New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
QUEEN WINS HANDILY
hVENGER SHARES HONOR.
Boston Sloop Cro1Cns Success on
Cruise in Its Last Race.
IBy T.lexraph 70 The Tribun.. ]

Marblehead Mass Aug. 15-J Rogers MaxwelPs
schooner Queen and the sloop Avenser. owned oy
Robert w. Emnons, 3D. won the cups oHered Oy
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Of the New YORK
Yacht Club to-day in what regarded as the
important of the cruise, outside Of those
for the Astor and Kings cups The race was saiieu
In good breeze from the northwest and In smooth
water, L-shaped twenty-eignt-mhe Course
that represented two. sides OF triangle
The Queen, sailed by her owner never did pet
ter work. She able under the eondiuohs
named to win from the Elrnina by R minutes :"
seconds while the Avenger. also steered by her
owner added another cup to her string. making
six In as many races, beating the Istalena this
time by minutes 4s seconds and the Aurora by
6 minutes 4 seconds. There a close contest
between the Istalena and the Aurora. In which the
former sloop won by IS seconds.
Hundreds viewed the from the shore of
Marblehead Neck, for six out Of the ten yachts
that started were Boston boats, whose owners are
members of the Eastern Yacht Club and eligible
to compete for the prizes They were the soop
Gorfana, owned by the commodore of the Eastern
Yacht Club, Gordon Abbot, and sailed by Charles
Francis Adams. I'd; the sIoops Doris. Hu1nna and
Dorello and the schooner Emerald
The steam yachts North Star, Isis. Roamer
Manaloa, Aloha and Juanita and the schooners
Dervish venona and Vanessia, all with parties of
guests OF the oXners on board, accompanied the
yachts thee course.
prettier could not have been desired The
first leg of the course was to be a spinnaker
manoeuvred to the northward of the starting line'
which was established off Half Way Rock. between
the committee boat Nonparefl and mark set 10
the westward of her. Spinnaker booms were
dropped to port and balloon jibtopsails were IN
stops on the stays all ready to break out The
Humans ballooner broke too soon and she Just
had time douse 1t before the signal
The sloops sent away first at 1870. and the
Aurora crossed the line twenty-five seconds alter
the whistle The Humma second. thirty-one
he AxyaD
two seconds In her wake Fourth away was tne
IstaIena at O:116 The Doris followed at JUBILEE
and the GIoriana and DOreIa were ooth hanol-
capped by few seconds. Down the Wind these
seven sIoops went, making pretty picture WIN
their booms broad off to starboard and spinnaKers
to port. The Aurora Humma, Avenser ana Gio-
rfana steered the middle course. The Istalena kept
to the westward and the Doris and the Doreho 10
the eastward
breaking out their spinnakers as they approached
the Iine the schooners Queen and Emerald crossed
It at II 01: :02 and Ii 01 o. respectively Inc h'ii
cleared it at II M 80 having trouble with ner SPIN
maker 1t would not break out until 11;O7' When IL
had been hauled in board and out again
In the fresh breeze fast time was made down tne
wind The Queen covered the distance in 80 min
- "a seconds the Elmina in 81 minutes second
ond the Emerald In 81 minutes 20 seconds Strange
to saw the elapsed time of the Aurora ana the
IstaIena for this leg was exactly ahHe-S" iiiiA"
seconds -
Hauling close on the "lho oh INC ~ -, .
aav tbav began the work of the second leg oI
seven miles 10 the whstling buoy on Eastern foih''
at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor- From tnelo
thew had a reach back to the lee mark ana VIM
ward work from there to the finish carrying Hoi
habv tibtopsaf1 and jibheaded maintopmast stay
.U .ra with her lower sails setting perfectly the
Queen led the way to the next mark gaining on
the Elmna every minute.
The last leg was wndward work. and tne vino
canted easterly in the last hall l. also ieA 80,
Inb,.r during the last hour of the race, wnfch
handicapped the boats astern'
The Queen more than held her own IN 'he peat -
vvfndwerd She made the finish line in two ooarus
from the last mark. and crossed the line an easy
,,1ar or the Gun at 2o5:ss She had covered the
course In 8 h. min. A sec. and had beaten the
EImna Ii min IS Sec. boat for boat The Istaieha.
which finished at 242:Ss, had beaten the Aurora IS
seconds boat for boat The times taken d. ~
turning buoy with the elapsed times between tne
whistIing buoy and the next mark and between
that and the fnish follow: