New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
ING0MAR'S OCEAN RACE.
WINS BY MANY HOURS.
Herresbof Latest Creation First en-
Long Contest.

with the pennant u the New-York Yacht Club
yug a. her fore truck and her great press Of can
vas heeing her down 10 her scuppers- Morton r
Plants schooner Yacht Ingomar dashed by the old
Scotland Lghtshp yesterday morning on the port
tack the winner of the longest ocean Yacht race
sailed since the Coronet and the Dsuntless crossed
the Atlantic in -Ss5.
When tie uEhtshir bore due east from the
schoone-s quarterback. the time vas taken by her
captain. j. was $3.50 and little figuring showed
the elapsed time for the whole course 80 b. e3
hours l. minutes . seconds
While this appears. on the face q it. 10 be slow
going for the distance. IN must BE remembered that
almost frcm the start OF the race the -acht en-
countered head uirds Of llght moderate strength
and where the sailing is nearly all windWsrd work
f. is customary to add one-thrd 10 the original
distance laid down on the chart: therefore, in
stead 81 sailing 524 miles the Ingonar has prob
ably covered zoo miles since she sailed away from
Scotland Lightship al noon sst Monday. This
shows that her average speed for that distance
has been At the rate II 7s2 knots an hour. for
every hour she sailed
The Of quoted reply 10 queen Victoria from the
ouarternlaster of the royal yacht when the Amer
lea Won her cup in 1851. Your majesty. there Is
no second might well apply here The ingomsr
had 50 far outsailed the other FIVE that started
in company with her that there really was no ser
on6 in sight from her Geek after the first twenty
four hours had passed. and 81 late nour iast
night no second Yacht had arrived
Al the first turning point. Nantucket IAghtshir.
1ea miles from the start. the Ingomsr was three
hours six minutes and uine seconds ahead o. the
next schooner. she Hildsgarde. owned by Edward
T. Coleman. Of Philadelphia. TIE thru schooner
70 round that mark J. -. \. Whitaker's lro-
ouois the fourth DIT l.. 4 Sumsons Fleur Dc LNs.
The nth George LADDERS Endymion. has not been
heard from since she started. and Robert f Too s
Thistle turned back after sailing $50 miles.
Morton r. Plant has every reason 10 be proud
Of his schooner for ever since she put in com
mission this summer her racing career has been
an almost urbrokeE series OF victories. The yacht
was designed and built by the Herreshoffs at Bris-
toll r. J. the lead for her keel being soon after
that Of the Reliance Many % the mechanic that
worked on the Cup defender helped build the
Plant schooner when they were through with the
Reliance
The Iugomar's first appearance in a race this
summer was al the first squadron run Of the New
York Yacht Club. from Glen Cove TO Morris Cove.
She was classed with ,he Emerald. the Corona and
the Chauticoer and she defeated them all. winning
from the Emerald by a. minutes, IS seconds.
Tho next DAY. in the run from Morris Cove to
New-London. the Ingomar 5efeated The Emerald
by minutes seconds. corrected time. and in the
fo~ry--mIle run to Newport she won by 4 minutes
s. seconds from the same yacht. In the race for
the Astor Cup. of Newport few days later she
made the fastest time over the course in the
schooner class but she had to allow the Elmina
y minutes . seconds. so the latter was the winner
on corrected time.
The Ingonsr also won the third ocean race given
p, the Atlantic Yacht Club. wher she sailed 2S7
miles against the schooners Lascs and Thistle.
The course was from Brentoa's Reef I.ghtship 10
Nantucket Shoals Lishtship. thence 20 a finish OF
Scotland LightshiP.
The 1ngonlar's principal dimensions are; Length
over all IL feet; on the load Taterline. 81 feet
beam a feet draught. Il feet: gross tonnage. Ia;
nc, 113 She is keel Schooner. built OF steel and
et,ed with an the modern improvements for racing
or cruising Her racing length. according TO the
elerg-York Yacht Club rule, is 9-& feet