New-York tribune., 1903-06-16
YACHTING.
The Ariel, Steered by Hank Half,
and the Eehn Wm off Glen COUe.

Six yachts started yesterday in the annual race
for the Glen Cove cups offered by the NeW-1ork
Yacht Club. It the smallest list of starters
the club has ever had and, to make matters worse
the 90-foot yachts-the Reliance. the Constitution
and the Columbia-did not race, on account OF the
wet weather There was great dsappointment among
the members board the club steamer ana on the
steam yachts that came from the city 10 see the
race. They had been disappointed last week IA hot
having the regular annual regatta off SANDY HOOK
but hoped that the Glen Cove Cup day would prove
especially interesting by reason of the presence Oh
the big sloops.
There was a spanking breeze from the hoIth-
northeast when the preparatory signal was SET on
board the committee boat Privateer lying at an
chor half a mile north of Matinicock buoy Inc
sky was overcast, and there were occasional ram
squalls but in the Sound there was no sea on anu II
was, an ideal day for a race where the yachtsneh
did not mind wettng.
pi1inq at their moorngs in Glen Cove Harbor
were the eO-footers Constitution and Columbia NOT
n cover was removed from their malnsalis' hoi
was the cover taken off the mainsal OF 1he ften-
ance living on the opposite side of the SOUND
When c. oliver Iselin asked why the yach's
did not go out he said that the three managers
had agreed that as the yachts had not had their
sails wet so far this season. 1T would not De wise
to go out yesterday and wet them.
OF the four sloops entered in the race, FRED M
11,,4,s isolde was the first to get away after the
siqna1 given at 1855. She carried clubtopsali'
and she crossed the line on the lee end ana on Ihe
port tack F. L. RodewaIds Een crossed 2S sec
onds astern of the at the windward end OF the
line F. NJ Smiths Effort crossed on the weather
quarter of the Een, then came the surprise III tile
wake of the Effort The latter soon split tacks Win
the Others for short board into the mldule VI
the Sound but the Isolde and the Eelin were too
much for her in the fresh breeze then blowing, ana
she was not able to hold her own with then-
The start of the schooners was spirited one
lust before the signal for their class, they were
struck by one of the frequent squalls tnat ~ WIZ b
brewing in the northeast, and they came Tor me
line at steamboat speed. the Ariel leading WIN WIN
that veteran racing skipper Hank Han at the
wheel With his oldtime skill he timed the start
So well that he brought the Ariel down tor the me
80 seconds after the gun. under spiendld heaa"iy,
and crossed It close to the committee boat IN the
weather berth The Katrina followed; minute anu anu
10 seconds after the gun. The Ariel led the way
all around the course and hnish9d 1i nuie5 iS IN
seconds ahead of her classmate. The telll1 ied III
her class and finished minutes seconds ahead Oh
the Isolde. -. a.4o ,,i,o- s,i1ad
once over 1t was a beat of four and half miles
to Great Captains Island. then southeast reaGh
of four and half miles to the Lloyd PoImt hIarh'
thence a reach of six miles to the finish ne com
mittee stopped the race at the end OF the IrSl
round.
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