New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
QUEEN LEADS FLEET
WINS RUN FROM NEWPORT
Nee York Yacht Glib Squadron
Has Great Race to Tineyard Sound.
[Rv Telegraph e The TribuEs.l ]


Woods Hole Mass. Aug. u.-Ten schooners, eight
sloops and two yawIs mustered off old Brenton's
Reef Lghtship at 10 o'clock this morning. ready
for the start OF the second squadron run OF the
New York Yacht Club. The course was thirty
seven miles the first course being east southeast
seventeen miles TO the Vineyard Sound Lightship
From there it twenty miles through the Vine
yard Sound to West Chop Light, where they were
10 finish. The start made in a fresh breeze
from the south southwest. so that all the yachts
were able to carry balloon jib topsails, and the
sch6oners their main topmast staysails. The sig
mails were given by the regatta committee from the
tug Nonpareii anchored northeast of the Hghtship.
With their balloons set. the motor auxiliary
schooners Vencedor and Seneca first away at
1910 O'Clock. Ten minutes later S. H Mason's sloop
Leda led her class across the line. with the yavi
Cleona close in her wake, followed by the Mimosa
II, the Dorwfna and the Rosalie in that order.
BY manoeuvring too close to the line the Aurora
the Istaena and the Avenger found themselves too
near it thirty seconds before the signal. The
1stalena went around the Hghtship to up the
time, but the Avenger. swinging around her
heel, captured the weather berth and crossed just
after the whistle. with the Aurora close under her
lee and the istalena last William E. Iselin's big
yawl Viglant, carrying enormous ballooner led
the Weetamoe the line at 1875 O'Clock. and at
1040 o'clock the schooners Katrina, Iroiita, Taor-
nina, Mladi and Eclipse got away in that order
The Queen. steered by Harry Maxwell. made fine
start at 1o:45 O'Clock, with the Carona sec
This fine fleet of twenty yachts, representing the
flower of the clubs racing craft made fast time
to the eastward in the fresh breeze, which was
just abaft the beam. Two miles east of West ISL
and the Vigiant had the lead She had passed all
the sloops, the order of which at this point
The Aurora the Istalena the Avenger the Dor
wilma Mimosa II and the Rosane, the Cleona and
the Leda-
The Cleona carried away her topmast at n1o:so.
but she proceeded and cleared up the wreck on the
way east.
The schooners Vencedor and Seneca having start
ed at 1910. the first to pass the Vineyard
Sound Lightship. They kept Off around that
beacon at L o'clock, the Vencedor slightly in the
lead The others timed thus: The Vigilant,
1214; the Aurora. 1217; the Ista1ena, R17;3o; the
Corona, 1217:45; the Elmina- 1918: the Weetanoe,
I223; the Katrina, 1223:30 and the Avenger, 1224o
The Vigilant set her spinnaker TO starboard at
12:27 when she about off Cuttyhunk Light
The schooners Queen, En1ina and Corona set theirs
soon after and kept them set all the way through
the Vineyard Sound. They had head tide against
them and the wind remained steady. The leaders,
at 2 o. m. were the schooners Queen and Elmina,
and they were at that time off Tarpaulln Cove
The fleet carried a good breeze right up to the
finish line off West Chop The Queen. which was
first across the line is the winner or the VICE
comn1odores cup in the first division OF schooners
The Katrina won in the second division The
AI.ereer won the vtce-comrnodores cup for sloops
in the first and Rosalie in the second DIVISION
In tbe class races the Queen won from the FL
NINA nv 5 minutes 55 seconds, and from the Coro-
,a b1 minutes "a seconds In the one-dessn of-
foot class the Istalena won from the Aurora ny L
seconds but the Avenger was the winner IN the
class race by minutes 81 seconds from the isea-
lena The Weetamoe wins from the VlshanI Os
,,i,utes 2s seconds and the Rosalie from Mlnlosa
II nv minutes 81 seconds In the motor auxiiiary
class the vencedor from the Seneca oy o
r,irutes p seconds and the schooner Katrina won
from the Taorrnina by minutes 4S seconds.
-rba Yachts start at O'Clock in the morning for
Provincetown-
On the way into Woods Hole the tug Eugene
Moran lost the cook, George Parker overDoaro'
Every effort was made TO save hinl' out nc
.d search will be made for the body.
The summary follows;