New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
YACHTING.
Of INDIAN HARBoR YACHT CLUB RE-
GATTA A SUCCESS.

~.rL ACCIDENTS DO NOT SPOIL THE TEMPERs
- THE PARr1cIPANrs-THE KATRINA. THE
AcrsHIA II. THE PENGUIN AND THE
rIGREss AMONG THE WINNERS.
:. uas not the big entry lis; that made the re-
-. q, the indian Harbor Yacht Club a success
|r.-dav l; was not the fine breezes and the
FoA courses 1t was the spirit OF gcniality that
F..rlsv the whole thing. The committee that had
~.,se consisting Of Frank Bovine Jones, Charles
wcManus u. Willis Merritt. Lee c. Hart and
Snras A. Mead had worked hard 10 make the
.., a success All agreed that this was one Of
- most enjoyable regattas OF the season.
~An Tgrress lost her topmast. but won her race
o.. Ondawa had her upper stick carried out but
ahout enjoying a finish such that Of the
s.-.ss The Edwina II lost her rudder and came
.,eering with jury rig. The sloop Ripple fouled
launch containing several women and laid II over
,oOd deal Then 1t got away and ran up in the
"a and proceeded 70 drift back on the launch
-, which II would have fouled a second time
snt for the naphtha craft backing hard away
Al los the signal was given for the start of the
.sconers and Commodore George c. Tyson took
-, schooner. the Nirvana, across first followed
.n,r an interval by Robert L. Tods schooner. the
v,,rlna and the Wayward. belonging 10 Charles
sr,,hers OF the New-York Yacht Club
:, the s2-foo, class OF cutters In racing trim the
..ned BY John p. Mills. the Acushla H. owned
w. the Messrs Hanan had a walkover. The Pen
,ulr and the Ondawa. sailing in the cruising trim
sass crossed close after the Acushla II, the On
s,w. beng sailed under the lee Of the schooner
Wsvward the latter boat passing after the rest of
her class
n. next feet the s6-foot racing cutter and sloop
.,sss made a hot fight OF the start. The Anoatok
s,h Bryan Alley at the stick crossed first. pressed
Nv the Acushla l, sailed by Charles J. Davis On
,op o. these were the sloop Possum and the Oshima
ca, Then came the Lorelei. the Sultap, the Va
Grant H. the TiFress. the Daisy. the Alerion. the
Teetwing and the Albicore.
E c. BENEDICT AS SKIPPER.
The racing knockabouts were sent OF at I .25 and
che Mangoose now painted white. crossed first.
.,o.sly followed by the Wyntjje. owned by Miss
,,s,en Benedict and being sailed by her father, E.
r Rsnedict The veteran yachtsman seemed at
,one on the nttle knockab bout. The Kittie, the
Esrsnand the Morse crossed third the spndrift
,rdthe 5 C.. Pirie came fourth. with the Kantaka
s,s and the Cock Robin. newly bought in Boston
nv George Garland. and the winner Of many races
,r Eastern waters. sixth. The Dipper crossed
seventh and last.
Shippers Of the eighteen foot open sioops. who
70, their start at l.30 were equally smart at get
ting away.
Tbe course for the schooners was as follows:
Across
nittee boat and a mark boat anchored in the
Sound one-haf mile south OF Little Captain Island,
70 mark boat placed about 2C0 yards north Of the
spar buy of Maiinicock Point. south southwest.
four and one-haI miles, thence TO another mark
boat placed about POO yards north OF the black
spar buoy of Center Island Reef. east three-quar-
ters north five miles. thence TO the mark boat at
the starting line, northwest half north. four and
one-half miles: all marks TO be turned on port
he sailed twice distance,
tyenty-eight nautical miles.
The course for the fifty two foot class OF schoo-
ners the hfty-two. ffty-three and thirty six foot
classes Of sooos and cutters and the forty-three
foot class OF yaws. was the course for the thirty
and twen. y-fve foot classes OF sloops and cat
boats and the twenty-five and twenty-one foot
classes Of knJckabouts was fourteen nautical miles
The smallet classes sailed smaller triangles.
The wind was south-southwest. and the course
out on all the triangies south-southwest. so
mat there was lots OF beating with two broad
reaches afterward Toward evening the wind
hacked 10 south by west and made the last run
neer.
One Of the best races Of the day was that Of the
ad AcusNia l. which sailed with nearly all her
odtime speed. This Acushla has done practically
rothing this year. and the present owner Commo-
dore Wills invited c. J. Davis TO sail her The
sails are Of shape and color, and the boat badly
needs tuning UP. but Mr.. Davis held the fast
Anoatok at the finish at almost the same as
tance 10 an inch at the start The Snima
San. owned by II. I. Pratt Is the witch IN th's
class and though 1t Is thought that she will meas
ure 100 large for her present company she can GER
,ainlv get away from everything now. She Is
rsu boat about which no one seems 10 be able 10
answer questions.
FINE RACE BY THE VOLsUNG.
Another fine race was sailed by the Nolsurg.
handled bv Johnston De Forest. which beat the al
mos, inyincible Windora by a hard won half minute.
George Freeth won well fought race with his
catboat Out Vive. The skipper and crew OF the
Lobster combined in one young man. VINO TOOK the
boa, out single handed and won the race Inc
little Ruth got beaten among the oPe" '"'''0'
but sailed plucky race.
Tho snind-iet which so often wins among the %
Zoo, racing knockabouts. took another easy win
YESTERDAY from four others Of the class Ai'er ."e
race Hazeu Morse the owner OF the kltue' saHeu
beside the committee steamer Dalzel ana required &
fhs, the Snindrift be measured. The kltie was the
second boat TO finish though more than SIX MN
u,es behind the Spindrift The new ROOM hooN' "a
N ~ r Fe,a6ict who was sailing the Wynttje. with
Larry" Huntington on board won III HIS o'"'''
bestine the Dipper by two minutes ~. c,.
Tbs crIis,ne Aeets Of the Corinthian Yacht CLUB
s philadelfbja came out OF Glen Cove before tne
Indian Hsrbor regatta was sre they could be easily
seen The feet is a strong one. there eeins nve re
sooSs bey were ali bound for oyster Bay where
here was a reception In their honor last night
THE WINNERS.
The winners Of the day seem TO be as toho"s'
though some measurements may subsequently 9 9ite,
lie results here given The Katrina schooHeis
lr,shla ~ ,9.,oot class: the Penguin, cruisers OF
,A class the Tigress 43-foot cutters; the o shima
San sfoot cutter class the Albion yawl class ,he
Alerion. So-toot cabin soops the Hour rom .ne
Celia the Nike. ls-soot open sloops the ' o''uns
soo, cabin cats the Qul vye 2-ioot Sson Kaeazs eazs
he Siren 25-foot open cats the vera. m h"A"0
ns Tohs,e- ~ cnindrtft and the WyntDe
The following table shows the result. ,,,,,,
ERooNERs-J2 TO 50 FEET-Cf'O i9i''
Elapsed
Finish
INNS H.Ms.
zach, and owner. ri1ss 4.05 5S
st'rna. Rohert \ Tod ~ 4.2f Is