New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
PACE FOR ISTALENA
INC THE KINGS CUP AT
NEWPORT.
=, p,,ncbon's Sloop Sails Splendid
Leads Fleet Without
Her AHO5cGnce.
rpv Telegraph to The Tribune.l

So foot slOop lstalena won the thlrtN eight
fo- the Kings Cup to-day, after one Of
=, remarkable and interesting contests ever
.s,essed or this port
-. Yachts. II al rigs. assembled at the finish
= Frerton Reef ughtship, gave the Istalena.
~, dashed across the line, as hearty a well
-. cheers and steam whistle salutes as IL
A.5 been an Americas Cup winner. Although
=. hss beaten four schooners ana four sloops'
. .,r boat. and every one felt sure she had won
poe - 4, Was not certain uurl her time allow
- ~ the Avencer had run out Then II was
60 ,bat size had won by the handsome margin
. ,,,,es and seconds. Her elapsed time over
y .,-ss MAS hours 20 minutes is seconds. an
- soeed Of more than seven Knots. The FL
=, 5sfeates The Queen hy minutes and so sec
IS and the Ista,eua outsailed the Aurora II
-,,-,es and 90 seconds and the N;nsome Is min
,ies and 56 SECONDS.
-, was a remarkable race from start 10 finish.
- t,s,s were admirably handled. and I am sure.
s-.,r from "a. many distinguished persons who
- orre out ~ witness this and the Aston cup
sss thar interest ,u yachting has not diminished.
4. has increased materially such was the COM
,s-, ~ .ex-Coumo50re E.hridEe T. Gerry after the
80. Ills Yacht tha Electra. was judges boat to-
Az and besides ths regatta committee of the New
-, yseh, club Nessrs. Walter G. Kerr Ernest
+ To-'la~6 and Lieutenant William :. Cronan, L.
: \ laciirr}-lt had 0u board his guests the
p,sbor Of Fop Gu Lac. Wis; Rear Admiral French
: chadwick T.. = y: Lieutenant Commander
vorelsesare, T. S. " Commander W. :. Turpin.
: \. Commander Roy q. Smith. L. s y:
MAJOR Robert J. Gibson. T.. 5. y; Darius Baker,
Peer G. Gerry. eN-Jastice W. r. Douglas. Justice
a 3 Tanner ex-JuStce Charles a.. Numford
Justice A. J. Brown. II the United States District
Court. Daniel b. Fearing. a. @. Money. J. Russell
S5sy John T. spencer rs. T. Walker and Charles
F Hoffman.
Commodore Arthur Curtlss James had with him
m the flagship, TIE Aloha. Hugh -. AUchincloss
Arnold Hague, A. H Olmstead. the Rev. Stanley
Hughes. Lewis q Jones and DR. Henry Barton
JACOBS
Lady Herbert was among the small party Of
NESTS who We're entertained on board the Corsair
ay former Commodore j. Perpont Morgan.
Win Colonel Joseph Z. Fletcher on the steam
Yacht Gamma We're Governor P0thier. Lieutenant
Governor Arthur IS. Dennis. Baron DeI-evay kis-
islsk Chief Justice Dubois, General Walter r.
saness General Howard Walker. Albert A Baker
Roswell p. Burcaard, David J. White, Colonel
Webster Knight colonel d. Martin Brown, Colonel
Iat,mer ". Balou. Colonel Edmund a. Guerin,
Colonel Ambrose Kennedy. Colonel Emery J. san
Sduc, Colonel Fred ,. Lawtou, Colonel Edward
A Sherman T. A. Hunt. A. g. LOOMS, Michael
r. Dooley, Charles Briggs a. Mason Raborg. Her
nan w. Friend, arthur Pope, Harry Fletcher and
Edward P ToIie
On the Narada as guests = Henry Walters were
Stewart Barney. Ralph \. Ellis. Joseph Harri-
man, Frederick q. Beach, William Watts Sher-
man John r. DreNel. George l. Riyes. William
G. Rocker, ROYAL Phelps carroll. George Henry
Warren, William Z. Hunter Charles NJ Oelrichs
and Pembroke Jones
THIS TIE fourth race for The cup presented
by King Edward VII t. The New York Yacht Club
10 ls5 Tie first race, in 1906 was won by F. NJ
Smiths s!oop Erort The second by J. Rogers
AaTEeAs schooner Queen. and the third 10y the
AreHgcr then owned ty Dr. F.ober. ". Immons, %.
