New-York tribune., 1902-08-06
MURIEL LEADS THE FLEEl
CHARLES sMITHERS's SCHOONER WIN
NER IN \. Y. Y. C. RUN
SHE HEADS ENTIRE SQUADRON OF FIFTY
TWO IN FIRST DAYS RAcE-CoNIho
FOR THE AsToR CUPS TO-DAY
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starboard tack with every sail pulling us pouHu
and steering a course as straight as the HlsiI
of an arrow Charles Smithers's schooner NluIlel
--ossed the finish line off Brenton's Reef hght-
shin at 4:45 this afternoon. She was not only
fbe winner in her class by some twenty MIN
utes but the leader Of the entire feet OF MY
two Yachts that made the first days run Of the
New-York Yacht Clubs annual cruise Only
three minutes astern of her came Commodore
Lewis Cass Ledyard's schooner Corona, the nag
shin Of the feet also a winner in her class Two
minutes later J. Rogers Maxwell's Go-foot sloop
Yankee dashed across the line. the victor In
that class She had beaten both the Mineoa
and the Rainbow. the former by 23 minutes. IS
seconds. and the latter by 81 minutes. 46 sec
onds The next 10 finish was the famous old
cutter Queen Nab, now owned by Lucius w
Smith. She had beaten both the new bronze
beauties weetamoe and Nicola, the former by
10 minutes 10 seconds Cord Meyers sloop AL
tair. which finished next the Rainbow. also
a winner in her class. She defeated the Humma
by 10 minutes.
In the regular classes Che schooner Constella-
tion won from the HiIdegarde but in the spe-
cial class George W. Yields Chanticleer beat
them both time allowance. Commodore
Ledyard's flagship. the Corona. from the
Chanticleer in the regular class by 80 minutes
Is seconds. and the Muriel defeated the Elmina
by Ia minutes = seconds The India from
the Gevalia- The other winners in the regular
classes We're the Ondawa, the Effort and the
Saunterer. In the special classes the other win
ners were the schooner Seneca. the sloops
Queen Nab Hebe and Isolt and the yawl Alca-
torda- Taken all in all. il a good light
weather race, and, although there were some
flukes. the contest in the main was satisfactory.
Charles Lane Moor, OF the sloop Mira, pro-
tested the Hebe and the Eidolon for passing in
side the whistIing buoy off Point Judith The
Hndegarde's owner also entered a protest
against one of the schooners in her class
START DELAYED BY LIGHT WINDS.
Soon after ''colors' a. m. gun from the
flagship Corona awoke the echoes in Newton
don Harbor. and from her nasts the code signal
flags B j. IS H * t. fiuttered in the light
easterly breeze, meaning, The feet will pro
ceed TO Newport at a. m As fast as the
quarte-nlasters on each yacht could read and
report the signals the answering pennant was
sent aloft, and soon after most of the yachts
were under way. standing out of the harbor for
the starting point off Saralis Ledge buoy The
cloudy sky and hazy atmosphere gave little
promise of q breeze. and when the regatta com
mittee on board the tug Navigator anchored her
= cables length TO the eastward Of the Saralis
Ledge buoy, and established the starting line it
was almost a fat calm; so the start was post
poned for forty minutes. the preparatory sig
nal being given at 10:40 o'clock There was a
light breeze from the southeast when the small
sloops were sent away. at 1880 o'clock. The
sloop Saunterer led the heet, crossing the line
few seconds after gun fire She was followed
by the Eclipse. Alcatorda, Hebe, Humma, Bon
lie Kate Cleona, Effort, Affair. Yvette. Lota-
wanna Challenge. Mira and Ondawa, in that
order.
At 1o:55 the G0-footers weetanoe and Nicola
crossed the line. with the yawl Caress 10 wind
ward Of them and the Eelin TO leeward. Then
came the 70-footers. J. Rogers Maxwells
Yankee crossing on the port tack in the lead.
August Belmont's Mineola was second and Cor
relius Vanderbilt's Rainbow third. All three
carried working topsails. TWO minutes after
crossing the line the Yankee on the starboard
tack crossed the bow of the Mineola. The Queen
Nab and the Hester also got away this gun.
Al II O'Clock the schooner signal was given.
Ciarl=s Smithers's Muriel the starboard
tack was ready She slipped across the line a
few seconds after the gun followed by the
Gevalia. the Elmina. India, Quissetta, Arnorita,
Agatha. Seneca, Shamrock, Quickstep, Ingomar
and Katrina. in that order. After crossing the
line the Quissetta drifted with the strong tide
foul of the stake boat. She also fouled the India.
but no damage was done to either.
At 11:05 the biggest schooners got away. They
just barely drifted across the line for there was
scarcely wind enough to give them steerage way
Commodore Ledyard's Corona crossed first. then.
George ". Yields Chandelier, followed by the
Emerald. the Constellation. the Hildegarde the
Endymion the Shenandoah. the yawl Anemone
and the auxiliary Ariadne.
ACCIDENT NARROWLY AvERTED.
In attempting TO shave the stern Of the com
rnittee boat Navigator too close the Ariadne
came near to q collision with her. Chairman Kane
start the tugs engine just in time to avoid an
accident that might have resulted seriously
Across the Sound to Race Rock it was beat
TO windward for ali hands, and as they ap-
preached that beacon the strong ebb tide in
the swept some Of the yachts dangerously
near the rock. The leaders finally weathered
il in this order: The Affair, the Muriel the
Effort. the Yankee. the Humma the Elnina the
Hester, the Neela, the Rainbow. the Mineo,a, the
Corona, the Weetamoe and the rest within
twenty minutes.
better breeze from the southwest came al
1-30 o'clock, and fifteen minutes later when
the leader. the schooner Muriel was abreast OF
Watch HILL it had freshened considerably
Sheets were eased a trif1e and the sloops were
able to carry their reaching jb topsails. while
the schooners sent aloft their main toprnast
staysails. At , o'clock the Muriel passed Green
HILL still leading the feet. The Corona was
steadily overhaUiing her. but stern chase is a
long one. and the Muriel's lead was hard TO
overcome Away of TO the southwest the
Rainbow and the Mineola were having stub
born luffing match Bars effort to pass the
Rainbow cost them both many miles Al 1856
O'Clock these two quit luffing and easing sheets
kept off for their courses. The Nneola
passed the Rainbow just west of Point Judith
and held her lead to the finish. The EImina
and the Corona both carried their reaching jib