New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-18

That would have been bad handicap in snort
race but in this one it was mere item.
Meanwhile the little Fleur dc Lys with FOUR
. headsails and two good sized gaf topsals set
a good move on Lord Brassey's harkentine
sunbeam got away at 12:32 and the PARK
Apache, looking handsome with all her square
sails drawing well, at 1875.
ALL THE YACHTS CLOSE HAULED.
The wind being east-northeast, what the
sailor bound east calls dead end" all the
yachts crossed the line close hauled on the port
tack, for the course most of them will probably
steer for the first three days at least will be
about east-northeast. The yawl Aiisa. with her
mainsail, gaff topsafl jigger, staysail, jib and
small jib topsail set, held the lead for the first
half hour but after that the powerful Atlantic,
with every sail trimmed fiat as board, ana
Skipper Barr at the wheel, outsailed the
others, and at Lillian hour after the start
when the press tug Eugene Moran bid farewell
to the fleet, the Atlantic had a commanding
lead, which she was increasing every minute
THE ORDER AFTER THE FIRST HOUR.
The order OF the yachts at that time was the
Atlantic, leading the Ailsa by half a mile, the
latter being a few lengths to windward; the
Hamburg d quarter of a mile the Ailsas
lee beam; the Hildegarde a quarter of a mile in
the Hamburg's wake; the Endymon half mile
in the Hamburg's wake; the Fleur de Lys half
a mile astern of the Endymion, md the Thistle
about three-quarters of mile the lee beam
of the Fleur de Lys. The first four head
ing about east by south. the Fleur de Lys and
Thistle about half a point more to the south
ward. Then came the Sunbeam about one and
one-ha1f miles astern and off the lee quarter
Of the Fleur de Lys; the Apache two miles off
the lee quarter of the Sunbeam; the Utowana
three miles astern of the Sunbeam and the Val
halla three miles astern of the UtOwana-
At ITO o'clock Captain Jim Loesch put the
Endymion about the starboard tack and
stood in for the Long Island shore. None of the
others followed suit, and after a drilling
rain set in, shutting all the yachts from view.
Before 1t came, however the Utowana and the
Nalhalla were passed close aboard to Ieeward
by the press tug. and farewells were waved to
Allison V. Armour and the Earl of Crawford
The Valhalla had every stitch of canvas set ex-
cept the crossjack, including her main and mfz-
zen topsails and topgaant staysails and her
spanker. She was travelling about five knots
and presented a handsome appearance with
twenty-one sails set and with the English en-
sign and the pennant of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron flying.
ALL HANDS PIPED FORWARD
That Captain Barr means to keep his crew I'm
working trim was evident yesterday from the
fact that the four colored men in the stewards
department were failing on" to the lib topsan
halyards when the yacht was getting ready for
the start Every one on board with the excep-
ton of the owner and his guests, was working
with a will on board the Atlantic, and on the
other yachts. too, far as could be seen all
being anxious to get away on time.
PLEASURE YACHTS AT THE START.
There were no excursion boats down the Bay
with throngs of spectators to see the yachts off.
but the steam yacht fleet was larger than on
Tuesday. Those who followed the yachts to sea
for five miles or more Howard GouId's
Niagara, Frank J. Goulds Heenita J. H
Alker's Florence Alexander Van Rennselaer's
May, of the Philadelphia COrinthian Yacht Club;
Alfred Marshalls LeVanter Evans r Dicks
Elsa II, Edward Towers Erl King from Pougn-
keepsie; r. A. c. Smiths Prvateer, E. c. Bene-
diets Oneida. c. A. Curtiss James's Aloha and
the fast tug Edward ]. Berwind, with Commo-
dore Frederick G. Bourne of the New-York
Yacht Club board.
There are many who predict that the winner
in this race will break all previous records
That depends largely what may be called
record. If it is a record against time then the
one made by the clipper ship Dreadnaught OF
days II hours from Sandy Hook to Queens
town. must be beaten; if the time made bv the
yacht Endymon. of 13 days 90 hours from
Sandy Hook TO The Needles, is the standard
then the winner will have TO outsail that time
Experts say that a few days of easterlv winds
at this end of the route will kill all chances of
record breaking. for scarcely any head winds
were encountered by the vessels that made the
fast runs.