New-York tribune., 1909-07-06
TAMMANY THE VICTOR.
LEADS IN OCEAN RACE
Victory IN Harlem Clubs CoHtest
Goes to SLOOp VictOry.

Although the official time is not yet known. II
is practically certain that the schooner Tammany.
the property Of Commodore ". c. Towen. OF the
Brooklyn Yacht Club. is the winner Of the annual
Cape May race Of that organization. which finished
yesterday or Scotland Lightship. No award win
be made by the regatta committee-W ilian Griffin.
chairman. A C. SOper and W p. kiggfns-untu
the figures have been received from the Hghtship-
The Tammany. however. timed herself at 3549o
yesterday morning Unoflcially she fOrty-One
minutes astern Of l. J. Callanan's schooner
Eclipse. which passed the Hghtship s-13.oO yes
terday morning The time OF the Eclipse was also
unofficial
Using these figures as a basis. the Tammany's
elapsed and corrected time for the course OF as
miles would 4O24.00 and 39-01 3D. respectively.
against 1850. which is both the corrected and
elapsed time Of the Eclipse The sIOOp Gardenia
was the third boat to pass the Ightship- She was
unoficiaHy timed 9.HOo this morning. Her
elapsed and corrected unofficial times therefors
45.51O0 and 3-522. respectively The Gardenia IN
the property OF Rear Commodore Leo g Herzig-
General David E Austen's sIoOp Ondawa was
the fourth boat to sight the lightship- Her time
was not known by the regatta committee last
night. although it is probably about o'clock yes
terday afternoon The Attn boat in the race Is the
schooner Vigil. the property Of John Lewis The
craft was stiH at sea when the regatta COMMITTEES
left for shore last night The sIOop Adyta II also
started. She, however was disabled the hrst d2y
out and gave up the contest
Unusually fast time was made over the course
The boats started on Saturday morning two
reefed breeze from the northwest, which sent them
off in splendid style The Tammany led throughout
the greater part OF the voyage Commodore ToWen
said last night that his boat had reach for prac-
ticaIIy the whole length of the course The wind
strong. particularly the leg from Fire
Island lghtship TO the Cape May Hghtship- During
this part Of the voyage the commodOres boat h.eW
out a balloon jib and a working j5. carried away
a spinnaker and parted jib sheet
After turning the Northeast End Hghtship. OF
Cape May. the craft into a sOUtherly wind
that enabled them to lay their course home The
wind held true until the schooner reached Fire
Island when it died away early yesterday morn
ing. spriHgfng up soon after from the north The
schooner reached her mooring early yesterday
morning
The Cape May race was not the only ocean con-
test that finished in Graveseud Bay yesterday.
The boats from the Harlem Yacht club put their
nose around Norton's Point at early hour yes
terday afternoon. The first boat 70 be timed was
the sloop Victory. the property Of H A Jackson.
jr.. commodore Of the yachting department % the
New York Athletic Club. at 23S.5. AS shs started
from City Island 10 o'clock on Saturday NOM
ing, her elapsed time for the 2S5-mile race vas
52:3s.5.
The Nopsa, the property OF the sullivan brothers.
Of the Harlem Yacnt Club. the second yacht
dnsh. She passed the committee boat at 4.43.i0.
making her elapsed time 81 s3 70 for the voyage
c. 2. Granbery-s Intrepid. the third boat n the
race broke her steering gear and put into New
London Sunday The withdrawal OF the In
trepid made the Victory the scratch boat Her
corrected time is therefore 52.3S:5 against 5344s
the corrected time of the M0psa-
The success OF the Victory gives the New York
Athletic Club the Ocean Challenge Cup OF tho
Brooklyn Yacht Club This Is perpetual chsl-
Ienge trophy and the first one OF its kind offered
for little craft The New York Athletic Club was
the challenger in the present contest and tpe Har-
lem Yacht Club The defender Of the trophy The
unofficial times Of both races follow.
CAPE MAY RACE-START 11:3O A NJ. July a.
COURSE. 30 MILES