New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
YACHTING.
THE RAINBOW. THE SYCE AND THE
QUISSETTA WIN IN FIRST y. Y
Y. C. CRUISE RACE.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED VESSELS AS
SEMBLE AT GLEN COvE-THE SAIL
TO HUNTINGTON

Win . NICHOLSON Kane In charge, used the steam
yacht Radha, chartered by Adrian IselIn.
Naphtha launches. motor boats. gigs and dingeys
lined the water for hundred feet around the
Corona, and the calm surface of the harbOr
ghntng on thousand polished brasses the
smoky sunlight shone down with power that
could almost raise blister an anchor stock
The usual quiet of Hampstead Harbor was broken
by the almost continuous saluting Of arriving
yachts and the brass barke- the flagship
corona was kept even hotter than the sun coul1
make 1t In returning the official greetings A hot
smoky mist enveloped the entire feet, and through
this the huge sails Of such yachts the schOoners
Hldegarde and Constellation lowered up dim and
almost shapelesS. The canvaSes of the more dis
tant yachts colored blurs a pict-
ure that had neither horizon sharp lines and in
which there nothing to distinguish sky from
water.
1t not a promising day for the big Of
the year. for the contest which was to follow
On a good many of the large sailing yachts there
were women grouped about the companonways
exhibiting collection of green-lned white
umbrellas. Yachts with auxiliary power left their
anchorage and moved about to make breeze of
their own, and where sails and awnings cast
poorly defined shade there were human beings
gathered hot thirsty. breathless.
The following yachts were among those present:
sCHOONERs.
Gevaa, Howard ". Coates; Corona. Commodore
EeNbsr 9T5s Safs Lfd{2rd Fsgr De L{s H. r W3GoJt
L. Hustled Carotta Charles F. Ulrich; Katrina
James b. Ford; Rosemary, Frederick G. Fletcher
< W p WaT6 dsgaFde George
NV NJ, Weld Laton3 Henri C. Enc kiw9Ssa r. p
Malcolm Graham; Uncas, G. z. Buchanan; Alert
Gissetta H F Lppt1 1' Indra IN SN John NJ s5 RiSh
mond; Kusalha f. +. Onev
SINGLE NIAsTED VESSELS AND YAwIs
,Albicore gawD. Seymour J: Hyde; Athon. f. B.
MysP sbak fToffTs TaSrop Manws Amss Eor A4t c?Ta
modore {; L. F. Robinson; Uyira Robert P Dore-
Ru5; dT 0IGa%a EenTy R9herti Syce Henry ;
ssreI Nj. NJ Ho!yt Jesstca, J n Macdoqoush Rain
man. T..it -; " Noe,,, ~ V- lNtlt
Countess Oswald sanderson; Yankee, Duryea 4
hard so ss "t%i5 Johu FG96 R6odas sSaF Huron on
Iiendlicks; Altrurian, f A Haight; yiriiant, Per-
Fowler; Wasp, Cleveland H Dodge '>''"' a. H.
STEAM YACHTS
Corsair J. Pierpont Morgan: Intrepid Ilovd
Ph%nix; Xi9a Abraham Bapd9unine; I$arracoua
EtWarG heiIyi Electra f Gerry; Mirage, Cor
nea Perry Bemont Wild Duck General General F''2
Greene; Florence 4 H. AIker Clermont. A Van
santvoord: Narqna George f. Dominick; Radha
Colgate IIoyt saghay;. H. C. smith: Reba y.
Hl{nergH Arfen5s Frederick G. Bourne Duchess
Emha. John T, Williams; Marietta, Harrison b.
Amesi MAY. Commodore Alexander Van Rensse-
iaer; ForEe-Me-Not Butler Brothers; Tillie. F. L.
z; TroybEdSe; t5, NlTyana W r sands Giralda. Ed
l RGdhd
a signal was hoisted to tell the vessels to move
out to the starting line off Matinuicock Point
Scores OF anchors were lifted OF the blue clay
that makes this harbor good a ho!dnG ground
and big forward canvas twisted the yachts round
iazily, to float away out into the open Sound
The cutters Mineola and Rainbow went out with
their headsails In stops under OF their tenders
the Scout and the Mirage while the sail yachts
slipped out dreamiIy and silently TO the mill pond
waters OF the Sound.
The preparatory gun went of at 2.S5 O'Clock for
the start OF the single masted vessels and yawIs
Henry Redmond's Syce broke out balloon j.b and
crossed smarty time. followed by the KIowa
IN" Effort the Countess. the Wasp. the Affair
and the Sist@. She had brand new suit OF can
vas on from the lofts Of Wilson & Silsby and the
boat showed from start finish a big difference
from previous performances.
The start for schooners gi~en at sos O'Clock
and the two-masters crossed this order: The
Hayward. the Quissetta, the Iudra. the Uncas the
Rusalka, the Constellation. the Shamrock the
Latona, the Ingomar the Me;era and the Kiwassa
The Newport seventies got a special start at s.15
o'clock The Mineola rounded the club boat TO Kill
two minutes and then for the Ile under bal
loon jib, crossing first with the Yankee 10 wind
ward and about two lengths behind The wind
was about south-southwest and the course to the
first mark was eleven miles northeast by east half
east: thence Ave miles west southwest half west
to mark thence ive and half miles east south
east 10 the finish OFF Huntington The Rainbow
took the leeward end of the line did the Syce,
y
course. The Yankee did not follow the others In
setting her s9nnaker but hauled under her
balloon jib toward the land. The Rainbow broke
out spinnaker the line and the Miueola at
3.1730
All the boats Of the different fleets were now
carrying spinnakers starboari. and $50
o'clock the seventies were passing he fleet OF
schooners and other vessels, the Yankee going
windward OF them. thus escaping all bIauketing
The Mneoa sailed through the fleets she
overtaking, and had 10 pass through the lee of
many large vessels. The Rainbow was too far
leeward of the fleets being passed to be much af-
fected by them, and she went straight the due
for her mark. opening long lead.
At 4:2O o'clock the Yankee got a good air of the
southeast. and her splnnaker, which had been set
in the mean time, now came In. and she seemed to
be heading high she could under the balloon
jib. She got long lead here before the Mineola
could sail In the same breeze. Sp'nrakers came In
everywhere but ali held to their balloon Jbs
As the five mile mark was passed at 4:SO o'clock
t me osScf s 1 b Ra1beu ie wasp
siste, the Katrina. the Wayward the Hester.
and the whole fleet behind.
The order of the leading boats continually
the Rainbow the Syce. the Constellation the
Yankee the Wasp. the Mineola the Affair the
sailing wonderful race clear away from her
class and the boat not recognized. and caused
enough to make out Captain Dennis's big sun
helmet She led the entire fleet to the outer mark.
The times taken there were:
Syce ......... 90 30 EIebe ........... 5:4O:II
Rainbow 99O:9 Katrina 4343
9usseta 81 81 az S'st@ 5t+3S
Mneola 5:34 % Ingomar .5f9:+4
Constellation .5:3450 Latona S5I rs
Wasp ....... .535:C Indra .............. 5:52:3O
shark 1882 Effort 20
Affair .5:4011.
At this mark the Mineola stayed sharp round the
ClOSehauled