The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-09
EFFORT WINS THE KINGS CUP.
n. M. SMITHS SLOOP BEATS THE
1900. QUEEN BH o SECONDS.

. . 80. HeASASAV y SSO~f'D
New Herreshsdf Schooner Crosses the Line
First and Great Excitement Prevails
Untii Gielosv's CPeatiea FINISHES Rain.
bow 0tFilkos O Rock-Nlne Boata start.
NEwPoRr, r. J., Aug, s,-F. n. Smiths
sloop yacht Effort captured King Edward
Wis. cup to-day In q race that will long DO
remembered by those who witnessed IT,. The
race was sailed In an ~easterly wind OF moderate
strength. The skies were screened by water
laden clouds that occasionally drenched the
yaohtsmen. The sea was comparatively
smooth. there being little more than the ocean
roll that always accompanies an easter.
Nine yachts started. Out Of the seventeen
that had entered the owners OF eight de-
clined the contest. some because 1t was not
q nice day to race. others because under the
weather conditions that prevailed they
thong h they had not q chance.
The Effort. smothersd In canvas. sailed
across the finishing line. passing through
the lane Of steamers that had gathered for
the finish. and for q few seconds IL was hard
to tell which boat had won. The Queen. j..
Rogers Maxwells yacht. had finished first.
but she had to allow some time to the Effort.
and when the mathematical sharps had
figured II out the Effort was declared the
winner by 0 seconds.
To win the Kings CUP has been the ambition
Of nearly every owner Of q racing ysoht this
season. When King Edward gave tho CUP TO
the New York Yacht Club several yeohtsmen
made their preparations for the season with
their eyes riveted on the cup, as each man
considered 1t would be an honor to have his
yachts name the first engraved on the cup.
j. Rogers Maxwell went TO Herreshon and
had the Queen designed n built. The
Queen Is the best schooner Of the year. and
has beaten the Elmina and Corona easily.
She ls q yacht that runs at s7.es feet, but when
sailing with sloops and yawis she Ia only
taxed for IS per cent. of this rating In figuring
time allowance. This was all considered In
building the yacht and the wizard Of Bristol
thought that the schooner was the best type
OF yacht with which TO capture the CUP.
Mr.. Smith, the California millionaire who
owns the fast steam yacht Hauoli. had an eye
on the CUP and he commissioned Henry j.
Gielow to build q racing sloop In the 90 foot
class for him, and he gave Mr.. Gielow carte
blanche to turn out anything he wanted that
would win. MIR. Gielow gave the matter care
full attention and elected TO build Q yacht 81
feet on the water line. or 80 feet shorter than
the Queen. and to carry 5000 square feet OF
oenvas or Just one half Of what the Queen
spreads. Now on the elaborate table by
which yachtsmen figure their allowances the
vigilant. the old cup defender. had to allow
JtuO W III tho OtaCi yhCheo' ohV
utes seconds to the Effort.
The vigilant was beatep early N the race
s sRs s ssiie Suff iHs ' g xi { s0s ana i's az o S%s sims ~as
making. thirteen nautical miles an honr
she could not get far enough awsy trSm the
allow 30 minutes ~ seconds to the Effort.
orS8 seconds q mile. -
mi Hss 70 a1r %Min lsE Of the At sa sse 'e end Of r shst 'f ies
the Queen had beaten the Effort Q minutes
10 seconds, and abe had to allow . minutes
ss Sds0o q rev 20 seconds ssa, sp to spare. < d Tie next
leg. which was a reach Of four miles. the Queen
averaged thirteen n]autioaI miles an hour
This was 1 minute % seconds more mar her
allowance.
this Ehf iss Il the s's Queen . run h sS% to q all y % 3 sinu "a
chat she would do this. as with her large
sRJsisdf l Se 6 ssSsf her eV lead. 'n The s1 little Enors
s supDs assy i fyen Sss' b sSeu nat s as s See sSo uid
The Queen only beat the Etort by minutes
w. Eh sss. sss e 5y shi :sI!sd an. ssrs sisss ss' fl ltas sss
s5SSPSd vs The 9So sd won It and Ta sbs ssl the sn yschs in
men stood watches In hand, and counted the
minutes OF as they passed. Looking back
seen rushing on toward the mark. and each
skipper and each man IN the GREY was doing
his UTMOST to increase the speed Of his u yaSShs t..
too was saiuted. Harry Maxwell. her owner.
sailed a plucky race against his father. He
H wss QUITE 9ehsea a f fee , hai in bis cap. and he too was
The, tisilant was the next. The old Cup
defender was out Of IL almost from the start.
than Ia the Queen and had e ALLOW time to {6at
lafiOna huf IL waa in order to salute each
yacht and she got hers.
Then Ths9s Tier, A. ,, Sss H. Z T EIort w nss %stsr E.%i0s
along under sPinnaker and balloon ii6 topsaiI.
ounce Of the wind which u was blowing owl g. oyer yer
Sesn dar ar'sa" 6bef lore '+ The crew re wss sithered
So the Sp, T snd or %t aSsTts sfFrs Il s sss pds tue sh E I q
the owner were seated Watching, and waiting.
Designer Gielow. watch s.a 1 In hand ,hs had M noted TED
he was counting the seconds as they licked
had n ! Minute Ens lAG - seconds len g get 70 the the
s sias .s snS " hsT how n9'i f Sss s dHrs~ e t tsp,eIli1 iH
almost bresthlessly they were counted by
every one watching the race.
and four minute passed away. To those
who were wanting n the Queen to win those
minutes seemed ike nOuIS, 10 tnObe IdVOTlnB
the Effort they were like seconds. Still the
yacht tore on toward her mark. On the
bridge OF the Colonia the commltteemen
were Watching too. and as the Effort drew
near Mr.. Kerr raised his arm to drop, 1t as
soon as she got In range with the lghtship.
The seconds went by Ave. ten. thirty. and
then they were counted sinRly, and as she
darted across the line she still had nine sec
onds left. She had won the cur, and the
Queen was beaten. Whistles sounded again
and the yacht, as soon as she had taken In her
light canvas. stood on up the harbor TO her
anchorage with every one on board happy:
1t was a great race, sailed IN fine racing
weather. The wind was true from start to
finish. When half the race was over y fresh
thing TO do with the Efforts fine showing
on the last leg OF the course. She had won
the race though. and the losers had no ex-
cuses to make.
The Rainbow when half way between West
and Chickens lightshIp., struck On an ,ul-
ledge. She went on with euch for &c that
Capt. Barr, who was at the wheel, was thrown
down and severely bruised and four Of the
sesmen were hurt, but not seriously. She
was taken out OF the race at once. 1t was
found that she had opened some OF her seams
and was taken to Bristol to find out the ex-
tent of the damage TO the yacht. Commodore
Vanderbilt hopes the yacht will be on hand
in time tomorrow to continue on to Vine
yard Haven.
At the time Of the accident the Rainbow
was a beaten boat. Harry L. Maxwell had
beaten Can't. Barr at the start and the Yankee