The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-24
ALTAR AN EASY WINNER
Outsails the syce and Hussar II. over n ITS
angle at L~archmont.

A light south westerly breeze favored tne
yachtsmen at ~Iarchmont yesterday. IL was ho'
tho kind Of breeze that those VINO nave 'aoi"S
boats like, but il was better than on oa'u'u"'
and the beats were able to sail over the course
IN fair time. The Regatta Committee gave tno
preparatory signal az noon. and although 'he'e
had been a delay in making the start se'era'
classes had not filled. owing to the yacn's ho'
being able TO reach the starting me III UNIV
There promised to be "A good contest. however,
between the 5l-footers and The rdceapou's'
The 5,-footers were to sail twice around a lri-
angle, the first leg which was four mics east.
the second four miles southwest ana the th'Tu
three miles north northwest. They we're sent
of at IL 10 o'clock.
The Syce led across the line. with the Affair
on her weather quarter. and the hus~ar H. was
handicapped forty-seven seconds lhey had
booms eased TO port and carried balloon JiD
topsails. The Affair at once tried 10 Iass tho
Syce, but the latter luffed out and the two
| yachts had a pretty scrap that took them way
across the Sound. Then they squared on on
their course and we're able to carry spihhakets.
In the meantime the Illus ar hnd xep' on ABOUT
her business and had gained quite a bls i,ad.
but when they fairly started alter her me Syce
and Altar soon cut this down. me tuSsar
reached the first mark at l;i5;25. ana started TO
beat back to the next marx.
The Syce was leading tho Affair as they ap-
preached the mark. but Just as they started 70
round the Altar pushed In between me marx
order to avoid a foul. As II was the END oil the
Affairs boom caught the bowsprit or the Syce
and both boats promptly hois'ed protest faes.
which yacht was In the wrong. They worked
along the Long Island shore n short tacks to
the next mark. and the Altaire or, the leat
passed the uussar, The times at the second
mark were: A~ltaire. 2i0O5, HuSsar, ?loi5;
Syce, 2I22i. i,
1t was broad reach across the Sound. and
on this leg the SyCe gained considcrab bly, lhey
gybed around the home mark. where these
times were taken: Affair. 2;s4lsi Syc', 2?6Ol;
~Ilussar, ?: 5000 The Hussar made a sharp turn
and got on the Syce's weather. Tho latter was
not able to get clear until they were half way to
the first mark on the second round, The Affair
sailed further and further away from the other
llusear tn Sycc went ahead. The Altar won
by 10 minutes and IS seconds. and the Syce
beat The 1ussar s minutes seconds. ,
The raceabouts and knockabouts were started
at l2l5 o'clock. They crossed the line we'll
D6fsen, SNAPPER, S., Scamp. Persimmon.
Some OF them we're able to carry srinnakers
guyed well forward to the first mark Then
they beat 70 the second mark ma reached
tho dU" { cllce ne and 9Ep Teplire e30f ir S,ler the s4 iace. At iiu the
end Of the first round the times were:
Raider, l44:.6' Snapper, 1850: Colleen. i:atio;
PersimfnOn. l:A6:l0; SIS LACED; Misttal. l'aO;l5;
Bobs, I5l:05; ~Slindrift, l:522o: Pampero, 1891.
In turning the home mark the SIS and Per-
simmon fouled and the Sis ran into the stake
boat. This called forth n protest from the
owner Of the Per-immon. on the second round
the leaders ran INTO a soft spot and the Persim-
mon was able 70 get the lead. She led IL to
the finish and won the race by 30 seconds COL
leen was second. benling the Snapper 5 minutes
SO seconds. Then came the SIS. spiadrllt and
Raider.
The knockahout Mistral beat the Bobs 2
minutes ~ seconds. The schooner CnCas was
to have raced against the Glendoveer. but the
Glenduveer did not get TO the ne In time and
the lncas sailed over the course alone,
F. NJ. Hoyt arrived OF Larchmont with his
new EnElish yacht Isolde. She attracted much
attention. She Is a very handsome boat, II Is
probable that the Isolde will r4ce against the
Astrild, owned by Wilmer and Addison q.
Hanan. tomorrow. Summary Of the races
follows.
sCHooNERs-CLAss r. o. ~FEET-sTART.
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