New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
,TRoRA HOME In LEAD
ruF IST4LEN4 BEATEN
c..,.nt,,-fue Yachts Compete IN Big
Larchmont Regatta.

-. so,-s-r among vachtsu1en who race
i = end that 'Larchmont luck is sure 10
OF y % :, the Fourth OF July, when that popular
p-eVAi ,,-s about ali the large and small racing
csh = - .,,,a1 regatta The sailed yes
erafl -V - she tuenty-ninth in its history. and
fe'oa. =, 7,ss certainly with them. for. while the
tneE = s,r wind was most discouraging al the
os'ioOA -, came from the southeast 10 enable
star 81 Of the seventy-five yachts that started
Dfa.E well within the time limit
70 tol---,l;rs Vanderbilt's 57-foot Aurora covered
No'- -,ile triangular course twice in
re - -,t,r,tes "a seconds. defeating the Ists-
h0~ % minutes SO seconds. after a keen con-
leh- es,erialy in the windward work on the
.,-s leg Of the course
SEC +vo started nearly on even terms. the
- hsving = lead Of length. II was close
- ~ The starboard tack to the first mark. set
70 ~,is5le OF the Sound. bat close the
~ rnese sloops that they lu1ed each other
- across the Sound 10 Centre Island. Then
- had 70 square away, the wind being about
-. snd SET spinnakers 10 port 10 reach the
- The Aurora gained her lead in the wind
80 work and held II in the spinnaker run from
-. Ezs-rpsreae Bay mark 10 the finish.
r.-rh-rort Earbor never looked prettier than
:. Aid for the three hours preceding the start.
r--,,o5o-e Wilson Marshall's flagship, the ocean
- Atlantic: ". Putrams threemaster the
.lcvone: the steam yachts Virginia. Celt. Flor
,,-s Cavalier and others were dressed with flags
-s,,hoz fashion. and the big hagstar facing the
.lrbbouse had flags a-Iutter on every halyard
Nainsais ana clubtopsafls were hoisted early
r. board the larger racing craft and from harbors
N both SIDES Of the Sound the small classes came
.sf,us toward the starting point, of Larchnnonts
h-eskwate- where the committee tug the c P
Rsrnoad was anchored. The wind was south
southwest al the start and southeast at the finish
Y required Just ffty-dve minutes TO start the
rvre-ty-four classes of yachts. James 3 Ford's
schooner Katrina ana George ". Scott's Miladi
lee the big feet i Sc, the Miladi being in the
v,s.her berth and both with sheets lifted On -be
sts-board tack Eight OF the 'thirties" led by
TIE Atari followed the 57-footers which got awav
Eve minutes after the schOoners. A G. Hanan's
Seneca with brand new mainsail started against
= Bleecher's Red Rover. but the latter was
beatsz badly that she retired before compietInr
he course The Senecas time for the eleven miles
twice around i've and one-half mile triangle
was 2E12- the next fastest being that Of the
Alert II The handicap class 2:O7:46 z c RAYS
so0p Dorwtna and George Builoch's yawI Cleona
sailed special match race, which proved a feature
o. TIE day. f-r they sailed close race throughout
finishing onlv -04 apart the Dorvina lending
Howard Wlletts Mink was the winning so-footer
she E0n from the Nepsi by IN The schooner
Katrina defeated the Niadi by 81 .os actual time
and r Van Rensselaer's q class boat Dinner
Won from David Duacan's W-anata by $50 The
Chape-oa won her first race, beating the Princess
by II
TIE othe- winners were the Dorothy The Mar
gue-ts the Busy Bee the Mist. the Once The At
z1na, the Ogeerah. the Theln1a. the Wa W. the
Natcha- The Mischief. the Skeeter, the Tau+op
The s. The Inez and the Chinook The Cbinool,
sa-td against rhe best time made by the boats il
ne second division Of the hardicap class and Won
her tine over The eleven-rlile course was 2.11
The summaries follow:
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