The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

\ MS sdnRulne IcllOW COrlntnlnna saw, Win the
starry eyes Of faith. the best sort Of
yachting weather coming up out OF the south
west Tho saying. which has grown almost to
proverb In Larchmont. IL that when the tide
10 mood. the wind fiat and q haze Is over tho
e Sound. good breeze from the southwest. or
thereabouts. 10 due to come out Of Cow Buy
i, when the tide GIBBS or sets 10 the eastward up
the Sound
T.. THE START POSTPONED.
Tho race was sc hedued to start at II 80 A.
n That hour came and the Regatta Com
mittce announced that the start would be post
poned an hour or until that breeze from Cow
Bay came along. Meanwhile. visitors from
Manhattan and less i'm portnnt places wandered
about the clubhouse and looked at the many
beautiful. historic and curious things on tho
walls. There was the steam whistle from the do
stroysd battleship Maine. a plate from the Indi.
ana. through which q I-inch she'll had bored
its way. tho bell OF the old corvette Kearsarge.
wrecked on Roncador Reef. and relics from the
Spanish cruisers oauendo and Viscays; also
there were samples OF the art OF many dstin-
Gushsd Americans who love to paint
pictures.
Az noon tho air began to clear bit and
tho ReGattu Committee. John +. Lovejoy.
Howard W. Coates and Frank Hardy. marched
down to the float. They had seen the be-
ginning OF the fulnment OF Gus Mon
Cow Bay. They siRnalled to naphtha
launch. which came alongside the float. With
the chroniclers OF the race they boarded the
launch and went skimming out to tho ocean
tug Lewis Pulver. As they got outside the
cove they saw the great single stiokers down
near New Notwithstanding toward thelstartng
point under mainsnlls. jibs and club topsails
They had boon noorsd over night about q mile
OF G. Oliver Iselin's residence. An View" on
Premium Point. Tho Defenders sails ap-
parently fltted better than they did In her pre-
vious race with the Columbia Tho altera-
lions made the day before had improved
them. II was noted that the leech OF the
Coumbia's club topsail had three bsttens in H.
This great triangle Of canvas had been tremu-
lous at the leech in tho race of Sandy Hook.
and tho battens. IL was observed later took the
tremors out OF 1t. Tho committee and the re-
porters boarded the Puver. which Immediately
steamed out to the starting line. marked by
two barees. from the Raffs Of which danRled
two hue-and-w white balloons" or canvas
spherea.
The work OF the Regatta Committee was
Enthusiastically swift. A big square Of white
painted metal. with the figure 1 on it In black.
was hoisted on a horizontal signal line on the
Pulvor. indicating that the course would Ibs
mo. l." That was described as follows In the
typewriter circulars posted on the clubhouse
bulletin board and sent to the manager Of each
yacht:
THE COURSE SELECTED.
FROM starting limo to and around red
dory. with blue and white ball thereon, an
chored In the middle OF Long Island Sound.
distant about eight nautical miles: course.
east threequarters north. leaving same on
starboard hand thence to and around white
spar buoy with letter l. in black painted there
on in Hampstead harbor. Off Prospect Point.
distance eight nautical miles: course. south
west by west. leaving same on starboard hand;
thence to and around tho southwest stake
boat. distance three nautical miles course.
north northwest. leaving same on starboard
hand To be sailed twice around"
Mr.. Loyejoy siRallsd to the tugs skipper at
IL 30 O'Clock and long blast OF the Pulver's
whistle warned sailing masters to get ready
for the battle. The Yachts came down toward
the line with booms to port and 4 gentle
breeze. freshening every minute on tho star-
board quarter. To the north the sky looked
gruesome and one m uffled thunder peal started
folks skeptical OF Larchmont luck to saying
things portending bad day OF 1t after all But
the Iarchmont optimists merely smiled. They
knew.
The yachts had jbtopsails in stops. There
was a little man9uvring for the weather
berth. and the square heads" or Norwegian
Sailors. on the Defender. who are apparently n
trfe more familiar with their craft than the
Deer Islanders are with the Column ba were
mighty quick in their work. The Defender got
to windward Of the new yacht Both broke
out Jibtopssils when the starting whistle
sounded az 1910. IL was seen that the Column
bias jtbtopsail was somewhat larger than that
OF her rival.
The wind at that time had freshcned to a
nice club topsail breoze blowing from the
south-southwest. They were coming down
for the line with bones in their teeth. and the
scene was an inSpfring ono. The crews were
working like beavers. The Scandinavians
seemed to DO determined to show that they
could do better than their rivals on the Column
bia and tho Deer Island sailors on the Columbia
were trying to redeem themselves Cant. Barr
was at the wheel OF the Defender and Capt.
Rhoades occupied n similar position on the
Columbia.
When tho whistle blew the yachts were ap-
preaching the line on tho starboard tack.
Each had calculated the time we'll and both
were near the southwestern stakeboat. Each
boat was moving through the water fast but
the Defender. az In the race on Thursday. had
the best OF 1t. II was expected that tho Column
bia would do we'll over the Larchmont course
because Capt. Barr has sailed Commodore
Clarence A. Postley's schooner Colonia there
so often that he is thoroughly familiar with tho
course. but Capt. Hhoadcs was too smart
for him. and tho old champion dashed
across the llne al lZ:tU:4l. or Just
forty-one seconds after the signal had
been given. A couple Of dozen sailors were at
the main sheet. and as tho yacht went over
Mate Miller yelled to them to trim in. and they
pulled with vim that Is rarely seen on o
yacht in these waters. The stately looking
craft heeled In the breeze and sped through
the water. throwing spray on each hand. The
Columbia was just astern OF the Defender
only separated by twelve seconds and right In
her wake. Tho crew OF this yacht were haul
ing at the main sheet as she passed.
OFF FOR THE FIRST LEO.
Both boats were luffed sharply to get all sheets
trimmed properly and then they were or Capt
Rhoades realized that the Column bia would try to
get on his weather and he pnched his boat to
keep her we'll to windward rather than on the
course which was set as east threo-quartsrs
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