The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-18
RACE OF ANCIENT MARINERS.
GRIZZLED SAVANNAH YACHTS
MEN HAVE FUN AT OYSTER BAY.
Venerable Spinnakers shaken Out skipper
Kerr, EmulOus OF Barr, shaNes
Piece OF a Stakeboat-Stlppcr Wills
Permits Himself to BE Admired.


Kerr, Emulous OF Barr. Shayes
Piece OF a Stakeboat-Sklppcr Wills
Permits Himself to BE Admired.
The old gray headed yachtsmen of the
Seawanhaka Yacht Club assembled for
reunion at Oyster Bay yesterday and shook
out their venerable spinnakers and raced
The committee Of youngsters In charge
planned to have a lot of fun with the Old
fellows. They intended to lend or lose the
regular club boats and put the venerable
tars to sea in n picked up COLLECTION Of
soows and catboats The old men got wise
to the plan, however, and set guard, so
yesterday they raced in the regular 15-foot
knockabout boats of the Seawanhakas.
There was to have been special 20-footer
class, but the old members didn't show
up as they were expected to do. In fact
they had to ship few young fellows IN
the crews to make up the second OF the
two races The course was six and three
quarter miles. twas upthe bay and back
following an irregular route, and there
were three turns The old men felt 500
frisky at the smell of salt water that they
wanted to go out in the Sound, but the
committee squelched them from motives
of humanity. The rules called for two
men to boat; they drew for partners
and boats.
The first race, which was for the Alfred
Roosevelt memorial cup, brought out
five starters. OH, members who Joined
before 1888 were eligible. c. +. Willis
and William Foulke drew the Cayenne,
j. W. Beekman and F. De p. Foster the
BARN, A. w. Eaton and {. A. Sherman
the Sabrina, T. s. Young and J. F. Tams
L.. ~, onI Nd RnnGa-
welt the Fly. Willis and Fouke drew
the best boat of the lot, so their fellow
members said, and they were favorites
with the crowd on the club lawn.
Mr.. Foulke was the fourth member to
sign the club roll and its first vice-commo-
dore, while Mr. Willis is no child himself.
They started out in capful of wind to annex
that race. 1t turned into drifting match,
but there was no time limit in the rules.
The younger members cut circles round
them in launches and automobile boats,
while the old men struggled with ropes and
tillers and looked very serious when the
other fellows took their wind.
Skipper Willis and his dauntless crew
shade ahead. Coming back, it was see
saw. The BARN, Sabrina and Chipmunk
fought it out all the way in: Mr.. Willis
and his mate managed to hold EN-, how
ever, ana N0lSnGU ~ SECONDS dIletu Oh tne
BARN, on which Skipper Beekman had been
making heroic efforts. He was third on
the club list, but he had to take water
from the man who signed fourth: The
Sabrina was seconds astern. The all
Roosevelt crew Of the Fly We're nowhere.
This called for refreshment in the club
house When they emerged the wind was
up, fine, ten-knot breeze. There weren't
40 many venerable whiskers among the
tars who entered this race, because the
ai,r,r,1y Of bS2ars who willing n
wasn't big enough to go round, and they
raised the limit to '92. Arson Phelps
Stokes was skipper of the Bobs Colgate
Hoyt and H. c. Rouse drew the Sabrina,
Fly Alfred Ely and Walter C. Kerr the
BARN, Robert W. Gibson and George Foster
the Cayenne, and Charles Sherman and
G. w, Wetmore the Imp
Conditions were prime at $50 O clock,
when the starting gun sent them off !.
The Fly Jagged from the beginning, and
people understood why the Roosevelt family
was such a heavy loser in the first race
away in the brisk breeze, She rounded the
outer mark minute and forty-five seconds
to the good.
Skipper Kerr Of the BARN tried to show
in this race how he could shave stakeboat
just like Charlie Barr. He shaved so close
that he took out piece of the boat and
was disqualified The Cayenne came home
before the wind nearly two minutes to the
good, and the helmsnan drank beer and
waved the bottles contemptuously just to
show how easy it was. Mr.. Wetmore
steered the Imp home second. The Fly
took the BOBBY prize again, finishing after
everyone he'd forgotten about her,
Slipper Willis posed on tho lawn and
allowed himself to be admired He was
dressed in SLOUGH hat and black suit, and
dion't look like yachtsman.
@Ate and Fitz-the grand old man of
SPORT ne said.
The old fellows and the new ones talked
1t all over last night at the annual dinner
which wound up Seawanhaka affairs for
the year.