New-York tribune., 1907-07-23
HOST OF YACHTS RACE
THE QUEEN Il WINNER.
Beats the EImina and the Ingomar
IN Big LarchmOnt Regatta.

The proverbiaI Larchmont luck returned yes
terdav and the officers. members and friends OF
.hat well known yacht club Witnessed race that
vas record breaker in point of numbers Ninety
eight yachts crossed the starting line in a nice
breeze from the eastward. and although there were
many calm spots the Sound during the after
Boon ninety-one boats OF this great feet able
70 finish within the time limit
Wearing brand new suit OF racing sails, looking
as spick and span new fiddle and well
tuned Up as that instrument Frederick F. Brew
stey's crack schooner Elmina made her first ap-
pearaHce for the season. She a welcome
pctitOT in Class b, where she raced against ". F.
Plants IngOmar, which has also just been fitted
with q suit Of Herreshoff sails and J. Rogers
Maxwells Queen. Although the Elmina made a
good showing on the first round Of the fifteen and
quaTter-rnie triangular course which the yachts
covered twice it was not her weather her day.
apparently, for she was beaten by the Queen
minutes Il seconds, and by the lngomar minutes
81 seconds.
The Queen started with handicap of l minute
45 seconds and at the completion Of the first round
tie LlIHna was the leader by minutes 4 secoloS.
bat ln the Windward work the second round OF
the course the Maxwell Yacht showed her supeil-
Gritty 10y obtaining the lead and holding 1t 10 me
finish winning the first OF the series races Tor the
cups offered by the club
The Ingomar showed marked Improvement IN Aer
work. both on and of the wind. captain b@Ir r so @
te best Of the start by crossing the me II 4'sl
easterly breeze head the wind ana cIose 10 '!e
committee boat. Although captain pehAIs held
tne bowsprit end Of the Elnlina almost over the
I-aornar's rafTrail he was unable to gain an over
lap, as the two big schooneTs swung on 10 full,
~ -, ~, 90 cosehauled on the port tack
with The Tnpor,ar over half length in the lead
The O,,een lInder moderate headway, crossed the
lee end Of the line and stood Wei on into the Sound
before tacking.
II was a dead beat OF five and one-half miles 70
The eastern mark and in this work the Plant boat
Ga veil she luffed around II, leading the Queen
h.. n seconds and the Elnlina by minute As sec
on5s They had a fairly strong reaching breeze
from The eastward across the Sound Matin-
cock The Queen had passed the Ingomar, and
.f flnz r,NSTa NIB. r1a -rrg,,Gs
dropped entirely. leaving her becalmed of Red
Springs Point while the Elmina, holding a fine
beam wind overhauled and passed both her rivals.
fe thus able 10 catch the first Of a south
west breeze. which enabled her TO round the next
rnark-Of Motifs Point-fUly five minutes ahead Of
the Queen With this commanding lead she came
teaI5ng across the Sound under cloud of canvas
The times taken at the home mark We're: The
Elnlina, 2.3l:4i; the Queen, :e4: the Ingomar
23sl the Gardenia 2:45; the Eieanora, 2:42 %; the
Istalena, 2:4s:i4; the Aurora 2:51:l6.
The sloops Effort and Nicola sailed the same
course the sch0Oners, and a close race they
made ~ Il, for the Effort beaten only 81
ends. Cornelius Vanderbilt sent his 57-footer
Aurora across the starting line on the starboard
TACK while his opponeuts-George NJ Pynchon. IN
;he Isralena and Henry F. Lippitt, IN the Winsome
crossed on the opposite tack The wind was so
Ight II the start that as spectacle IL was tame,
although when all the tWenty-four classes
headed TO the eastward many thought that such
picture had ever been seen before on Long Island
Sound, for. including the steam yachts and other
accompanying craft. there were at least two hum
dred yachts Of all sizes and types within radius
Of TWO miles Particularly interesting were the
boats Of the smaller classes. Of which
sailed by youths not more than fifteen years old,
who just keen al the game their big
fathers and brothers.
George " PyEchon's Istaena was the winner IN
the 57-toot class. She defeated the Winsome by
zoe and the A H Morris sloop Gardenia from
The EIean2ra by 3:23. The second series will
be sailed tomorrow.
The summary follows:
sCEOCNERs CLASSES AND D-sTART, Il:4o-