New-York tribune., 1907-06-06
OFF FOR OCEAN RACE.
DERVISH IN THE LEAD.
EleUen Yachts Start IN Long Beat
to Windzcard for Bermuda.

Thrashing to windward in sousing seas the black
hued schooner Dervish, of the Corinthian Yacht
Club was leading her competitors in the ESQ mile
ocean race to Bermuda yesterday. when the yachts
were last sighted to the eastward of Scotland
Lightship just before they were enveloped in the
murky mist piled in from seaward by a nasty
twelve knot sou'easter. The Dervsh was to wind
ward of the schooner Tammany by nearly two
miles. while the other yachts struggled along far
to leeward in the foamy wakes OF the leaders
The yawl Hyperion led her two smaller competi
tors, the sloops Lila and Zena. for the Three
Clubs cup
Eight yachts started in the 5O-foot class or over
for the cup rendered by Commodore Maier. of the
New Rochelle Yacht Club, while three boats
crossed the starting line in the contest for the
Three Clubs cup for boats under fifty feet in
racing length. When the windjamming fleet
swept past Scotland Lightshp this afternoon the
schooner Dervish held the lead In the Maier cup
class. followed by the schooners Tammany. sham
rock, Zuhrah, Priscilla and Mist, the sloop Isolt
and the yawl Flamingo. in the order named. The
Hyperion led the smaller class. with the Zena sec
ond and the Lila third
The sloop Zinita did not start with the others
as her navigator, Captain Carl Muller. declined to
sail on the sloop minutes before the starting
gun fired declaring that the Yacht was i'm,
properly rigged. H. Cohen owner of the Zlnlta
declared that Captain Muller had a faint heart
and that he would make start II he could secure
a navigator in time. Late in the afternoon Mr..
Cohen engaged a navigator, and the Zinita put to
sea at 4;20 o'clock in a long stern chase after the
others
Mr.. Choen said before sailing that on his return
he would swear out warrant for the arrest Of the
navigator who left him for desertion and larceny
OF the yachts papers
The start which had been announced for 10
o'clock was delayed by the committee-J. F. De
Mund ard Dudley c. Trott-to give Frederic
Ihompson's schooner Shamrock time TO be towed
on mud bank by the tug Catherine Moran. She
ran hard and fast aground while on her way to
the starting line. which an imaginary one be-
tween the power boat Belle Harbor and a stake
boat anchored cables length north of IT, of the
brooklyn Yacht Clubs house.
Long before the start Gravesend Bay was fairly
alive with steam and sailing craft of all sizes ana
types. Commodore z. C. Benedict OF the Seawan-
haka Corinthian Yacht Club was there with his
steam yacht Oneida and Commodore Leonard Rich
ards OF the Atlantic Yacht Club with his Garcia.
These two yachts, in the haste their shippers TO
render assistance TO the grounded Shamrock came
together with crash but little or no damage was
done
The other yachts at the start some OF which fol-
lowed the racers TO Sandy Hook. included Colonel
David Austen's sloop Ondawa and the yawls Sa-
kama, Sculpn II and Flaneur. Ex-Commodore Ell
bridge T. Gerry's steam yacht Electra remained at
anchor.
A prettier start could not have been desired. The
wind was southeast and fairly fresh With sheets
trimmed just right and close hauled on the port
'"NN' te yd"i hyperion was first away, twenty
seconds after the gun. Rear Commodore Frank
Maer, Of the New Rochelle Yacht Club her ov-nar
was at the wheel He brought her to the line
unoer Good headway and, lufing sharp around the
stern OF the committee boat. landed her cleverv in
the w!ndWard berth. Crossing about the middle
OF the line. Commodore Morss sent his schooner
DerVish away next, six seconds after the Hvnerior
Then came the yawl Lila, with the Bermuda sIooo
|ena close on her weather quarter The schooners
Iammany. Zuhrah and Priscilla followed in thar
order minute apart; then the little schooner
Mist the yawl F1aminGo and the cutter Isolt The
schooner Shamrock was last at the lee end or +h
line. "
INC times taken at The start were rs tol1nus.