The sun., 1907-08-12
ALL NIGHT CRUISE FOR YACHTS
WINSOME WINS IN DRIFTING
MATCH TO NEW LONDON.


/ aurora Finishes EtrSt. but 10 Beaten by
M seconds -Slaeen best sf tho schoon.
| err - DISMAL work for YAchtsmen
Creeping Into Fort I'm Fog and Mhst.
NEW LONDON. Conn. Aug. u.-Tbere has
| been some rest for the yachtsmen to-day
and this afternoon they have been ashore
telling about their trials and tribulations
In the long race from Huntington. They
have 90 many thrilling stories TO relate that
o whole edition Of THE Sun would not be
large enough to tell all these yachtsmen
say.
After Q day OF banning winds the leaders
OF the meet got within sight OF the finishing
line on Sarah's Ledge bell buoy Just at sun
act Yesterday. They were then several miles
to the westward and then the tide changed
and began to run to the west. For some
time che yachts kept on trying to stem this
tide and they made fair progress until the
wind died away and they drifted back again.
Occasionally light puns would all their
sails and also MI the hearts Of tho yachts
men with hope and the yachts would strive
braveiy to get to the line and then these
shms would fail and all hopes OF dinner dis
appeared and later on all hopes Of Q good
nights rest for many went too.
Tho Wlnsome and Aurora we're the leaders
Of the nect and the battle between these two
was Q mighty one and at oA4H0 the Aurora
crossed the line and Just II seconds asteru of
her was the Winsome. The Aurora had
ss.sou III 81 cs0onos sneao oI the "insome
sno % sns "insome won INC race WIN ~
seoonSs 20 spare. mo weotsmoo vas .hs
neAS boat 10 ana then oams tne Euor.. out
tne InoI' mao an eovehtsse 'nrousn ceins
Astern OF the Weetamoe at the start and she
won the race In her GLASS
Then there was . long wait and tho oom-
mittee's tug turned the searchlisht over the
soene and could pick up In the distance several
yAohts: among tnem the three dig sohooners
strusshns 70 ses 10 the hne sno into me mar.
Dor. Several Of these yachts burned night
signals IN order 70 ie' tnoss on tns tus know
VINO tney were.
shortly srter 10 O'CLOCK tns fos that mao
Dceh tnree1enins al bne evcnihS snut IN anu
shut thick. IL closed down on the socne
like a Scotch mist and drenched every one
a. though 4, v.rs rain ara .irsrs so,nds.,
.sWsh.n xn ~ VIZ .sin ~. sn sne vs."S,u sosna
Mtne nencnouse on .ne po'ns, on Sne nsntsnip
at Brentons Reef and at Race Rock. to the
"a, M s iooe:So .S .ns s. Queen ali.sa . eoross inc
boat wa. just abIs to pierce the fog enough
to make out her number and Is seconds
astsrn Of the Queen was she Elmins. That
ynouS nsu s'uos % o'Vsoy 70 .ne orsox scnooner
all the way from Morris Cove where for .
sSe ~. snS bad sd n s .es
cs.d.5 10 .,s ~ ,ron.
Nouo" 'H s'"9"h !" ho"s.
IL was nve minutes after midnight whom
whsn sbs cros..d the In. the sos W.. x.rr
,sier o. % 81 'o ah.o .Ss. .os W. @ Wy
tnics' out on tne yachts things we're very
lively. It was abo6 time 70 meet the big
Sound steamers passing up and down
Their foshorns could be heard sound
ins dolefu'y, ana on tne yscnts log
horns were blown too. at regular intervals,
but the yachtsmen realized that they could
NOT ha hsard far n. sonnd do.. No, c.rrv
no ., o 90 .sa Us no. 'y
Won In ene ios ana 30 snarp iookou's were
kept.
The Csardepia with her crow OF sxperts
.w.n, acros. th. lin. a, ,ssoo ~ ,h.t tiro.
.ue eiue nau Vnanse, ass,n snu sweepins 70
the eastward IL was sending the yachts into
port. The schooner Katrina was next and
then came the Aveuger. which is being sailed
by Charles Francis Adams I'd. and then the
Doris.
the wSpd m ssd on
sails showing black In the gloom and their
aide lights Indicating the way they were
heading. Some had got far OF their course.
The Nicola. on which with Mr.. blair Is Irving
Cox and G. Sherman Hoyt, found herself
on Race Rock. miles out Of the way and the
Howard Horton working at the fog horn
got inAde the lightship and near shoal water.
The yachts all got in. though, without mis-
hap.
The Verona, the smallest OF the schooners.
finished at +l5O4, winner In her class. The
the line, She Finished at tlo02. and the last
Of this class TO cross the line was the Adelaide
at 50s:35. soon after o'clock the fog lifted
and II was clear sailing, The committee