New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
ELMIEA BEATS QUEEN
loser NOT DISGRACED.
y r.. MarreUs Neso HerreshOf
Schooner Shoes Speed.

xr,-.s-,cors latest production the racing
schooner Queen. owned by J. Rogers Maxwell.
sailed her maiden race yesterday on Long Island
Sound in the hfty-nnth annual regatta Of the
New York Yacht Club. and in spite OF the fact
sha. she was beaten FIVE minutes and eight sec
o-ds elapsed time and four minutes and five
seconds corrected time. by f F. Brewster's FL
nina she created a very favorable impression
among the yachtsmen who Witnessed her per-
formance.
The race was sailed In a southerly breeze that
varied in strength from light 10 fresh. and one
.n which these two yachts. well as the others.
were able 10 carry all their light sails. The first
Lee of the twenty and one-eighth-mile triangular
course was a run OF three and one-half miles
dead before the wind. the second broad reach
OF seven ana three-eighths miles. and the last
nine and one-quarter miles Of windward work
On the run the Queen nearly held her own with
the Emina; on tho reach she gained thirteen
seconds on her and in the windward work she
was beaten exactly FIVE minutes by the Elrnina-
but she defeated the Corona eight minutes and
tzvenry-four seconds in the same work Taken
all IN all. the experts agree that the Queen is a
fast and powerful vessel, and viii make a good
showing when she is tuned up
William F Iselin's big yawl Vigilant was the
winner in the sloop class defeating the Rainbow
seventeen minutes and twenty-four seconds and
the Yankee twenty minutes and twenty-four
seconds She wins the Bennett cup for sloops. as
does the Elmina the Bennett cup for schooners.
The performance Of F. N. Smiths sixty
foot sloop Effort was watched with interest as
tt was her first race. She showed good speed
winning from the new IroIita. owned by z. W
Clark. by four minutes and twenty seconds
sctUal time. The Weetamoe. Of the same class.
owned by Henry F. Lippitt, Of Providence. de-
feated the Neela by four minutes and forty-fve
seconds actual time The Nicola II was the win
ming thirtv-footer. She defeated the Catalina by
thirty seconds.
After tedious wait OF nearly two hours for
wind the start made OF Motifs Point in
light breeze from the southeast. The Elnina got
the hest OF the start OF the schooners and 10
this fact she owed much OF the lead she held 10
the hnish She crossed the line in ] min. sec.
after the signal. and 81 seconds ahead Of the
Corona which LED the Queen by % seconds. All
three broke out balloon jibtopsails before reach
9ng the l.ne aud the two latter set spinnakers
10 starboard a. once for the three-nie run
across the Sound.
The Fig1lant made spectacular start. cross
ing the line under cloud Of canvas five min
Utes before the signal for the 7O-footers so that
that time should really be deducted from her
winning time There was some clever work at
the start between Captain Charles Barr. al the
ASiiiA u Auc 1AdllDoNs ana Harry Maxwell. the
owner Of the Yankee. IN which the latter came
out about on even terms with the professional
Tor ne led by seconds. and, although TO lee
ward when they crossed the line the Yankee
was forereaching OF the Rainbow. These two
set spinnakers, ana at the first mark-the Scotch
caps buoy-the Rainbow. which had Coumo-
core Vanderbilt on board. led by Just IS sec
onds
The New lrolta led the Effort az the start by
o seconds The Weetamoe and the Neola
crossed next, then the Isolde The first two in
ouised ~ iuflng match that took them a. lea ST
TWO miles out of their courses, while the Ef-
Tort and Irolita went straight for the mark
They rounded il beam and beam" The starr OF
tle o"s was pretty, eight Of them getting
away within thirty seconds, led by the Neoa
Jhe Queen passed the Corona Oh the reach al
@.oo ana for time she gained on the Flnina
Ine iron steamboat CepheUs and the steam
yachts Tuscarora, Oneida. Celt The Limited
OUnreda and F1renzi accompanied The Yachts
over the course The times Of the les ders tai ken
al the second mark, of Parsonage Point were.
The Elnila, sos 70; the Queen 3.09.52. the
corona, 8 II "a; the Eigilant. 314:45 the Rain
5364S ~ I--0i' l.
The following table shows the elapsed times
between marks