TIE vino was So light from the southwest when
The course signals were SET ly the regatta commit
Tee on board the Electra that they sent the tender.
ae Limited, 10 Row some % the yachts out TO the
starting Line
Mustered on the Eghtship when tho preparatory
tg-a was holstgl "a 1885 O'Clock were J. Pier
Il1' Norgan's steam yacht Corsair. Henry Wal
lGs Narada, AlTala-e Alhers's Florence, John b.
HefesAons Lleeuia, j. q. BeneGIet's Oneida c.
Al!aTa HAIRS Diana, r. A. e. Smiths Priyateer,
cornelius handertt.s North Star, T. II. Stevens's
u-"eda and many others
There was some ski.ful uauUUvrng at the start
between the shippers Of the big boats II was
wat rs known as four minute handicap start
-a' Is each yacht had that time in which 10 cross
ue me The signal gun for al 10 cross was ired
q -+ The lstaleua. on The port tack cleared il
as She crossed forty six seconds after the gun.
-"t schooner Aure with her owner Charles
summers al Tie wheel, was next away with Z.
w. --afEs lroi.ta lait minute astem and Cap
al Barr with The ayenEcr close up
N'l.e4 Dennis handled the Elmina with con-
Inmate sh-.. Making point as il 10 cross the
t o- lie port tack, right after the signal, ne
--s'.5 Kept Of and rar parallel 10 il between
SAY ---lsa-p and tae Electra. then Eyhing her
t-.1!' he sem her across the line on the star
1.c lack, cutting ot the Queens chance to
:. g. l-ai NIue That schooner crossed the line
-t seconds after the E'mina. The Winsome
SO on Tie port tack ~ l0.s3.42 O'Clock and the
'''sF ana aurora the starboard tack. Both
- Scoops were handicapped ~ lO.H. nut only
Ue second was marked against The Avenger and
we've seconds against the aurora
& course being a triangle of rhirtv-eight miles
- NE hrs' turn 80 SANDY Point. Block Island.
- ne second % West IsIard IL WAS a beat dead
.o~4fa ~ '-irreon end one half miles. then
~ o. eighteen miles. ana for the last Ieg a close
- q SIX and ore-haIf miles and how those
oat's snd slooTs did night for FIRST place at the
"'o mark George II. Pyuchon kept the Ista-
'. "e port tack heading Tor the Narragausett
- =" twenty i've minutes and forty four sec
-, We She wa close TO the rocks The Weeta-
".,- Harry !iaf AZ The helm. followed suit.
- 1la cle Eruina the Vinsoule and The Aurora.
81. eiseT' iae Queen. The irolita and the MurieI
tn' followed =. RS,
- loI tack, all the way up the Narragansett
L. L. 70 Point jude THE lenders fought il out, the
-. 'a holding her lead md defying the sclsooners
for %. I'D -'-. we 's3rfn and the Enina met
Co.. Iis' nue on opposite tacks the Queen was
80 80 about That was at il 1880. about two
~. '" Folnt judith. Al II 40 the Istalena
-. -o-F-Iu-nute board inshore, lacking again
w., - u-e Point 81. was then one-half mile 10
~'u %; re Queen which yacht had the FL
20 NE same distance under her Ice.
H. 100 ne Istalcua flade her last tack for the
- 4ssao marx then less than oue-eiefth OF A
bon, -'' S-iore u was reached her spinnaker
Fo,. - '-l 70 stsrb0ard and the sail hosted IN
sor,s a-s 70 break olJ II was set while she
l.ssee a. y 80 10 The Queen. next around at
h.T- 90 leT syiuElRar too. but the Aurora set
~ .so'7F instead when she rounded at ! .0s :07
10. - passed DE mark as follows: The Weeta-
ll-. * AS The Murlel ! II nc; the Elmina
L. TIE Ayeueor ! .2O.ss; the winsome.
the Iroli,a. 20 p.
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