New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
YACHTS BACK AT NEWPORT
,1-NEVENTFUE RUN FROM VINEYARD
sOUND-THE RIG OF THE INTREPID.
lnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuxE.l

Virginia, and she was the first arrive up the
hav at Cottage City last night after yesterdays
,ace The black boat came through the moonlit
streak and threaded her way silently between
tbe anchored steam yachts. which were all
ablaze with lines Of electric lights. Every now
and then one or two Of the six searchlights
7lsying on the waters would pick out the vir-
einia and the white sails of the piratical look
ing craft would stand revealed against the
black background if she were the product of
q magic lantern slide. Not yacht finished in
time last night in the from Newport to the
vineyard. and the day better for bluefish-
ing than racing. The brightly painted buoys
that showed the locality of the lobster traps
we're floating in every direction on the sunny
blue of the ocean. and some of the stragglers In
this expedition reverted TO the marauding in
stircts Of an earlier day, and had lobster in the
galley pot inside of two hours. The entire fleet
has not been seen bout it, but il is known that
one vessel secured nineteen Holsters. though
whether by purchase or acquisition is not Vet
said for publication.
The men on the assembled vessels made an
early start to-day, and before S O'Clock fifty
yachts could be counted on which the crews
were removing the covers from the canvas and
hosting sail The launches Were scurrying to
and fro between the shore and the yachts
the late conlers sought to get aboard after a
long difficult farewell from the maidens Of Cot
tage City. The preparatory gun was fred at
8 a. m. from the steam yacht Reverie, which
was being used by the race committee. The
wind was then light and northeasterly, and the
tide was setting easterly through Vineyard
Sound. Some yachts which Were to start
had difficulty in keeping steerage way or, so
much so that the big schooner, the flagship
Corona came to her start stern first. but man
eyed 10 turn G bit and take the line sideways
sc she was timed W. K. Vanderbilt's Virginia
was off first at 9:11:0G. when the nine to ten
gun, for sloops and yawls. was fired. and after
her came the cutter Bedouin. at GIL :43. Henri
s Redmond's Ailsa gybe6 al the line, and
crossed third at 912:15, carrying spinnaker
70 starboard; P. T. DodSe's Eeliu came
fourth at 9:12:16 and T. NJ. Smiths
Effort crossed at 9:13:23. Next came Rear
Commodore c. L. F. Robinson's Hester, fol-
lowed by the Navahoe, owned by Royal P
Carroll. at 9:15.o0 The big yawl vigilant was
disqualified because she made the committee
steamer drop back on its cable 10 avoid a
souI The Navahoe was also disqualified, be-
cause she fouled the bowsprit Of the commit
fee steamer Revere and sprung it, The Wig
rent did not get away after her handicap gun
when four of the schooners had already crossed
Mr. Ford's Katrina the first to light out
FOR Newport after the gun for schooners was
fired at 9:15, crossing at 9:1G:02. She was car
rvinr q noainmast staysail- and spinnaker to
etarhoard and then came Butler Anes's schoon-
or America sending up her maintopmast bal
looner as she went across at 9:1G:55. The Indra
followed at 9:17:23 under similar sail. The Wig
liant far behind her class, was now able to
cross but her actual time was not officially
taken. willard Wards schooner Shamrock came
next at 9:l7:47. followed by Mr. Brewster's 10
0-7S hall
and balloon maintopmast staysail Cord Meyers
Affair OF the 51-foot cutter class. far behind,
came timed at the handicap gun 9:15, with her
ballon jib set and her spinnaker in stops. H. F.
Lipptt's Quissetta had her balloon maintopmast
staysai rap full as she left at 9:19:14, and then
came the auxiliary schooner Cachelot at 9:1S:50
The flagship Corona crossed after the schooner
handicap gun and was consequently timed at
800. The schooner Rondina crossed at 800
followed by the sloop Hildegard, Handicapped and
timed at 9:15. W. o. Gays 70-foot cutter
Athene did not cross the official line. but passed
outside ii, that she not in the race,
though she made fine sailing to Newport. Among
the big steam yachts that followed the racers
were the imported three-master Taurus. which
was lately purchased by John H. Hanan, and
chartered by him to Mr. Pierce. Of st. Louis.
Mr.. Hanan himself has chartered the steam
walters's Narada had party on board. Former
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry's steam yacht
Electra was in the van, with the English steam
yacht Tuscarora, chartered by Robert b. Ballan-
tine; Henry 7. Soane's big auxiliary schooner,
H. j. K Billingss imported steam yacht Surf
Mr. Drexel's sultana, and many others.
THE INTREPID EXCITEs INTEREST.
The course Of the yachts was thirty-seven
miles long, and lay westerly from the West Chop
buoy through Vineyard Sound, seventeen miles
10 the Vineyard Sound lightship and then about
seventeen miles west-northwest to the Brenton
Reef lghtship. of Newport Harbor. total dis
tance Of thirty-seven miles. AS the yachts
passed westward with the light easterly wind
after them they passed Woods Hole In this
order: The Virginia. the Eein the Bedouin and
the Vigilant. In this part of the the
most interesting craft the Sound was Lloyd
Phoenix's big three masted auxiliary the In
uepid, which was sliding along with the wind
We'll aft and carrying the double raffies Of the
Great Lakes schooner type. Size had fore and aft
foresail mainsail and mizzen. with their three
fore and aft gafrtopsails. Jib. flying jb and jib-
1opsaA, staysai, mizzentopmast staysail, square
sail and the two raffies. The rattle as shown on
the Intrepid is a triangular sail set from the
topmast head out to the end OF the squaresail
yard and TO the old square rugged denizens OF
uie briny; this triangle seemed to be new
thing The Intrepid carries fifteen sails, the jib-
popsall and forestaysail not being set when she
provided day for the photographers and others
yesterday
AFTER the yachts had passed along about
eight or ten miles more southerly breeze came
from the ocean over Martha's Vineyard and the
enssetta. which furthest in toward the
island. got the wind first. and lay down to it.
the Navahoe. on the lee quarter of the Vlgilant
came up through her lee The Ouissetta then led