New-York tribune., 1908-08-11
AVENGER GOOD WINNER
Taxes THE KINGS CUP.
Boston Sloop Beats Field of F'0e
at Ne7cport on Time 4HOscGnce.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

,c,r-,o-+ r L Aug Io.-With her main boom
.urunr broad off to starboard and her snow-white
s,.nnaker beilying out port in the fresh south
,ss+ breeze the 4s-foot sloop Avenger, owned and
s+eered by Robert Emmons. I'd. OF Boston. swept
across the finish line to-day close to the old yellow
Iig4,tshtp marking Brenton's Reef. She was the
last Yacht to finish the five that started in the
race for the Kings Cup. but sne the winner OF
that trophy by the handsome margin of minutes
s. seconds from Cornelius Vanderbiit's Aurora
she had also defeated. corrected time. the
7e-alena by minutes seconds and the schooners
1r,r,ina and Queen by 10 minutes 81 seconds and L
,,in1,tes Il seconds. respectively The AVenger :
zine allowance for the thirtyeight-mile course was
: hour 10 minutes g seconds. The Aurora and the
-stslena had an allowance of 52 minutes 10 seconds
.scb the Elnina had . minutes seconds ana
the Queen . minutes "a seconds
From start TO finish II was spirited race with
, fsi-lv good breeze and fiukes, that the
Yachts sailed on their merits They were the hVe
,ss,es+ Yachts OF their rig and type that could be
o5,,csd and ali except the Emina were designed
~ F5e-reshoff. She is of A Cary Smith de-
signs and her many victories attest TO his skill
Sbe won the Astor Cup for schooners last year
The Queen which made the fastest time over the
80 to-day 2 hours l9 minutes 81 seconds, beat
ere Elnina minutes e6 seconds. but the latter
xscht made the time over the last leg OF
the course
Having won the Astor Cup for sloops on Sat
,,-5sv and the Kings Cup to-day. the owner of
+ne Ayenger is naturally elated tonight and he IS
the recipient of many congratulations.
Z Fee
., r7,ssts on board assembled off Brentons hee1
7,vhtship where the start 10 be made iheE
,,cl,ded Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilts North
g. J Rogers AzaxwelI's Celt. Captain Nat Her
-ashorfs Roarner. Elbridge T Gerry's Electra r
= F7eoedict's Oneida which also the commit
..e bos-. c 3 Mason's Mayita, Dumont tlarke
c--,-4se Arthur Curtis James's Aloha. John b
15.--eehor-s E,lgenfa- E D Morgans speed launch
.sr--+e- the schooner Emerald and the YaWl sy-
n,-i,s which was entered in the race but dId not
cageSa
v5-,b a light breeze from about south southwest
49, smooth water. the start was made promptly
-. s,znals being made from the Oneida. anchored
,,---hesst OF the lightship- George NJ. PYnchon
,oo- Istslena crossed the weather end of the Inc
.nraa seconds after the signal The schooner queen
-f-z : biz balloon jib topsaiI, and under good
,5-.1- cleared il at 10:43-26. the ElTnina al
-o.I1..a The Avenger l0:4o:59. and the Aurora at
,o-ss,A Both schooners set small main topmasl
.,sysa!Is at first changing them in fifteen minutes
1or larger ones
The course was exactly the same as that sailed
Cor the Astor cups The first leg was east by south
s7-,th 81. rniles-a reach with booms 20 port; the
.aoor5 leg was southwest by west = west, Is miles
6 heat 10 eindvard, and the third leg northea
: east 1875 miles In the light breeze prevailing
s5e soors were able 10 hold the schooners on this
reach.
These times were taken they luffed around the
s-st mark set OF West Island: