The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-12
0UEEN RINs e0VLp cUP.
J. ROgers MaxMellS schOsner Defeats the
Elmiana IN Coed Race.

. NAmAhAA w 1y1u mhBGs
Close hauled on the port tack and heslIng
down under the pressure OF her cloud OF cam
vas until the lee rail was level with the water.
J. Rogers Maxwells peerless schooner yacht
Queen swept malesticaly across the fin ish
line on Oyster Bay yesterday the winner Of
the $500 cup offered by Capt. Howard Gould.
IL was = Apeeisl race. arranged by the
SeawAnhaka Corintbian Yacht Club. in which
+. y. Brewster's Elmina was the Queens
only competitor. The Queen won by .
minutes Q seconds actual and by 8 minutes 30
seconds corrected time. for she received -
seconds from the Elmina. The race was q
close one for the frst half OF the course. but
In the second half. In the windward work Of
fve and t~hree-duarter miles, the Queen made
a clear gain OF S minutes lacking 1 second.
Believing that there was also TO be a race
for sloops. the owners OF abe Effort and Neola
had those yachts At the line ready TO start.
Rather than dlHAppoint them, Capt. Walter
Jennings OF the steam yacht TuscarorA offered
q 300 cup a. a prize for them to race, boat for
boat. over half the course covered by the
schooners.
Z. ID. King. ths Nsolas owner. sailed his
boat. and the Effort was sailed by her skipper,
Capt. Howell. The Nicola held her own
well on the run and reach, but she was finally
beaten by the Effort by Z minutes a. seconds.
after an Interesting contest, these two
Of the club for tina Pierce cup.
In a fresh breeze from the southeast the
line established between the black buoy Of
the northwest blum of Lloyds Neck and the
steam yacht TusC@rora. which was placed
by her owner. Walter Jennings, and which
was anchored about a cables length west OK
The Queen. with her ovnsr at the wheel.
and the Elrnina, sfeered by Capt. Dennis,
s satet The sOn me. pS ssr1%Hinsr ihe %an fSsr lover es sai
and immense club topsaUs. By shaving
The buoy closely the Queen was arst away
more room. had the windward position. but
as II was to be a spinnaker run Of t& miles
Point there was but little advantage In the
weather berth. unless one could blanket the
Balloon lib topsalls we're smartly set before
crossing the line and spinnakers to port
soon after. The Eimina. being on the port
%nedistel OF t tsS o SSsaa set cd h sna f GfG. sSa the the
Others wake, Dennis gained a little by
his move. a. be anti nnhng and sheSed his
fufed around like this: Queen. i:o7:2 20; Elmins.
lO~s:2s-thus showing that the Queen'S gain
on this first leg had been 80 seconds elapsed
A reach Of q. miles to the next mark OF
ss6oxed a gain for The Elmina Of one second
Their time OF rounding this mark was: Queen,
1868; Elmina, $4,000.
was south eouthw sst. one-fourth west. and the
distance So miles. With the wind ct south
s%oAsp1 they SeuiSd is, s ! taeI hut courses sSs wi fST
hauled a couPle Of p9ints TO the southyard.
FIVE minutes later. The latter was able
20 fetch the home mark without lacking.
but the Queen had 20 make a short board to
weather IL. They rounded the mark, COM
pleting the first half q the eourse in this
order: Queen. 2:I4O0: EtminR. 2l7:O7. which
shows a gain on actual time OF / minute SO
seconds in favor OF the Queen.
Across the Sound they went again, with
spinnakers set TO port. The Queens men
beat the Elmina's by three minutes in setting
that sail. In the run ov er the Elmina gained
20 seconds on her rival. but on the next leg
the Queen gained 80 seconds. and on the final
leg she made her greatest gain 1t was .
The Nicola and Effort made a good start,
both crossing the line on the same second at
I2:3O:is. with the Nicola to ~wlndward. Both
set spinnakeFs to port. At the lee mark
the Flor led by 10 seconds and at the eastern
mark by SO seconds, They sailed tho course
once over u.s.. milesl and the Effort won
by 4 minutes 43 seconds.
The summary
SCHOONER RACE YoR GOULD cUP-srARr. 1875