New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
SECOND RACE TO COD.
LIGHT AIRS FOR TRIAL.
MOmday's Winner Far Back-To
Meet 4gain To-day.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune J


Marblehead Mass. Aug. 1.-THE Cod the
sonderkIasse boat designed by Crowmnshlelu'
of Boston. and owned and sailed by Dr. MOI loi'
Prince which did not finish yesterday won INC
second trial race to-day for the right to deiehu
The Roosevelt Cup against the German ihNdueiS' >
The course was six miles to leeward ana ie''l ~
and the Cod won by % seconds from e H. W.
Fosters Caramba, sailed by Reginald boaIu-
man. It was a light weather day. with fuky
winds and calms. and while it brought Out 'l1e
light weather qualities Of the boats TO a certain
extent, It could hardly he considered fair test
Of any OF them Considering the conditions en-
countered. the New York boats Spokane and
Vim did very well in the race. The Vim m
sshed ahead Of seven boats. and the Spokane
ahead Of four If the Vim had not split tachs
with the others on the beat home. many thlhk
she would have finished fourth or better
Seventeen boats started from Half Way Rock
after tedious wait of hour for breeze
steady and strong enough TO make racing worth
while The regatta committees decision 10 sehd
.henl six miles 10 the southeast proved wise
one For the first half Of the race. al least
the wind remained fairly steady. and the yachts,
running dead before it. with spinnakers set
nearly all the way, sailed with the lightest kind
Of al air. barely filling their sails at times. In
this work the Cod made an astonishing showing
Starting in eleventh place, she walked right
through the fleet and before the six miles was
covered had taken the lead. She continued to
gain on the way to the lee mark, being at one
time fully two minutes ahead OF the next boat
Just before the mark was reached the wind
shifted To eastward. The stern boats got 1t
frst and closed the gap quickly when spinnakers
came in and sheets were trimmed. so that the
cod rounded the mark only 43 seconds ahead of
the Caramba. The order of the start was as
follows: The Bonidrei the Spokane Che
wing VI. the Caramba, the Sumatra, Hayseed.
III. the Loreei. the Vim, the Skidoo, the Man
chester. the Cod. the Ellen, Sally VIII, the
WindTim Kid the AUX the New Orleans and the
Alecto
Sally VIII. with her spinnaker set to star
board, made the hest start. She sailed straight
down for the middle Of the line, under good
headway- Most Of the others set sp1nnakers
after crossing Some carried their booms 10
starboard and spinnakers TO port The Cod was
one Of these. One by one she dropped the others
until 12:2J thirty minutes after the start, she
was the leader. At 10 the order of the boats
YVES: The Cod Hayseed III. the Caramba, the
Bonidrei, the Spokane, the Sumatra, the Vim.
the AUX the Lorelei, the Ellen, Sally VIII, the
Windrirn Kid and the Manchester. The Alecto
dropped out before the turn.
They all took the starboard tack after round
ing the mark. and they were able to lie on their
course for about ten minutes. Then the wind
left them altogether.
When at o'clock the Cod got the first OF a
northwest breeze and stood away the star
board tack on her first bit of windward work
the Caramba. which got the breeze next, was
fully a mile 10 leeward Of her, while Chewink
VI was half a mile 10 leeward of the Caramba.
The BonidTe Hayseed III and the New Orleans
were next in order and the rest far astern. It
twenty minutes before the breeze reached
the last boat. In one hour from the time the
breeze struck the Caramba she had cut down the
Gods lead that it looked as If she would
weather her and win. This she would probably
have done If they had sailed half mile further.
The order ~ the boats at the finish and the
elapsed time fellow: