New-York tribune., 1902-07-25
YACHTING.
FORETOPMAS1 DOWN, THE PLUCKY
MURIEL BEATS THE ELMINA

The best race of the I.archmont Yacht Club series
sailed yesterday over the clubs triangular
course. The wind blew fresh from the southeast
and fairly steady from start to finish. There
no fukes, and barring or two minor accidents,
the day was an ideal for racing Long Island
Sound
Forty-three yachts started in fourteen classes.
and the feature of the day was the plucky racing
of the schooner Murel sailed by her owner Charles
Smithers. against the Elmina, her old rival The
Muriel handicapped by the loss OF her fore
topmast. which broke off and went over the side
between the first and second marks the first
round Of the
Although deprived OF the Of her Jib topsail,
the schooner kept going on the close reaches
on the two first legs of the course with small
maintopmast staysail. and when it came to spin
maker work. in the three-mile run from the Hemp
stead 0second) mark to the home mark off Larch-
mont, her spinnaker set the mainmast ana
made to draw we'll After sailing thirty miles the
Muriel crossed the finish line five seconds ahead or
her rival but she beaten twelve seconds by
the Elmina time allowance.
August Belmont's sloop Mineola sailed another
great race defeating the Yankee by l minute. q
seconds, and the Rainbow by 2 minutes, 90 seconds
The 4S-foot sloop Mira. owned by c. l.. Poor.
made a good fight her class against the Dorwina'
the Effort and the Challenge and time al
Iowance from the Dorwna by minute, IL seconds
The first leg OF the triangular course was close
reach of six miles to the eastern mark, anchored
in the middle Of the Sound. Then close reacn
on the opposite tack to mark off Hampstead Har-
bor six miles the southwest, thence three-miIe
to the home mark. This course, 'sailed twice
over by the large classes, made thirty miles
Captain Barr got the best of the start with the
Mneoa at II S5:lS. The Rainbow followed In IL sec
onds She was steered by Edward Willard The
Yankee crossed II seconds later. She carried
small reaching jib topsail. as well as cIuo top
sail All three carried the latter sail.
The Mneoa ana the Rainbow had lufnng
match. which lasted for twenty-five minutes after
the start. Then they kept off on their courses, the
Yankee having gained them meanwhile.
The schooners started at 12:40, or rather the
Nuriel did, for her skipper had her right on the
line when the whistle blew. The Elmina was nan
dicapped minute &c seconds by being on the wrong
side OF the stake boat when the signal was given
Both carried reaching jib topsas and club topsais
Great things expected of the bronze sloops
Weetamoe anC Nicola. The former got the best or
the by u seconds. and held 1t over two legs
Of the course, when the pin in the Neoas throat
halyard block gave way, letting the sail come down
by the run. A sailor while the gaf trying to
clear up the wreck fell to the deck and got bad
scalp wound. 1t dressed shore. This OF
course. put the sloop out of the race.
The Dorwina, the Mira, the Effort and the Chal-
Ienge started in that order, at II 80 and the MI
mosa the Spasm the Marguerite and the Possum
five minutes later.
The times taken at the first second and home