New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
YACHTING.
FAVORABLE BEGINNING OF LARCH-
MONT'S WEEK OF RACING.
SIXTY RACERS CONTEST IN EAsTERLY
BREEZEs ON LONG ISLAND SOUND.

Iarchmont Yacht Club yesterday, and this opening
day Of the clubs race week gave a good promise Of
what is 10 follow. The racing, with one day for
water sports etc. will Last until next Saturday.
among the Interesting prizes which were sailed for
yesterday were the Adams cups presented by
Commodore Frederick r. Adams. These will be
won IN series racing in Class |, the sixties; Class
x the hfty-ones, the Larchmont design 25-
footers and 2l-footers These handsome prizes were
on exhibition IN the clubhouse yesterday. For
Class I there is silver meat dish, Of marine de-
sign: for Class X there IS silver capstan to be
used wine cooler; for the twenty-fves there IS
a well designed silver water pitcher. These were
made by Starr, and the fourth. a flower vase, Tor
the 2l-footers was made by Whiting
All four Of this years 75-footers started in the
schooner class, and the course they and the other
- large classes sailed 15-mile triangle the
first leg OF which was six-mile beat TO marx
off the north shore of the Sound. The second leg
was six-mile run. with spinnakers to port. to
mark off Prospect Point, the entrance to Hemp
stead Harbor. and the third leg reach OF
about three miles the home mark at the start
ing point
ELMINA LED THE FLEET
The water was choppy and the breeze had a
good power at the start, when the big schooners
made spirited departure at Il 40. and IT was soon
seen that the Elmina had the legs Of the fleet
The times taken the first mark were; The
Elnina 123ss; the Quissetta 12:4li5; the Amorita.
1912 and the Muriel, 1913 iS
Philip T Dodge's new 65-footer Eelin here made
her first appearance on American racing course
She was built at Southampton by Sumner Payne
on Arthur Payne's design and raced one season in
England. Yesterday she met the previously i'm
ported Isolde and Hester, the latter being now
owned by Rear-Commodore c. L. F. Robinson OF
the New-York Yacht Club. 1t was hot class.
AT the first windward mark the boats were timed
as follows: Eelin. I2:43: Isolde. 12:4S2S; HESTER
l2s5:5o.
In the 5l-foot class the Huntington design Hugue-
not proved that she had added much TO her speed
by her recent alterations in removing three OF her
five tons Of ballast the fin and also in enlarsng
the sail plan The Huguenot is much the same
stvle of boat as the defender Independence. and
may be quite unknown a quantity as the
Crowninshield design, her first performances being
disappointing. But, like the independence she
got wonderful when she had the breeze
yesterday. and the end Of the first round she
beat both the HerreshoT designs. the Humma ana
the Affair the times then taken being: Huguenot'
1860; Humma. 1:ls45; Affair. 1:ls:lO
Four starters went away in the Se-foot class
T. D. Kings Spasm, ]. E. Martins Anoatok and
Rallou's Possum These defeated by
H L. Maxwelrs Leda formerly the EnorD. Her
reshoff craft of last year.
Cardner's design the Dorxina, another vic
tory in the 43-foot class. the Ludeah not finishing
and F NJ Smiths Effort being late by over six
minutes.
]. r. Maxwelrs oseau has lately been sold 10
G. L. Pirie. The boat showed that she is just as
fast in the new hands. She took first prize III a
feet OF nVe IN Rnlcn were aiiieu ca
rronzi second price, A. H. Alker's Alerion, T. H.
Macdonald's Kit and J. NJ Ellsworth's Loreiei-
MEMORY TAKES sAILovER PRIZE
F2etveen the two yawIs Memory and Sakana,
owned by w n Bavier and A. B. McCreery, re-
spectively the former won by considerable mar
gin and as only boat, the Nei-San appeared
in the Larchmont one-design class she took sail
over prize
When the schooners rounded the first mark they
set spinnakers port, and there was not much
change in their positions at the prospect POINT
mark where they timed, as foHows' Inc
Elmina 81 Ss: the Quissetta, 1870; the Aorlta
1:S2ls; the MurIe 1910 These larger vessels had
10 sail course OF thirty miles twice round the
fifteen mile triangle, and at the emo OF the hrS'
round the schooners were timed thus: The Elmina,
l43:20 the Amorita. l4S00; the Quissetta, aooo'
and the Muriel. 1870
The sixty-f1ves were timed at the second marx:
The Hester 1881; the Isolde, 1888; the Eeiin
I:35:5l and at the home mark. first round. they
were timed thus: The Hester, l;3O:OS; the lSoiue'
Isl :5s; the Eelin, 1920.
The raceabout class had five boats in the melee,
the Badger owned by Messrs. Jones and Thorsen;
the Viper belonging A. ID. Hennen; H M
Cranes Merrywing. Bryan Alleys Snapper, and
F. r Bedford's Rogue. Mr.. Crane was again sue
cessful in leading this fast collection TO The finish
emp6astzed ena Mn ~ WIN. GEef iO''
Among the sloops of Glass d. IS to 2 feet the
and not timed the win going to r. Z 6%t sane a1
by several minutes.
A
Manhasset raceabouts. Guy Standings t1reny tax
Aiker's Mist s W. Roachs Larnbkin and the Bah.
owned by Messrs. Morgan and Phillips.
SHARP CONTEST BETWEEN 1S-FoOTEks
For the smart class OF soops under is feet the
contest was very sharp. there being no less Than
eight starters, r. Belmont's Sandpper. August Bel
mont. ir.s. Kingfsher, c. Oliver Iselins Hope
Lewis IseIin's Nora Guy Forbes's Nike w. Pryers
Cricket and c. D. Mallory's Neoia and the Mystral
Mr. Iselins Hope after good race, the Crlcket
taking second prize and the kinghsher the third
a ~. Bradley's Vera did not come up for timing
goose @ and the Kazaza did not finish her sail over
Among the schOoners the Eimilis, sailed by
Dennis took a win in almost solitary way, and
Mr. Robinson's Hester proved able 10 give The new
Eelln all the time allowance requisite, ana tne
Isolde, with a corrected time of 4:?4:2s was de-
feated by the Hester whose elapsed time
"a the elapsed time OF the Isolde being 445:zS
eispsed time of 4:40:2s, and showed herself to re
valuable addition 70 the American rae racing heio.
Hanan's imported cutter, which was recently
burned.
The Huguenot failed little when the wind got
light later In the day, and the new Hunlrna, lately
finished by the Herresho1s for J. r. Navel re- re,
Meyers 5l-footer Affair by minutes and 2
seconds and the Hugqenot by minutes ties and
an excellent performance in beating the Affair,
and had much improved the racing outlook for this
The following table shows the results of the
racing:
scsooNERs-cLAss D-s5 TO rs FEBr-sTART. 1;so
Elapsed
v..,. Owner, EHs Esiss T%s flSf
Elmina p II 4:l6:49
Amor1ta. W o. Brokaw. l:e4 4sl:6t
Murfei Charles srnhers. s42'o2
scHooNBRs-cI-Ass p-cRUIsING TRIM-sTART
f1:4o
Katrina James D. s:43:2o 1902
Eldegsrd Il. J. Bsrgen. -..--.D Did not finish
sIooPs-cLAss I-co TO 20 FEET-sTART. n:45.