New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
YACHTING.
s1-CcFssFrTT REGATTA OF THE NEW
ROCHELLE CLUB-FIFTEEN
BOATS START.

Easterv weather has seemed TO be q fixture on
Long Island Sound for the last ten days, but II
did prevent fifteen smart racers from racing
the line the regatta of the New-Rochelle hacht
Club yesterday. This number represented only
small portion of the long list OF yachts that were
previously entered, and doubt the hard north
easter of the previous night prevented many yachts
arriving from distant harbors. One of the items
OF the day chiefly 10 be mentioned was the satis-
factory and expeditions manner in which the races
were handled by the Regatta Committee which
was composed OF ]. D. Sparkman. chairman +.
NJ. Carpenter. o. NJ. Becker and ". E. Moore.
Charles P Tower OF this committee, was unable
attend
In the racing field anticipatons gathered round
the SO-foot sloop Rochelle. which was built last
winter by the Huntingtons. of New-Rochelle, and
their design. Yesterday the Rochelle was sailed
by Larry Huntington, and 1t is said that II the
boat proves to be a flier her owner Edward Kelly,
OF the New-York Yacht Club, will carry out his
his original intention and send her across TO race
at Cowes against English vessels or her class
Mr.. Kelly present yesterday and followed the
Rochelle in his big ofshore imported cruiser the
Barracuda The steam yacht kismet, owned by
]. Rogers Maxwell, was present apparently for
the object of having OF Mr. MaXwelFs racing
shippers what the Rochelle was worth, as there
will be boat sailing in the same class owned pE
one Of Mr.. MaxweIrs sons The Rochelle how
ever, seemed conscious of being interviewed and
she gave away nothing about her real speed 10 the
reporters. After the race Mr. Huntington said ne
got caught in a calm on the other side Oh
the Sound and that that spoiled his chances. But,
matter what the cause was. the Alerion. in the
class. beat her over the course and there
surprise that the yacht did not act
in accordance with the published reports OF her
speed and fly away from everything.
Commodore Charles Pryor's flagship soop OF the
42-toot racing class had no npetitor. but sailed
and alone around her course with all the
decorum of a proper flagship, and with no undigni-
fed haste. W. \. Bav!ers 36-foot yawl PossHm
also things IN her usual leisurely way. Icing
constructed 10 interpret the delights OF cruising,
but the yawl Sakana, Of the same class, had a
at the stick who has q restless, uncomfortable
habit of always bringing boat in first, and tnev
let Bryan Alley have his way yesterday. the
yawls Veery and Escape being almost equally po-
lite to the from the Larchmont Yacht Club.
Hazen Morse was sailing his improved Kittie
in the raceabout class. He has deepened her fin
eight inches and taken on new canvas OF the
same last years 1ut not OF so nigh a
reach. He and the Spindrift came within the
width of a coat of paint in the chance of foul
the start. The gun missed fire just as the
Spendrift came on time to the line, and that
bothered Mr.. Pire and sent him sailing down the
line eeward for short space The kitte then
npped in between him and the wlndward mark
of the starting line and got the weather berth and
the best of the shuttle This advantage she held
before The first windward ynaTk was reached off
the Hen and Chickens Rect and as long as the
to be Caught BY the generally victorious spindrift
The of these boats and the 25-foot sloOps
then lay the Execution Reef mark and back 10
the starting line but they only sailed this triangle
twice distance of eight and one-half miles, the
Regatta Committee not trusting the continuance
OF the breeze. and deeming il wiser 10 stop them
the second round. The other classes sailed longer
course, triangle of seven and onethrd miles. and
were stopped the finish of their first round,
having been to the Gangway Buoy up the Sound
and 20 the Old Hen Buoy of Hampstead Harbor.
The new Maxwell 2l-foot waterlne raceabout
which arrived last week from the East. was
entered but did not sail. This is boat that is
looking for Mr.. Prizes Spindrift, and the expecta-
tions that the fur will fly when they meet and
when the sixteen contestants OF this interesting
class try conclusions. The former Indianola, now
called Edwina III since owned by Rear-Commo-
dore j. Nelson Gould. won The race in her 25-foot
sloop class against Mr.. -Foltz's Kenosha. and the
Ute.
When the Regatta Committee had started the six
cle sses and went off view the racing of the
sells, the kitte and Spindrifl were first met the
former with good but not fully comfortable lead
which she held to the home mark. In the 10 the
wlndward buoy on the second round she lost her
position, as the wind locally piped up, and she
nnally came in SO seconds behind. Mr. BirdsalPs
l. o: also beat the Bohemian Girl. and the boats
finished at the following times
EaTy0a Gl rs: O. -: 80 Bohemian Girl 45ss;
4:i53; Kittie. 42s33; spindrift, 4:27 40; Kenosha
4:$s:l0; Edwina III, 43s:09; Ute 40 Rocheile
Al SO; Crony 4:4S44: Alerion. 4:19:S5.
The winners Were Eurybia l. o.. Sakana Spindrifr
Edwina III and Alerion. F'''
The following table shows the results Of the
racing: