The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-17
.MANHASSET wins
KING EDWARD CUP.
Long Island Yacht Second Yes.
terday, but Lifts the Cup
in Series.
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1AcHTsMEN NOT SATISFIED.
Owners of Beaten Boats Claim
Course Was Not Test
Of Boats.
.YAcHTsMEn NOT SATISFIED.
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NORFOLK. VA, September 16-The
Manhasset. owned by Clarence Rob-
bins, of the Manhasset Yacht Club, of
Long Island, to-day lifted the King
Edward cup In the exposition yacht
races, the race to-day being the final
of the series. In the race the Manhas-
set finished second. with the Eleanor
first: but she scored fifteen points in
the series. beating the Capsicum by
two points. the Eleanor by three. the
Dorothy, of the b. Y. c.. by four. the
Little Rhody by seven and the Dorothy
@. by, eleven.
The race was pretty one. the first
leg to windward being four miles, The
fleet, with the exception of the Doro-
thy, crossed the line and stood off on
the port tack, while the latter stood OF
to starboard. In few minutes the
others Joined the Dorothy. and from
then out to the mark 1t was stin
fight to windward.
On the last leg to the mark the
Eleanor took the lead with the Dor
othy close behind but on the next leg,
a close reach. the Manhasser pulled
up on the Dorothy and led her around.
On the run to the stakeboat. with
spinnakers carried to starboard. the
yachts were strung out in line. and
they went around the boat and went
on the wind In the following order:
Eleanor, Manhasset, Dorothy, Capsi-
cum. Dorothy @. and Little Rhody.
The wind had hauled slightly in the
meantime, and instead of the leg be-
ing dead to windward It was two long
and two short bitches. The yachts
split tacks almost at once, the Elean-
or and Dorothy going together, while
the Capstcum and Manhasset Little
Rhody and Dorothy Q. fought 1t out
side by side. 1t was pretty racing. and
for while 1t appeared that any OF
the pairs might get around the mark
NGrst but it remained for the Eleanor
IL get the lead. and the Manhasset
to break IN ahead of the Dorothy, hose
position was made worse by her 4over-&
staaaing the mark. thus losing many
valuable seconds.
TIE yachts went around the mark
in exactly the order that they did the
f:st time, and from then to the finish
line 1t was merely parade. with tha
Eleanor leading and the Little Rhody
bringing up the rear and finishing
more than two minutes behind the
leader The summaries are:
Glass O. Start. list Mark. FINISH.
Manhasset .....1e:35 1:a9:2l S:o9;l5
Capsicum ......l2:35 2:Oo:ol 3:13:4S
Dorothy ....12:35 1860 3:1o:25
Little Rhody ..12:a5 2;o2:45 s:16:16
Eleanor .......12:35 1:55.O5 3:o7:03
Dorothy Q.....12:S5 2:02;25 3:l5:l3
Ynchtsmcn Dissatisfied.
Z Although the crew of the Manhasset
are very we'll satisfied with the results.
the owners OF the other boats are not
and they feel that on the courses
given last "Wednesday and Friday there
was too little wtndward work. Hollis
Burgess. CT Boston,,.is pRrticnlsrly5 hit
ter. and he declared to-day that had he
known that the committee. of which
Charles p. Tower is chairman. was
going to send him over courses having
so little windward work he would not
have entered the races at ALL Dr..
Dudley Williams of the Dorothy, Of
Baltimore. also feels that the courses
were not good ones, and that the
merits Of his boat We're not brought
out at all. declaring that the best test
of a boat is windward work S