New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-18
YANKEE FIRST OF FLEET.
leads Run of n. 7. I. c. from
V;repard Hauen to Ne7cpOrt.
r,x TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUyz.I

R L. Aug Proud. indeed. must
-. gT-rers o. the slippery sloo9 Yankee feel, for
IL cr again to-day IN ne forty mile run OF
So ,seu-Yosk Yacht Club fleet from Vineyard
ne ne "a greBtoG's Reef Lghtship, the final run
EIs mise She defeated ". x. Vanderbilt. jr.'s
9. BIZ minutes 4 seconds. and Cornelius
.n-l9ssrlslt's Rainbow by minutes 50 seconds
,s.+sr being beaten only "a seconds. however
q - r,-,rrosore Vanderbilt offered a cl.o for
..a,srs ard one cor sioops Tor to-dsy's run
re YANKEE has also Ths sloop cup. The
sor srhooners has undoubtedly been Won BY
,.,r r I.uke's Corona. Tor she defeated her
-, eg,ronent the Chandelier. by o. minutes
nsss. the Emerald by 81 minutes S seconds
- +be ResolUte. for since this yacht has had her
.ller removed she Is in this class by hour
,,rres D seconds. Wilson MarshaIls Atlantic
r.d her best race Of the cruise in the auxiliary
- she defeated the Intrepid by / hour
,.ss 40 seconds ana the IGisr BY 90 minutes SO
seconds.
5o5aaled the IshkooGah by only three seconds.
ol,nsed tine and the Irolita was beaten only one
lrgte by the Asrirant. James B. Fords Katrina
ssjled splendid race against the Ealmore and
- vanI Cacigue- She defeated the former by 80
r-.7gtes 10 seconds. The Cacique withdrew.
T-nlsss the time allowance changes the results
,stsrially Il looks now i the Yankee would be
snarsed the Commodores Cup for winning the
grsstest number of squadron runs. The Sybarita
has undoubtedly won the vice-conmodore cup for
v.fnnng TIE greater number Of squadron runs on
siapsed time for she has finished first in three
AZ the five runs The schooner Corona has wor
every run BY such good margins that she is sure
"a get the conmodores cup. while the Katrina will
-rehsbly get the one offered by the vice-commo-
doFe.
Az ugly rainstorTn that began while the yachts
ware finishing in Vineyard Haven on Tuesday night
and continued at intervals all night spoiled the
nleasure o. those ashore and ahoat
YACHTS START IN THE FOG
To-aays start vas what might be termed q n1vs-
tsrieus one, Tor The Yachts had barely crossed the
lire when the fog shut in thick that not one
Of the feet Of twenty-five vessels could be seen.
A lew minutes after the last yacht the Endynion.
had crossed the lire The outlines OF R p Doremuss
schooner Loyal were seen returning 10 the harbo-
4 little later Geo. NJ. Pvnchon's Nicola felt her way
back The yachts had q fair tide. but a head Wind
all the way through "a Vineyard SouRd. and If the
az continued e. would De a serious matter for
tbea as the chances OF collision great to
saT nothins Of the danger of running ashore.
Three times the Nicola started and came hack
z-ain The loyal started twice and came back
The Fsrgemere and the Endymion also cana back
ana the Versemere returned and anchored. The
rest continued on their courses. As suddenly it
came the fog disappeared and the yachts that had
returned made final start.
As usual the Hanan boys. with their smart
little seop the Aspirant. first across the line
when the signal given At sfe, So close was the
Aspirant 10 the lire that she would have been ex-
setiv on time but make sure that she was not
100 soon her owner went back and recrossed the
line AT SIS the time for the big sloops. William
K vanderbilts sloop Virginia first away,
with the Rainbow almost beam and beam with her
ana 70 windzsrd he Sybarfta next in their wakes.
then the Nicola, the Yankee. the Weetsmoe and
the Queen Nab in that order.
The s20 gun brought John Richmond's schooner
tn arivh At
Cslique. Loyal Emerald Corona, Idler Chant-
cleer, Intrepid. Resolute Vergemere, Atlantic and
Endynion following in the order named
STIFF BREEZE FOR THE FINISH
It vas all clear again by l0:15 o'clock, and the
Yachts could be seen beating down Vineyard Sound
N regular old-fashioned smoky souwester OF at
least fifteen miles strength About a mile east OF
TaTpauln Cove, 1913, the big yawl Sybarita was
leading the big feet, with the Yankee second, the
Virginia third and the Rainbow fourth. The weeta
tie Irolita, the spaEn and the Phantom in that
OF the schooners, the Corona had commanding
lesa: r.iIh the Falmore the Katrina the Chanti-
eleeE rae Heselute the Idler .e Atlantic, and the
Nicola. having given up her chance OF winning took
hos TIE veys son s fs q %as F esh
ron ne decks o. the leaders az i 30 and the three
seventies and the Sybarita made their last tack
nsar Aeusnsha Blight 70 weather it. The Ilghtship
HE he Yankee iz1za7 fhe virginia 10 II
ne EaRln2ow y z Is; the Weetanoe 12:4s:l5; the
The close reach on the port tack of seventeen
sc one-laIt miles. from the Vineyard Sound light
shlp "a the anlsh on Brenton's Reef hghtsaip,
exciting enough TO safety the most ardent yachts
.hs Las WIND and sea increased. and. though
nc syDsrita was able 10 carry all sail with
the Yankee the irgiria, the Rainbow and the Wee
eelaos EltE lee rails sUash, were the time just
ape 70 lug their working sails.
ne scnooners carried their gan topsails and
t11ee hea9saiS, the Corona making a spirited pict-
urs as she crossed the finish line. leading al in
hsr class. The Atianric's finish also a spectac.
llzr one, ner three tall mats bending under the
g--ss1re or canvas. and her black hull and its red
I11er5ody gltsrentng in the sunlight.
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