The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
SONDVRCLASS BOATS IN TRIM.
TRIALS FOR ROOSEVELT CUP
CANDIDATES BEGIN TO-DAY.

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CANDIDATES BEGIN TO-DAY.
Seventeen OF Nineteen Yachts Entered VIII
Compete in the First Contest sally
VIII. Already Has d Good Record
boats for All Kinds OF weather.
M%ARBLEugAp, Mass, Aug. .i2.-At least
seventeen Of the nineteen yachts built to
defend the Roosevelt cup against the Ger
mans will start In the eliminating races which
will begin tomorrow, and considering the
activity Of the owners OF these boats the
races will be hot ones from start TO finish
and the winner will have to do some tall
hustling to get home first.
To-day all the Sonderolass boats are hauled
| out In the different yards around here being
cleaned and prepared for the races. Some
Of them are queer looking little craft, Just q
canoe shaped body with a IN on which 10
balanced som lead. and spars on which are
| spread $50 square feet OF canvas. some
have long ends and some are short. They
vary In draught from I feet ID Lorelei, the ANA
teur designed boat, TO . feet ? inches In tho
Bonidrei, the Crowninshield boat. owned by
c. H. Wightman. In beam there is another
variety Of Ideas expressed by the different
| designers. The narrowest ls the Lorelei, and
an she has the least draught and beam she Ia
the longest on the water line. and the beamiest
Ia the Hayseed. which h Z feet Q inches at the
water line. In over all len 9Th these bosts
| vary from 90 feet II inches on the Hayseed
TO 70 feet on the Aloeto.
Early this morning several OF the yachts
were sailing about the harbor In b fine north
west breeze and the owners and the regatta
| committee Of the Eastern Yacht Club that
will manage the races were sorry that the
first race was not set for to-day instead OF to-
morrow. and hoped that the wind would last.
| mi. ..,~ik la ohnrul aftha raNaa Ia Hanry
Howard, chairman; George Atkinson. Jr.,
A. Appleton Packard. Henry J. Morse and
| Louis NJ. Clark.
As some Of the owners Of these boats are
| not acquainted with local conditions. and to
do away with any advantage one might gain
through local knowledge Of the tides. tho
start will be made of Half Way Rock. This
rock Is about tree miles from Marblehead
Neck, right out in the open. so that each boat
will have a fair chance.
The trial races are to be sailed each day
and the committee will select the courses
just before the starting signal is made at II
O'Clock each morning. II the race Is wind
ward or leeward and return the course will
be twelve miles In length. II 1t is trian gular
It viii be fifteen miles In length. or I'VE miles
to q leg. No system OF point scoring will
DO used In the selection OF tho three defenders
and the three boats that In the opinion OF
the committee are the best viii be chosen.
The Germans have three boats. One 10 q
| light weather boat. This Ia the Title VI.
which has not yet arrived here. The Gluck-
auf Nv. L. the heavy weather boat and the
Wannses is for moderate weather. The
committee hopes to be able to select the
American boat for similar conditions. one
| for heavy weather, ono for moderate weather
INT one for light weather.
The two New York boats In the contest are
the Spokane. designed by Clinton H. Crane
and owned by vice-Commodore F. Lewis
Clark. and the vim, designed by William
Gardner and owned by Commodore Trenor
L.. Park. As far 40 the. sailing qualities
of these two boats are concerned. the yachts
men around this section are In the dark.
The owners have not started them In any
race yet and In their trials have been very
careful rlI. to s svSid AK HBs Srq Ssvs BEEN stsh s o.asr out Ut
sailing and have been very much admired.
Neither Is extreme In type.
SPOKANE ahs "'a 8, I ie y is' 5a t !sssn s.s Syei line a.'' e., fs' III! i'm
inches. ,SISs yin ~ b:: tssf rsI INCHES SIS d Beam
I fh hss' .rs snH bet fn4 hs sss SU %. !. 0 .Se " Yard III q
a nud S they look 70 Be- in me condition: Gom::
modore Park viii BE- on his own boat. which
Wan VAT e esc ssiIss By + E.l sn g %aeh s sn sh ns h sallsa
dardn ae VIII Il a ais. oe 81 o G'f board .'' Fhe s %pt,am
vii Vii Be Be T. ta I. ss ~ g5sa:0 ana sF :. he spa s,s Smith p'iP
Many OF the other boats have been pot loaded.
ssd K: s ssS, e. l e .t ysSaiI.at %a az p s,,sasos
I msy learn .ss ' soms tricks they did not knoSs
TSSs start q t ! .;s,. small as|| s boat s',ns.sIos
i ~. g : 81 one a. s sne s.sFt and Ft IN s yssshs "" Win 0s 90 of Tor
mis- MISTAKES they wli 6e separated by only
Ut e; ;o s$'i ssE. .2 : e q, :, s. ~ s.s 2 2, s iS 81 "; Ky aS . +
= 'n4.s sH0 at a' ne G rses., e wSfsS are ire s sIss
to be the most interesting Of their kind eyer
wines Ssrs in .r .he %i,,Is SsteE r Is ATons ys sas
IrslIts. GEORGE MsFss, u pl ssasos e., " fo $.
t t%es's ci ssinass' and w. 3 tSsy.s xtssas,
ss1srSsi sa %Srs f Usf *. ss ssrb OUTSIDE TINS AFTER
for thIs GLASS have Ss ;S. taking King EFF in o yaSss
BY ln i Z. T. psreisi L." has sH made sdS"t the beat record
90 far. In fifteen stsrts she has won Ave
srss:; ays that ssf9 II som sna Of the ,Ss d aslIas ones ssd Do 4 no y
iurnish surprised che will be one OF the trio
Net to her Is the sumatrs. owned BIZ Fran.
Won four times. been second tslGe. third
once 'P Sss sSu. .eeo SnSei thr res n ii%ss an er' third MGd
onos In ten starts. The Windrim KID. IN min.
times. The Manchester II. has started onl,
fvs times. and che has two arsts. two second,
good showing. The HAyseed III, has VOL
twice In ten starts. and the New Orleans
The Sally VIII. according TO those who havt
watched the race. is a good all round boa
ter II. ia the best OF the Boardman boats ant
the Sumstra Is the best Of the Crowninshielt
boats and Is fast In light airs. She runs ant
The German boats are beautifully designed
and built, bur they are conservative In thei
dimensions. The Americans nre ingenioisly
designed and only fairly well onht, Mhl,t
and building among then. e, e. a class they Gos a.,
Thi, is not due to any limiting ot expense. q,
our boats have cost nserly twice e. niue,
seems to have been In an attempt to chea,,
the rule to go the limit" and get an incl
more than the other fellow.
, The two boats Of New York design. the Vim
owned by Trenor l.. Park and designed b!