New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-10
Rowing
QUEEN LEADS INGOMAR
Splendid Race Marks First Dnls
Run of n. Y. Y. &. Cruise.
rBy Telegraph to TIE Tribune. ]

Greenwich. Conn, Aug. 9-Separated BY a n,ars5
OF only eighteen seconds. J. Rogers MaxweIls
schooner yacht Queen led Morton F. Plants rn,,
mar across the finish line in Huntington Bav hi,
afternoon, after a race Of nearly forty miles -
suitng in one OF the closest contests these 4u-,
schooners have yet engaged in They were the frs.
yachts 70 arrive of the fOrty-sx that had starta5
from Glen Cove in the first days squadron RIM -
the New York Yacht Club The Queen beat tbs
IngoTnar on corrected time by , minutes b 80
onds; she also defeated the EImina 10 minutes ?
seconds corrected time She wins the rear com,
nlodore rs cup for schOOners. as well her clas,
prize, the IngOmar taking the second club priza
F. VI SMITHS sloop Effort the rear cou1n1o-
cores cup IN the first division Of slOOps defeating
commodore Cornelius VanderbiIt's Aurora b,-
minutes z seconds on time allowance bur The II,
ter SlOOp was the winner in her class fror, -
WlnsOme by minutes IS seconds. The Csarde1ia
owned by a. H. Morris won the second rear con-
modores cup for slOOps Of the second division
while j. W. Alkers's 20-foOter Alera won the nrizs
from five other starters in that class I r $50.
Katrina won the prize in the second schooa@r
division
The start was made in a fresh breeze from, +,.
east northeast. the 'hiTtes being sent aVav first a.
lilo a. m. Their signal was at II 10 and Jobrsro
De Forests Nepsi, with her lee rail all auasb go+
away in the weather berth. with the Banzai ~
Phyrne. the Adelaide. the AIera and the affair AT
crossing the line in that order within minute ~
were close hauled on the starbOard tack Thee
and the rest of the feet were able to lie Their
courses to the first mark, thirtyeight miles acrosz
the Sound off Parsonage Point
The sloo2s Gardenia. PerOegrina. Kestrel and
IrondeqUOit got away on the next signal and tba1
at II %. the Glass sIOOps made pretty start Ia
by Cornelius Nanderbilt's Aurora in the yyeatbe-
berth. with George NJ Pynchon's Isralena close on
her lee quarter; then the CaciqUe, the Doris the
Avenger. the yawl Windward and the WfnsonA 4,
that Orler. This the first OF the hand5,a1
starts, but none took advantage OF the prfvilegs
The class ] sIOops IrOlita. Nicola, Effort and We
tamoe were next away. the two latter being hands
capped
Then came the schooners. and a spirited star.
they made First came the little Eenona. the small
est schooner in the fleet crossing 26 seconds after
the signal. followed by the KatIina the C,avz1f.
the Cachalot. the Scimitar. the Eclipse the Tsor.
nina, the Crusader III and the Vencedor in tbat
order. the last four being Handicapped The big
class of schoOners We're all. with the exception o.
the Endymion and the Ariadne. able TO get away
within the hFndicap limit Of two minutes.
! Captain Charles Barr at the wheel Of the Tngo-
timed the start well enough 70 send that
schooner over the line seventeen seconds after the
signal for class B. Harry Maxwell. who handled
the queen, waited Tor the EnIua and crossed the
line seventeen seconds in the lead. the Ariel and
Invader following minute apart. The schooners
Endynion. Seneca and Sylvia, the Venced0r and
the Aradne were the last away in that order. all
being close hauled on the starboard tack. Away
they went across the Sound on the first leg Of the
course. making a great picture they healad 70
the freshenins breeze soon as they rounded
the Parsonage Point buoy there was a ten-rl{ls
thrash dead 20 windward and in an ugly sea. part
Of the way. for the little fellows. Tack for tack
the Ingomar and Queen fought It out the former
holding her own well with the peerless Queen and
both OF them dropping their rival the Elulina
while CAPTAIN Nat Herreshofr. the designer %
the Ingonar and Queen. followed them in his
steam yacht RoaTner.
Much was expected OF the new HarreshoF sIooo
Avenger. but she appeared TO be short-handsd
and she was also haUpered the third leg OF the
course by tow OF coal barges which she had to
Iuff to avoid She finally won second prize IN her
class. The fleet will start from Huntington at
| 40 this morning on the second squadron run of
| sixty-foUr miles TO New london
The summary follows: