New-York tribune., 1900-07-22
YACHTING.
FIRST DAYS RACING OF LARCHMoNT
WEEK.
THE ALTAR DEFEATS THE sYcE BY LESS
THAN TWO MINUTES

o
ing. Out of eighty-fve entries more than nrty
yachts entered the contests. None of the schoon-
ers started though the Uncas. the Miladl ana lhe
Neeera were the bill.
In the days racing there wind from almost
every direction follows: Easterly, calm south
erly, southwesterly, calm, northeasterly, east d
calm and finally south. Chiefly to be noted was
the contest between the Syce and the Altar IN 'e
51-foot class, in which the Herreshon craIV
Affair by less than two minutes Owing TO
the winds coming in different directions, inter
spersed with calm spots the raceabout fleet "hlcn
usually sails closely together, was widely dlVloeo
at the finish, telling of the luck that some poa's
enjoyed and of nothing else.
The course for the larger classes was hrteen
mile triangle, first east to mark in the Sou"u
then to a mark In Hampstead Harbor and return
the smaller classes taking smaller triangles on
about the course and the yachts started as
follows:
At lis: Glass K-The Affair the syce and
Hussar II. Glass K cruising trim)-The Loto-
wana. Class mira.
At 1:20: Glasses NJ, N, M (yaw1s)-The Countess
the AIerion the Spindrift the Audax. the Freya,
the Katona, the Kittiwake. the shima San ana
the Oiseau,
At 1:25: The Persimmon the Rochelle, the Raider
the Mistral the Colleen. the Amomo, the spin
drift the Snapper, the Sis, the Thelga, the Dtpper
and the Vagrant.
At 1:3O: The Nike the Sara, the Nora. the Rod.
the Ok the John Dory, the Dud, the Kinghsher tne
Sandpiper, the Cicada the Moya, the Rudder' the
Sweetheart The Pirate and the Prize.
At 1:S5: Mongoose II. the Rod, the Vagabond the
Dot and the Ark.
At 14O: The sneeke the No. 2, the Kildare and
the w "a.
When the committee steamer C. P, Raymond
caught up with the leaders, the Affair had first
place. followed closely by the syce, the Mira com
ing next. On the way easterly the Hussar II
anchored for while in a calm spot to hold against
the tide. After rounding the easterly mark the
Affair and the syce first got southery breeze.
which in the distance could be seen to lay the
boats over The Affair got it first and ran some
distance before the Syce got breath Of 1t, and
that accounts for most of the difference at the
finish After that the syce had hard task pull
ing up anything. After rounding the southerly
mark they hurrying for the home mark
and lying above their course. The Affair was
carrying simply a jibtopsail Of second size while
the Syce was travelling under balloon jb. AT 4
o'clock the light southery breeze became general
over the Sound, and at 4O4 the Syce sent up her
spinnaker to port, Stacked up we'll forward. But
the Affairs lead too great, and Lem" Miller
took trouble to hoist anything more, seeing
that he could get home under plain sail before being
caught. Yet the Syce down good deal on
him, and carried her spinnaker to the finish line.
the times of their crossing being: The Affair.
4I4:33; the Syce 4I6:S5 The did nothing to
show the superiority of either boat and while
leaving the true merits Of the vessels undetermined
increased the general interest in this class.
While some yachts coming to the finish line
the lowering black clouds to the north sent some
boats douse their gladly soon as they
got across the line.
The yachts finished follows:
Affair 4I4:23; svce 4:1ss5: Persimmon 4;Sz07;
spindrift 4;340S; Raider 425:2l Sis 436 ;O7; MiTa
t5s2 2 sI Dot 45lOa; Snapper Thsiga 45s5l
Dtpper 4:5so5; ADELAIDE 51O2s: Countess, 5I71s
MOngoose, 53447; Lotowana, 536 :29 Sora, 55S:59;
MnVa Mmgsfer 542oS: sneeRe o. John Dory S25
Prize 627:49; Freya, 693:4S,
The following table shows the elapsed and cor
rected times:
Elapsed Corrected
n.ssss.s 5ssss & 3 s:..y s s59sss HSa
sLooPs-cLAss K-sTART. 1913
Affair Cord Meyer. 2:59:S3 2:59 .33
Hussar "a II James Baird :::...: Did not nnish
CLASS K-cRUIs1NG TR1M-sTART 1918.
Lotowana, T oc 4:21:2s 4:21:2s
CLASS I4-sTART. 1913.
Kafene6 KFa chaFs b Was Kqnf 532s ss7
CLASS M-sTART. 100.
GouRtsss gt Oswald dtt ss7s s578 $S7s sS7s
Isda rtSs Robert Rpoea b 12S5S tsS38
YAwLs-CI4Ass M-sTART. 100.
kreGya, k%G, II 4:42 4;39:42
spindrift, E s Drifting Did not finish
Qi:;;ss l. Il MICA: &i:: ss:E ss;sE
Kittywake. Earl Dodge. Did not finish
CLASS P-sTART. 1:25.
z$5s: z3a:: F'y:H: :: 5 s;?3
TWENTY ONE FOOT RACEABoUTs- START. 1:25
Colleen. L. r. Alberger. .9:1S15 S:18:15
Snapper, H l. Maxwell 1920 8:29;20
fSa%R pcrsmmon 90 H De Y warner 8:o :67 ] so7S7
Sis F. r BEDFORD ali :07 8:1i:07
sEAwANHAKA KNOCKABoUTs- START 1:25.
Thelga A. P Thayer. S:$1:54 3:S1:54
Dipper, A Iselin 3:84:OS 9:S4:O5
CLASS Q.
Pirate @ Arthur Foster Did not finish
Cicada, P; R 1abouisse. 81 8:22:31
Rod. D Iselin 4:14:o
sandpiper R. Belmont ............4;i9: 4:i2:23
KinghsheT A belmont 1r. 4:52:95 t:dS 4:IS:o5 5SI
sara w IN noGS. & Ja 1S9.5S
Moya PaQl Daha AZ 90, orii '''2
palm H Morse. .............. 4lO:47
CLASS s-sTART. 1855.
Dot c. T. Pierce ..3:l9:Os 319o3
CLASS T-sTART. 1875.
MoRsSossS II Simeon Ford sS9t5 sSa f5
ARK Kane ..4:l9:lS 4:l9:is
CLASS v-sTART. 1:4O.
Kildare T A Mcintyre 1859 "a
Kazaza, T J. McCahl. 3:57:26
CLASS w-sTART. l:4O
gaeefe aeasle R n BaHe o3 64t finish o4
DORY CLASS-START 1875
Prize H. Van Rensselaer,. DIG not hnish.
John DoEy Guy Standing. 4:S6:iI 4:55:J5
Rudder. II Stevenson ;SS 4:34:33
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS
from syce by 152. Hussar II withdrew.
Syce second prize
Siass Mira WINS from KsonoR 9y ;SS p +or,
Departure by 50 20. and shima BY s4:24-
'e@a Cas- tyaWislpAudax wins from Freya by aeOa
Glass N-Alerion wins from oseau by 2ooS
21-FooT RAcEABoUTs
Persmmon beats ,spindrft BY 1;5e Raider by ala.