The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-16
Columbia In a sevon-mile beat had gained two

wore little anxious to make time and
the Ryc was SACKED too far forward.
the big sail dropping into the water. This.
h Dwevar. was soon remedied. As the Defender
approacI ned the mark. her splnnaker was run
up and il was broken out as she bore of for
the finish mark. This too. was little too
smart as the boat was not really of the
| wind and for moment or two the
! spinnaker filled aback and checked the yachts
| progress. As soon as she was squared away
tho baby lib topsail was run down and the bal
loon jib topsail hoistsd In Its place. This big
sail was broken out Mt 2:01 80 and the both
yachts were on their way toward the
finish. which was seven miles away. The lib
and fore staysails were run down and furled
over the bowsprit and then the crows had
| q rest. II was a slow run. At one time II
looked as II the Columbia was losing some OF
her lead. but she soon picked up again and con-
tinued to increase her advantage TO
tho finish. The Columbia crossed at
! $4,000 and tho Defender at 3:37:54.
| on the last seven miles Of the wind the lapsed
times were: Columbia. / hour. 81 minutes:
Defender. hour. 40 minutes. 4 seconds. On
this leg the Columbia had gained 8 minutes.
IA seconds. The table Is as follows:
s:Y: $ss :ss
minutes so seconds elapsed time.
After tho race the two yachts sailed up to
! their anchorages and were soon made snug for
| the night.
The preparatory signal for the smaller
sloops was fired at IL O'Clock. and ton min
utes later they were sent off. Tho Glor-
lana led the way over the line fol-
lowed by the Sayonara. Kestrel. Hussar.
Syce. Hildcgardt and Uvira. Then the
| .I,on
the Amerlta at the line by 40 seconds. The
Marguerite and Uncas were tho other starters.
The soops sailed for the whistling buoy but
the Amorita and Quisetta were out for blood
They had tied for the vice-comm odore's cup
each having won two OF the runs and had
agreed to sail 1t OF when they raced for the
wind up" cup They had pretty lufflng
match to the south and got away Off their
course. When the Columbia and Defender
got to the buoy the two schooners
bore away and had got so far away
that they were able to get spinnakers to port
and run down to the mark. The Amorita
rounded about three minutes in the lead
They then made a long port tack and held
on so long that whom half the distance
had been sailed the Marguerite was leading
the fleet except the big sloops. The Amorita
and Quisetta. however. got a good slant Of
wind and went for the second mark with eased
sheets. The Amorita maintained her lead to
the finish and won both cups.
Gould Brokaw Is very much pleased with his
success on this cruise. He has won tho Astor
cup. the Vice Commodore's cup. the
wind-up cup and two squadron runs. He
says that he will have o ninety-foot
schooner built on the lines OF the Amorita
for next seasons racing and hopes to have the
fastest schooner afoat.
After the other boats had been sent off, the
thirty footers had race for a cup given by
Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan. They raced
from Brenton's Reef liRhtship to the
whistling buoy and return. the distance
IA miles. There were eleven in this race. and
as 1t was a one-gun start. they went for the |
line in bunch looking like flock OF ducks. |
Their white sails were drawing we'll and were
as clean and bright as silk and the mahogany |
sides Rlistened in the sun.
The Puck led the way over the line. She was |
steered by z. d. Morgan Then came tho Pol |
lywog handled by Almeric PaRet: the wawa
Hera. sailed by Ralph Ellis: Carolina.
Dorothy H.. Harry WhItneys boat. Vaquero |
Ill. with Herman Duryea at the stick. |
Asahi. veda. Cornelius Vanderbilt's yacht. |
Raccoon and Esperanto sailed by H. o. Have !
meyer. Jr. 1t WINS reach to the mark with |
booms to starboard. The Carolina |
was the first to turn at 12:43:25 with |
Pollywog ext. 1t was reach homo |
and the Car olina maintained her lead and won |
handlly. The boats. however. furnished a |
close race and there were only 8 minutes and |
"a seconds between the first and last
Tomorrow the races for the Owl and Came |
cock colors will be starting from the flagship |
at IL A. NJ. The Aston cups were placed on |
exhibition at the Casino this afternoon. Both |
very handsome. The cup for schooncrs. won |
by the Amorlta. is fully four feet tall. with |
its ebony pedestal 1t is Grecan ever OF |
polished silver the base Of a pleasing grouping |
Of seawood and shells In embossed work. while |
the mouth Is OF sea urchins and shells. On the |
face OF the vase In high rolief is figure OF VIC
tory holding In outstretched hands bunch Of |
laurel leaves. The handles are inverted dol |
phins. The cup for sloops. won by the Column
bia. 10 about "a inches high. with its pedestal. |
1t Is a entirely different design from tho |
other but the work 10 none the less
artistic. 1t 10 broad vase. richly ornamented |
in repousse with sea horses and mermaids,
and figure of a woman In holder relief stand |
ing upon large shell on the face One OF the |
handles Is mermaid holding child. and the
other Neptune supporting female figure. The
base Ia OF dolphins with the heads facing out
wards and the body supporting tho bowl.
The winners were. Sloops. Glass II. Queen |
Nab beat Hlldegarde: Glass ]. Gloriana beat
Sayonara minutes 10 seconds; Class X, Syce
beat Kestrel 5 minutes So seconds; Class L.
Mira beat Husbar. Schooners. Class D. Amorlta
beat Quisetta minutes 81 seconds. and Uncas
Thirty Footers. Carolina won the Commodore's
cup.
The winners OF the various prizes during the
cruise were announced to- day by the Regatta
Committee. Vice-Commodore L. Cass Ledyard
offered cup to the schooner winning
the greatest number OF runs from port
to port. on corrected time. The Amorlta
won two runs, tho Quisetta two and tho
Katrina one. The tie was sailed to-day
and was won by the Amorita. which
thus takes the cup. Rear Comm odo re August
Belmont hung UP cup for sloops under sim
liar conditions. The result was that the Wig
liant won two runs and the trophy. The Ky
took one run. the sestral one and the Gloriana
one.
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