New-York tribune., 1900-09-04
YACHTING.
LARcHMoNT REGATTA IN BREEZE
FLYING STARTS AND FINISHES WITH SOME
FoULING AND COLLISIONS.

Flying starts and finishes, and the yachts
on their sides all day--that is the memory OF the
Larchmont special racing yesterday. The breezes
were coming hard enough to test the stoutest rig
ging, and 1t often seemed that balloon jibs did
not do much extra good and that yachts carrying
them would do as well better II not lugged
over so much on their sides The southwest wind
early. and freshened as the day aged SO
that many a fine vessel is looking for new piece
Of rigging a spar. The yaw Audax, owned
by r. w Eaton. carried out her bowsprit IN the
seaway and James Martins Anoatok parted her
peak halliards while she jumped out of hole in
the water. The new Haney boat. the Cherokee.
owned by E. w Clarke. of Philadelphia, made
fine appearance until she got crowded by some
other craft and fouled the mark. There was only
one aIternatve-she had to into the other
yacht or else hit the dory that was anchored out
in the Sound of the easterly marks. and
she chose the dory and knocked II to flinders
The committee steamer came out and the tugmen
took away some pieces OF the dory-possibly as
mementos.
The loss of one of the marks brought its usual
bother The committee steamed back to Larch-
mont and got a triangular float and set that OUT
but It to get 1t down in time before the
yachts arrived to round it. One boat. Hussar H.
was said to profit considerably by the float being
placed nearer Larchmont than the original stake
boat but If this was It did not seem to get the
new Webber boat any nearer to the prize
The schooners did not sail their right course out
turned a nearer mark set for another class. They
all followed the Atlantic like flock of geese after
the gander but perhaps this mistake. because COM
mon ALL will not make any difference in the re-
suits If nobody kicks and the time allowances
are not affected
Course No 1, for the big cutters and the schoon-
ers except Glass F. twice round a fifteen mile
triangle leading from the start east one-fourth
north six miles to a mark anchored; then south
west one-haf west six miles to Prospect Point, OF
Hampstead Harbor and returning three miles 20
the starting point. The course for Class schoon-
ers and Glasses K, L. NJ and was twice round
a triangle, with similar compass courses having
four miles to the first two legs, making twenty
two mile course. For Class and smaller fleets
the first two legs two miles IN length and one
and One-haf miles home. making an eleven mile
sail with the wind southwest. this gave all
classes broad reach, beat and another broad
reach the third leg, and they all travelled from
start to finish at about their best speed.
At II; ;35 o'clock the start given for the
schooners, which crossed in this order: The Way
ward, the Katrina the Atlantic the Uncas and
the sloop Lotowana which was having a match
race with the Wayward The Astrild and the
Isolde went off at 11:4O o'clock. Just before the
signal the Isolde came down running from the
windward and gybed neatly on top of the Astrild
and got the weather berth to cross. 1t was fine
handling but it did not succeed in blanketing the
imported Watson design, which still had sufhcient
wind pull out on the leeward course and get
away slightly ahead.
At 11:5O o'clock the Aleron. the Enpronzi. the
Anoatok the Oiseau the o Shima San, the Audax.
the Cherokee the Countess, the Escape and the
Flora crossed in this order. and five minutes later
the Senta the Rochelle. the Snapper, the Thelga,
the Colleen the Adelaide and the Spindrift crossed
all we'll together y pretty little feet went over at
noon It included t.s OK the Sandpiper, the King
fisher the Palani the Nora, the Rod and the Dud
August Belmont was sailing his Raymond's Sand
piper which eventually won, but at this start the
little fellows all trying to lug balloon Jos ano
having a gymnastical time of 1t in the seaway.
The Mongoose, the Fugitive. the Louise. the
Win or Lose and the Leisure crossed In the order
named at 1905 o'clock. and in this start Hazen
Morse who was sailing the Mongoose came nyine
down the line toward the Win or Lose till 1t
aan,ed that a collision was inevtta BILE. Then the
Mongoose spun like top and took the line on
the gun while the Win or Lose seemed rather
ratified and got in irons making poor start.
A new and pleasing fleet OF small crart appeared
here for the first time and was sailed by members
~ the Knickerbocker Yacht Club. which was yes
terdav on cruise at Larchmont These vessels were
open boats with fiat sterns and good beam and
freeboard carrying the Mackinaw Iis OF Lne IpPeI
relatively the larger one being forward. IneFe s,t
were six of these started, with others, al 1zh
! Sco0t the Wee Winn the Billiboy the Bluebird
| the ZAna the Mibabe the Spndrft, the Spunk, the
| Blackbird and the indian . -,
When the committee steamer went out 10 WdtcH
the racers the Affair having rather solitary
time working up the south shore, the Hussar being
! working back in the middle of the Sound, and the
Astrild was doing much the best at this time Sne
| was pointing higher and sailing raster than the
| Advantage in topsail canvas, as she did not keeT
| up the same gaining to the finish and eventually
| lost the race a close margin
This was the best race Of the day, and the two
imported cutters were closely watched by ALL there