New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-27
THE QUEEN SUPREME.
SHE FINS GREAT kACE.
j. Rogers Mar7cePs Schooner Beats
the Ingom1r and the Eimlnd.

Long Island Sound was the marine arena yes
terday in which onf of the greatest sIn'"'"
water battles in the history Of yacht RACING
was fought finish by the scho"heiS 'Rue7"'
Ingomar and Elmina. They finished IN 'na'
order. after sailing twice around 1314-mlle
triangular course. with only 80 seconds separat-
ing the first two. the Elmina crossing the me
only 30 seconds astern of the Ingomar, ana
they had each covered the course at sPeeo
from start finish of ten knots an nonr. oiie
hundred yachts started in the race The queen
won hy I'm Ais from the Elmiua, which was
second boat and by I'm s}s from the Ingomar
It was a day to set the blood in the VEINS
of a true yachtsman all a-tingle and one tnat
made the members Of the rocking ChaiT heN'
bostir themselves out Of lowering sky the
wind was piping hard from The west-southwes''
covering the Sound with ''WhteCapS, when the
regatta committee gave the early signals l"'
the race So vicious were some or me S4ua"S
that Harry Maxwell, who vas salhhg 'uI.
ne1ius Vanderhilt's - foot slOop Aurora thcuEht
it prudent to substitute a working gaHtoFs1"
for the cIubtorsail first hoisted. The chahse
was quickly made. the Winsome and the ls'aIe'@
quickly following suit The Nicola aiSo SET NJ
working sail. but her opponent 'he ill.,
Iuggcd her c1ubtopsail all through the race
and this probably had much to do with th7
Efforts victory OF I'm. Is. over the Nicola
The start Of the schooners was magnihcent
one Timing the Ingomar almost 70 the seCC.N'
Captain Barr sent her sweeping across the me
inst as the whistle blew, her crew breaking
ont her balloon iibtopsail AZ the same moment.
Close on her port quarter Captain Dennis had
berthed the Elmina, and length or two asterh
CANA the peerless Queen. with her owner J.
1,oears MAXWELL ut the wheel The wind was
dead aft and the first two schooners had
dronned their spinnaker hooms to port. setting
these sails soon after crossing
C,ontain Maxwell took the other gybe. setting
the Oueen's spinnaker to starhoard Away they
s,trIy flew before the wind. steering straight
for the eastern mark five and one-hah miles
dead to leeward.
The sloops Nicola and Effort got away on the
ncyt signal almost on even terms. both setting
spinnakers to starboard Five minutes later the
Tstalena the WinsOnne and the Aurora crossed
the line not n length separa ting them the Two
latter setting spnnakers 10 port and the lsta-
lena to starboard
Tho second leg ~ the course thrash 20
v-fndv-ard Of seven miles. from off Parsonage
Point ~ Prospect Point buoy in Hampstead Ray
was 70 be the crucial test for the schooners
and all eyes were focused on them after they
mffed around the leeward mark. Lying down
until their Ice rails were all awash. the Ingonlar
and the Queen began their wlndward fight
After three tacks that they could weather
Natinicock Point, Barr managed 20 get the
Queen under the Iugom7r's lee and for half an
hour first ono would show out ahead. then the
other This was the breeze tha JnComar had
been waiting for and Barr made the best or H.
Rounding the second mark almost together
across tho Sound they came. with the Ingomar
tense "a the two great schooners came tearing
along, close hauled on the port tack for the home
mark and with the water pouring from their
lee scuppArs.
With apinnaker boom all ready 70 drop 70 port
the InComar gybed around the mark az l,o1,iA
just thirty-fve seconds ahead of her rival. set
ting her splnnaker forty-hve seconds after
rounding The Elmira gyhed around II three
minutes later. and then began the second round
Of the course which almost n repetition Of
the first. except mat the wind fell lighter and
the Queen gained more In the windward work
The Effort. usual. showed herself 20 be a
great sail carrier in the stir breeze. and her
vvindward work reminded those who saw 10 Of
her performance AT Newport when she won the
Kings Cup. with the exception that she had
smooth water Yesterday. Harry Maxwell drove
tho Aurora 10 the best of his ability. but the
Ninsome Won bV minute and - seconds. rhe
Istalena being the third boat ~ the finish. The
Adelaide won i'm the 3O-foot class. after good
fight over the 15-mile course. and tho Garienia
was n winner in her class
The summaries follow.
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