The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-12
NEW FORK YACHT CLUB CRUISE.
Races OF tho OO-FoOters VIII Attract the
Most Attention.

ward next Friday morning. Commodore
Frederick G. Bourne has ordered the sound.
ron to rendezvous at Glen Cove next Thurs.
day. and the feet captains will meet on the
flagship Delaware at 43O o'clock to ar
range tho details Of the cruise and decide
what classes shall compete for the many
cups that have been offered In addition
to the regular class prizes. Commodore
Bourne has offered prizes, Vice-C Commodore
Walters and Rear Commodore Cornelius
vanderbilt have given cups and there
are the Naval Alumni Association clps
the Navy cups as well as other special
prizes.
There will be no racing on Thursday
but early on Friday morning the fleet will
start Tor Morris Cove. Commodore Bourne
will signal the harbor start, and then the
Regatta Committee will go to Matinicock
Point and establish the starting line for
the racing yachts. The finish of this race
will be mark half mile south from the
west or outer breakwater light. Racing
yachts are to leave the Bell Buoy off Lloyds
Point to starboard. This run is thirty
seven and half miles The fleet will
anchor on Friday night in the Cove. and
emily on Saturday morning will start for
New London.
The starting line will be OF the Break
water and the finishing line off Sarah's
Ledge, outside New London harbor, thirty
nine miles away. Racing yachts are to
leave Cornfeld Point and Bartlett Reef
light vessel to port. Tho yachts will re-
main at anchor on Sunday at New London,
and on Monday morning will race TO New
port. The start will be made from off
Sarah's Ledge buoy with the finishing
! line at Brenton's Reef lightship, forty miles
! away. On this run Race Rock and the
whistling buoy off Point Judith are to be
left to port.
On Tuesday, July 81, the run will be to
Vineyard Haven, starting from Brenton's
Reef lghtshlp and finishing of the West
Chop buoy, leaving Lucas Shoal and the Mid
die Ground and the buoys marking the
same to starboard. and the Vineyard Sound
hghtship to port This run is thirty-seven
miles. The next day the feet will race
back to Newport. and this time will leave
| the Middle Ground and Lucas Shoal TO port
and the Vineyard Sound lightship to star
| board.
! otfered c,,ns for sohooners and sioons
-one in each class. The schc oner
cup is worth 81 900 and the sloop cup $500
These races will be sailed over the regular
Gohtsbin The one selected viii densnd
on the direction of the wind on the morn
;n. ~ tha race Eor this race tba stan ner
CAV uead has bean chartered rNr the rae
~ the club members and their friends.
| docx at Newport at lO.aO an the rnorninc o
| ~ the race Tickets are a each. Including
Inch, ''' -
| Tha ob;as ;ntarest in tho ra,;ng will centrs
IN tha On. Sootsrs The Rsliance Sonstitutio1
and Columbia have been nut into the
Ansat fettle S,r the contests. AND ali that is
needed rs make TIC sport exciting ia
! on each day when the other yachts have
! started. Hence they will have plenty Of
! rooftSt6 f,annsuyr3 fbr rJsitibh, and aB thSy
-; are ~ much faater than the other boats,
, they win eoon Overtake the feet that starts
ahead Of them.
| A preparatory gun will be fired as soon
, as the yachts reach the starting line. and
ten minutes later the sloops of classes
I, j and X will be sent off. Five minutes
after this division has been started, the
I signal will be made for classes F, G. and II.
| Another five minutes will elapse, and then
Glasses c, D and will he started, and Ave
! minutes later the yachts in classes A and
! n will 20. The preparatory signal for
| the sO-footers will be Ave minutes after the
starting signal for the last division. They
will get a warning signal ten minutes later
| and the starting gun will be Ave minutes
later than the warning signal Two min
utes will be allowed each division to cross
the Ane, and il later than that they will
| be handicapped.
| e.