New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-12

CUP FOR THE EFFORT
OUTSAILS THE NEOL4
The Istalena also U1ins at Atlqnt;.
Yacht Club Regatta.

With her great balloon jibtopsan beIlvinv =
| the soUtherly breeze F. NJ. Smiths sloop v.os,
Effort. winner Of the Kings Cup of Newno-,
last year. swept majesticaIly across the finish
line yesterday. first in the regatta of the AtIa,'
tic Yacht Club in Gravesend Bay. She was -.
leader of the fourteen yachts that had star,as
at IL O'Clock in the clubs annual race to Seot
land Lightship and back and was the winner h
6 minutes and % seconds from J. L. Blair.
Nicola of a special cup offered by Leonard Rich
ards, the Atlantic's commodore.
George vi. Pynchon's Istalena. the new Herrss-
hoff 57-footer, however, sailing in the mixed
class and taking an allowance of > minutes ana
80 seconds, defeated the Effort : minutes and
50 seconds corrected time, and won the cub
prize, she finished only minutes and n
seconds astern of the larger sloop
All around the 26-miIe course this fine trio
of racing craft had fought it out, nip and tuck
furnishing mighty interesting picture to thoss
fortunate enough to witness il from the commit
tee boat, the Catharine Moran.
Wilmer Hanan. one of the best of the arnatsu-
shippers. was at the helm of the Effort: tia
IstaIena was sailed by her owner and the Nicola
by Captain Howell Each of them made the best
Of the light breezes that prevailed in the LONG
beat to winSward down the main ship channaI
and off Sandy Hook.
The start at II O'Clock had been so well timed
that all three sloops got away fifteen seconds
after the gun. beam and beam. close hauled on
the starbOard tack. and with the Effort in tia
weather berth. The Nicola was the lee boat n,
the three and the Istalena, pocketed betvaan
them, was blanketed by one and backwinded nv
the other. To get her wind clear the Istalena
made short tack scross the wakes Of the Ef-
fort and the Nicola eight minutes after the start
and they were all able 70 lay their courses To
the southwest spit buoy, which they rounded
close together
After series Of five-minute lacks between thu
point Of Sandy Hook and Scotland Lightship in
which the Effort crossed the bows OF both tina
Nicola and the Istalena several times. the Nicola
managed TO round the Hghtship first at 1.12:15.
The Efforts time was 1:l3.2D and The Isralenas
1:l54O The last two set sp1nnakers ~ star
board, while the Nicola set hers 10 port and lost
ground by the move
The Effort rounded the Southwest spit Buoy
on the return trip at 3cS, the Istaiena at
:}.O9:45 and the Nicola at 314-1J. The Nicola
carried her reaching jibtOpSau from there 10 the
finish, while the Effort carried her ballOOner.
She gained minutes 80 seconds on the Nicola
in this of about seven miles, crossing the
finish line s minutes 40 seconds in the lead.
The LaSca, R P Doremus'S fine schooner. and
L J. Callanan's stanch Eclipse were the start
ers in the schooner class. the Lasca allowing
her smaller rival - minutes "a seconds The
Eclipse made a brave fight from start % finish.
and was only beaten minutes - seconds cor
rected time
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T. LeIHOChS' anu S'it'cU - ~ opI0I' ,.S-Va-es
the BenSOnhuTSl, designed oy mower ana OWnec
by X. 3. Moore. The Gunda won BY I minutes
10 seconds sailing over the tvVeIve-rnfIe course
which took them around Old Orchard Shoal
The c,rDda hr,fIr m fo-
+ba 7 frrO, C,rD ao1 this ia her fourth x-icto-v
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r. r LuChehodCA lass ooeiI. the 1le' NO!
from me MANA oy 10 HILhuteS seCoillIs, ana
w A BarsJoW Soya- OF the - class, deIealea
the Spider by I minutes IS seconds, and the
The wind was light for the first half OF the
race II increased In strength in the last hall
e-i,-ire- the ri+rIa boats a GOOD snfDuaL.sr mn
fror, the SOuthOres- SDft and the West Bank
If.L+ - ,La erisN T-ba O+Ov-ara-s sl-iooar
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protested IIic ESiNi CtNttist i'I having Si-tsU nc
wrong course; so the winner cannot YET oe &C.
termined IN tnat class
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