New-York tribune., 1899-07-20
YACHTING.
MIsHAPs THE FEATURE OF THE DAY
AT LARCHMONT.
THE coLoNfA BEATS THE ATLANTIC Ar rihf
ALLOWING HER THIRTY MINUTEs-THE

THE cOTONTA BEATS THE ATLANTIC Ar iH'
ALLOWING HER THIRTY MINUTEs-THE
MEEMER A SURPRISE.
A., excellent northwest wind drove the yachts
around the courses yesterday at Larchmont IL
was the fourth day OF Larchmont facht Ciuo
race week Howard w. Coates and Frank Hardy
were In charge OF the regatta. The regatta was an
omen one for all classes OF yachts, and the entry
list was Iarge The course for schooners ana cut
tors was twelve and one-haf knots: sailed three
times round, In all thirty-seven and half nauue",
miles for the schooners The 81 foot cutters saieu
the triangle twice, distance OF twenty-five hnotS'
There were several mishaps and breakages Inc
new SO-foot catboat Wlndora was beating lot III"
home mark close hauled on the starDoard tach'
wbnr the 5-footer Kestrel came along, close
hauled on the port tack and suddenly luhed up
when close to the Windora. From the stakeDo''
it appeared as IL the on neither boat saw "hat
was coming Then both boats lufed hard, and
thus saved heavy damage. When they got apart
the Windora's bowsprt was seen to nave Deeh
pulled IN and her bobstay was broken. She was
toyed I'm by the committee steamer raymond
The sloop Skimmaug carried away her thro"'
halyards and had to leave the race She was re-
paired in time to sail home The knockabout
Kittie owned by Hazen Morse carried away her
rudder and came In steering with an oar Ing
Ki,tie was leading In her class when disabled
The Kestrel owned by John B. Mills, OF the New
York Yacht Club finished In bad shape snap.
hook that attached the sheet to the Jiotopsai
caught in the cloth OF the jib and ripped IL ciea
across TO the lur Of the SAIL The jio was IN rags
in its upper part. They could not lower one SAL sa''
without lowering the other. and as they had only
two more tacks TO make before finishing they con-
cluded to carry the torn sails set to the end
THE SULTAN LOST HER TOPMAsT.
The Sultan OF the yawl class, yacht peiohs'"s
TO Mr. somervie. lost her topmast about the ehn
OF the first round and then drew out anu "e"'
to her moorings in Larchmont Harbor.
The only two schooners that sailed In the re-
gatta were the Colona and the Atlantic Inc
Colonia rave the Atlantic twenty-five minutes an l
time allowance. When the start was given DUH
vessels crossed the line with main Dooms 10 sur @
board and malntopmast staysails and balloon J'ps
full with the fresh northwest wind Inc Noioii'"
was somewhat in the lead, with the Atlantic
cIose second and It was in this order that they
rounded the first mark off Parsonage Point.
Aronp the 5l-foot cutters the Acushla III LED
over the line at II AS The Kestrel was secohu ana
the Syce third. In Class X of soops In cruis-
ing trim the Kaora crossed first, with the LIFTS
a bad second The Sultan led across in the yawi
class.
One OF the surprises of the day was anorded
by the Boston flyer. the Meemer. which MADE her
first appearance in these waters yesterday one
started in Class L OF sloops, with the HuSsar
the Eurybia and the Irex. Later spectators had
much difficulty in finding what class the Meemer
was sailing in as she so far ahead that she
seemed TO be alone. She belongs to r. B. Nicker-
son.
RACE OF THE OISEAU AND THE MONO
Class NJ of sIoops. including the Possum and the
Zenobia was sent off at 11:55. In the next class
lettered n the 25-foot knockabouts Mono ana
Oiseau made pretty and determiled race
all day. The Mono was designed by c. H. Crane
for his own use and his boat was sailing against
one of the fastest things the Herreshohs have
una n n a
race all through, with a difference Of one minute
and eighteen seconds at the finish
In the 2l-foot knockabout class the Rel, owned
bv Eugene Ientilhon. OF the Penataquit Cornthiar
yacht club mad9 bS hSr the pRdf and the Mon
goose but was a welcomed visitor. 49,,
In the Seawanhaka knockabout class Ine
Thelga. owned by A. p. Thayer. took walk
over Glass Q OF soops was sent off at i2Io' ana
]. Nelson GouIds Edwina ii met something nara
Al The he ca boat Class had in 1t once again the
Years ago when sailed by the De Forest brothers.
The Win Lose owned by j. & APPlePRy, RrsdtSs tTos
oui Vive, which chased her hard around the
course. t., -. .,,o 90
Larchmont by train to take charge of their yachts
in the regatta were IN the trains pp IRON Mop Ver
non. by washout.
THE LONG LEAD OF THE sYCE.
BY ,he time the first round was finished 1t was
seen that II the wind held the Colonia would
give the schooner Atlantic her handicap time ana
tine allowance There was some misunderstand-
ing IN the 81 foot class OF cutters 10 the time of
Starting and one boat got off before the others,
but it thought last night that the long Iead ot
Mills Of the New-York Yacht Club, the owner OF
the Kestrel after the race admitted that ms boat
was in hard luck all day. He said that the kestrel
had not struck the catboat Wlndora, tnough they
can q very close before they luffed apart.
In this regatta the 70-foot schooner Qulssetta,
owned by r. Lincoln Lipptt. could not start IN her
race with the Brokaw schooner AmoIlta ms Is
such a hard fought class and the results are so
continually changing that the public Interest never
flags for a moment and In the non-appearance OF
the Qulssetta yesterday one of the best promises
OF the day was turned to the wall.
The yachts finished as follows: