New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-12
MISSING AFTER STORM
BATTERS FLEET.
Ne1C York Yacht Club Cruise uay
BE Brought to Premature End
at Portland, Ne.


from Vineyard Haven to Portland tonight. and
the cruise of the club that began so eauantIv
from Newport on Monday. with Bar Harbor as
its destination. may have TO come TO an untimeIy
end mere. Four yachts are still missing not hav-
ing been heard from since yesterday afternoon.
and. while no grave fears for their safety are
entertained. no man knows just where they may =
be.
Somewhere Off Cape Cod are the single sticker
Winsome. owned by Henry F. Lippitt. of Provf-
dence. and the schoOners Sea Fox owned by
Dallas B. Pratt. OF New York. the NIiladi. owned
by George w. Scott of New York, and the Lasca.
The Corona. disabled yesterday. was towed into
Boston to-day for repairs. The Idler and Visitor
III. also In Boston.
The big schooner Queen. sailed by her owner.
]. Rogers Maxwell. is at Marblehead and so is
the Polaris. In the same port. with her bow
spirit carried away. is the yawI CIeona
Into Gloucester. running for shelter went the
Istalena. George NJ. Pynchon's magnificent
sloop; the Ariadne. the Irolita. flagship OF Com
modore Clark Of the Philadelphia Corinthian
Yacht Club. and the sloop Taormina Beating
UP from Portsmouth to Portland. dsdaining the
chance TO run for shelter. the famous Old de-
fender OF the Americas Cup. the Vigilant.
| trying 10 reach the finishing line tonight
II IS supposed that rhe four missing vessels are
| between Chatham and Provincetown. with the
| lee shore near Chatham providing a possible
shelter. Tugs looking for the missing
vessels. and il is felt that word OF their safety
will come either TO Boston or Portland in tbs
! near future.
4 Vineyard Haven. the scene of the start yester-
| day morning. some Of the yachts again to-
! day. Among them the sIoop weetamoe.
with her topmast gone and her mainboom and
| gan split. AT Proyincetown the dismasted
| Eleanora. towed In early this morning; the Saw
arano. the Ariel. the Alcyona. the Windward
and the Adventures
THE ELEANORA TOwED To PORT
| The toughest experience came to the Yacht
Eleanora. which picked up by the steamer
Massachusetts. Her escape was due 20 the
bravery Of one young fellow on the yacht who
swan through the choppy seas with a rope in
his hand. which had been thrown for tow TO
| the EIeanOra- The latter craft was picked up
by the steamer outside OF Provincetown and
! the yacht was later towed TO safe anchorage
of that port by the Eugene Moran Captain
Kemp Of the tug Orion. also picked up one OF
the little boats. which had been the plaything OF
the gale and had set her signals of distress when
the tug rounded the shore at Nauset and got tho
boat.
The MureI a big schooner lost her bowsprlt
during the night and was among those forced
/ back Vineyard Haven.
OF the twenty-five racing yachts Of the fleet
which left Vineyard Haven only four had ar
/ rived at Cape Elizabeth Lightship az sunset.
Besides these there were dozen steam yachts
in port After receiving dispatches from the
owners Of at least a dozen craft. Commcdors
| Arthur Curtiss James announced that the feet
| would not proceed to the eastward until Friday
| morning. and possibly the cruise will end hers
| instead Of Bar Harbor. as originally planned.
He said that all but four Of the craft had been
accounted for. and that these would be heard
] from later
/ The schooner EImina the sIooS aurora and
the auxiliary Intrepid the only yachts TO
reach Portland before sundown. Late tonight
| the famous old cup defender Vigilant came in,
| after the stiffest sort of battle with the gale.
| The fleet tonight was well scattered. Seven
/ are anchored in Provincetown C5arbor Others
/ were reported as having sought safe harbors at
| other points. Among the craft which got through
the hfty-mie northely gale, feat which
/ many failed 20 accomplish and were riding at
anchor in the harbor tonight. we're the schooner
| Elmina the sloop Aurora. the auxiliary schooner
| Intrepid and the steam yachts Diana. Aloha
| Lucinda. Naradd. Cristine. North STAR Issa-
! quena oneida, Cavalier. Sultana and Osprey.
| There were three or four others whose nance
had not been obtained at dark
| Anchored in Provincetown Harbor this noon
i where the schOOnerS WindWard SavarOna, AlCy-
one Ariel and Dervish. The rest of the feet
at that time were scattered somewhere between
/ cape cod and Cape Elizabeth.
I TWELVE RUN To GLOUCESTER
| Next in tl.e northerly order of stopping places
was Gloucester, There total squadron of
| twelve gathered. These included power and
sailing yachts. as follows: The Wild Duck the
Pellegrina. the Istalena. the Ariadne. Elsa III.
the Cynthia. the Reverie. the Chasina. the
Monimia the Irolita and the Taormina In
Portsmouth and adjacent harbors were the
power yachts Hauol Idalia, Condor wacondah.
Mahary. Kaleda and Vencedor.
When the flagship Aloha anchored in the
harbor at 5 p. m.. Commodore James reported
| having a schooner yacht go into Gloucester
| Harbor and that he saw the yawI ViGiIant of
shore trying TO make the finish. but that he
| had heard nothing Of any other yachts The
DIANA which has the regatta committee ON
| board will remain of the Hghtship all nighv
until all the yachts have finished. there is
| time limit To the race The start for ROc<and.
Me- has been postponed until Friday,
| The story of the eighty-mile thrash to wind
ward from Cape Cod across Massachusetts bay
i I'm a gale from the northward and as ugly a sea
| as was ever encountered by fieet Of yachts
| remains TO be told by those who battled with
IL and have not vet reached this harbor. There
were grave fears until tonight that some serious
| accident had befallen some of the smaller craft
but reports soon came telling OF the arrival OF
| yachts In various harbors.
1t is known now that most of the yachts wera
able TO make Gloucester Provincetown. Marble
| head and Boston. and thus escape the bal
i weather Captain Dennis of the Elmina reports