The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-08

ent season in Rhode Island waters are to
be ushered In next Monday. when the
squadron of the New York Yacht club
will make Newport harbor on It's annual
cruise to the eastward as far as Martha's s
Vineyard Included in the list OF yachts
starting on the big cruise are some OF
the fastest racers. sloops and schooners,
In the world.
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt will be
leading official spirit in the cruise along
the coast and his sloop yacht Aurora of
recent Herreshoff build will compete with
the best in her class.
There are to be five important racing
events at Newport, which will occupy the
yachtsmen and summer colony at New
port nearly whole week. The first OF the
series in the squadron will be the arrival
OF the feet from New London next Mon
day afternoon over a course 40 miles in
length The following day, Tuesday, Aug.
IL, the fleet will start from Brentons s
Reef lightship off Newport for the Vine
yard. finishing off West Chop buoy. dis
tance of 81 miles from Newport.
on Wednesday morning. Aug. H. the
fleet will double on the course and return
10 Newport. starting from West Chop
buoy and finishing at Brenton's heef
lightshp. AS the yachts seek anchor In
Newport harbor that evening the nnnuai
cruise will be practically at an end,
through the racing TO be held Ihursuay
and Friday. Aug Is and l6. will be of the
most strenuous and interesting character,
from the fact that the famous Astor
cups are TO be raced for on Thursday ana
the Kings cup on Friday. There Will be
undoubtedly a general overhauling OF
gear among the larger craft In the Meet
after the return run from Marthas Vine-
yard, as there promises to be greater
rivalry in the big sloop and schooner
classes than was the case last year.
Everyone remembers vividly the kings
cup race in 1905. when the schooner
Queen, just out of the Herreshon snops
and sailed by her owner. j. Rogers Max
we'll. was beaten by the smaller craft the
sloop Effort by the small margin or nine
seconds time allowance. The Queen is in
the racing this year and so are the EHort,
the big 90-foot schooner lngomar' III
charge Of Capt. Charley Barr; the Is
talena, Aurora and Winsome, the latter
owned by Harry #. Lippitt OF ProVl-
dence. and the Robert w. Emmons' sioop
Avenger, that just measures into the o1
foot class. though she is three or four feet
shorter on the water line than the regu-
lars mentioned above and which are the
embodiment of the new 5I-foot class.
ON Saturday, Aug. H. the wind-up
event OF the cruise will be held at New
port and will consist OF the rowing races
for the Owl and Gamecock colors. 10 De
rowed under the management Oh 'he hee'
captain.
Figuring I'm the runs and set races con-
rected with the cruise will be the trophies
known as the commodore's cup, the vice
commandments cup, the rear commooore
Gun. the navy challenge cups anu .o
Alumni Association OF United states navy
challenge cups. These cups VIII De a~walu- ~
ed under the time allowance nguieu iio"
actual rating measurement. and the an
vouncement ~ will be made at the New
york Yacht club station at Newport
Two changes are noted In the itinerary
30 ,hs annual cruise of the club TINS year
ana these are of considerable iirPo,
The first one is the plan OF the ne.
make the first run on frloay'
from Glen cove TO Huntington hal "a
stead of the old-time custom oi Naw
s.eaa 80, Glen cove TO Morris cove, New
ms. ms the second one Is the arrange
,,,art whereby the Astor and KING eup
nanas u,ll not be sailed at Newport un.,.
- sauadron runs are over. IN iorne
~" ,,a, 20 the two days OF racing az Newpos.
vas followed by numper oI ". xy,na-
shandoning the cruise to martha W.
Ssrd Now the plan is TO noiu .ne "a
acct together, finish the oany .ts FOR
then start the racers In tne
for
Ire T,a naee set last year in the racing nos
y, W,ng,s cup when the sloop Enor.
% Ine ..s,9er contributes increased ih'ei.ss
ny a,Sair this year, and II is eNpee'.o
.hat 4, will be inferior In interes. oS srn
, deciding race for the Ainel, az, rac-
rbe Herreshoff designed crail II, schoon-
- ~ rur,her II and are as foiio"s' e. I,sns
ns ,.aa, Corona and Ingomar, sioop'
- Is,alena. Winsome, Aurora'
- a. r,oris Ayenger and Alera. go.
,rs. aiaborate character or the mis-
an ~ea,sd wide interest AT Newpor,
,aar ago when Il was onerea py -
award VII for competition. lne ypoh,
= he held forever by the New iosn ave
,lub and sailed for annusnH, owner's
- a,,,a 20 be inscribed thereon, eacn WI
i,,.s. yacbt 10 receive n medal OF othei
na,sh, to commemorate her victory fro-
',sin, ,s made in the conditions IN COM
,et,ne. for the cup that single-mss'eu ~
,eIs belonging 10 any club In tne on,'eu
states the waterlne shall be not iess ."",
n seet A feature OF the conditions OF
'o,,,ng a,sferent from that OF the Ameri-
a.. cun races Is that all races TOT tne
Sing,s cup shall be sailed without time
the Astor cups are beautiful trophies |
md become the absolute property or the
winning owners each season. This year
,rize for the schooners IN cosus
% service. and for the sloops cup OF
S'Larat poId. the latter artistically de-
isned I'm marine ornsmentation.
The courses on Newport are those
Witch have been sailed over for many
ears by the largest and fastest yachts
eost and as Brenton's Reef Lightship
. only I'VE miles distant from Newport
,arbor. II can be readily seen that the
hort stretch out OF Newport 10 the