The sun., 1905-09-15
KATRINA WINS WALTERS CUPS.
victory o. Mr.. F0rti's Schooner Popular
1ne--Steain Yacllia IN Meet To-day.

! NEWPORT. r. l., Sept. Twice Commodore
Henry Walters's cups were raced for to-day.
and the Katrina, q schooner owned by James
b. Ford. won; beating the Elmina. Corona
and Venona. II was ono OF tho most lnter-
csting races Of the year, and the Katrina.
while beaten whom the course Was half sailed.
picked up on tho second half and managed
to got within her time on the Elmina which
was the first boat to cross the finishing line.
Tho race was started In o fresh breeze
from the north northeast. and the regatta
committee. which was on the steam yacht
Narada, signaed the course to the Vineyard
Sound lightship. the Hen and Chickens light
ship and home. a total distance of thirty
eight miles. .... ,.
1t was expected that the sloops would
race. but there seemed TO be a misunder-
standing all around. The Yankee changed
her mainsail early in the morning. and those
on the Mineola took this as an indication
that she was not going to race and loaded
up stores preparatory to going back to City
Island to lay up. The Mimosa III. failed to
show up at the starting line. The Nautilus
was OH hand. and 80 was the Humma, but
each Of these two waited for the other to cross
the line flrst, with tho result that neither
boat crossed. OWNERS OF the racing boats
have been shouting for wind. but when a
wind came none was willing to race
The Narada took her position at the Bren-
toms Reef lightship on time and signaled
the course. It meant reach to the first
mark l7,% miles away, and sails were set TO
suit the conditions. Each boat sent aloft
a working topsail and set baby lib topsail
In stops ready for the start. The preliminary
signal was made at 1915 o'clock. the. pre-
paratory at 1920 and the start for the sloops
at 1925.
maneuyering for position, and when the
signal for their start was made, at 1880, the
css e pssr ns LIMIT bq s.% % eons Msdi snd
she 5 s srosssd the II. |!ne iIst, being .:aed q
Ss9s Then The e eae yseoRi sse mna %as at nsS st
and the Katrina. at lo:si:27.
AZ were on the port Ia ,ack % and heel heelins vel!
made good progress and at once the F,mina
passed the yegona and orawled up on the
and he ha ss ss
Hard s ana he's Headed ss the s Isaas5 & e and and shsn
sss Very e%es sethr had ia 1 match
and the Elmina olever,y. took the lead. pass
Ing well to windTaIrd Of the old champion;
of their course, and soon the wind moderated
so that the Elmina took in her gan main topsail
H"a en TIA so Se Sp: ss eadsr ns sa S
the Katrina and tcnons follow ed suit.
The Eina to lay her course to
iaa7ns. a The Corona ] had to make a short
hitch to fetch. She tackled at q ~ 20 and
passed the mark at i22eA7. The Katrina
turned the lightshi at III 40. and the yenona
board yack To tn" next mark and the Corona
made a substantial gain. The Elmna turned
the Hen and Chickens lightship at i2A7i5, the
Corona at l25sl2. the Katrina at las 30 aud
the Venona at 2:lp:O0.
They all eased on sheets to port and set
spinnakers to sterbOard. and 1t was a long.
tedious run home. The wind got lighter
and lighter every minute and was constantly
shifting, going more to the eastward and
finally south of east. After sailin g for some
time spnnakers were taken in and booms
tbed to starboard and then spinnakers were
set again. The COlOnia for time picked
up OH the Elmina. but tow ard the end OF the
race the Elmina got slant Of wind that en-,
she crossed the line At a4323, The Corona
an allowance of ~ minutes rs seconds from
the Elrnina WAS We'll sailed. She took ad-
vantage of every shift of the wind and did
very well OH the last leg uf the course. Al
the second mark she was SO minutes % sec
onds behind the Elmina. and it looked to be
Elnin&'s race.
Mr.. Ford. the owner of the katrina is not
man to give up until the finishing line has
been, reached. and the Katrina gained con-
siderabiy on the third leg. so that at the end
the Elniina ana she won The cup. She FIN
ished at 4:2l. Tho Nenona. which was to get
l hour - minutes 20 seconds, was then far
behind. and after waiting until her allow
ance had expired the committee went into
the harbor. The summary follows: