New-York tribune., 1907-09-03
ISTALENA WINS AGAIN.
TAKES THIRTY-WILE RACE
The Nicola Makes Fastest Time OCer
TdrchmOnt Course.

T-nser q nerfect cloud Of canvas. including
great balloon jihtopsail pulling Ike score {, oI
horses in the fresh southwest breeze. George NJ
Pynchon's 57-foot sloop Istalera. travelling al
speed of ten knots hour crossed the hnlsh line
yesterday winner in her class in the fall regatta
Of the I,arcnmont Yacht Club by margin OF
minutes 6 seconds from Cornelius NanderbIIts Au-
rora. and by Il minutes Sc seconds from Henry r
Lippitt's Winsome.
All three of the sIoops had teen sailed by their
owners and a right good fight they made OF Il
sailing twice around a triangular course Of cfteen
and o3e-folrth miles The wind being southwest.
the first leg OF the course wts a broad reach OF
five and one-half miles. the second thrash 10
windVaTd OF six and One-fourth miles. ana Inc
third a close reach Of three and one-half miles
The sS-footer Nicola, owned by J. A. Blair. Jr
after waiting some time at the start for the Effort
which had entered started without her AT I-V' NV
minutes after the 57-footers with the understand
ing that If she coald beat their actual time over
the course she was to receive prize In the fine
breeze which prevailed she able 70 do this and
give the others allowance OF minutes II sec
onds. The Nicola made the fastest time over Inc
3011-nie course II WAS hours. minutes. sec
onds- While this was minutes p seconds better
time than the Istalena's. il does detract from
that yachts victory. for she is in smaller class
It was day wnen oIskIns ana sou "esterS
played important part in the game and the fact
that ffty-one yachts crossed the starting line IN
such squally weather and in drizzling rain augurs
well for the popularity of the club and the pluck
Of the yachtsmen-and women-for the main sheets
and jib sheets of several the smaller yachts were
skilfully tended by young women who are not
afraid Of wetting.
With sheets eased 10 port and halooners drawing
line u O'Clock. the Winsome having the weather
berth, the Istalena the lee one. and the Aurora.
with Commodore Vanderbilt her wheel, in the
middle Of the line. Five minutes later the
''thirties' got away in this order: The Alera, the
Nepsi, the Atari. the Phryne. the Adelaide, the
Mink. and ther TIE big Nicola, starting five minutes
after the * Class All SpinnakerS TO star
board for a while until the wind hauled further
70 the southwark. when they took them in. The
raceabouts Rascal III. Nora II and Chinook got
away five minutes later than the Larchmont 2l-
footers Dorothy. Houri. Toilette and Vaquero, fol-
lowed by fourteen yachts of the handicap class. and
the smaller ores at five minute intervals.
There was some work for the little fellows
when they luffed around the lee mark and began
their windwari work but not OF them dropped
out. all sticking 20 II until the finish
The times taken at the end Of the first round OF
the big soops The Istalena 1:50:5S the Nicola,
153:4s; the Aurora, 1:571S: the Winsome. 2:01l2,
6 minutes % seconds this round and the Win
some 10 minutes Il seconds On the second round
IN the windward work the Winsome split tacks''
with the other two and beat up the middle of the
Sound, while the Istalena and the Aurora hugged
the Long Island shore and gained by it, for they
held the better breeze, which blew Of Hemp
stead Bay.
There were some close contests among the
''thirties'' Of the handicap class. The wind
hauling to the southwark point favored
some, while il hurt others, but all in all a good
days sport rss furnished. 4 small feet OF steam
yachts and launches The start and
finish.
The summary follows:
sLOOPS-CLASS J-START. 12oS-COURSE sok
MILES.