The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-13
FOG.BOUND AT NEWPORT.
YACHTS UNABLE TO SAIL IN
SPECIAL RACES or n. Y. y. C.
The Start Il Scheduled for To-day All the
5O-fo0ters Ready for the Fray-The A.
Ixntics Fleet Still at New Londen- Hera
In the Lead but Her Victory IL Questioned.

The Start IL Scheduled for To-day-Au TIE
5O-foOters Ready for the Fray-The A.
Ixntics Fleet Still at New London Hera
In the Lead but Her Victory IL Questioned.
NEWPORT. July IA thick fog that was
blown In from the southeast spoiled the first
day Of the special races arranged by the New
York Yacht Club. The yachts entered and
a large fleet that were to follow them over the
course tn !ped at their anchors all day. The
utility tu1, +. /. Luckenback, laid the turning
marks, and "a soon ~ she had finished hei task
she ra, for the harbor, but the fog shut down
SO thickly that she had a hard time finding her
way In. Then the committee boat, Edgar L.
Luckenback, poked her nose outside TO see how
thick the fog was, but she soon returned and
the morning was spent In vain waiting for the
weather to clear. shortly after 1 o'clock the
COMMITTEES boat went out again, and tho yachts
men were instructed that II II was found clear
outside four blasts Of the whistle would mean
that the race would be started, 1t was so
thick, however. at Drenton's Reef liRhtship
IN 1t was decided to wait until tomorrow.
For the first race the 7O-footers entered are
vice-Commodore Belmont's Mlneola, Cornelius
vanderbilt's Rainbow, W. X. Vanderbilt. Jr.'s,
Virginia and Harry Payne Whitney and Herman
y. Duryea's Yankee. This will be the first time
the four have met, and although the Mineola
has done well against the Rainbow and Virginia,
the Yankee Is ex pected TO give her a good race,
and there Is plenty OF betting that the latter will
win. The Mineola will be sailed by Capt. Bob
Wrings, the Rainbow by Capt. Parker. tho
| Virginia by W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and tho
Yankee by Herman b ,Duryea. The Mlneola and
manned by Scandlnayians. and the Yankee by
Deer Island men, 30 that the Yankee Is an OUT
and-out Yankee boat % her name implies.
BY Cord, Meyer; the shark. owned ". Oliver
ana a%f1 III. u ke ssss, S Sxnsd ! !. ]: sG1!H!I% MIL, TSs;
and nlsrt this snV viii i"t b. their f frst rrsttfsSo" In D0i The
sO-toot class are y. o. Havemeyer's Esperanza.
Rail Rs n; Eali3'; h hs5e; sis Ws "a D0la A. pso s,pIiS
syce and other yachts are In the harbor and
a special race 1; 70 BE- arranged.
Is fcs bound at New London. The EEociiips:
got as far as stoninSton and then ran 20 har-
O'Clock, followed by the Clermont, When on
the lights at the entrance to Fishers Island
Sound the fog shut in thick. and the Marietta
c %s' Sna G nan to . P Polni 8 1u nias. followed aRsa dAs By "f tSs
yachts used their whistles all the way. The
S wS'T with d HSTs y" C ON m dSa Aarrisso ,HAf +.
Moore had a party Of friends on the Marietta
and he was very much relieved on getting to
anCnOF.
The postponement OF the N. Y.-Y. C.'s races
did not prevent the S-footers from sailing,
rain or fog in no way marrins the sport TO their
owners. -Four Of them got out and raced twice
over u triangular course In the strong south
wester, covering the sixteen miles In hour
and 50 minutes. The Hera crossed the line
first. but IL Is a question for the Regatta Com
mittee to decide i she won the race. All the
boats were sailed by their owners except the
Esperanza, on which was Rear Commodore
Charles l.. +. Robinson Of the New York Yacht
Club. The start was made from Brentons
Cove. the Wa Wa leading. II was 2 reach,
which the Hera got the windward position.
At the end Of the nrst round she was twenty
one seconds ahead OF the Wa Wa She held
the lead until the end Of the second round, when
the wind shifted TO west, giving to the Va Wa
a slight advantage and TO windward.
II was a close reach to the line and the Hera
had no room TO spare. The race was very
ex citinR, the boats coming mast TO mast. Mr..
Ellis. on the Hera, seeing he could not clear the
stake boat called for room and luflno up shot
across the line a second ahead OF the Wa Wa
She had no sooner crossed than her fin hung
up on the stake boats Gable. The question is:
Does it constitute a foul after the yacht crosses
the line. and does a yacht give up her right to
the road when she lufs up' Summary: