The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-14
YACHTS HAVING GOOD CRUISE.
ENTHUSIASM OVER THE WAY
THINGS ARE GOING.

ENTHUSIASM OVER THE WAY
THINGS ARE GOING.
Sunday in New London Harbor-Fleur de
Lys Joins the N. Y. Y. G. Squadron
Capt Hank Han nl-Rescue Of
Eighteen Persous- Plans for To-day.
New LONDON. Conn.,. Aug. is.--The New
York Yacht Club cruise started on we'll at
Glen Cove. The gathering was large In
spite OF the fact that rain had interfered
seriously with the work OF getting the yachts
ready. The first days run exceeded the
expectations Of the most enthusiastic member
OF the club, and a. the cruise proceeds II
improves. 1t Ia q long time since fifteen
schooner yachts crossed the line In one
regatta, and those that are meeting In these
races are the finest sohooners Adoat.
Fleet Captain J. D. j. Kelley this afternoon
announced that since the squadron was or
gsnlned 1902 vessels had Joined. and 1t is e1-
pected that several more yachts viii Join at
Newport. There were to-day more than
1925 yachts anchored OF the club station.
Several Of the steamers went to New York
or some other place for Sunday. and these
will return In time for the Aston cup races
of Newport. and the officers Of the club are
con fdent that there will be q feet Of $50
yachts In the harbor tomorrow night.
things are run this year. Commodore
Bourne Is one Of tho best executive officers
the club has had and he 10 very popular.
vice-Commodore Henry Walters. the second
in command. is another good leader. What
pleases the racing men, though. is that the
regatta committee 10 thoroughly alive to It's
work and does It properly. The yachts
are started promptly. and soon after they
have finished the elapsed tlnes and allowances
L. In hirh
boats have won. The committee 10 Oliver E.
Cromwell. H. Deb. Parsons and Franklin
A. Plummer. They have tried this year to
boom the racing as much as possible and make
the yachtsmen live up to the racing rules.
There is rule which says boat must be
measured before 1t can race but that rule has
never been strictly enforced. and the result
has been that winners OF cups have not been
announced until weeks after the regattas.
A little gentle pressure has been put on this
year which will have . wholesome effect.
When yacht is measured the committee has
regularly entered 1t for any races. An un-
measured yacht has been allowed to start
as a special entry. II after . special has
been measured IT is found that she has beaten
regular entries she gets . special prize. but
only yachts that have complied With the rules
can compete for the regular prizes.
Hence on this cruise only those yachts
Gates can try for the valuable flag officers
prizes and the other spe cisl trophies. The
schooner Lasca has been racing a. q special
Her certificate was filed to-day and now she
Is a regular. She rates very low and it is
possible that she has beaten the Corona In
the two runs sailed so far
Some slight error was made In the tine
allowance credited to the WeetAmoe In ye,-
terday's run. She gets only Q minutes is
seconds and 30 the Mineola wins the race
and the Weetamoe is second.
The Mink. the 30-footer owned by Howard
willets makes the best corrected time over
the course in the race for the rear commodore's
prize, and unless disqualified she will win.
She has been protested, as was the Dahnda.
which won the commodores CUP on Friday.
blanket protest has been made by Charles
Lane Poor of the Mira against the 3O-footcrs.
on the ground that they do not carry boat.
This protest. of course. only applies where
the 3o-footers race against larger boats. which
In order to comply with the rules must be
in cruising trim and carry boats according to
their size. This question is one Of the many
that is causing the regatta committee to
have sleepless nights.
DR.. Lewis A. stimson was here to-day.
He has just arrived from oucester. where
bis yssht the Feur de Lys being 1vsrha1ed
raced across the ocean for the German En-
peIor's cup; and she made a sonderiH,l rec rec
feet at AnosheT OCEAN
viii join the squadron at Marblehead. This
4 ihs schooner Endy %lon; r + probable
The yaoSts, dressed ship ~ colors thi.
n r.. WIND ind ar a.g as h.s yssS Cutters
House on the one side and Fort .Griswold. a
Several new yachts Joined the SQUADRON
yt 1s. ss9 ss.sh.a ss . RsHs
ttteilsnt. nov owned By stephen PEABODY.
noticed was The Psntooset, owned by Albert
sr sss0TS board PG Ss r1k Hee GSd d
~, sseam a.s TTWysndancs, Ssad; fagpo1.e; =
&sus Henry fS
visitor. Nj. ". warren; Sea Bird, E. e. Burn
Hs. Ro,i Ii enatr1k
snd B: E: tayenter; Oneida, Z: 6: Benedict.
H stosss adwa.d
{. CIameT, with j; Emlen Roosevelt, uncle Of
the on NJ unds
sioop Altsir Cord Meyer. ' W. A'''' 'nI
xo,d to-day that t' hi father; Gspt aank
the cup defenders Maynower. Volunteer and
Defender TO victory and was on board the
Tomorrow morning the. feet will go to
Newport. The start will be mode at 10
o'clock, and the finish will be of Brenton's
cup. offered BY Commodore Bourne, one
for schooners and one for sloops and yawls.
The winners Of, the navy challenge cups
also will be decided by this run. These cups
are for the yachts in the two Gle sses, schooners
and sloops, that make the shortest aesre-
gate corrected time for the first three runs.
An accident happened in the harbor late
last night, A launch with party Of eighteen
on board. In charge of William Luckey. was
run down hya fisherman entering the harbor.
There were several women on the launch.
and every one was thrown into the water;
The yachts near where the accident happened
A. once lowered their launches and vent to
the Colonis. Nerada and other boats. and
while picking the nnlucky ones out Of the
spot where the accident happened Every
one was saved. and beyond getting wetting
no one was hurt.
MOTT HAVEN 4. C. GAMES.
Bronx Athletes Compete Despite the Heavy