New-York tribune., 1900-09-14

hao opened gap Of perhaps r,iIa fror, the o+rs-.
- 'ooA w N her spinnaker and gybed her main
ooom TO stsrboard That was probably when shs
nrst discovered the outer mark ,b,o,,.b 49,, I,+
-Ns % us metal cone. The Mineola was now the
Onis ooat with her mainboorn to nor4 and sha va.
SsAe srouno. as her spinnaker did not I'LL well
fopnd ~ ooh twgged' that the Rainbow had
- - me mark, for she gybed back Immediately
- Oihe along at the heel OF the hunt
NJ 4ANkEE STRAIGHT FOR OUTER MARK.
toi'S' oead roll was coming in from the south
-. eS' tnat heaved the wind out Of every sail
49,, litors carried The position OF the outer
tba - - discovered on the Cepheus at ass and
- 6IAee mad been heading straight for Il ALI
nc une- This mark had a bright inverted metal
ne a the top OF its Flagstaff. and refracted the
Sun rays and indicated the position OF the buov
= IsasI 1hree times further than the mark itself
-4o oe seen II sent its heliograph message about
SIX or seven miles yesterday. It was an in,nrovA
marks ~ N'S NuO
me WIND shifted more northerly and easterIy at
90 ana al the racers had 10 remove their sufu-
makers while they lay up for the mark that wore
sbo,,4 44a[Ine IN helmet At $40 the yachts were
Eainbow and Mineola carrying spinnakers well
m 1orwsro and The others with their boorns down but
Yankee at 345, but Mr. Duryea headed the Yapkge
Rainbow ahead Soon eTwaEd h6S fSs Mpeae {aT me
came along 70 blanket be- Iae7re ne A1tntola
lG4I4Ing OUT When she got the Yankee within about
elght points Of her course she sIi Vav inside for
noauvring and oB5aned third pace ei"ia IN TINS ma
and "a @ hen 1P ,3 6ega1 hauling e the southwark
faster 70 ne III Iol,gmlnE her N this. Ell coming
e oo~ gyped over 70 the new wind at 400 and set a
horeS9,aTS5 eco 5so[oPsal ] for the Wtndward work
I9a2%ed 5i S BY the Yankee 4o7.5s. Mneola at
on coming TO the turn the NineoIa held - bs-
G4-s9Gn % IN much longer than the others, but had
virginia here set q large jibtopsaT for the wind
soon as he turned she thsn SET .Ti TiSCt1g as
295d finally sent up baby. which She carried to the
TIE SAIL FOR HOME
The wind was now fair for the homestretch of
fifteen miles. and after some little shifting II came
out OF south hv west and STAYED there I'll The
finish The Mineola took a wholly different course
after rounding, and lay VI several points higher
5 man the Others which were all lying above their
evidently expected the wind 10 20 6sck rortbVes7
ery, as he was pinching up 10 windward nearly all
were al heading about west, and at 425 were head
-ag west by north half north. The wind came
which the yachts alternately lay down and stood up
Later on they were running northwest Dy west
half west just half point above their course and
ne oIlg I5lng 70 record OF ths part Of The run is
taat the Halnoow was not being overhauled and
that the Yankee seemed TO be going faster toward
towed out and trimmed better for lifting along
forward and rhngp[ --l5To-a "Ss pGLtoaea down
going home she v-5s Tot f- l1uE @ as oest qIae
elapsed times Of this run We're The Rainbow
1850; the Yankee 1891 the MineoIa As s. the
pert, and designers on the Cepheus, agreed that
the 2tineola was TOO farteaed in forward but
probably no difference of handling would have
totally removed the Rainbow's long lead. and Cary
asrees Lnat me tainnoW gained her lead by
making practically two broad reaches Of her run 10
leeward. The veteran sailor and designer believes
that boats will sometimes make better running in
ms way giving the balloon J5 its fun work. than
N keeping dead before the wind with the spirna-
ker squared II Is an interesting point Of which
the last has not been heard
The yachts finished as follows. The Rainbow
554l3; the Yankee 557-2s the NIineola 557 IS: the
Virginia. $500
The Rainbow beat the Yankee ; minutes sec
ono7 the starting tine being calculated the Viz
GINA minutes 80 seconds and NIineOIa min