New-York tribune., 1901-07-16
YACHTING.
EMMA WINS THE BIG SCHOONER
rrTy THE LARCHMONT REGATTA.

. fe ~ the Larchmont Yacht Club postpone the
IT, ~ the races yesterday until half an hour
STA oon But before the official start was sig
$50 little breeze came and did good service in
i .~,ne The air When the preparatory signal was
80 the four big schooners of the 75-foot class
- moving about in the neighborhood of the
,srchrnont floats. and preening their wings as
- waited H. F. Lippitt's big two-sticker Quis-
Ia was sheeting home her big gaff topsail AMI
n Gould Brokaw's Amorta was again found in the
s7 looking for a chance retrieve her recent
,osees Mr Brewster's Elmina. with Dennis ct the
rbeel was taking things quietly, and her sister
sbin the Muriel owned by Charles Smithers. looked
trim enough 10 sail for a nation
Besides the race in which the imported cutters
Hester Eelin and Isolde contested for the regular
class prize, there a specially arranged race
between the new Eelin and the Isolde. The latter
was won by -he Eelin. the Isolde Withdrawing.
One Of the peculiarities of the day the abil-
ity shown by the schooner Elmina to catch up and
u4n after late start Another oddity the de-
,eat Of the new and fast Humma, lately turned out
nv Herreshof 10 beat the Affair his own design
~ the previous year The Affair has lately shown
great liking for taking her old place of last year,
when she nearly always finished first.
Four raceabouts started from among a much
larger list Of entries in this class and Mr.. Cranes
Merrywing had the tables, turned on her by the
Badger d Crowninshield design. owned by F.
Bovine Jones and Mr.. Thorsen This is the seventh
victory this year by the Badger, and the two lead
ers in Yesterdays race rather dstanced Mr. Alleys
Purdon design. the Snapper.
When the starting signal for the big schooners
WAS given at i of them seemed rather
unprepared the Elmina and the Amorita making
moor starts. The Muriei first away at 12:S5:50
with sheets well off TO port and carrying her bal
loon lib The Quissetta second and
there we're perhaps six lengths between the vessels
as they tailed across into the race, the Emina be-
ing third and the Amorita fourth.
AT the y 40 signal the Humma led across. followed
E,aiin Isolde.
IN the order named, all carrying reaching canvas and
balloons The for the schooners and other
large craft first broad reach to
mark six miles of. thence southwesterly six
mile beat 10 a mark off Prospect Point, this being
followed by to the Larchmont mark This
triangle measuring fifteen miles had to be sailed
twice and the fact that the last of the class
enished before o'clock shows that the south
westerly wind was of sufficient power II was Hight
at the start but freshened 10 fair sailing breeze
later on and at the time OF the finishes it had
dropped 10 light again.
The schOoners were timed officially at the first
mark as follows The Murie 1S7:25; the Quissetta,
1885: the Elmina IA 49, and the Amorita 1:44:5S.
The cutters were here timed: The Hester, 1;4sol;
the Eelin l:5O:57 and the Isolde. 1:53:05
Standing in for the Long Island shore. after
rounding the first mark. il was almost a dead
calm The Muriel. being on the starboard tack and
in the lead, caught the first OF new shore
breeze When she out on the port tack and
me, the Ouissetta on the opposite tack the latter
went about under her lee. From that moment the
battle 70 windward began Tack for tack they
fought Il out all the way up the beach and past
Aattinecock Hugging the shore to Red spring
Point the Muriel always held the windward berth
The Elmina, prohting by the fight, came upon the
Outssetta and for TWO miles these two, on the port
tack sailed beam and beam, with scarce length
between them. the Elmina being TO leeward.
The Muriel ahead of both nearly quarter of
mile. was travelling ike a steamboat, heading
rha
rounded it 3OS:Os hfty-one seconds ahead of the
sbesS IF the FSlunina AN set balloon jb topsails
on the three mile reach across the Sound Tor the
CSybing at the home mark. they made fast run
TO the eastward. the Murel covering the six miles
Was rhirt.-four seconds faster than the oqissetta
n her foo Class sGST SS on 5he beat 10 the
second mark she carried away her gaff and had TO
ae s eass shs we're ed e hs The the
Affair l:zs:l4 the Huguenot, l:2s:7o The Leda and
aSeS ,hs spasm were timed at i;'@ and 49, Fssps'-
The Elmina was sun third in the schooner class
a.ned her lead up 70 this point, the official timing
Ernina. s:2s:s5. and the Amorlta, 8:27:28 The 60
foot cutters turned the home mark. before begin
3282O the Eelin s274s and the Isolde. 1880 The
latter yacht G vas 81 here ere @ over agen minutes min behind b
withdrew. The Badger completed the first round
Ihe Merrywng. 2:Ss:i2: the Perimmon. 2:4O:22. and
The Bah was second among the Manhasset race
shouts when their race was half finished, when
the official timing was: The Firefy, 3:l5:47 the
Bah 3l7:2s; the Arizona. 3:ls:4S; the Mist s:ls92
and the Lambkin. 3:21:l0 In Class r Of sloops the
Cpossum led the end of the first round, when
This smart feet was timed thus: The Opossum.
800 09; the Hope. 3:0230; the Sora, 3O5l3; the Nora
sa5.25. and the Nicola, 3:o5:4s. The finishes the
2l-foot raceabouts were: The Badger, 3:4s:4s; the
Aerrywing 3;5 :o3 the Persimmon, S54 81, and the
Snapper. 3:Js:49.
On the second round the Muriel held her lead in
the Wfndward work until near MatinicOck Point
buoy. when the Quissetta passed ahead OF her and
took first place. She was not. however. able
hold H. for while she and the Murial fighting
Il out the Elmina made long port tack westerly
and passed them both. The finishes in this class
were: The Ennina, 535l2; the Quissetta 53s:l5 the
Muriel, 542:54. and the Anorita, 54s:54
The cutter class finished thus: The Hester. 540:G2
TIE Eelin. 542.05 and the Isolde. withdrawn. The
Altar finished in the 5l-foot class at 5:33:1s. and
the HuEma came IN 1860. The raceabout Badger
finished s:z9:4S the Merrywing at 3:51 :03 the
Psrsimmon at 354 81. and the Snapper at 3:5s:49.
This was the second day Of the Larchmont
week; and the regatta was conducted BY John F.
LoyeJoy, Howard ". Coates and Frank Hardy the
race committee Of the club. To-day there Will be
water sports and harbor contests of various kinds.
The following table shows the results Of the
ing:
sCHoOSERS-CTAASS D-START. 12:35.