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


THINGS ARE GOING.
Sunday in New London Iiarbor--Fleur do
Lys Joins the N. u. Y. G. Squadron
Capt. Hank HAT M-Rescue Of
Eighteen Pcrsons-Plans for To-day.
NEW LONDON, Conn.,. Aug. ls.--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 lnterfered
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 as the cruise proceeds II
improves. 1t Is a long time since fifteen
schooner yachts crossed the line In one
regatta, and those that are meeting In these
races are the finest schooners adoat.
Fleet Captain J. d. j. Kelley this afternoon
announced that since the squadron was or
ganzed 1872 vessels had Joined. and " 10 eI-
pected that several moro yachts Will join at
Newport. There were to-day more than
las 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 Astor cup races
of Newport. and tho officers OF the club are
confident that there will be q feet Of $50
yachts In the harbor tomorrow night.
Every one Is enthusiastic about the way
things are run this year. Commodore
Bourne Is one OF the best executive ofiloers
the club has had and he 10 very popular.
Vlce-Commodore Henry Walters. the second
in commend, lie another good leader. What
pleasea the racing men. though. Is that the
regatta committee 10 thoroughly alive TO It's
work and does 1t properly. The yachts
are started promptly. and soon sitter they
have finished the elapsed times and allowances
are figured out and IL is soon known which
boats have won. Tho committee 10 Oliver e.
Cromwell, H. Deb. Parsons and Franklin
A. P1ummer. They have tried this year to
boom the racing as much as possible and make
the yachtsmen live up to the racing rules.
There 10 a rule which says . bost must be
measured before 1t can race. but that rule has
never been strictly enforced. and the result
announced until weeks after the regattas.
A little gentle pressure has been put on this
year which will have wholesome e6eot
When yacht Is measured the committee has
regularly entered 1t for any races. An I'M
measured yacht has been allowed to start
as a special entry. II after . special has
been measured 1t is found that she has beaten
regular entries she gets special prize. but
only yachts that have compiled With the rules
can compete for the regular prizes.
Hence on this cruise only those yachts
that are entered and have hled their oertin-
Gates can try for the valuable nag oficers'
prizes and the other special trophies. The
schooner Lasoa has been racing - . special.
Her certificate was nled to-day and now she
is a regular. She rates very low and 1t is
possible that she has beaten the Corona In
the two runs sailed 30 far.
Some slight error was made In the time
allowance credited to the Weetamoe In yes
terday's run. She gets only minutes Is
seconds. and so the Mineola wins the race
and the Weetamoe 10 second.
The Mink. the ao-footer owned b. Howard
Willets. makes the best corrected time over
the course in the race for the rear oommodore's
prize. and unless disqualified she will win.
She has been protested. as was the Dahinda.
which won the commodore's cup on Friday.
A blanket protest has been made by Charles
Lane Poor Of the Mira against the so-footers.
on the ground that they do not carry . boat.
This protest. OF course. only applies where
the 3o-footers race against iarser 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.
H. has !ust e5rived from GloH'o !. where
fhe F fei Dc L s Was Il. smallest Boat that
raced across the ocean for the German En-
Su sns she say. %:d ths SSss
will join the squadron al Msrblehsad. This
that both of these yachts will take part in
the ocean race Of the Eastern Yacht Club,
The yachts dressed ship at colSr, this
n tRs ind day ons The an
chored near the entrance. between the Peanot
l H9Sse on f sSs e. Fort osSe1
Several new yachts Joined the squadron
today, Among them was FIederlck y.
q few weeks ago The old Cup defendeT
ana she VIII BY en az
ncs!sed sas The psntoosst owned By 1iSert
here on board 81 the steamer s M
sHsd esso
Visitor. Nj. ". warren: Sea Bird, +. &. Burn
ss arsssssH c.a " Goot. y
sna fb b: I: IayeR.sI: Oneida. 1: {: Bensdiet.
{. Cramer, with j. Emien Roosevelt. uncle Of
ths President 1z!d on board; Qnw1Td Mr. Under;
%p 5Ty Hs The wss.smof R. sSt
the cup defenders &ayHcwsr. Volunteer and
Defender to victory and was on board the
To-norrow morning the, fleet will go to
O'Clock. and the finish will be. on Brenton's
Reef Lghtship. The speciui prizes ore
for schooners ard one for sloops and va wis.
The winners Of, the navy challsr ge cups
also will be decided by this run. These cups
are for the yachts in the two olssses. schoor ers
gate corrected time for the first three runs.
An accident happened in the harboI late
on board. in charge OF William Luckey. was
run down bya fisherman entering the harboIr.
There were several women on the launch,
and every one was thrown Into the water.
The yachts near where the accident happened
at once lowered their launches and went to
the rescue LAUNCHES were. lowered from
the Colonia. Narada and other boats. and
while picking the unlucky ones out OF the
water the soarchlights were trained on the
one was saved. and beyond getting a wettinee
no one was hurt.
MOTT HAVEN A. r. CANES