
The signal ordering the feet TO proceeu ~
Uarbor was hojsted last night. although the s'''
was not to be made until this morning anu M
than twenty yachts responded signifyihs '''"' ~
would take part The Amorita. although "o, ~
swering the query from the flagship dec'ueu ''
also TO start In the long race
SOME OF THE STARTERS.
Among the yachts which signihed their H..
ton 70 start were the cutter Queen Map H",'" ,
7 t,rorc,. NJ Position: the cutter Sayonara. joshua
Il a..
NJ Sears OF Boston: the schooner fiu
George w Weld. OF Boston: the cutter n,'',,a
Josiah NJ Iasell. OF Boston; the schooner o,,o
Henry C. Ward New-York: the schooner 49,
Charles Lane Poor OF Baltimore, 'he $500,
Alert Clement A Griscom. New-York; the schoo''''
60. noa he r. T. Rives and f. X. Sturgs'
Eovyork. tho schooner Sachem owned by john
G Moore and ice-Commodor" frederlc - 49,.
A. Y C.: the schooner Montauk. Lewis = ass
yard New-York: the schooner Coonia ia. ,,,-
1pann
the schooner Gevala. Howard W. coates
yorI. tho schooner viking ex-Commodore Jam,
n Smith Grecnport: the schooner Crusaoei' ., -
Jpsted ,r: the schooner Amorita. w cou'd DIV
kaw and the schooner Emerald. j. Rogers '''N
well. NewYork. -o,
In tho mean time special race was arrangeu
bo,ween the Norota and the Katonah. to Marble
hood a distance OF a little one hundred miles,
The two forty footers started away soon ar'er sun
rise and will probably arrive at their destination
late to-day.
On account Of the dangers attending the race
several large ocean tugs were engaged by the ne
gatta Committee to go with the racers ana De pre-
nared IN case of accident render any assistance
necessary Among them were the TWO Dig 'uss
Storm King and Kate Jones. from Boston. and
also the Edward Luckenbach. Of New-iork' "h'c"
has followed the feet from the beginning
The morning dawned light and clear eood
wind was blowing from the southwest. Shortly
after colors were made code signals were hoisted
on the flagship Corsair. They read, Ihe meet VIII
proceed to Bar Harbor at 10 o'clock" An hour
later anchors weighed. and the big racers
moved out toward the starting line.
The Navahoe the first OF the sloops 10 get
ont. The vigilant followed closely. Both were in
excellent shape for the race.
Several boats that have not appeared In the races
so far got out TO the start Among them were the
schooner Viking. belonging TO James ID. smith,
formerly commodore of the New-York Yacht Club;
hn1an Nal m
Forbes and the huge yacht varuna. The
TWO old rivals the Coonla and the Emerald. owned
by Eugene Higgins. were ready early, and they
were soon ioined by w Gould Brokaw's Amorita
and the new steel schooner TIIldegarde.
THE LONG VOYAGE BEGINS.
The preparatory signal was fired at 955. Five min
utes later the starting for sloops was fired The
Wasp which had been manpuvrirg close 10 the
line was the first TO cross. She passed at 1o:Ol5o
and broke out her spinnaker shortly after going
over The wind had died down by this time. and
the others came down very slowly on the line All
the soops after the Wasp failed to cross within
the time limit and timed at 10000.
The starting signal for schooners was fired AT
1905 The Iroquois first over with the Amor
tn and the Marguerite n short distance astern.
None Of the others crossed within the five minutes
and consequently were timed Mt lOIOO THESE De-
lated sloops and schooners crossed In this order:
The Sayonara the Navahoe the Queen Nab the
sachem the Montauk. the Hildegarde. the Alert.
the Gloriara the Clytie. the Viking the Naruna
and the Crusader.
The wind had. In the mean time. shifted TO the
southwest and the start was run dead before the
wind. 1t was blowing very lightly There was
barely breeze enough carry them across the line.
and at O'Clock they had not made more than five
miles At that hour. however. there was some In
dication OF a freshenng breeze from the southwark.
| which would give them a good run over the shoals
| before morning
| TINE ALLOWANCES CAUSE COMMENT
Owing the difficulty In procuring some kinds Of
information, II is not at the time OF writing. known
| what the different time allowances between the
cOntesting boats will be- II calculated In the ordi-
nary way ana FOR the whole 1876 miles In the
| proportions prescribed for. say. thirty-mic
race the allowances will In some cases be large.
This subject formed the chief topic of conversation
among yach;smen last night.
The chances OF the schooner Hildegarde.
which showed such good speed in the squadron
| runs down Long Island Sound have been carefully
looked into The allowance which her l0j-foot water
| line length will have to make In favor Of the
| Sc foot waterne OF the Colonia will In a long
| race be something huge. But the yachtsmen have
agreed that the Hildegarde has yet known
| breezes which brought out anything like her full
power, half OF II. 1t Is remembered that In the
evening sail from Glen Cove to Huntington the
| and standing almost straight up. while the others
| were to their rails.
Nothing with certainty be predicted about
| boat which has this peculiar reserve until II be
| known what she do when the whole OF the
power Is called out; and Il is In just such event
| this when the boats will have 10 face two hun
| dred miles OF sailing. that a really stiff
breeze may give the big two-stickers the victory.
| Perhaps point has been more widely admitted
among the yachtsmen of the cruise than that II ~
better give time than take Tin other words.
that excess In sailing length Is really more valu
able in the winning of races than Is represented IN
| the time allowance awarded by the rules for such
| excess. In this view many good amateurs think
| that in A really forceful wind and heavy soaway
the extra power OF the Hildegarde If fully called
| out will make a trlhe OF any allowance required
by the rules when all the competitors are engaged
| in so long race
| on the other hand. the souihery wind at the
| md he ,eot her ind At no