New-York tribune., 1906-08-10
|QUEEN LEADS FLEET.
WINS THREE PRIZES.
Only -Four Yachts Finish Within
Schedule Time.

Cottage City. Mass, Aug. 9.Eoniy four OF the
twenty-three yachts that started In to-day's
squadron run were able TO finish within the time
limit half an hour after sunset
]. Rogers NcxvelIs schooner Queen. which
finished at 5AA:J7, defeating the Elmina. the
only other schooner that finished by AZ minutes
Z seconds. won the Navy Challenge Cup for
schooners and special cup offered by Com
modore Vanderbilt; also the club prize in her
class.
Henry F. Lippittss sloop .weetamoe, which
defeated the F, NJ. Smith Effort by "a minutes
20 seconds. wins the Navy Challenge Cup for
sloops and the cup offered by Vlce-Commodore
Walters for sloops. The Queen wins by AZ
minutes 8 seconds for the Commodore's Cup and
the Weetamoe by "a minutes 26 seconds for the
vice-Commodore's> Cup. All the other yachts
were expected TO arrive before midnight
j. Rogers MaxwelIs schooner Queen led the
New York Yacht Clubs fleet of cruising yachts
across the finish line off West Chop and into
Vineyard Haven this afternoon by such large
margin that she is undoubtedly the winner Of
three different prizes The Queen. without doubt.
has carried off the club prize for schooners in
her class and one OF the navy challenge cups
for schooners. as well. as one of the two. cups
offered by Commodore c. Vanderbilt for schoon-
for this run
The Queen was the leader of the schooners from
iaries. There were eleven sloops. including the
Effort, which won the Kings Cup off Newport
| yesterday. The Rainbow was unable TO start be-
cause of her accident Wednesday. and the
Yankee sailed for New York while the fleet was
starting OF the'yawls the vigant did not start
and the Sybarita sailed alone TO Vineyard
Haven.
The steam yachts that accompanied the fleet
| in to-day's run included Commodore Cornelius
n fOrai do
and Vice Commodore Henry Walterss Narada-
With the light airs and calms, we'll a
strong head tide the start Of the twenty-three
yachts that took part in the squadron run TO
| Vineyard Haven-the fourth Of the cruise-was
a very tames one. Many of the yachts that had
crossed the line drifted back again and had to
recross Every one was handicapped, not a
single yacht being able to start within her time
The yanona arifted foul of the bowsprit of the
| sloop Affair before they crossed the hne. Inc Inc
/ latter's martingale was bent so badly oy the
! blow that she retired from the race soon after
the start. The sloops Effort. Nicola and Weeta,
| moe tackled to the northward. when the wino
| finally came stronger from the southeast.
The schooners Queen and ElInina and all the
rest took the offshore tss K, so that by 1890.
! about an hour after the s|ar- the Queen had
reached a point about five miles east southeaSC
! of West Island. She was then on the port tack
/ and about two miles ahead and one mile 10 the
windward of the Elmina.
| The -Weetamoe was the leader in her class,
| having started eleven minutes VI
| fort The latter sloop, however. had the pest
windward position. and in the freshening breeze
| she was now overhauling both the Neola ana
The VINEYARD Sound Light vessel was in plain
! sight from the bridge Of the press yacht Onon-
/ daga at / .. m. The tide had not turned In
| favor of the yachts yet; still. they were making
| fast time TO the eastward, and some We're al
most lying their courses.
The wind headed them before o'clock. and
| fell light when the Queen, already up with the
light vessel made several tacs off shore, finally
taking the starboard tack at 1855 oclocks when
/ she was we'll over near the east shore or Cay
Head: The Elrnfnsy had followed suit, and so
had the, Weetarloe, the Effort and the Nicola, and
| the schooner .Afuriel.,, These passed Gay Head
! in that orderr Tbs Yeetam2e then had a lead OF
al least two fiiiies On the Effort and the Nicola
and the Queen was leading the Elmina by fully
| the same distance: "a -
| The Effort tackled to stafboard close under
Cav Head Light sat, 8: 80 o'cloek~and shaped her
| course up Vineyard Sound, with the Nicola about
an eighth of a mile on her Lee quarter on the
The tide was running strong TO the eastward
and with its aid the Queen was able TO fetch
Tarpaulin Cove in one tack OF fOrty-f1ve min
utes from GaysoHead, the wind being dead on
end for. all hands.
From here TO Nobska Point It was series OF
| short tacks for them all. The Queen held her
i lead although the Elrnina seemed TO gain on heI
in this work the breeze freshened. The Queen
crossed the finish line off West Chop about 5: 80
o'clock
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