New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-20
YACHTING.
NETWORK YACHT CLUB REGATTA FOR
GLEN COVE CUPS.

Fairly good breezes sent the vessels of the New
York Yacht Club regatta to a finish yesterday. At
first the wind came with good topsau strength out
Of the east-northeast. Later II dropped to a
lighter breeze, making OF the last finishes
rather slow. This the regatta for the Glen
Cove Cups and the vessels were started off Matini-
cock Point buoy and sent a beat easterly to a
club mark in the Sound of Lloyd's Neck. east of
Oyster Bay. From there they had a free run with
spinnakers TO a mark Off Great Captain Island,
near Greenwich. on the north coast finishing with
a broad reach back to the starting point. The 30
footers sailed this course once and the larger
yachts went over the triangle twice. making about
thirty miles
The interest Of the day divided between the
race of Cornelius Vanderbilts Rainbow with Au-
gust Belmonts Mineola and the contest between
w. Gould Brokaw's schooner Amortta and H. F.
Lippitt's Quissetta- These two 7o-foot schooners
for their fourth bout of this season, and both
fought 4 out gamely.
In the S0-foot cutter class there interest
ing passage at the start between the Rainbow and
the Mineola- The Mineola gained the weather
position and crossed nearly minute ahead. The
Queen NAB which had a special race with the
syce crossed close to her and the Hussar II.
Among the schooners the Amorita got the best
OF the send off, securing the windward position.
The Latonia, the Katrina, the Shamrock and the
Maynard also got away in the cruising trim
schooner race, and the order follows:
Mineola, 12:10:8S Rainbow, 12u:T; Athlone,
12:1 80: Queen Nab. 121:S5; Syce. 1211:57 Hussar
IL 1212.O8 Eclipse, 121313; Lotowana, 1247:o7; Way
ward. 1915; Shamrock, 121654; Corona, 12I71o;
Vigilant, 12I7:23; Amorita 121S:53 Quissetta,
12I917; Katrina, 121s40; Latona, 1920 (handcap);
Sayonara, 1920; Uncas 1920.
The SO-footers Wawa Pollywog and Hera were
sent away later in the order named, and with them,
some distance leeward, a member of the club was
testing his new 23-foot waterline sloop Rochelle,
which is to be sent England to in the Soent
The Rochelle had it out in close work all along the
shore to Lloyd's Neck, and managed to hold the
swift thirties better than the time allowance for
the seven extra feet of waterline,
The Amorita turned the easterly mark nearly
Ave minutes ahead and the Syce beat the Hussar
II over seven minutes. Henry g. Redmond. owner.
was on board the Syce. which was in charge Of
Captain Bob Dennis. while Captain will" Den
mis- guided the Amorita, with Cary Smith. her de-
signer, on deck. The Mineola, with August Bel
mont. owner. board with two friends, had got
away good distance from the Rainbow after the
beating to windward The easterly mark was
rounded follows:
6 r. the sTea IL SS the Amor the
S!eeR Ma the ms e IT
the Xigilant 1929 the Corona IA lO the Ath9n
the Uncas. 217:15
The Corona, the fla ship schooner Of the club,
sailed against the cup defender. the Vigilant, a
special race, and the Vigiant's centreboard had
been damaged by her going ashore in the Larch-
mont regatta last Saturday. neither vessel used
It's centreboard. This the first race between
these boats since they competed IN 1898 for the
defence of the Americas Cup against the Valkyrie
IT, and the schooner Corona, formerly the cutter
Colonia, did win from the boat which first
defeated her
All the yachts hoisted splnnakers for the free
run to the northern shore. and all made fast
running At the second mark Of the first round
some of the yachts were timed as follows.
The nsoa 14788 the Queen NAB 1;5S TO- the
2O5:2O; the Vgtlant, 2:O7:20 the Hussar H. 2C9 AS;
992.10. the Wayward 2:24:40; the Katrina, 2:2525;
the Eclipse 28O:45; the sayonara, 2:388O.
Cornelius vanderbilt sailed on the Rainbow, and
his boat seemed to be gaining a little down the
wind The committee Boat, with S. Nicholson
Kane in charge had J. V S. oddie, F. w T.
Hurst John Hyslop, John J. Lovejoy and many
others on board. The leading yachts were timed
as follows at the home mark completing the hrst
round: Mneoa, 2:12:53; Rainbow, 2:17:32; Queen
Nab 2:27OO; Amorita. 2:27:27; Quissetta, 2;295O
Vigtant 231:0O Syce, 1920; Corona, 2:572o' Hus-
sar H. 2:3S:12
1t was seen that the Qussetta had gained on the
Amorita The wind was getting light enough to
suit her The Syce was not quite so far ahead OF
the Hussar H. and the Mineola led the Rainbow
by over five minutes. In the second the Rain
bow lost good deal of ground, and was finally
beaten by II minutes and AZ seconds. The yachts
finished as follows: Amorita, 3:09:25; Qussetta,
3l9$7; Latona 61O:45; Katrina, 601:40; Shamrock'
6:2515; Maynard. 6:4:20; Athlon, 6l310; Eclipse,
6:4742; Mineola 6:43SS; Rainbow. 6;56:os Syce'
SPOOL; Hussar H. 5:5420; Vigilant 5;II6; corona
5:2O57: Sayonara, 6:2022; Uncas, 1O930i queen Map
5:i32s; Hera 3:O7: SO; Wawa. $4,000; Ponywog,
Ralph n. Ellis took his first beating this season.
His Hera came in second, being de1eaied, Dy Lne
Wawa which was admirably sailed all the way.
The Pollywog second boat in the trst round,
but somewhere lost place to the Hera~ The
The following tables show the results OF the
racing: