The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-14

mark boat, the tux Ellis, clreled aRuna ei os ns5
! on the course. AZ noon another signal was
made. THIS was the hoistine Of, We
BHFSsssio ,S eInSitn tS Sad pra y mssns signal would
come and then the race would start The raaeIs
on board the steamers and yachts watonS1
| them a. they made the final preparations IW
4 the race. Balloon jib topsaiIs wore sent 10y.
In stops and were ready 10 be broken out ,le
! s%plnnakers were got ondeck ready ior use;
1 The wind was quite light and the pro-pec,1 2i
| the yachts being able 10 make the. course Hlthln
the time limit. six hours and n half, were nov
erls9 p. n IG1 9 4, nd n Ssd gS SS S sHs y plehty
! the start.
A 1915 O'Clock a gun on the committee boat
culled attention to the preparatory sigma
Snd then the yacht-men had ten minutes leit
before they had To. cross the line. When ,ns
signal wa sounded the Virginia and innkee
we're TO tho westward OF the line and the Mlneola
and Rainbow. Ia tho eastward, All were pn
tne starboard tack. staudlne In toward t,he
Hook. The MineOla crossed the line, but the
Rainbow tackled aud headed 20 the north and
then lacking under the committee boat ~ ausu
s srier sRs T pois. t MeTs low wsre n 70 port and The
splnnakers were got ready to be hoisted. There
was little manpuyring. Each skipper, seemed
10 be content with the position he had cameo
others. u
When the starting gun was fred at l22S
board and. sending the spinnaker, w, IN stops'
stood for the line. She was the Leading boat
The other three kept on each sSptain S %tnn,es
allowed TO get over, The Yankee reached me
line at i22eit and as she crossed the spin.
BBsIhisG ~q 1ib OT ISpsail S Ss, broken TGS Nt out as
the Yankee crossed and Capt. Winee timed
things so well that he sent the ,Allneola
across a. the handicap gun wHs tied at
l22s o'clock. Her spinnaker was broken
out Just before reaching the line, The olhtr
two were handicapped. Capt. Parker seht the
gun and the Virginia crossed thirty-three
seconds late. The Rainbow 10. spite OF her
handicap seemed TO have, the best positlon,
She had the Mineola blanketed. and at once
began 10 crawl up on the Belmont boat Inc
Yankee. too, had a poor place, The other TIRES
yachts were astern OF her and spelling her ~inu'
and soon closed up the space between thrm
Slowly bu surely the Rainhow passed me
Mlneola and took second place in the race and
then these two gradually closed on the Yankee.
and for a short time the four we're sailing ~ close
order Very little Roadway was being made
strong enough to I'LL out the light sails and
they hung like rags. The yachts rolled IN the
seaNay and spilled what little wind there was
10 keep his yacht moving the best and she was
slowly forging ahead. After an hour SAIL
ing the Rainbow had a slight .ieaa, Win tho
Meneola second, the Yankee third and NTginla
Upton weather" remarked a yachtsmen
On tho Cepheus. Il suppose we shall have 70
wait for several days now to get a breeze and
Sir Thomas will laugh at our experience"
The feeling on, the club steamer was vcry
much dividcI. There was quite n htue bettng
on the result Of the race and a few pools were
made quietly. The Mineola and the Yankee
were the only yachts considered ana IL was
even money tetween these two.
In sentiment. however, the YANKEE ana
the Virginia We're the popular tavontes De.
and it was generally hoped that one Of the
amateurs would beat the professionals on
the Mineola and Rainbow. The number OF
the Virginia was 7 and that OF the Yankee was
n IN IL WAS "pDmn Z come IL
Al 40 O'Clock Capt Parker thought that the
RAINBOW would d. better With the splnrake5
while gybing the boom over to port the Nlneola
sogk the c isSf' P BsISts sGg1staeedS the the i Rsink sSs;
10 starboard held a more southerly course.
The Mineola seemed 10 be drawing away from
the others at this time. but the Rainbow was
The Mineola,, Yankee and Virginia gqyed
their spinnakers well forward and held
O'clock the MineoIa Gybed over and
set her >spinnaker 70 Htarooard,
but the change did not benefit her as IT had the
the Yankee al 2O o'clock, passed TIE Belmont
boat and took second place IN the contest.
Capt. Parker had worked he Rainbow along
handing lead. The Mineola kept falling astern
and although she, too. had sailed a more south
ahead Of the Virginia. Then the Rainbow
Inter the MiueOlA followed. her example,
Al $40 o'clock the wind hauled a little more
10 the north and spinnaker;, were lowered on
each Yacht and With balloon jib topsails drawing
well they reached for the outer mark, which
could plainly lie seen. The Regatta. Commit
teo had furnished a surprise for. the racing
yachtsmen and for a time II rather puzzled
those ON the attending feet. A tin cone lad
been placed on the Flagstaff around which
The Yachts were 20 turn. The red Hog with the
white stripe huttered underneath this cone.
As the sun struck this bright piece, OF tin II
Aashedli ike a searchligh ut and attracted attention
10 the mark long before the .lae could be seen.
This was Chairman Eane's idea and II was gener-
ally commended. As the Yachts approached
the mark tie wind freshened a little. but still
there WIS n poor prospect OF the race being
finished. The Rainbow maintained her Lead
and the others we're very close together about
a third Of a mile astern. When near the mark.
the Rainbov's s%pinnaker was set again 10 port
and the Yacht carried II right up 10 the mark.
The others set theirs. too but only carried them
for a few minutes before they had 10 take them
in TO turn. The mark had TO be left on the
starboard hand. As the Rainbow approached
The marx her balloon lib tOpsail was taken in
and a small jib topsail set In its place. She
turned az 4O4:23 and hauling on the wind
headed for home. The times taken at the
turn and the elapsed times on the run out fol-
low.