New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-05
YACHT CLUB CRUISE.
THE CORONA AND THE AsToR CUP FOR
SCHOONERS.
BELIEVED THAT SHE WILL HAVE A WALK
OVER IF THE AMORITA AND THE
QUIssETTA DO NOT ENTER

Yachtsmen think that the Aston Cup for
schooners is going TO the flagship Corona this year
IN what will be practically walkover IL the Amo-
rita and the Quissetta do enter. But the Outs
setta is reported to be preparing for the racing,
and has received a nainsail from Ratsey, in
England The AmOrita has been out on the ways
at the Robert Jacob yards. City Island for several
Gays. and went OF yesterday. She Will not be
present at the rendezvous of the club Glen Cove
tomorrow, but may meet the feet at an Eastern
port. So far the performance of the schooners
this year indicates the probabilities. the Astor
schooner $1,000 cup is the Amortas if she sails for
it, accidents barred, she beat the Colonia (now
the Corona) last year almost even terms, and
she is much better this year than she was last.
She has beaten the Quissetta in every race this
year and unless the mainsaN is wonder she
can do IT, again.
Now that The Tribune has exclusively shown that
the fleet of 70-footers will be ready for the best
racing of the cruise, and, illustrated by the re-
pairs TO the Mineoa, have its recent damages
partly rectihed by temporary patchwork on the
outside # may be added that this fleet will have to
meet W. o. Gays 70-foOter Athene finished by the
Herreshoffs last fall. The Athene is much the
kind OF boat those in the feet, and she has
received number of improvements TO fit her for
the coming tusse. William Otis Gay is member
OF the club, and amount Of private agreement as
to exclusveness in the sailing of a design fleet
can prevent him from sailing for the Astor $500
cup for single masted vessels and yawls. The four
Newport seventies will have meet the fifth
,,
and keen interest this contest. the Athene has
SO far remained unknown quantity. Her owner
is an accomplished yachtsman, and it is not likely
that he would undertake The large expense of fit
ting the new yacht for the racing field unless he
had satisfied himself that his chances were reason
ably good
The seventies, however, have no such mortgage
on the Aston Cup may lead any one to think
that the winning OF it lies in this fleet This
promises to be the greatest contest OF the
year with many entries, and the who could
pick the winner at this stage of the game would
have be the best product of many generations of
prophets. From the thorough testing that the
Hanan boys gave the Astrild Newport lately,
when this boat was sailed in company with the
seventies. at least enough to gauge speeds,
il is certain that they have their opinions the
ee in fresh breezes ii is certain that the Isolde
can do slightly better with them in similar winds
slow there are the new EerrestoFs 6ftvlopes Al
tair and Shark and the Gardner design Syce, all
OF which make the seventies hustle give
them the required time allowance. The 6O-footer
Queen Nab viii perhaps not be running, but if she
enters and gets the weather hard enough she will
ued up in port The Nab is real yacht and If
the new feet tries 10 stay out with her in east
erly gale she can simply drown them.
In a light weather contest the CroWninshied de-
vel VIII look SEf for ana large l9e allowances Mh9n
sailing S a. ~ feet racing length and the Gardner
whereabouts if the airs move moderately. These
get such large allowance that either Of them
may win. even though almost of sight when
the first boat in finishes.
The intense interest in the coming is there
fore attracting large fleets the New-York Yacht
Club cruise which is going gather strength il
proceeds eastward. Some of the Eastern boats will
not come all the way westward to the rendezvous
at Glen Cove tomorrow, but will meet the feet
later on, and al Newport the numbers Of cruising
vessels carrying the white starred red
blue ground will be greatest. The first race will
be TOMORROW, when the yachts viii sail to Hunt
ington Bay twenty-one miles, and Tuesday the
run VIII be to Morris Cove and Wednesday to
New London. From the latter port the feet will
sail forty miles to Newport on Thursday leaving
again on Friday for Vineyard Haven retracng the
ti1lrty-seVen miles 10 Newport Saturday.
There Will be nothing done Sunday and on
Monday the races for the Astor CUPS will be
ship.