New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-16
VANDERBILT BEATS GOULD
THE T4R4NFUL4ps RACE.
Yacht Niagara Defeated in $1,000
Match on the Sound.
TBy TeleEra0h to The Trlbune.l

Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. I5-Wfth the spray
sving over her black hull and with clouds Of
inky smoke belehing from her twin tunnels
Commodore William * Vanderbilt jr's turbine
steam yacht Tarantula- dashed across the finish
line at one minute past , o'clock this afternoon
the winner Of the forty mile steam yacht race
for 5000 a side against Howard Goulds white
twin screw yacht Niagara ". which last year
defeated the Tarantula BY 8 minutes 80 seconds
over d course Of thirty-nine nautical miles.
The Gould yacht was beaten to-day by only
> minutes 50 seconds. corrected time The Nj
sgara's fremen were unable to keep steam on
her. otherwise she would have made much bet
Ter showing. The Tarantula holds the
record for the distance for that class Of yacht
The Tarantulas actual time from the start to
the outer 1nark-twenty miles east, three-quar-
ters south of the starting point-oT Port Jeffer-
son. was "a minutes 81 seconds: that of the
Niagara 80 minutes 10 seconds showing differ
ence in favor Of the Tarantula of 4 minutes 40
seconds The run back showed a different result,
for the Niagaras time was only 90 minutes
seconds while that OF the Tarantula was IS min
,,tes seconds, a margin in favor of the Niagara
Of ? minutes / second. The actual time Of the
winner for the entire course was i:53:01, and for
the Niagara " 1-55:49 showing that the
Niagara was beaten actual time only min
The start was made at 1906 O'Clock from an
imaginary line between Howard Goulds bark
riEge5 steam yacht Niagara and float fnoored
IN twenty faLhoms Of water CoHmodore van
derbiI1's guests board the TarantuIa were
oliver H 2. Belmont, Sidney Smith and Fred
Childs. Besides Captain A Haskell there were
OF board a crew of ten men. On board the
Niagara " with Mr.. Gould were Charles L.
seabury E II. Brandt, Captain D. q. FuIIWood
and q crew OF seven
Al The starting signal both yachts were nearly
e quarter OF a mile to the westward OF the line
T.hev were allowed one minute in which TO cross
the line. Both were handicapped, the Tarantula
6ashing across at the south end three SECONDS
after the time had expired, and the Niagara ~
fourteen seconds after, at the north end There
was light breeze from the southwark mus
placing the Gould boat under the lee or the
Five minutes after the start the Tarantula
was plainly gaining on the Niagara ", and IN
ten minutes there was several lengths Of open
water between them. The dreTnen on the Mag
srz " were unable TO keep up the required
steam pressure When there should have been
go pounds there was less tnan ~ ana sne
lost ground in consequence. Still, both OF them
were travelling at q rate Of more than twenty
IN thirty minutes the tug at the turning mark
was in sight Smoke was pouring from the fun
nels Of both yachts. the nremen working ike
beavers 10 make their vessels reach the goal
6-sr The yachts rounded II in this order and
time the Niagara making the shortest turn:
Taranrula, 10000: Niagara ", 1905: 90.
The TarantuIa's elapsed time from the start
had been 81 minutes q seconds, and her aver
eye speed 2l-06 knots. The Niagara's had been
Sc minutes IS seconds and her average speed
zoos knots.
Back they sped 10 the westward over twenty
niles Of more troubled water for the breeze had
freshened and the spray soon began TO fly over
both yachts. Two hundred pounds OF steam was
now recorded on the Niagaras gauge Slowly
but surely il climbed upward until the 25O mark
was reached, and steadily she gained on her
bigger rival. until al time Il looked as II
there was q chance Of her winning. The black
boats outward gain had been too great how
ever, for the white boat TO overcome, and the
Tarantula rushed across the finish line an easy
winner.
The Tarantula built by. the Yarrow Com
pany Of London IN 1902, is 152 feet long, with
8 beam OF Is feet 8 inches and feet draught.
The Niagara " was built by the Gas Engine
and Power Company and the Charles L. Sea
bury Company IN 1908 She IS 10 feet long. with
u feet 2 inches beam, and feet inches
draught