New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-10
THE IROuTA TO THE FORE
e. w. CIark'S Schooner Yacht
Wins Navy Challenge Cup.
THE SEA FOX COMES BACK
Twenty two Old Yacht De.
feats the Peerless Elmlna,
in Her Glass.
IRy Telegraph to The Tribune. !


cl-rk or Philadelphia. was the winner to-
6av Of the much priced Navy Challenge
Gun for schooners in the thirty-mile squad
ron ran Of the New York Yacht Club from
VINEYARD Haven TO Wilkes Ledge buoy off
+,ie 1srtn~ She defeated the Katrina in
her class by minutes seconds and she
p,,, ~ the same margin sailing for the
-v,,- Gun against twelve other schoonere.
r.. winner Of the sloop prize against
,ine4een Others was Johnston Dc Forests
ea-footer Nepsi. sailed by Butler Whit
ing She defeated the Alera by minutes
seconds
The winners in che other classes for the
regular club prizes were Cornelius VAN
terbilt's Aurofa in tho e5-foct class az
sleoDs. defeating the Winsoms by . min
1ltes seconds and the Istaicna by . min
sItes . seconds The Shimus won in Glass
l.. beating the NimoSa II by 81 minutes
- seconds and Class 7 3o-footer Cara
18ia from the wrndvard by 6 minutes 80
seconds. IN Class NJ. g g. Rumrill's Ad-
venturess defeated the frondequoit by I
minute IS seconds and George Batchel-
der's Dorelio beat the yawl Phantom IN
Class by minutes 50 seconds
\ feature Of to-day's race was the re-
ln5;rla bic sailing of the twenty-five o-yeaf-
Old schooner Sea Fox. owned by Fear
Commodore Dallas 3. Pratt. In her regu-
lar class she defeated the peerless Bimina
Icy ] minute ] = seconds and the Ariel IN d
special class by - minutes 50 seconds'
in the auxiliary class of schooners the
Nencaaer defeated the Iris and III Class
] Harold s Vanderbilt's Eagrant won
from the Ai.adi by minutes 10 seconds
17a oil IbPT-T1Sfs,
BY Robert ToIard. Of Philadelphia, defeat
ed the Nacrant by 1 minutes Sc seconds. i
Signals on the flagship Aloha announced
TO the feet that at eight bells the races
for the owl and Game Cock coiors would
he started from the flagship at O'Clock
The boats from the Elrnina and the Toar-
mira contested for the dingy prizes. and
the Tsormins's boat won, with Ernest
Swensen at the oars. The course was about
one-eishth Of a mile, with a turn The
rair-oared race was won bY the Taormina'
boat beating the Crescent's crew by about
= dozen lengths. This race was for the
Owl coloYs The Game Cock oOloTs were
won by four-oared crew from the FL
nina. beating the Katrina's crew 10y about
half dozen lengths.
The ihiity-six yachts that started off
West Chou Buoy made an extremely pretty
picture for the wind from the southeast
was a fair one for all hands. and although
they mad head tide the race 10 the west
ward through Vineyard Sound with
spinnal1ers set was exciting every moment
The -.thirties' got away first in this
Ger: The Alera. the Phryne. the BanZai,
the Dahinda, the Juanita, the Nepsi, the
Cara Mia and the Windward- On the same
signal the auxiliary schcuners crossed the
line with the Iris. the winner OF yester-
II
lowed by The Nencedor. the Intrepid and
The Seneca Only three of the Class F
schooners started this timc-1he Nagrant.
the Mlad and The DeTVish- Al 1870
O'clock George Batchelder's soop the Do
reliG led classes L and NJ over the line
She was closely followed by Lawrence
Darr's EIeanora and Chester RumriIl's Ad
Ventures. Morton f Plants green hulled
Shimna, with her spnnaker set TO port.
came next: then the Irondequoit. the
J'oaris and The Phantom in a group, with
the Minlosa II and the Hermes II in their
wake.
Away they went 10 the westward, look
ing in he distance like flock of white
winged gulls The leaders off Tarpaulin
Cove about an hour after the start. We're
the Iris and the Nancedor, over 10 the
soujhus ard. with the Dervish close I'D TO
1horn. the Ariel next in the middle of the
Sound. thc Pol5r5s on her weather guar
1or- then lice ShiTnua. the Aurora and the
Ninsune in tise order named, with the
Aurora reading tne Winsome about
eighth OF ! mile close TO the north shore.
Then came the I1linina. the IstaIena. the
tester and fac Jrondequoi; near the mid
cIrauu.i Tlac Intrepid. the MTiel. the Sea
TeN and ih2 lrolita brought up tie rear
division
The breeze he3G ;ruc and fairly strong
.roln the suutis.sst. and at 1920 O'Clock one
mile east of DUCKS Hole. the Winsome
I'D orerhauied The Au~cra and passed her
u few minutes the Vanderbilt boat was
again fl3c leader. Both had Rugged the
1sofia shore all tho way from Nobska and
poH there were close aion2sidp each other
Tie Aurora had finally taken the lead when
tfeN both came out clear OF the Guilty
Dunk and heade; for tho Vineyard Sound
1-icntship. They had taken i'm spinnakcrs
some time before making 4 reach Of il 10
that vessel
The sea Fox by holding close 10 she
north shore - GAY Head and Menemsha
fsighi. Uds aole TO cheat the tide some and
r3c came ronIpns down 10 tho Iightship
leading her class rival. the ElmiHy bv =
seconds Tie times taken al lhs light shin
tie E-clts Sybed there and laid their
courses for tho finish were The Aurors
40 80: tie Winsome I .45:14: the Shin
Ia. rs 81, the Sea Fox. 81 % the FL
11Ins, 80 IL, the Is1alena, "a IS: the
1Yolita, So %; the Der1ish. ! SO 81 tie
Adventures !: % 40 the Ariel, 81 81 :;
the Nencedor. 81 80; the Iris, $3.50 :;
the Nagrant, go "a the PoGlris :0I 81 4;
the Muriel, 90 30; the Katrina, 90 80 i;
the Taorrnna. 2 :G4 Is; the Hester. > % :2e !;
tie Irondequ0it, 2:e9 90; the Eleanora
2 .09 :s5; the Intrepid, . - 10; the Hermes
il 10 ~: the Dorello, :13 :15: the Cara
hiia. IA 10; the Nepsi 2:14:15; the MI
:nosa II. . .13 30.
Il was spirited contest from the Vine
yard Sound lightship over ten miles Of
smooth water to the finish of Wilkes Ledge
buoy. and the yachts made fast time, for
they were able 10 carry balloon iibtopsaiIs
End H8ainIopmast s-aysails 10 within 4 milo
O. she end. Then the wind headed them "a
liz, putting them close hanlcd On the st;ar-
board tack and FORCING the Deryish. The
Arie' .iae Taormina and the Hester 20 make
sbc-t bitches 10 fetch the finish where the
regatta committee. on board the flagship
Aloha. were taking the time. The steam
yachts that accompanied the feet TO Ecw
Bedford Included Morton 7. Plants lolands
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