The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-04
AUX W%NSFROMGEUMAN BOATS
FOREIGNERS BEATEN HANDILY
IN THEIR OWN WEATHER.


and the best any one OF the trio could do was
10 finish third. The AUX won. She was splen-
didly sailed by her owner. Charles Frnncis
Adams I'd. and finished , minutes 70 seconds
ahead Of the Vim. the New York boat.
between these two boats the contest was a
hot one. The course was triangular. and at
the weather mark on the hrst round the AUX
led by 10 seconds. Reaching on the next
two legs the AUX improve her position 80 that
at the end OF the first round with the race hall
over. she led by I minute p seconds. On
r the second round the Vim made a good gain
90 the windward leg. and at the weather
mark she was only 20 seconds astern, but
she lost again reaching.
These two boats were handled by amateurs.
Charles FraRCis ADAMS and clifford buchanan
never lost a trick, and the AUX won chiedy
because of her ability to reach better than
the Vim. The third boat TO finish was the
Wannsee. the German; she was ~ minutes
20 seconds behind the AUX. The Caramba
was fourth. beaten ~ minutes "a seconds,
the lilly nth. beaten II minutes, and the
Gluckauf last, beaten % minutes n seconds
II was a race that would make the blood OF
the veriest pessimist run warm. The wind
was strong from the southw est, shifting
tow ard the end to west and northwest and
It increased In force from ten miles an hour
at the start to twenty-five miles an hour
Al the finish. " it'll some puts "a high as thirty
miles. This record Mas taken on the Ane-
MON Of or n, the Eastern Yacht CIuS houas.
The seo as rough there " ere holes in this
water, a natural consequence after a night
Of strong winds sW eeping aCrOss the bay.
but the little boats made fhe weather OF II.
or course all hands got wet. Each boat
stuck her how under the waves and s~cooping
Il I'm daahsd n aft on ,hose sitting in the
cockpit and then staggered on into the NEXT
sea 10 scoon 4, nm again. and 40 on all the
while ,hey we're heating to wIndw ard.
The Yachts sailed fast the Auk made m q
hrteen nautical miles I'm , hour, Al MINUTES
and as seconds which shows how these boats
can ira vel
Every one il nanny here to-nIUht Tn.
An1esIcad. ha.,nse the American boat. won
and the Germans are hapDy TOO. They had
raae .Jnst the kind M want d They
Tere beaten in weather mat could not have
suitat them hertz Thev admit this and thew
are DIeased that they had anch a Uood race
and hat ,hev we're beaten without anv n,ke
Like good sportsmen thar they are they
acknow ledge their defeat They say thew
had No idea that the American boats could
sail 40 fat under the conditions thew Thought
ante their boats. They ba We not loaf heart
but think that they NAV do we'll in some
of the races 10 come and thew are going ahead
nrenarinu for the newt race wi,hout anv
Thought Of to-1ay's defeat and WI not be
beaten until The Iast race ia sailed
n was a gloomy morning when the Yachts
men turned ou, and thew "a we'll as the thou
sands of others Interested were d~isa appointed
tha, the copditiops were not better There
was n fresh son, n " esterlv wind. hut heavy
water laden clouds hung IN the sky. IL had
rained during the night and il had threat
cned TO rain again. On the racers there was
lots TO no dose Yacht like a woman.
has garments for each kind of weather. and
for to-day sails we're selected that would
stand the pressure Of the wind and that
would not spoil IL the rain fell. The finishing
touches. we're given to each craft. and then
they made for the starting line.
The time indRes. ms they are called. ac-
,ordinr % tn Csrr,an rvIss non, On hoard
~" 49, e"t y" Os
inc tug Mercsry from the Easterp lacnt
HebbinRhaus, representing the Germans. and
Henry Howard renresentIn0 the Eastern
Yacht Club. Capt. He~bblnghaus had to
attend the naval review at Oyster Bay, ana
his place was taken for the day by Henry n.
RucL Can't Ushbinghsus win he bsrS On
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WeuhesuaN IT Ine Seconu race, inc u",
pres were Louis NJ. Clark, y, W, sleeper and
Herbert n Whites steam Yacht Wild Goose
m. - - -. ~ ~.
Ine mar oos. va "a t"S y eSIa rnu nus
left the harbor at O3l O'Clock. and their start
ing was the signal for the big feet OF va ohts.
t,oa ond othar yosaaIs 70 foIlnur
'"ss a"u o"'' 'eN " 'o'tVN'
Inc revenue cutters Decatur and Graham
went out to keen the course clear, and revenue
ofBcers had heen mt on hoard several NJ the
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s'eN" 'a'h's 80 'na' '"ose VINO were over
10 witness the race might be restrained
from getting too near the racers and so both
erinv ,hem. The feet was n Iarga ona
80, 49, -, no,truI - 80 .n,
nuhouS INC SHen's no''ru "e'r ~NoHhooOre
w. Amory GaTdners constance. with some
representative Of foreign Governments on
hoard. ViCcLCommodorc r. IeUis C1srL'.
$500 Ar,S,,r ~ TULo., go. -
Emeraiu' Nr'huI T. 'nHesH Norons' 'ommo-
uore Henry Morss Dervish,
parks's W~acondaba. Eugene TOmpkins's Ida
Ia n Whites pcriwine. the Naval NuIi,I.
n,ss,ht Ircn an which the GoWernor viii han"ttnIss
me ncXt Ta, . Commodorc II WsItsr CIsrnytI.
irolits ot the pbiiedeInhia Corin,hiaD V.IHhss
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SEiOner,s Consteila,i ion 4 IL "a Eo.sr III.
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Traorn,ina raihn; AIdrich's Ra,h,iia Uus
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I'M ,oiIc ron, he sfSrtinS nnHn % keep
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