New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-14
THE YANKEE AND ELMINA
FIRST FOR ASTOR CUps
In Light and FLuky Airs the Yacht,
Raced off Nezcport.
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Newport r 7. Sept 13--J Rogers Nsv,-.r,
7ofoot yacht Yankee won the $1,000 Astor 49,
for sloops to-day. beating the A1inaoIa -.
minute "a seconds. corrected time. She a1so =.
feated w. G. Brokaws yawI sybarfta b., a
seconds. boat for beat. and by minutes AZ -.
onds corrected time. The Yankee beat :,
Humma Is minutes "a seconds s
F. F. Brewster's Elmina won the $50 cBn =.
schooners, beating a. r Luke's Corona o. -
utes 81 seconds and J. B. Fords Katrina :.
minutes Is seconds
The thirty-eight mile race was sailed - "a.
and variable winds the conditions pro,f,,. =
little value as test Of speed for the connst,.-
yachts. Colonel John Jacob Astor Dlacsd -
steam yacht Nourmahal at the disposal % -
regatta committee. He had also a large partv !.
guests on board
The guests of Pembroke Jones on hoard VI
Commodore Henry Walters steam v....
Uarada included Captain Woodbury -
Henry McvicI,ar. L. O. Jones. DR. CIa-,.. ---a'
sius Derham, William 3. Leeds and WiJlian, ,
Hunter. The steam yachts that aecon,na-,-,
the racers around the course were ex-Conr,o
dore Z. C. Benedicts Oneida, Morton F P1.,s.
Venitia, Miss Jennings Tuscarora. r J Coll,.s.
Haida and c. Oliver Iselin's SuItana
In light breeze from a little east ~ No..
the start was made, the signal being bois,as =
Colonel John Jacob Astor's steam yacht No.
mahal at IL a m Trenor l.. Parks % .,
sloop Minosa III was the first across the Lin.
between the Nourmahal and the Breuton p..s
lightship, at 11:10:19. The Humma was nert :.
11:1O:35, and ". Gould Brokaw's yawI svh.,,.-
followed at 11:1O;39. The Yankee croes.1 :.
the lee end of the line at 11:11.O3. and W p
Proctor's Mineola at 11:1109, TO windvara :.
her The little 30-footer Nautilus was last a,
the sloop class to get away. at 1111:52.
The Elmina, at 1115:24, led the scboonsr.
across the line. She had a big maintop stav-
sail set. The Corona came a few length.
in her wake. while the Katrina and the yepon,
followed. All crossed the line on the port tack
The course to Vineyard Sound lshtshtp
thence around Hen and Chickens lightship. ana
from there to the finish.
At 11;5O the wind shifted 20 the westvz,s
At this point the MineoIa set her balboa H5-
topsaf and she then held her own with ts
Yankee The NourmahaI and the Narada
steamed to the Vineyard Sound Iightship, when
the leaders rounded IN this order: The Elmina
1:26:45; the Mineola. 1880: the Yankee.
1920 the Sybarita. 1:33:4O: the Corona,
l 1850; the Humma. 1:5j:15. and the Katrina.
10000
Closehauled on the port tack, the yacr.s were
just able to lay their courses for the next mark.
the Hen and Chickens Hghtship. four miles away
They luffed around it in this order: Elmina,
2:O1 ~; MineoIa. 2:04 Yankee 2.O712; syria
-ita, 2:09-20; Corona, 2:19. and Humma 2:31
The ,Sybarita and Corona stood on for three
minutes after passing the Hghtship to get a bet
er windward berth. the wind having shifted 70
he southwest, making it dead beat to the fin
sh In this work the MineoIa held her own
until up with West Island. at 5 D. m, when the
Wind canted to the northwest.
The Yankee was about half a mile to leeyars
md this shift placed her that far to WindRard
md the Mineola dead TO leeward. From then
n 1T was the Yankees race. and she finished
minute and 40 seconds ahead OF the Ninsola
The schooner Elmina had much the same
lex, the Corona being left in calm spot after
he EImina had finished
The same yachts. except the Sybarita. viii
tart in to-mOrrOw's race for the COuuOdores
up. The summary follows: