The sun., 1899-01-22
ICE YACHTING.
Exciting Races on tho Hudson at Pough"
keepsio and Newburg.

IOUOHhEEPSlE,
exciting races In the 10S years of ice boatinf
on the Hudson was seen to-day. when thu
challenge race for the championship pennan
of America. u trophy OF worldwide renown
! was contested between the Hudson River ant
| Carthage Landing Ice Yacht clubs over Z
course lying north and south from stake on
| Crum Elbow to n stake north Of the Pough'
| keepsie Bridge. The distance between the
| turning points was two miles and half
The rules required the yachts to sail over the
| course four times. making twenty miles In all
| IN a straight line. but requiring thcm to cover
nearly twice this distance in actual sailing
The time limit was fixed at hour and 10 min
utes Tho race was to windward and return.
and all the yachts were started on line at
right angles to the wind.
The Carthage Landing Club sent up flve
yachts to compete. They were the Maud N,
North STAR Hcrmes. Ranger and Whistler.
Tho ferryboat refused to transport the Yachts
across the channel broken through the ice at
this point. and that made it necessary to leave
the larger boats-NIaud n. North Star and
Hermes-out of the race. The. Ranger. and
ovSrSnd fG" il wos srGa %o%ry
when he ug Ranger sailed by Charles I,!i Merritt
arrived Mt Roosevelt 5 Point. ihe starting point
The Ranger is a latren- rugged boat and carries
about j2j square feet of sail. and the Whistler
feet. The yachts of the Hudson River Ice
Yacht Club participating in the race were the
s"ed GG5g by William El s"o L. smith II Baen sailed SY BY
Norman Wright; Jack Frost, sailed by Archie
Rogers; Santa Claus. sailed by. Herman Won
The wind was southwest. blowing light and
steady. The yachts got off well together on
the port tack with the lcice leading slightly.
After turning the lower stake the yachts
crossed the line, which extended from RooSe-
Unlt "a n N q nj
Columbia and Yale crows. to a house on the
west bank of the river with the lcicle leading
Hanger third. followed hy Northern Light.
BlItzen. santa Claus Whistler and North
TmG FIRST ye @ss sas@nds we're wtS GoverSd Sd
1cice leading Jack Frost second and the Ran
ger third, The Bitten, which is considered
was obliged TO pull out before the race was
over Her runner plank was warped and the
of the Carthage Landing Club broke a block on
the peak halyard and withdrcw tho first time
Hround tDo ten miles the GGs E2Sed the
50 seconds Jack Frost. 81 minutes l / seconds:
Northern Light and Ranger, There was five
toned boats
The ice began to, get soft before the race had
the icicie would beat the Jack Frost because
Rogers had Charles Van Loan in the box with
him and Smith was alone o. on the Icicle. Tho
the Jack Frost, The third time down the course
the, Northern Light carried her lib sheet away
Icicle and Jack Frost was about as close
at fifteen H., miles i as at ten miles: The lecle
her. The Ranger was third The fourth time
over the course the ,lcicle naintained slight
length behind. The finish was exciting. At
the last turn of the upper stake the bowsprit, of
rudder of the Icicle. so close were the two
boats. Both yachts finished on the starboard
tack. The Icicle. finished first, covering the
The time OF the Jack Frost was l hour 10 min;
utes 4 seconds. The Ranger was so far behind
ished in l hour IL minutes "a seconds.
= NEwBqRG. Jan. 2l;-Ihere was vas fine sport at
Orange Lake this 9fGSrno9n ter The ice was il
was fair. There were two excellent races. and
it appeared to be Commodore Iligginson day
were run Off. The first he took with the big
Windward; but lost the prize on a tech
Seconds wh R smar me- won boS S oaS
Cold Wave, having as his principal comnettor
in each fontest nnift Kids al
'9 SON CUP S The entries we're the iSstS WindEsrd %
Elijah Walsh; Graziella. sailed by Henry iowa
Tr9ubler. by her owner, Alderman kernahan;
The bn 9e9nd eSa the Cold
got them, away from Pine Point stake at 80
o'clock. the rules requiring the distance to be
minutes; The Windward took the lead at the
never being headed She landed a winner SO
stake line at 2:04. The, Snow Drift finished
through the run. The GraZiella came in |
third at 2:10:22, the Trouber fourth at
2:11 :0S. and the Arctic at 80. The Cold |
Wave did not finish the distance Although |
the Commodore won the race in good style. he
was compelled to relinqush the coveted trophy !
10 the Snow Drift. This was occasioned by the |
rules which provide that no yacht shall in
,rease nor diminish ballast during contest |
On the second lap tho Windward. while shoot |
ing along like falling meteor lost part of hor |
ballast but the Commodore could not pull up |
and replace it. hence he lost the trophy.
The second race for the Challenge Cup of |
80 was one of the best and most exciting held |
IN the lake ia years. The winner. the Cold |
Wave. only ended the race ten seconds ahead |
IF the Snow Drift. When the starting gun got |
he six entries off the Troubler caught the |
wind in fine shape and flew to the front like a |
rocket. But the wind VeeTed about a bit and |
favored the others also Before the third lap |
could be made both the Cold Wave and Snow |
Drift had crept up on Trouble and then passed |
her as they were tacklng over to the west be- |
,ween the north and west stakes. From here the |
nterost in the race was again centred in the |
Higgnson and Kidd boats. No one could tell |
until the line was crossed which would eventu- |
lily make it first At last it was seen that |
l1igginsOn had trilc the better |
Df it, and he was winner by only ten seconds. |
The Vice -Commodore's son received many |
compliments for his afternoon 8 splendid work. |