The sun., 1907-12-01
GRAYESEND DBAYR YRACERESULTS
GOOD SPORT IN YACHT RACgVG
ASSOCIATION CONTESTS.
slxty-nHuO Boats Take Part In I8l Races.
Making tho Total Number or starters
BBS-LAptOn Cup Competition BOOms
NJ Foot ss-BensOnhurst Leads.


The regatta committees Of the six clubs
forming the Yacht Racing Association have
| about completed their work and now il il
possible to get some idea Of the perform
ances Of the many yachts that compete d
during the racing season for prizes offered
by the Atlantic, Brooklyn and BensOnhurs
yacht clubs. Marine and Field Club, New
York Canoe Club and Crescent Athletic Club.
There In always a lot of work to he done after
the season closes. figuring out winners. de-
Gliding protests and other details. 40 that IL
is some time before the season r records can
be obtained.
This year sixty-nine yachts raced at times
In the different contests. These yachts took
part in I3i races and the total number of
starters during the summer was 595 This
gives some slight idea OF the sport on Graves
end Bay, which IL only comparatively small
piece OF water. and except eleven yachts.
which made five races. all were 81 footers or
under. The best sport was In the ~ foot.
iS foot and dory classes. The rs foot class
was a new one doomed through the cup
which Sir Thomas Upton gave to the Crescent
Athletic Club. for which ten races were sailed.
This trophy was to 20 to the yacht scoring
the most points in the series of ten races, but
each OF those races was for a prize offered by
the club that mana ged the race.
The BensOnhurst scored the most points
IN the series for the Upton cup. The New
Moon finished second and the Nereid third
This. however does not mean that the Benson
hurst was the best Yacht of the fleet She was
admirably sailed by Richard Moore and kept
in the pink of condition and her supremacy
more due to the work of Mr.. Moore and
his crew than to any extra speed that the Ben
sonhurst had. This Is shown when the other
races are analysed. In all the seven Is footers
started in twenty-nine races and the total
number CT starters was lh. OF these the
Bensonhurst end NJ. and r. finished first in
nine races each. The NJ. and r had the mis-
fortune to be disqualified three times which
seriously hurt her record. IL ia generally
conceded. though. that the VI. and +. is all
around a better boat than the BensOnlurst
aud but for the errors of Judgment made by
her skipper she would have finished with the
best record in the class
OF the others the Nereid is perhaps the best
She was rather unfortunate during the seaso
and had sails that did not draw az well as they
should. but in spite Of this she did ell. and the
New Moon. too. showed up very well con-
sidering what she mad to contend with The
New Moon and the Nereld were sailed In the
interest Ct the Crescent Athletic Club and
while they did not do much In the way Of win
ming club races they captured some yaluabi
IroDHigs n, on on eTsd ior spscls, races The
for the yacht that scored the most points ~
two races sailed on the Crescent house NJ VA
Ridge In these races the yachts were started
from an anchorage and Nered won the first
race and New Moon the second so that the
cup, which is worth 500. goes TO the Crescent
Athletic Club
Ex-CommodOre \ &. Believes of the Ben
sOnhurst Yacht club offered another valuable
prize for this class and for this a time limit
was put on the race. II took three trials =
bring OH the race and then the Ncreid Wop
The Atlantic hucht Club had "A series Of mid
week races for u special prize and this trophy
was won by the Gunda, and another .erts
prize for the Saturday races Of the Atlantic
Yacht Club offered 10y Commodore Richards
was won by the NJ. and r.. The following sum-
mary shows the records Of the seven boats in
this class.