New-York tribune., 1901-05-31
Y YACHTING.
THE sEAwANHAKA CoRINTHIAN YACHT
CLUB OPENS ITS RACING SEASON.

Guns Of the Seawanhaka Corinthisn Yacht club
and the flagship Aloha seemed to provide the
signal for the TO make its appearance en- n
gloomy morning yesterday, and then the waters of
oyster Pay seemed TO put on their company man
ners to greet the many guests that thronged up
into the clubhouse the hill. Some arrived by
four-in-hsnd. 10 the footing of horns. and others
arrived IN steam la inches from the various yachts
anchored IN the bay.
The formal opening OF the race day took place at
noon, when the firing OF a gun on Commodore
Jamess flagship Aloha TIE club hoisted its own
coloTs ana saluted them. Strings OF flags went up
the yards and truck OF the tall Flagstaff on the
edge of the grassy hill overlooking the bay and
al the same instant the long spars OF the Aloha
were decled with flags from the end of the horn
and from the waters Under the horn away back over
the trucks and down TO the nrainboom end The
squadron which included F. @. Borne's steam
yacht Coionia, the steam yacht Lavrock w H
Burgess steam Coyote. Anson Phelps Stokes's
new cutter Mermaid, which was bending for the
frs time the sails Of her cutter rig. and
many others. dressed ship. A big newcomer from
the Royal Yacht Squadron steamed into the har-
bor just after the club opened. This was the bark
e,-ire rrged. three masted auxiliary Cuhona
owned by Henry A. Campbell. Of Lynford Hail.
England 2 member Of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron who has been cruising in the West Indies. and
arrived yesterday, after many thousand miles OF
,oyasing
Luncheon served in the clubhouse at
o'clock and at p. m. Charles H Leland. the new
ly appointed signal officer OF the club. sounded the
ratory signal for the of the three racing
classes The interest chiefly centred in the first
Trial of the new raceebOut. owned by II. NJ. Crane
and designed by his brother Of the firm OF Tams
Lernoiae 6 Crane. Clinton Crane had present his
last years boat, the Raider in order 10 his
latest design. and the Herreshof raceabout Scamp.
owned and sailed by Johnston De Forest made the
third 0f the starters
IN the maneuvring for the one-gun start H. NJ
Crane finally came out OF the shuttle with lead
OF about half a boats length. the Raider being
close on top and TO windward. while the Scamp
came two lengths later. The first two were close
mark the new Merrywing drew out promisingly,
pointing higher and footing slightly faster than the
-Four Il the Seawanhaka knoekabouts started at
Slo-rhe %akodo. owned and sailed by the chairman
of the race committee. c. w Wetmore; the Mynt-
is owned and sailed by Nice-Commodore Colgate
Re Marcia ownes and sailed by Mr.. Jacquelin and
y Ia Roy Dresser. Smart on the gun Mr. Dresser
most even on the line. but to leeward. Then came
the Nakoao and Mr.. Hoyts boat
Tolnqing NE [s{ @ aIh be o R5i56iaronnd spsr BuoT
go slD ~, soi,.beasterlV for stakeboat in Cold
Spring Hsrbor. and back the Plum Point mark.
This triangle was sailed three times, there being
some wirdward work in the first leg. with reach
and a run 20 follow. the course ending with a
back 70 The finish, OF the clubhouse;
Al the end Of the second round Of the triangle
second place from the Raider. but she had not
causht he new Crane boat The order at at thls turn
IN The last part OF the racing better breeze
spranC up from the southwest, and the Scamp got
oUt into the lead. finishing winner by small but
Among the lnockabouts the vagrant wandered
- the front and stayed there tin il was time for
supper: the Wyntje, sailed by Colgate Hoyt, being
IN the race for unnamed. but Numbered her club cat
after taking so long a lead that the others gave
The following table shows the results of the