New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-07
cl,MINA BEATS QUEEN
INC SCHOONER TROPHY.
~, Cam for Shops Goes to the
,.,,nrer. Sailed by Captain Barr.
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Ne"porS N m mort and her yellow spinnakel
svuns - starboard In the southwest breeze
rEhs z Rrewster's schooner yacht Elmins
Freaeil -oss the finish line this afternoon on OLD
fSep1 Def Iightship. the winner OF the Aston
Bren.OH ..hooners The cup for sloops went 20 th'
CUP for
kyengef s,.rtAd IN the class and tn,
-. defeated last years winner OF the trophy
En'l LESS Queen. by % min. 81 sec. Sons
he - a., accident others call II a huke Ger
ssy =. .tot the result would not have been tht
IAN y, hotb had had equal chance at the wind
iams a. the Queen had not struck a calm spot
fhA' la her up for half an hour 1t was not al
tna Eov,ever the experts are saying tonight, but
~.A s,, GOOD judgment, which gave the Eimina the
race -. ,,,,, mad. ,,o sloan Avenre,
NeI'Hs r q, the Astor Cap for sloops. for If ever
te .n.r had TO fight for first place, ii was Wee
tsei- Farr at the helm of the sloop. He got a
Chs, the Avenger seventh boat at the
~ .,rn and fifth at the second. and he had a
h ' beat 10 windward than the larger sloop'
~. - kent her going. got the Hight sails on her
rsrtly and made such gooa showing on me i"s -
ma tb. course that with his time allowance OF
ls e sec he was able 10 win from The lsta-
"a by ! min 10 SEE
F 1s,alena's time was y min. > sec. faster
a.. Aurora's over the entire course ana the
10 -.,s min 2S sec. better 'Ean the NihSohe =
- r,r,ina covered the 3S-mlle course IN H.
IHe N sec. The Avengers victory was ooubly
y NH. =. her oUner. Alexander Smith Cochran.
=. ~ bought her only yesterday from Robert W.
Emnons 80, ,,..-, s,,,o,,,-
- quar- The course by large feet Of steam
-. each carrying its quota Of guests on
- the Electra guests OF eN-Commodore Ii
80 T Gerry, were the Right Rev Charles q
nIIs Rshop Of Fond-du-Iac. Wis; Daniel b.
,rph RBl
~ E1snrv De sincay. OF Paris; William =, Cross,
-.-s wilcox Charles A. Potter. J. Moss Charles
= E,aslsm. George Sheffield Edward NJ. Guild.
-. N Barrows Henry W. Hayes, Peter q.
o.--v F. 1. Ames and A @. McNey.
Ths largest party OF the day was on board me
s..sbin Aloha. as guests Of Commodore Arthur
rastss lanes. HIS party included Rear Admiral
v-,-cb z. Chadwick. L. S n; Rear Admiral J. h
,,,sbur Z. s N: Lieutenant Commander Mark l.
80 II s n; Captain william +. Fullam, OF
- r.ysl training station; Colonel Walter Howe.
- rOr. Adams; Dr. Roderick Terry, Lispenard
Co. Hugh n Auchincloss. Lieutenant Com
v,ssr " ". Phelps. A. Lanfear NoTFle' faul
,,s-exs Walter 5. Andrews, William b. brlstoW'
-, lawrence, Albert II Olmstead, General J.
~ pierson, George /. Rives, J. Stewart Barney.
,n.,., nav. Frederick NJ. Davies. William X.
r-,,.r william G. Rocker. Archibald ID. Thayer.
~ pbelps Carroll ". ". sherman Ralph y.
-r,s CHARLES F. Hoffman and former Commodore
lanes .. Smith.
pembroke Jones' David Barnes and George Shell
son were included in the party taken out by Henry
walters on the Nsrada. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
IssUn were guests aboard the Nlgilant, ana eA-
commodore E. c Benedict and eX-Commodore
Frederick G. Bourne were aboard the Oneida
With a good breeze from the north-northeast and
tbs sun Just peepng from cloudy sky, II was as
psty start as has ever been seen OF old Breton
Reef LAghtship. Promptness was the order and II
was carried out the letter. The course signals
cent aloft from Jesse B. Metcalrs steam yacht
Felca aging the regatta committees flag and
lnchored west OF the lightship. told the racing
skppers that they were 10 sail course D. re-
Tersed which was east by north, one-half north.
81 and a half miles 10 and around a mark on
Vest Island thence southwest by west three
hurshs west eighteen miles 10 another mark set
ot Sandy Point, Block Island. and thence north
east one-hah east, thirteen and a half miles
TO the finish II tie wind held as It al the
start this meant a close reach on the first leg.
rm for the second and beat for the third.
Close hauled the port tack. Henry F LIP
PITS Winsone led the slOop division across The
line fourteen seconds after the signal at ls:40.
George n. Pynchon's 65-footer Istalena crossed
nerL IN the weather BERTH with William L. Iselin's
BIG ysEl Tigilant close in her wake. and Cord
Meyers Affair and Mimosa III in the next half
minute. Then came George Ia Batchelder's Dorello
and Cornelius Vanderbilrs Aurora, Alexander
knith Cochrans AYenger. the Hanan brothers
Aspirsnt and J. n. MacDonough's Eleanora.
C. L POOr's Weetsmoe and c. II. Rumrlls Ad-
ventures were handicapped
J. Rogers MarwelTs Queen, steered by her owner
ied The schooners the next signal She broke
oh her small Jibtopssl and a Jib headed main
iopnasts'sysail as she cleared the line. Right in
Aer wake came Cleveland II. Dodges Corona, then
= r. breEster's Elmira. with a larger staysail
tAan The Queen and the same headsails. Charles
fuT
hsec quickly In that order
fast tine was made by the leaders IN this close
isee OF sir and a half miles 20 the first mark The
sleen walked right through the feet OF sloops.
80 ne was only siKty-two seconds astern Of the
a'slsnt when that yawl rounded the mark. while
"s Aftslena' steadily overhauling the Winsome.
vas only thirteen seconds behind az the turn, with
wake
sneek were eased well on 20 port and balloon
~ 'opseis carried on all the yachts for an hour
a. to'e on the reach for the Block Island mark.
- queen passed the Vigilant al II 40 and at y
s90es the lstaena led the Winsome by one-eighth
nAle and the Aurora by nearly a quarter The
- ..lA AZ this time was fully half mile astern
- queen and the Muriel and the Corona were
ssoui mile IN her wake
soon after this trouble bePan for the Queen
r.sh Z and o'clock the wind grew much
- captain Dennis, at the Elmina's wheel,
-, nave scented the new catspaws from the
60 that we're creeping across from Block
w.. way for he and the VigilanTs skipper.
co... mate was Harry Han. lufed their yachts
y, y, me westward TO meet IT. The Queen did
gs,,,.s s-ON SUIT and in a few minutes she. the
t.-esha and some Of the others found themselves
ts l.,e 'or half an hour. while the Elmna and
.'slant' In the new breeze. were beating to
Inward for the second mark
h,, ~ the Emma was from two to two and a
orlv 80 80 oead TO windward OF the Queen and
w.. aDoot Two miles 90 leeward Of the outer mark
sbr, u'e queen finally got the breeze she was
hsro - mics TO leeward Of the mark. II
mr. ior ne Maxwell schooner, after having
IN : good lead. and It was plain TO All al this
n -. si she was beaten boat. barring accidents.
h,v. captain Maxwell, however, made a
rln, 'einpt TO cut down the lead OF the FL
ans - me last leg, spinnaker run, and the
t.., -o"s that the Queen covered the last thir-