New-York tribune., 1907-08-18
QUEEN REIGNS SUPREME
UINS THE KINGS CUP.
SEashing Breeze Discomfts Her
RiUaLs for Royal HOnOrs.
IRy Telegraph 20 The Tribune J

TBy Telegraph 20 The Eribunel
Newport r. L Aug I7.-Heeling in a stiff breeze
under her mighty cloud Of canvas until her lee
ran was awasb as she swept majestically past
OLD BrenTon's Reef Light vessel this afternoon,
Rogers Maxwels peerless schooner the queen
won that coveted trophy, the King Edward
Cup She snatcfed her victory from a feet Of
six other clipper racing craft which had started
with her The Queen crossed the finish line at
3:l2:25 She had covered the course OF about
forty miles in three hours. forty-six minutes de-
feating her nearest competitor, the Ingomsr.
boat Cor boat. by twenty seconds, and by cor
recied time, three minutes and tWenty-elgh
seconds The third yacht on corrected time.
was the sloop Avenger; the fourth. the Istaiena;
fifth. the Aurora; sixth, the Winsone, and sew
en1h, the Nicola The Queens time over a
course Of the same length, when she raced for
the Kings Cup last year and was defeated by
the Effort, was 4:0e:4e. so she beat her own
time to-day by twenty minutes forty-nine sec
onds
The Effort did not start The sloop Nicola
made the best actual time over the course after
the schooner. She defeated the Istalena by only
seconds and the Aurora by minutes and'2S
seconds.
The steam yacht feet was well represented
by large craft each having its party Of guests
On board. The yachts included Commodore
ganderbilt's North Star. Howard Gould's Mag
ara Elbridge 7. Gery's Electra, II. A. c. Trav-
ers's wanderer, John Hays Hammonds Atreus.
Trenor L. Parks Privateer. Mrs. Oliver B. Jen-
rings's Tuscarora- f. II. Smiths Hauoli Captain
Nat Herreshoff's Roamoer. the Sapphire. the
Alert ana the Margaret. The torpedo boat de-
stroyer Whipple and several other government
vessels at the finish.
Some thought that the AVenger, with her big
allowance Of 81 minutes and 50 seconds, would
be the winner but the odds against her in such
a breeze were TOO greet The allowances OF the
other vessels were: The Queen. Is minutes and
% seconds: the Ingomar. IA minutes and 20 sec
4Scs he Np1f1 mi
Istaiena and the Winsome, 20 minutes and 2S
seconds each, and the Aurora. 40 minutes and l3
seconds.
Under a cloudy sky and in e moderate breeze
from the south southwest, the preparatory sig
nal was given from the steam yacht, the Fellca
at Il:2O q H. and the one TO start five minutes
later George n Pynchon's sloop, the lstalena'
got away n the lead. crossing the line in the
weather berth six seconds after the signal She
and aIi the rest crossed close hauled the port
tack The winsome's time 11:25:54: the
Neola's ll:2e: the Queens. 11:26:25; the Aven-
gers 1l:2s:ls: the Aurora's, 11:2s:36; the In
gomar's. Il:2s:56
AL stood II for Narragansett Pier after
making start After board TO get their wind
Clear thirty minutes after the start, the Queen
on The port tack, was the leading yacht She
had sust crossed the Tstaiena as she stood in
shore from point about q mile north OF Point
Judith. The Istalena, the starboard tack
however, able to cross the Ingomar min
al
beard offshore- A minute later the 1ngomar
was forced about by the Istalena At 1920 the
schooners We're both the starboard tack FOR
the win6wsrd mark, which was then about five
miles away. They were carrying their four
lower sails, with baby jib topsails and small
msintopuaast etaysails- Slowly but surely the In
gonar in this work cutting down the
Queens lead. By the time they reached the
outer mark she had gained thirty-nine seconds
her. AT D n both schooners went about
to the southwark 10 weather the mark, sending
up their balloon jib ropsail Steps they ap
preached it and breaking them cut smartly on
both yachts as they reached it. Their times on
rounding II were: The Queen, 1:12:3T; the In
vo-nar, l:1s:2s: the Italena, 1:24:40; the Ne
ola 1:2s:5o; tbs Winsome, 1:26: the Aurora,
1:2s:5O; the Ayenger. 1853.
A little calculation shows that IN this beat to
Uindward of about sixteen miles the Ingomar
had beaten tie Queen by SO seconds; the Nicola
had outsa1led the Istalena AZ seconds and the
Winsoe min. 36 sec. while the Avenger was
only 21 min 81 sec. behind the Queen at this
point. But with 2315 miles yet to cover her
chance looked slim il the breeze held, and there
was every Indication that it would. With a
freshening breeze to help them along, the
schooners made fast time. the wind being abaft
the beam the 1t3-rnile to the Second
mark
The Queen steadily outfooted the Ingonar,
both carrying exactly the same sail. The Nicola.
too. overhauled the Istalena some, while the
along II to be a close reach with the
wind little forward OF the beam for the last
leg Of the course, down came the baIlooners,
just the schooners gybed at the second mark.
and up went the No reaching jbtopsails.
The times taken at the second mark were
The Queen. 2:15:3o: the Ingomar 2:22:14; the
1stalena, 2:z3:23; the Nicola, 2:44:20: the Win
some, 2:z5: So: the Aurora, 81: the Avenger,
2-5s:20. This shows that the Queen had gained
3 min. 50 this broad reach. The Aurora
made the best time down the wind 1t was
14:1s:0L The Avenger outsailed the Istalena by
e sec, the Winsome by 80 sec. and the Nicola
by 9 min. Fast time was made by the
Queen in the last leg. Nothing but accident
could then have stopped her from finishing first,
and she looked even then the sure winner Of the
cup. She gained only min. on the lingo
IN this twelve miles. but she crossed the
finish line min 81 sec. ahead Of her rival The
AEenger was 50 min IS Sec astern Of the Queen
on elapsed time when she rounded the second
mark with twelve miles more TO go.
When the Queen crossed the finish line she
was greeted by a whistled welcome from the
assembled yachts. The following figures. show
ing the elapsed time between marks, will be Of
interest TO yachtsrnen:
ELAPSED Corrected
Finish time time
Yacht Inns EM-S HM-S
Cueeu 1929 3:46OO 3.3C.32