New-York tribune., 1905-07-04
THE MlNEOLA FIRST.
CAPT. BARR At THE HELM.
The Yankee Beaten IN Light 4irs on
the Sound.

Captain Charlie Barr of international yacht
ing fame, fresh from his recent victory with the
Atlantic which won the German Emperors Cup
in the transatlantic yacht race, stepped on board
his new command yesterday-W. Ross Proctor's
20 foot sloop Mineola-and brought that yacht
across the finish line a winner from the Yankee
in the annual regatta of the American Yacht
Club by minutes 10 seconds
On account of the light breeze ii took SOME
three and one-half hours for the Mineola and
her class rival the Yankee, to cover nine and
three-eighths miles-one-third of the course
scheduled. The Yankee was In the lead at the
start, and at the first and second marks. but be-
tween the second mark and the finish the Min
cola passed here while the wind was iuky and
both were able TO carry their big jib topsails.
While manoeuvring before the start. the Min
eola's bowsprit end caught in the leach of the
mainsaii OF W. Butler Duncan's 3O-footer Da-
lunda The leach rope broke. and the sail split.
putting the boat out of the race She was towed
10 Glen Cove later by the club launch
From noon until sunset the surface of Long
Island Sound was smooth as glass Light
airs, nukes and calms spoiled what might have
been most interesting race, for forty 1.-TWO
yachts had entered and thirty-six actually start
ed ats o'clock after the committee had waited
three hours for wind enough to send the fleet
away.
1t was in light air from the eastward that
the Yankee. steered by Harry Maxwell led the
way across the line laid between the gas buoy
Of Scotch Caps and the committee boat JJnioue
A length or off her weather quarter the
Mineola crossed the line, both breaking out
Ialloon jibtopsails ten seconds before reaching
H. To the first turn in the triangular course
eff Execution Light. it was broad reach. to
hxaG
to the home mark they had light airs from ell
points of the compass
After the 33-footers Nike. Mimosa III and
Memory got away In that order. ten Of the
New-York Yacht Club 30-footers crossed the
line in this order: The Nautilus. the Cara Mia.
the Banzai. the Alera, the Maid of Mendon.
Nicola H. the Mink. the Affair, the Ibis and the
Linnet These were followed by the Dorothy
the Hourt and the Vaquero, of the Larchmont
Zl-foot class: the Thelma and the Rascal. of
the %'-foot class; Rascal ii, the Rama, the
Mystral, the Busy Bee, the Pretty Quick the
Invader Jr., the Howdy, the Cricket and the
tartan, of Glass I; The Pamnonak, the Rogue.
bl tne Montauk, the Okee Nimbus II and the
Opossunl. OF Class Q. and the Ace the Hamburg
and the Dod, of the 1S-foot class
With spfnnakers set first to port and the,, IN
So, stsreosrd TO WOO the ffckle breezes this splen-
ala feet of small craft made the hest OF their
way TO the westward The first lee of tba
course was southwest !. south. only two and
thTee-quarters miles. but the leading yacht the
Ndhe' nao not rounded il two and a half hours
after the start She finally got wind enough Ia
complete the course and win in her class The
Nautilus was In the New-York Yacht Club 30
foot class
The feature OF the race, IL such II can he
caiIed was the fact that out of fleet of thirty
nine boats the biggest OF them-the Mineola and
me me 1shkee-Were the only ones able to complete
the nine and three-eighths miles constit,itine
one ROUND or the course in less than four hours
Inc regatta committee, Joseph NJ Macdou-
ough. II DE b. Parsons and w. H CasweIl as
sisted by the commodore. Trenor L. Park re-
NAMED at the finish line in the tug Unioue until
the oficlal time limit. half an hour after sunset
At that time five OF the yachts were closa to tba
line but they could not be timed
The summary of the classes that finished fol-
lows: -''-
sloOPs-To-FoOT CI-Ass-sTART 2:55-CoI1RsE "a.