New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
QUEEN WINS ASTOR CUP
4TENGER LEADS SLOOPS.
j. Rogers MarzceRs Schooner SAILS
Phenomenal Race off Newport.
Try reIeSnanh To The Tribune.

| w. Enmons I'd of Boston, has won the ii'uoh
coveted 900 cup for sloops ohereo anhuay "
| Colonel John Jacob Astor. When she crossed the
finish line b:21:I6 this afternoon she hao COW
| cred the ss-mile course in 5:1b:4e and hao won
the trophy easily, for she had defea1eo she ois ~
| footer vigilant the allowing yacht, 23 minutes
| seconds corrected time.
7 Rogers MaxweIrs Queen sailed phenome-
| na1ly and won the Astor cup Ior schooh-
| ers She covered the course In hours % hi
| utes 81 seconds and defeated the thmlna nm
| utes 10 seconds. The Corona did not hfis'- Inc
sloops Istalena and Aurora had an eAceeune,s
| pretty fight. and the former yacht won pS my
| 8 seconds. Four schooners. eight sioops aio 'le
yewl ViRiIant started in tfH race. The schooner
| Eclipse did not finish.
Clear skies a rattling good breeze from the
| southwest and. with the exception of the nsuai
| old Atlantic swell comparatively sIhooth "1'
were the excellent conditions under whlch 'ie
race was sailed. The wind remained lalrIy S.e"uy
from start to finish, increasing ~ s'Ie So q.
times but aTording both schooners ana sioops
an equal opportunity to show their speeu-
For several hours before the time SET iol ~
start parties of guests of the owners OF steam
Yachts thronged the New York Yacht Gluo sla-
ton and were taken board in swift iaunCne9' ~
Commodore vanderbilt's party, on ooaFu Tue e log
shin North Star included his staf-Fieet sur
geon Brown Fleet Captain Grenv1lIe Name anu
Commander T D J. Kelley (retired) FORMER
Commodore EIbridge T. Gerry had parry %
guests on board the Electra as d1o = n " -
Inss on his new steam yacht Vanadls other
Including many women in dainty yschtins cos
tunes were Joseph E Fletchers Carnliiia' L" -
Benedict's Oneida, Wilson Marshalis AlialllC le
auxiliarv briganttne Aloha, Charles Hayden $
wacondah and P A. b. Wideners JosephiA
Iobn r Herreshoff out in his Eugenla' anu
his brother. Captain Nat" in his Roamer-
The guests on Commodore Vanderbilts yacht
were Robert Goelet Edward T. foS' INC -'
w Watts Sherman. ,
podericlz Terry J. D. Roman Baldwin, Clarence
" Dolan. Captain Philip M. Lydig, Henry al
ters. Stuyvesant Roy and Lispenard Ste"a[.
On E t Gerry's Electra were Judge arthur
Browns w W. Douglas, Justices Darius bAoeLa
ond willard 3 Tanner, Rear Admiral French T.
chadwick William Storrs Wells, George l.. f'lVes
H Mortimer Brooks George Henry warren w
After a postponement OF an hour waiting ioF
wind the start made in a hght breeze 1ioin
the southwest which gave promise OF freshehihs
from that quarter The signals were given from
the steam yacht Felicia, flying the regatta commit
tee flag ut her main and anchored caoie lehslh
east of Brenton's Reef Lghtshp.
First away Robert w. Enmonss sloop
Aveneer at the windward end of the line; the
Miu,osa III at the lee end and George M Pyn-
chon's Istalena the middle with William T. Ise-
Inns big yawl Vigifant, carrying balloon Jlo
topsaiI overhauling the other three The Leda
came rext, then the Hanan brothers Seneca Ihey
sent her across the line between the weather marx
and the Aurora which was sailed by w. Butler
Duncan, jr. The Mink and the Nepsi the only
"thIrtgee that started the last of the sloops
to cross.
Ten minute. later sweeping the line, setting
foretopsails small main topmast staysails and No
2 reaching jib topsails came the schooner Queen
50 seconds after the signal with the Elmna Al sec
onds In her wake; then the Corona and the Eclipse
An were the starboard tack, with sheets eased
a trffe for the sxand-oe- -half-nile reach, to the
first mark set OF West Island The next leg OF the
triangular course was southwest by three quarters
west eighteen miles to mark off Sandy Point
Block Island This leg was thrash to windward
The last of thirteen and half miles northeast
one-eighth east was spinnaker run for all hands
the reach to the West Island mark the Figi-
liant gained big lead on the others in her class
They lured around the mark Ike this: VigiIant,
1250:52 Istalena, 1885, Aurora, 1255:9O Avenger,
1255:5O Queen. 12:57:36; Corona, 1:Os:4; Seneca,
1861; Minosa III. 1:1013; Mink 114:1s; Nepsi,
1:14;2s; Leda, 1853; Eclipse 1915.
Now the real marine battle began, for the breeze
had freshened that lee rails almost awash
when sheets trimmed fiat. The Vfgilant go
ing about Immediately after rounding the mark
made one long board to the westward on the port
tack Of 50 minutes seconds She was close to the
Narragansett shore about mile south of Whale
Rock when she tackled offshore for seventeen min
utes. The Queen then mile of her lee bow.
standing inshore, and the Elmina a mile on the
Queens lee beam.
The Queen made her first offshore tack at 2U7.
when one mile north of Narragansett Pier. Mean
while the 1stalena and the Aurora fighting II
close along the beach. the former sloop in the
| to leeward of the Aurora, and the Corona to lee
ward of the Avenger half q mile
The schooner Eclipse and the sioops Seneca. Ieda
and Mink split tacks' with the others at the
West Island mark and went off TO the southwark
long Etarboard tack. The little Seneca sailed
fast and pointed well. seeming TO mind the
sea. The shippers of these four yachts evidently
figured on the food tide running to the westward
TO help them but they were mistaken. the
suits showed.
The Queen. the starboard tack. passed out
by Point Judith at z:SS. the Vigilant at 2:42 and
the Emina 2:45. These three about mile
apart at this time. The Queen and the Elrnina
tackled to the westward for a short board of seven
minutes then came about again for the Block
Island mark. which in plain sight few
minutes later from their decks
Sailing like q witch and going every minute. the
peerless Queen reached the outer mark and round
ed it at S27:57 the end of fine thrash
to windward of about twenty -four miles She
had covered the distance in 2 hrs. 80 min q sec.
beating Elnina min. 4S sec. the Corona %
min II sec, and the Vigilant II min 35 From
the start she had beaten the Vigilant "A min. 46
Sec a remark dable showing for schooner against
a single sticker of about the same length.
The times Of the others taken at the Block ISL
and mark were: The Elmna, 3:3456; the Istalena,
s4:31 the Aurora 3:44oS: the Avenger 3:5OO5; the
Corona 3:5s:52 and Mimosa III. 444:15 With
spinakers set port and balloon topsails to
board they all made fast time in the thirteen and
one-eighth miles the finish, the Queen hold
ing all the way
The Avengers work TO windward excellent.
She was defeated only min "A by the Ista-
lena, latter, after of the best fights she
and the Aurora have ever had, having been beaten
to this point only sec. The Avenger had been
evident long before she finished that she
have won cup for sloops.