The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-05
BERMUDA YACHT
RACES STARTED
THIS MORNING
Expected That go Miles
Will Be Covered in
Five Days.

NEW YORK. June 5.-The great ocean
yacht race for gold cups offered by
Rear Commodore Henry Maiers. OF the
New Rochelle Yacht Club, and the
Brooklyn. New Rochelle. and Royal Ber-
muda yacht clubs. is under way.
Twelve schooners. sloops. and yawls
started this morning from the Brooklyn
Yacht Clubs anchorage. at Gravesend
bay. on their journey OF 600 miles.
against stir winds and heavy seas, to
st. David's Head. Bermuda.
Gravesend bay. crOwued with nautical
enthusiasts, presented a scene of anima-
ton and hustle as the competing yachts
from the stately Priscilla. which once
had America Cup ambitions. down 10
the saucy little Zena, were got ready
for the. getaway.
There was at the outset a prospect
that the race would attract the largest
entry on record. But accident INSOFAR
able from six months preparation re-
duced the number OF contestants by
about oue-half OF the three types Of
boats represented in the contest, Glass
\. for sChOOncrs of not less than nifty
nor more than ninety feet I'm length,
headed by the Priscilla. had six entries
Class b. for sloOps OF forty feet and
under, had three starters, and Class G..
for yawls. also had three entries. That
the competitors i'm the journey Of five
days or more that lies before them viii
be subjected to the hardest tests is
certain The course OF the boats viii
take them through the Gulf stream at
It's widest point, and there is more than
a possibility that. as in the race of
last year. won by Commodore Maicrs'
Tamerlaue,. some Of the smaller boats
viii be compelled To retreat and put
into Hampton Roads. But il there is
anything sure in yacht racing. IL IS that
the time record VIII be broken Twelve
months ago the Tamcrlanc established
a new time for the distance by making
the journey in . days hours and IS
minutes. This year. il is expected the
trip viii be made in less than five days.
AS always, the smallest boat is the
one best loved OF the public, and this
morning the Zena, baby Of the fleet.
carrying a mast OF dfty-two feet, which
makes her conspicuous figure. despite
her scanty tWcuty-siN feet OF length,
attracted the sympathy OF The crowd
But many Old sailors and yachtsmen
shook their heads at the sight OF the
I bic sail Of the tiny boat, and thought
OF heavy weather. 10 was noticed this
morning that Frederick Thompson, the
owner Of the schooner Shamrock. re-
placed her small boats with The dOries
carried by the EndymiOn ON her race
across the Atlantic from Sandy Hook
20 the Lizards Point. for the Kaiser S
cup.
Following is a list Of the competing
4 yachts. with the name of owner and the
/ club represented:
| Schooner
! Priscilla. Philip Manson, Rochester
2 Yacht Club.
Dervish. Henry A. Morse. Corinthian
/ Yacht Club, Marblehead, Mass.
Shamrock Frederick Thompson, At
I lant:C Yacht Club
Zurah, Henry Doscher, New Rochelle
Yacht CLUB.
Tammauy, Try c. Towen. Brooklyn
Yacht Club.
Mist, Harold Blaney, New York Yacht
Club.
Shops
Emilia. Hyman Cohen. Brooklyn Yacht
Club.
Isolt. W. E. Meyer St. George Yacht
Club.
/ Zena, d. r. W Burrows, Royal Der
muda Yacht Club.
! Yawls-
Flamingo. w. H. Fleming. Brooklyn
] Yacht Club.
/ Hyperion. Rear Commodore Frank
/ Miners, New Rochelle Yacht Club
| Lila, r. d. Floyd, Brooklyn. Yacht
I Club.