New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-20
YACHTING.
THE RAINBow-MINEOLA RACE.
SAME CONDITIONS AS WHEN THE vALKY-
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SAME CONDITIONS AS WHEN THE VALhY-
RE III RAN INTO THE DEFENDER
As the positions OF the Mineola and the Rainbow
were described by Captain wrings yesterday. the
collision which occurred in 1885 between the De-
fender and the VaIkyrie III in effect
terpart OF what occurred in Tuesdays race or
oyster Bay. when two OF the new seventies raced
for a cup be given by the Seawanhaka Cortn-
THAN Yacht Club. wringe did not speak OF or IN
any way discuss the finding Of the Racing Com
mittee. but he showed the writer on paper how the
yachts approached each other prior TO the contact
point And before going into the points 70 be
toned 1t would be well quote prominent yachts
mans remarks about this class.
He said: First class yacht racing between best
ana pest boats is not q game for babes and suck
hngs II is game IN which one skipper will right
fully force another the greatest possible tncon
Venience IN turning him by the laws OF right OF
way out OF his course That is the game That IS
the way Wringe plays the game, and when another
skipper does not quickly enough see when the
nIes are suddenly turned him, why. then he
has 70 stand the racket"
Wrtnse says that as the boats came near each
other he had the Mineola close hauled on the star
board tack for the wtndward end Of the crossing
line, when the Rainbow, which also had her boom
10 port saw that she coming the line
soon for the gun. and Dayed away TO down, to
exhaust more Of the time She then came toward
the Mineola, with her boom fat aft but not run
ming by the wind
I called out 10 Parker" he says, q" Where are
you going? He then hauled up or the wind. but
not soon enough 10 clear, and his matnboon
caught our topuasr shroud and pulled the topnasr
out. I put the helm hard up TO save damage, but
Il : had not done so the Rainbow's ulainsaT would
nave been torn 10 rags"
Curtously enough, the Observation-Disclosures uixup
IN the second race OF 1875 was precisely the same
IN regard to the laws and results. and almost iden
OcaI N the relative positions. Then, as now both
yac9ts were coming OF the starboard tack 70 the
after crossing. The Valkyrte was in the lead, bur
down inside the line Here She met the Detender
which mad the same unntstakable right OF way as
the MineOla had Tuesday. The Valkyrfe swerved
and swung up into the wind, but not before her
& Sf Sus nj me same ShFoud that suffered IN the
IL. n MS case The toPmast was dragged over the
Inc decision IN both cases was the same, except
g 80 &c III ny AAs TIE haLLO0" 10
mas been published to suggest that the committee
assistance in SUGGESTING that this committees IS not
only right, but is able 10 cite OF the highest
Importance which is on all tours with the present
Legality. IN giving It's decision the committee did
5 9E 9Tos s me 9tqer apL92rt[y gnG II maze
aduuced in the recent finding Of the New-York
test in the Glen Cove cur race The Seawanbaka
committee here refused p0intblank TO consider that
hauled on the syarboard tack, and here Wrinse's
II is easy said he, TO look as II you had the
right Of way when you have the unainsai hauled
You can pay OF and have II abeam. or even aft Of
abeam while any one who is not carefully watch
ing the winds direction Is apt TO think you
by the wind That was the way the Rhiueoough
tRainbow) was comm She was paved away OF
with her sheets fat aft
August Belmont, the owner OF the 3rneola, was
at his Office, No. q Nassau-st, yesterday. He
thought that, the decision Of the committee had
been rendered, he would prefer not to talk il over
for publication OF course the decision was in his
favor. but Mr.. Belmont does not approve OF any
owner OF G racing yacht horse discussing the
merits OF the case after committees decision has
been rendered He was equally Tettcent about the
recent decision Of the Newport Yachting Associa-
ton. which stood him OF from 81 900 cup Several
pe-Sons-not newspaper men, but club frtends-have
beer trying TO discover how he felt about that de-
cision and they will probably explore for good
while before they find out. There were other mat
ters about which Mr. Belmont spoke freely but
these were not for publication, though Il the
81 bjects should be dealt with later IN general
article on the yachting season, and not connected
in any way with Mr.. Belmont, they would help 70
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