The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-12

In drive through the rain on yesterdays
run, had shown n specdicr pair OF hccls than
| Knnawha and the rivalry between the fast
| tho quartet broke ont half an hour after
| scndawny Of tho Scoops and schOorcrs. The
| Cur-air and Felicia were astcrn OF tho knnawha
| and Mi DUncans Yacht held back for them to
| concur. The Marietta raced up alongside Of
her nnl then both yachts opened up. Felicia
! druprcl Gstcrn Tor Corsair and tn" four yachts
s'tf'cd down to work. A tw"nt-yHnOt gait was
| quickly developed against n strongly running
| head tide Tho living yachts left tho fleet we'll
! nStcrn, racing along with little gain until tho
! Ehnawhn opened M a bit more.
~" scored the win I'm the Informal brush to-
! day Gpi now honor, nrc even between the Cor
sEir amh Eanawha. The Felicia and Marietta
w"iC left way behind.
| The yachts will run back 10 Newport to- NOR
| row morning nm with fair wind should ar
| rive at 'ho finish carly in the afternoon. on
| Sunday tho fleet will remain ut anchor In tho
! harbor and on Monday there will 10 the races
| 'orthe Aston cups Those cups nre for schoon-
| ers and s!Oor- and the yachts sail In racing
| trim. The Columbia and Defender will start
In tho race FOR the sloop cur and in tho schoon-
or class there will he the Colonia, Quisetta,
Amerita. and possibly tho old America will 60
In to show how much Improvement has been
mado in yacht building. aimee she was tho
crack boat The America has taken
part in all the squadron runs. has sailed
very well 4, times but as many
Of the runs have been in fluky winds. the tests
have not been fair ones. On Tuesday tkore
will be :aces for the wind.up cups" and the
thirty-footers will race for cup given by Com-
modorc J. Pierrepont Morgan. For the Astor
cup races the club has chartered tho steamer
Warwick. Members can obtain tickets for
this steamer from Capt. +. T. Sands at New
port.
The run to Vineyard Haven on Thursday
was finished In a pouring rain. Tho Nlgiant
was. az usual. tho frat boat to finish. aud she
won from the Navahoe 10y minutes 30
seconds She had made the thirty seven mile
run in 3 hours. q minutes and - seconds. This
was only nine minutes and five seconds slower
than the Coumb bias elapsed time and shows
that the old cup defender still has hor speed
Her rig has bcen cut down since she raced
against the Nalkyre and she is now strictly
in cruising trim.
The Queen NAB sailed remarkably good
race to-day. and in class II she beat the Hide
garde by ~ minutes ~ seconds In GLASS ] tho
yawl Petrol furnished the surprise Of the day
Sh" bent the Goriana "a minutes 81 seconds
and the SayOAara 35 minutes % seconds. In
class X. Syce proved to be the best boat She
sailed a remarkable race for a boat Of her size
and beat the Acushla II. % minutes u sec
onds. In the schooner classes all the races
were well contested. The winners were.
Sloops Glass C-Columbia beats Defender.
Cruising trim Nigilant beats Navahoo 81 min
utes a seconds
Glass II Queen Nab beats Hildcgarde 10
minutes 30 seconds.
Glass J-Gloriana beat Petrol YawN hour
30 minutes 27 seconds and Sayonara ! hour
40minutes 40 seconds elapsed time.
Glass K-Syce beat Sstae II minutes 40 Sec
onds elapsed time.
Class Mira beat Katonnh and Hussar
Schooners. Glass B-Colona beat America
Class Cartel beat Trequois A minutes 10 sec
onds.
Glass D-Quisetta beat Amorita minutes 3S
seconds Class F-Uncas bent Neaera min
utcs - seconds. and Gevala hour 10 minutes
40 seconds