The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-13
FOG-BOUND AT NEWPORT.
YACHTS UNABLE TO SAIL IN
SPECIAL RACES or n. Y. Y. c.
The Start IL Scheduled for To-day-Au the
sO-Footers Ready for the Fray-Ths A.
lanticS Fleet Still! At New London Hera
In the Lead but Mer Victory IL Questi0ned.

The Start IL Scheduled for To-day-Au TIE
5O-footers Ready for the Fray-Ths A.
Iantics Fleet Still! At New Londsn- Hera
In the Lead but Her Victory IL Questioned.
NEWPORT, july IA thick fog that wa
blown In from the southeast spoiled the first
day of the special races arranged by the New
York Yacht Club. The yachts entered and
a large fleet that were to follow them over the
, courss tu !ped at their anchors all day. The
utility tug. +. l.. Luckenback. laid the turning
marks, and as soon ~ she had finished hei task
she ran for the ha, SHr. but the fog shut down
30 thickly that she had a hard time finding her
way in. Then tho committee boat, Edgar J..
Luckenback, pokcd her nose outside to see how
thick the fog was, but she soon returned and
the morning was spent In vain waiting for the
weather TO clear. shortly after 1 o'clock the
COMMITTEES boat went out again. and the yachts
men we're instructed that II 1t was found clear
outside four blasts Of the whistle would mean
that The race would be started. II was so
thick, however, at Drenton's Reef lightship
That IL was decided to wait until tomorrow.
For the first race the 7O-footers entered are
vice-Commodore Belmont's Mineola. Cornelius
Nanderbilt's Rainbow, W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s,
Virginia and Harry Payne Whitney and Herman
b. Duryea's Yankee. This will be the first time
the four have met. and although the Mineola
has done well against the Rainbow and Virginia,
the Yankee Is ex pected to give her a good race.
and there Is plenty Of betting that the latter will
win. The Mineola will be sailed by Capt. Bob
wrings. the Rainbow by Capt. Parker. the
Virginia by W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr, and the
Ysn5ee BY Herman a nna z .puryss: TIE s. Mipeoia and d
manned by Scandinavian and the Yankee by
Deer Island men, so that the Yankee is an out
An In the , n .nt' sIs sss' VII n h e. name tss k malis' owned
by Cord Meyer; the Shark. owned by Oliver
kmes;. the Syoe. owned BY II. 8. Redmond,
Altar and Shark are new HH.rrsshof boats
so-ioot class are il o. Havemeyers Espsranzn.
and Reginald Brooks's Wa. Wa. The Astriid,
syce and other yachts are in the harbor and
a special racs 1; 70 BE- arranged.
Is fog bound at New London. The 'Eclipss
so5 as T e, n T. s%sSa,nf 1T, s s.S 'h hsnd 5sn :, :, h y;
| o'clock, followed by the Clermont, When on
the lights at the entrance to Fishers Island
sDlnS t nSt, l0f + i Ili,ed II a 'p litsfs. an Them enc she Ssr wsns
on and ran to Point Judith. followed by the
Clermont. The fog was so thick that both
whistlins buoy on Point Judith was picked
up with difficulty. Commodore Harrison B.
Moore had a party OF friends on the Marietta
and, he was very much relieved on getting to
The postponemept Of the y, Y..Y, C.'s races
did not prevent the Mfooters from sailing,
rain or fog in no why marrins the sport TO their
owners. -Four Of them got out and raced twice
over q triangular course In the strong south
westeI, covering the sixteen miles 10 hour
and 50 minutes. The Hera crossed the line
first. but IL IL a question for the Regatta Com
mittee to decide If she won the race. All the
boats were sailed by their owners except the
Esperanza. on which WA Rear Commodore
Charles l.. F.. Robinson OF the New York Yacht
Club. The start was made from Brentons
Cove. the Wa Wa leading. IL was a reach.
run 10 the second mark and a beat home, in
which the HeIa got the windward position.
At the end Of the first round she was twenty
one seconds ahead Of the Wa Wa. She held
the lead until the end Of the second round. when
the wind shifted To west, giving to the Wa Wa
a slight advantage and TO windward.
II was a close reach to the line and the Hera
had no room to spare, The race was very
exciting, the boats coming mast TO mast. Mr..
Ellis. on the Hera, seeing he could not clear the
stake boat called for room and lufinc up shot
across the line a second ahead Of the Wa Wa.
She had no sooner crossed than her fin hung
up on the stake boats cable. The question is
Does II constitute a foul after the yacht crosses
the line. and does a yacht give up her right to
the road when she lufs upi Summary: