New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
ELMINA LEADS FLEET.
Y1NKEE BEATS R4INBOW.
Cruising Yachts Race Dozun the
Sound TO Ne1U London.
IBy telegraph % me Trslune.l ]


New london. Conn. Aug. 4.-Greeted by a
chorus of steam yacht whistles and screeching
sirens almost equal 10 those that have welcomed
successful Americas Cup defender of Sandy
hook, f. T. Brewster's schooner yacht the El-
NINA swept across the finish line of Sarah's
Ledge az 3:5436 to-day, the winner In her class
in the second squadron run OF the New York
Yacht Clubs annual cruise. She was also win
OF OF the vioe-commodore's s.cups for the
run from Morris Cove TO this port. The Elnaina
finished thlrty-three seconds ahead OF the next
schooner. the Corona. which was one minute
ahead OF the Queen.
An equally noisy welcome greeted Harry l..
Maxwell when he sent his sloop. the Yankee
across the finish line minutes fl seconds ahead
os the Rainbow. The weetamoe was the first OF
the smaller sloops 10 arrive finishing four min
utes one second ahead OF the Effort. which sioop
she defeated on corrected time by only seven
teen seconds.
The other winners OF the vice-commodore
cups are the schooner Venona, owned by Robert
Olyphant, and she sloops Humna and Cara MA
owned by r. w. Emmons and Stuyvesant VAIN
wright respectively. The latter boat is one OF
the New York Yacht Gibbs thirty-foot class,
and wins on time allowance from the big'sloops
and ysyyls.
The yawls Sybarita and Vigilant had close
race from start 20 finish. the former winning
by 3 minutes SO seconds The winners Of the
other classes were the Muriel, the Katrina, the
Idler and the Cachalot-
i'm q light breeze from the southwest the
Start was made from Morris Cove at 1o:13
O'Clock a. postponement. Of one hour having been
necessary on account OF calm weather. William
Butler Duncan's Dahinda led the 30-foot class
and the fleet OF norty-seven yachts that started.
She was followed by the Nicola II. the Alera, the
Phryne. the Atari. the Cara Mia. the Ta5asco.
the Mink and the BanzaL
The next class Of. sloops got away IN this order
az 1870 o'clock: The Gardenia. the Hun1una,
the PelIegrina, the Mirnosa III. the Affair. the
Doris, the Janet and the Phantom. On the next
signal the sloop. Hester led the class at 1O:3540.
followed by theesWeetamoe at 10:355O. the Iro-
lta at 1o:35:52. the Effort at 1O:36:2S and the
Nicola az lOr37. The last named was handl-
capped few seconds
IL is seldom that such a close start is seen as
that OF the 7o-Sooters and the big yawls vigil
ant and Sybsrita. The 'yigtlant crossed the line
trst at ti6:40:27. Nine seconds later the YAM
kee, steered by her owner. Harry L. Maxwell.
crossed about. an oars length 70 windward of
the Vsgilant-
! Captain Barr OF the Rainbow determined 20
obtain the weather berth. ran the Rainbow's
bow right the Yankees taffrail while her
weather side almost scraped the committee boat
es she passed. Then. IufFing quickly, he clev-
eTly cleared them both and soon had a Iuffing
match with the Yankee. The sybar:ta
crossed az 10:4O:52. All four .yachts.crossed the
line in % seconds.
AT lO:45 the schooners Katrina, Muriel, Ariel,
Vencnas Crusader. Andromaia and sinitar
started in that order. and five minutes later the
big schooners Corona, Invader, Queen. Elrnina
Lasca and Endymton. named. the last named
being handicapped four minutes. The Queen, the
Corona and the Elraina set main topmast sky
sails at once.
The auxiliaries. Emerald. Seneca, Cactxalot,
TencidOT. Tecla, Intrepid Imvincible. Ider and
Ariadne got away in that order
AT 1880 o'clock two hours after the start;the
order OF the yachts as they passed FauIlzr.er's
Island was the schooner Elmina leading, the
yawl Vigilant next the sioops Weetaroe Es-
Fort aid Yankee following: the schooner Queen
the yawl SybaEita- the sloop Doris. the sctooners
Katrina and Muriel. the sloop Pellegrina, the
schooner ARIEL the slOop Janet and the New
York thirties. the Atari and the Dahinda-
The wind continued light, and il hauled ITO the
southward and eastward as the yachts ap-
preached Cornfleld Lightship They passedathat
mark in this order: The EImina, 1:5s:15: the
Rainbow. 2:OS:5O; the Yankee. 2:O3: So: the Ef-
fort 2:1O; the Weetamoe. 2:IO 80; the Hunrna
2;1o:85; the Sybarita. 2:1I the Irolta 2.aa.
Nhe Corona. 2:13:30; the Invader 2:lS:3O
Az 2:3O the wind left the Elnina entirely al
lowing me others TO almost overhaul her
ne" oreeze from the southeast however came
along just in time to permit her TO hold her
position as leader of the fleet -
For several miles the Rainbow and the Yankee
salled along beam and beam, with balloon iih
topsaals drawing we'll and the Yankee holding
tfe weather berth. The Yankee gained steadilV
from Saybrook 20 the finish, as the southeast
breeze mad come 70 stay. and 1t gave the leaders
an opportunity for some good racing between
e4ybrook and the finish The first yacht 10
pass Bartletts Reef Lightship was the Fluaina
Xse picture at the finish was a spirited one
as the great feet Of sloops and schooners with
nooms 20 port and spinnakers 10 starboard came
down the wind from Bartlett's Reef Iightship 10
the finish lire, three miles to leeyyard
The wind canted TO the eastward after the lead
ers had finished. the others following in this
order: The Vigilant, the Sybarita the Humma
the 1rolita. the Nicola. the Muriel the Invader
the Irene, the Katrina the Affair the EndyYnion
the Doris the Emerald, the Lasca the Telxla
the Intrepid. the Hester, the Ariadne the Gar
denia. the Cachalot. the Vencedor the Simitar
The Pellegrina, the Venona, the Phantom the
Cara Mia and the rest.
The feet viii remain at anchor here to-rnor-
row. The steam yachts mustered at the finish
included the Narada. the Venetia, the Cristobel
the Sultana. the Oneida. the Colona the Roamer
the Aquilo. the AlVina and the Issaouena
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt sailed in his
slooo Rainbow in the race. J. Rogers Max
well sailed the Queen.
The summary follows:
YAwLs-IOO-FooT CLASS
Yacht ana owner HMs HMs RMs
syhariia ". G. Brokaw. lo:4052 $3.50 5:47:is