The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-11
EM MONS AYENGER
 WINS KINGS CUP
In New York Yacht Club s Race Beats Vanderbilt's
 sloop Aurora.
ELMINA CAPTURES FIFTH
Istalena and Queen Finish In Third and Fourth Position, Re-
 specilyely.

Newport, R. l., Aug. l0.--Next to the last to start and the last to finish in the New York Yacht clubs race for the Kings cup to-day, the 4s-foot sloop Avenger, owned by Robert Elm mons 2d of Boston, won the trophy presented by King Edward VII, by the handsome margin of minutes s6 seconds from Commodore Wander bllt's sloop Aurora, which was the sec ond boat on time allowance. The Ali- rora and the lstalena, the other sloop In the race, were allowed 52 minutes 10 seconds each while the Avenger was allowed hour 10 minutes and 3o seconds. The schooners Queen and Elmina were the other two starters
 With light breeze from about south southwest and In smooth wa ter the start was made off Brenton's Reef lightship at l040 o'clock Three seconds after the signal George NJ, Pynchon's sloop Istalena crossed the weather side of the line. The schoon- CT Queen. carrying balloon jlb top- sail and under good headway cleared at l0:i0:26: the Elmina al l0:41:40, the Avenger at l0:i2:59, and the Au- rora at 10;43:44.
 The course of 3S miles was exactly the same as that for the Astor cup race cn Saturday, the first leg being q reach to port. the second a beat to windward of IS miles, and the third a run home of 1S 1-2 miles On the first leg of the course, the 1stalena beat the Queen nine seconds The Queen beat the other schooner, the Elmina by 95 seconds, while the Istalena defeated the Aurora one minute, 35 seconds. and the Avenger by just two minures The times at the mark off West Island, were as follows:
 Istalena, llS0:l9; Queen, ll:3o:5l Elmina ll:S2;2s Avenger, ll:35:l5; Aurora, ll:S5s3
 In the battle to windward, the Queen took the port tack al once and held 1t for 60 minutes She fetched the point at about half mile south of Nara gansett Pier, where she made her first tack off shore. The 1stalena, Aurora and Avenger had spirited run all the way out to Point Judith, the 1stalena i holding her own. The Queen made four tacl1s. ten minutes apart, which brought her abreast of Point Judith at 1 l:25. The Istalena had passed the point a minute before.
 When the Queen at l.i3 went abou, | tn tt5 ata a,tpl sa hp t,tsn r,i she had Elmina about half a mile on ! her lee beam The Elmina on the 1 port tack came about for the mark al 2:20 The Queen on the starboard tack was able 10 fetch 1t at 2:2i, when she came about.
 Before she rounded the mark her spinnaker boom was out 10 port and the sail hoisted in stops Just one minute and ten seconds after rounding the mark the sail was set and draw ing The times at the outer mark: queen ....,...,,.,..,..,., 2;Sl:4s Elmina ...............#.... 2:36:iO | lstalena ..........st. 2:52:33 Aurora ....,.,.,....,.z..,. 2;5a;27 Avenger ........,.....,.... S:00:1l
 The Queen had beaten the Elmna ! in windward work of some twenty l four miles by minutes , seconds | She had beaten the Aurora minutes ! 37 seconds, while the Aurora had beaten the Istalena 3 minutes 20 sec onds and the Avenger minutes two seconds. The Queen had beaten the l lstalena 2l minutes seconds. The run down the wind of thirteen and one-half miles with spinnakers set was pretty spectacle The Elmi-
 ma had her set to starboard while all the other spnnaker booms were 1 out to port. The Elmina gybed to ! starboard and set her spinnaker just | thirty seconds after leaving the outer
 mark. When she crossed the line at | the finish she had gained two minutes l four seconds on the Queen. The lat l ter schooner finished first of the fleet | of racers, and was saluted by big 1 assemblage of steam and sailing l yachts.
 On the last leg the 1stalena beat the Aurora 46 seconds and the Aven-
 ger minutes and seconds.
 Following is the summary of the
 race.
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