New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
YACHTING.
THE YANKEE WINS THE FIRST OF THE
sEvENTY-FooTER SERIES.

Newport r. l.. Aug. 1.-THE four crack 7o-foot
yachts-the Rainbow. Cornelius Vanderbilt the
Virginia w. X. Vanderbilt, jr; the Mneoa, Au-
gust Belmont, and the Yankee Jointly owned by
Harry Payne Whitney and Herman Duryea, ooth
of whom were on board-started this morning In
the first OF the five races of the second series Tor
the $1,000 cup offered by the Newport Yachting AS
sociation. The owners of the other three yachts
sailed in them.
Just three minutes before the breaking of a big
black wind squal from the north, that made coast
ers douse everything but mainsails and jibs, Cor
neius Vanderbilt's Rainbow, under mainsails,
cubtopsails and balloon jib topsails drove across
the finish line in the last of southwest breeze
She was the leader, but not the winner The
Yankree, which crossed the line minute q SECONDS
later, had the race by 81 seconds. August
Belmont's Mineola. which would have been third
boat lowered away her clubtopsails and mainsali
and was taken into tow by her tender, the Scout
w X Vanderbilt's Virginia. after lowering her
clubtopsail and balooner, puckily hsld on TO her
mainsail and jb. and crossed the finish line after
the souaI struck her Through a second squall
with rain her skipper sailed her right up to her
anchorage. in Brentons Cove, arriving almost as
soon as the other three. which were towed in. The
race whole was an excellent light weather test
OF the four yachts.
Fog and calm weather gave little prospect OF a
race early In the morning. but by II o'clock 1t had
cleared and soon after that the committee yacht
Mirage arrived, with Messrs. Ellis, Canned ana
PIumer on board. and took her position, north or
tory signal at 11:35 and to start at u:4O
Breaking out No. 2 reaching jib topsas, as they
approached the line. the Rainbow and the Mineola
crossed it in that order with only four seconds
between them. All the starboard tack
and the Rainbow had the lee berth. The Mineola
had half length overlap on the Rainbow, and
the Yankee the same overlap the Mineola.
When Duryea, at the Yankees helm. saw the
Virginia far astern he turned his boat back just
before reaching the line, and went to meet the
other. Then placing her the Nirginia's weather
bow he crossed the line % seconds ahead of her
The Yankee was then minute and IL seconds be-
hind the leader, the Rainbow.
The course was twice around a triangle of fifteen
miles the first leg southeast four miles. being
a close reach; the second southwest one-quarter
south five and one-half miles, beat and the
third. north, five and one-half miles. run. In the
close reach TO the first mark the Yankee beat
them Her time was 20 minutes l3 seconds; the
Virginia p minutes Is seconds; the Rainbow, Il
minutes 36 seconds. and the Mineoa, p minutes 42
seconds The mark rounded like this: The
Rainbow. 1902: the Mneoa. 1203:1O; the Yankee.
12.04 80; the Virginia, 12:05:l5.
The wind about south at the start. 1t had
now fallen lighter. and backed TO the southwest.
The windward work began by the Mneoa and
the Yankee splitting tacks with the other two. It
proved a good plan. for this is how they rounded
the windward mark: