The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-21
TIE QUEEN DEFEATS NGOMAR
ANNUAL REGATTA OF NEW york
Y. C.. BRINGS TWO TOGETHER.
Race Started In Light Winds which Die
Away and Then Freshen-ERort and
Hinsome WIN In Their Glasses Eclipse
and AIera Take the Bennett Cups,

Race Started In LABht WINGS Which Dtt
Away and Then Freshen-EHort anG
Hfnsomo WIN In Their Glasses -Eciipst
and AIera Take he Bennett Cups
The slrieth annuAl regatta Of the New Yorl
Yacht Club, sailed yesterday on the Sound
furnished som rafting good sport, but al
usual at this season OF the year the vino
was fuky and rather spoiled the day. Thos,
who went TO witness the races. and there
was q large feet Of accompanying yachts
really witnessed two races. Early In the
morning there was q nat calm and the start
was consequently two hours late. Then the
racers were sent away In a light southwesterly
wind, which gave them @ run and then q reach
on the frst two legs OF the course.
Before the outer mark was reached the wind
died away again and nearly all the yachts
we're In close order as they turned the second
mark OF the course. Then the wind fresheneo
considerably and II was q beat home for
nine and one-quarter miles. In the schooner
class the Queen defeated the Ingomar.
On elapsed time the Queen won by a. Sec
onds, and with her allowance she beat the
InRomar / minute 90 seconds. L. j. CallAnan'E
Eclipse raced against the two other schooners
for the Bennett CUP, and In the light air she
kept dan Rerously close to them and on the
wind did 40 well that she won the trophy
by 3 minutes 81 seconds from the Queen on
corrected time.
In the es foot GLASS the Effort won again with
plenty to spare. The GardeDia defeated the
Kestrel In the 20 foot class and In the new 81
foot class the Winsome scored her first win,
heating the Aurora q minutes 46 seconds and
the Istalens ? minutes 80 seconds. The hlera
won the race for the 80 ~footers. All the
sloops we're sailing together for another Ben
nett cup, and this was won by the Alera. She
sotl hour 10 seconds allowance !rcm the Effort
and had plenty of time to spare.
1t was hot and uncomfortable on the Sound
when the race should have been started
at noon and there was q long wait for wind.
II did not look promising, but about . O'Clock
a light southwesterlX wind pushed its way
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NAP; 1N Il s the T saS Iu snd light EiSe sans so we're
for the 6rst leg Of the race, There was not
much. man1qvring and when the signal
sounded the Ingomar sailed across the line
and the Eclipse, which Tas sailing against
the other " Tor the Bennett cup, went
0Ss. At e. a noItl but T Ike f GTsSn Sa sailed f fcF s splns
The Effort led the next class az ::?S:2s. She
and Weetamoe, and these four had spInnakers
TO port, The 81 footers were next, and crossed
IL 'thi. order; AuISra WinsOpe, IstalsnsaY
last the 30 ~footers, which went away in this
order; Bapzai Mink. Alera. Nepsl. Adelaide
After turf turning the mark OF the Scotch Caps
miles to the mark Of Woolsey,s Reef. The
The Effort at FIRST draw away from the rest
Of the sloops, until she got In a calm spot well
Il shOTe' D and he rs. staY bSt there ssc % waIls t5e % %
keep the lead in her class. When nearing
the mark the wind freshened a little. enabling
t tRs m gsGhts the 20 S SfnGdy f sesRenef's s1s sha f'Sn' az
The lngomar was the first to turn. She
took in her spinnaker, Mned around the mark
at 434:s7 and, trimming down nat. started to
beat home. The Queen turned at 4:34 81. The
Aurora was next at ! 36.T l%stalens, 4:Se; Win
Ts m 4Sso2; t West sm SSeAs; s7 1y Issl Gst 1SSIs'
43sI5; Kestrel. 1885,. and Eclipse. SO 20.
These twelve yachts had turned the outer
mark within 4 minutes 4s seconds OF the lingo
The Alera led the 30 ~footers, turning at 44s.
Atari turned at t4sae. Nepsi at 4+s:SS and
The wind soon freshened to a good sailing
breeze and the yachts made fast time beating
IN In sd h't the s leg O in three tao iu" and she saoceeded
in keeping ahead OF the Queen and gaining
nine seconds on that, boat on the leg; She
finished AZ 1854 and the Queen finished at
$4,000, The lnRomar started one minute four
seconds ahead of the Queen. and as she also
got an allowance OF one minute ten seconds
on the wind work and she too finished
within her time. winning the Bennett cup.
The Effort on the wind did well too, She
sailed away from the other yachts. in her
class and on actual time beat the schooners
over the course, but she was not able TO make
up what she had lost 10 the 81 footers on the
second leg. so that the Winsome. Aurora and
IstAlena beat her on elapsed time. The
Gardenia defeated the Kestrel by a small
margin. which was somewhat Of a surpri se,
In the 81 foot class the .Winsome took the
lead on the last leg OF the course and the
l~stalena fell hack TO third place. The .Alera
kept her lead in the 80 foot class and won
from the Nepsl by 2 minutes 80 seconds, The
summary follows: