Evening star., 1909-08-31
GERMANS FAR BEHIND
Ellen Wins Second Race of
S0nner Yachts.
WOMAN AT VOLTS TILLER
Joyette Third In, Ahead of Hevella
and Marguerite.
FoULING BUOY, sEEHUND QUITS
Splendid Struggle Between Ameri-
can Boats-Winds Too Light to
Favor Foreigners.
WOMAN AT VOLTS TILLER
FoUL1NG BUOY, sEEHUND QUITS

ond race in the series between German
and American boats for the Taft and
Draper cups was won by the Ellen. owned
and sailed by Charles p. Curtis, jr., of
the Boston Yacht club. The Wolf was
second. Joyette third, Hevella fourth and
Marguerite fifth.
The Ellen beat the Wolf by eighteen sec
onds. The Seehund II retired early in the
race
Wind Too Light for Germans.
With one American victory in the Ger
man-American series the six little sender
yachts logged out of the harbor today for
the second struggle over the placid wa
ters of Massachusetts bay with softer
airs and smoother seas than prevailed at
the start of yesterdays contest.
These light conditions were disappoint-
ing to the foreign yachtSmen who had
hoped for strong weather and who had
shown for time yesterday that their
boats were fairly close to the Americans
in what sailors love to call "a breeze of
wind"
1t was interesting TO compare the three
American shippers. Swan of twenty-five
years. Loring of twenty years and Curtiss
of eighteen years. respectively, with the
three German helmsmen, Capt. Protzen.
on the Hevella. who is fifty; Capt. T.et-
gems of Margarethe, who is gray-haired.
and Capt Berghoff of the Seebund II,
who is forty-five years old.
The young Americans beat out the for
eigners yesterday, not only in the race in
which the Yankee boats proved better
than the Germans. but in the fight for the
best berth when the signal is blown and
the falling black ball on the committee
boat sends the boats away.
For today windward and leeward race
OF twelve miles was on the program.
Houo11o Ga%e Cfor%
The course was three miles out back
and repeat. When the start was sig
nailed the wind was eight miles an hour
Capt. Protzen sent his boat. the Hevella,
across the line with marvellous accuracy.
in windward berth. with the Joyette
close under his lee, and the Margarethe
just to the leeward of the New York
boat. A blanket a hundred feet square
could easily have covered the three boats.
The Wolf. sailed by woman, today
had the worst start Of the lot. but by
only a few seconds. 1t was the first
time that a woman had handled the
tiller in an international yacht race
At 11:15 am, five minutes after the
start, the Hevella was still in the wind
ward berth. but the Wolf and the JOY
cite were outfooting her. Behind came
the Margarethe, Seehund II and Ellen.
1t was fine fight up the wind to the
first mark. but the breeze soon fell off to
five miles an hour. As the breeze light
ened it seemed to favor the Ellen, and
at 11:25 she took the lead
Records at the Marks.
The yachts turned the windward mark
for the first time as follows:
Ellen, IL .J6.35.
Wolf, 11.5723
Joyette, 11.J915.
Hevella, 11.59.3O
Seehund III, 11.53.4O.
Marguerite, 11.59.42.
The Ellen maintained her lead on the
thresh to windward, and swung around
well ahead of the rest Of the fleet
The Wolf followed about minute later.
Then came the Hevella, Seehund II, JOY
ette and Marguerite, all close together.
The Joyette managed to get to the
mark first, but had great difficulty in
getting around. as she was closely pressed
by the Hevella. The yachts had scarcely
reached the mark when the Seehund IL
and Marguerite came down.
The Seehund IL tried to turn inside the
Marguerite. In doing SO she apparently
fouled the buoy and withdrew from the
race.
The three American boats maintained
their lead and were well ahead when
they turned the home mark for the first
time around.
The times at the home mark for the
first round were as follows:
Ellen, 1225.13.
Wolf. 12.2616.
Joyette, 12.27.06.
Hevella, 12.21.5l.
Marguerite. 12.2S.36.
In the beat to the outer mark. second
time all the boats held we'll up the
bay for the lee bow tide. The wind
freshened considerably as the yachts
neared the outer mark. 1t was a grand
fight among the three American boats
all the way out, the Germans, apparently,
being almost eliminated
The times of turning the windward
mark for the second time We're as fol-
lows:
Wolf, l:GS:1-.
Ellen, :0S:J4.
Joyette. 1:09:20.
Hevella, 1:1l:uS.
Margarethe, 1850.
Time at Finish