New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-14
u,MINA WINNER AGAIN
leads IN ROCKL1ND RUN.
cood Sh07ripg Of Yachts When In
tcrrupted Cruise Is Resumed.

NJ Aur ls-Frederick +. Brewster's
~ and + ". Clark's lrolita are the winners
Pm cboonrr classes to-day OF the cups offered
IN tL' l,,,noaore C. I.edyard Blair IN the third
by ,ns New York Yacht clubs cruising squad
ruh % ,li,Is Vanderbnt's Aurora won the first
ron - p Albrreer's yaNl Polaris the secosd
f"o = tbe sIoop class. The run of just 52s
'~.;.sf miles was made nm fair wind almost
,.rr 10 drish ana In smooth water. The
ron ,,-rs3 the distance in 7.02s5. which
hi.,. ovsraee speed Of 7i2 knots The race IN
f,ot class between the lstalena and the
'' mas close. the former winning 10y only Il
A Roth set spunakers at the same moment,
,,s before the finish. each hoping TO cross
the line first ,,., ,,,,- ,...-, from. t,. In
,s IN %. In class N the yaWl foiails won
- the Adventures by oN5-26. In the special
run . avis the CIeoua defeated the Polaris 10y
CO, The schooner lrolita the winner In
u n She defeated the Taormina 10y o,2N.o2
= q Hight breeze from the north-n"rthWeSi the
.,.rt was made of Witch Rock gas buoy Just out
=. Portland harlor, the regatta committee INN
-. she yachts from the steam yacht Limited. an
Ae south Of she buoy. The auNliarleS We're
=, away first NJ slo o'clock the big schooner
S.,rera. IN charge of her owner, Captain Lloyd
-,hr3v crossing The line first al Sl-:5o O'Clock
HEM T Sloanes Idlrr was over few seconds
- commodore Jam"s'~ flagship. The Al"i"'
ssss ,lS,aT an plain sail al $50 o'clock she hay
O. ,of, tbe barbur much later than the others
~ ,vo-,rinats handicap time having expired for
IN ,br,e they were timed as having started al s.l-
O'clock ,,.-,,,.
.,oon Adventures crossed the line thlriA-sN sec
- after The whistle. hut George Rullocks Cleona
and Louis AlaerEers PolaIiS, b'tH }aNls WEE
Handicapped ar 30, O'Clock
U,,lisn + Isliu'~ yaNl NiElaut. hrefkins "Gl A
bsraon HbtoQsaU she approached inc .'''
crossed il under good Roadway ~ s.-l-S- Henry
: LIMITS slo1T Wi1some. George II f}n'h'h 8
-s,ole1s and Cornelius Naudorhilts Aurora crossed
= ,bst order. sl ttrar being Handicapped al 9.22
They lost 50 seconds. minute and minutes 81
seconds respectively
4, This time ths wind shifted 10 the south
c,,beast for the leaders. while those not Vet
-e-s-ted were almost reoalmed IN light air from
ne westward W. : Eaton's schooner Taormina
vas unable -r cross Tire ine until s.iN. and the
lroli,a got evay ~ s.42.2a. They should have
started al 9-5
F F. Rrewsters schooner Eluina. carrying big
bsHooner crossed The lins with small handicap.
II was sure sian Of the loyalty Of the yacht
owners 10 the commodore and 10 the club that such
8 representa-ive fleet 81 yachts-tve classes and
fourteen boars-staIt on this tif,y-tour mile
after the hrreriug ma the run 10 Portland. Tile
-soep Adventures the yaNls PolaHs and Cleon4
and the schoo1ers Id'-r and Irota ioined the fleet
his rnorrins some of theu having sailed ~ night
10 arrive IN time Tor ,le start
Therr also twelve steam yachts near The
starting line 20 see the sailing craft away, and
they all accompanied them on the run. r. 4. G.
snhh's Priyareer and Frederick II Stevens's ItunA
toWe some OF the yachts from the harbor
10 the start The other steam yachts in company
we're ce-Commodore g.. Ledyard Blairs Diana.
Cornelius Yau6erbi!t's North Star. =. ". Smiths
Hsuoli Henry r Lipr.tts AHSa craig. the O-we-ra.
tie Tergana, The Issaqueua and The Mahary.
When gice-Cumm5d0re Blairs Diana passed
segun Island az = O'Clock Rear Commodore Dallas
B Pratt's schooner Sea Fox was ahoom 10 star
hoard rapidly overhaulluE the rear division OF the
feet. At Ios5 o'clock. with the southwest ,Ud 81
Monhegsn Island on her weather bow. the schooner
Eulns, carrying her balooner 60 port. was log
E.ng about eight knots in the smooth water and
leading the feet In Ter wake. about mile away,
cams the Vigant. then the auNiiiaries Ider and
Intrepid about a mile apart, and overhauling them
fast the Istslena. tie Aurora and the Winsome ia
that order, few lengths only separating them.
The wind fell light after the leaders passed
Eonhegan. The EiglLar1s skipper. hoping Ia hold
Inc breeze, steeTed u The southwark OF M-tlric
island. but when The wind came ogt from the
hOrthwsTd De found himself astern Of the Elmiua
and the sixty-dve foot s.O0ps
In Eccordauce with an understanding that they
were at liberty 10 stop tie race whenever th"
fhaaoes OF finishing iu time on the point auuuuuc-
Monroe Islaud-were too remote. the regatta COM
rlttee. qusrtercd on board the Diana, established
ihs finish line half mile south 81 TWO Bush Island
lighthouse about twelve miles from Rocklaud-
The order OF the fuish was.