New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-05
First Day of Cruise Produces
Some Spirited Racing.
IsTALEMA BREAKS RECORD
Good Breeze Favors Yachtsmen
as AL Glasses Get Of to
Fine Starts.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. !

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port IN the first run OF the New York
lYacht Club on its annual cruise for 1910
tArhough the number Of starters was less
S.han usual on a first day the race was
Ispirited and close from start to finish.
/ George II. Pynchon's sixty -five-foot sIoop
IIstslena made the fastest time over the
course q twenty-five miles. She covered
la il hours minutes and "a seconds, de-
teating 4 F. Lippitt's winsoule by
- seconds, and the Aurora by minutes
snG s. seconds. The first leg of the course,
from NaIinicock Point TO Long Neck Point
Buoy. was run: the second, TO Oak Neck
Buo.. on the Long Island shore. a beat TO
! ndward, and the last leg. from there 10
ths finish of E-aton's Neck. q fine reach
The wind was from the S. s. w: light on
! TIE first leg and strong on the other two,
/ making most spirited finish.
striking feature Of the race was the
sailing Of the new Herreshor sloop, the
shtrlna. owned by Morton F Plant On
corrected time she defeated the Istalena
LIZ Is seconds. Her owner followed the
race IL his big steam yacht, the Iolanda.
orher steam yachts that accompanied the
/ feet included Commodore Arthur Curtiss
Ja-aes's flagship, the auxiliary Aloha; a
/ Bsudou;ne's Hiawatha, Henry Walters
4 Nera5a. c Ledyerd Blair's Diana, Wilson
Z Narshalrs Levanter, Leonard Richards
/ Garcia !. Stewart Barney's Admiral and
F Lippitt's Magnet These and about
/ S.tr others are at anchor in this harbor
tonight
The start. made of Matinicock Point, just
+ outside Glen Cove Harbor. was as pretty a
sight as one could imagine With fine
1 southwesterly breeze. the yachts ma
-osuvre5 10 windward Of the line. which
was between the gas buoy and the COM
! -rittee boat the Eugene n ran, lying north
OF il The Class P sloops and the ''thirties,"
being The smallest class. were sent away
first al Is o'clock Stuyvesant VAIN
v-ight's Cara Mia got away first leading
IRE Monks Brothers windward by q bare
keng-a Then followed the Mirnosa III, j
~ Norgan's Phryne, sailed by Sherman
Eoy-, the Nepsi. the Dahinda and the
Juanita in the order named Boonns were
1 20 port. and in few moments spinnakers
i hlossonled out to starboard as they shaped
1 their course for the first mark, just east
/ Of Stamford e few miles
| Tie auxiliary schooners the Vencedor. the
Seneca. the Idler and the Iris made a good
! start on the same signal, crossing the line
! Il hat order and under splendid Roadway
/ TIE schooners the Cygnet. the Vagrant
/ Tia Niladi and the Dervish got away in
| Tne shane at 100 O'clock. followed by
classes I. II and y five minutes later. The
| green huIled Stimna. steered by ADDISON
Nana., led the way. He lufed her across
! TIE wake OF the yawl Pclaris just before
! the signal and they crossed almost on even
/ terms with the Plant sloop, q length on the
i others weather beam The Eleanora, the
Phantom, the Adventures, the Hern1es II
and the Lasca followed in that order
The start of the 65-foot sioops was
lively one The WinsoIne obtained the
weather berth, having the Aurora close up
under her lee At the gun both squared
taEay and crossed the line al steamboat
speed. while the Istalena, well down 10
the lee end OF the line, also made GOOD
u start. with her wind clear All three broke
j ozr baIlooners on the line The Istalena
rad her spinnaker boom down 70 starooaTo
end the sail set and drawn before the two
others were fairly on their course
The last away were the big schooners in
classes B. D and C. They were led by
TIE Irolita, from Philadelphia She was
Followed by the Boston schooner Taormina
hand the Katrina Then came the famous
Elnina under cloud Of canvas, which
tsent her walking through the feet at
smart clip. All the schooners were q bic TO
carry main toPmast staysails as well as
h balOoners and the whole feet made an
t-suirine picture as the boats sped away 10
the eastward
Ire times Of the leaders taken as they
lufted around the first mark were: The
Tercedor. 1920; the Shimna, 2:Z500; the
Seneca. % 90: the Idler. 2:25:30; the Win
some. 2:26.20: the Istalena, 2:26:3o: the Iris,
2 80. the Aurora 1858; the Windward.
2-27 %. the Adventures, 227:3o; the cara
Mia. 2-27 70: the Phryne, 2-2s:5o; the Poiaris,
2.2s %, the Dervish, 2:29:45. and the rest
within fifteen minutes.
Sheets were trimmed fat for the long
stretch across the Sound 10 Oak Neck
Buoy and with q freshening breeze the
battle for first place in each class was
keen one. At $50 o'clock, off Lloyd's Neck
The Istalena was the leader. although TO
Ieeward Of the winsorae and the Aurora
She had held the port tack longer than
they and profted by il
The shiuana was sailing like witch in
second place. They rounded the second
marx n the following order: Istalena,
shirnna. 3.57 30: winsonne, 3:57:l5; Aurora,
5000 The rest were not timed al this
-,oir- h,,1 the vencedor was the leading
schooner.
Fast tine was made from here 70 the
finish and the Istalena, travelling at least
twelve knots and with her lee rail awash,
svrezr across the line leading the feet at
AHA
Beeliug 10 the southerly squalls that
came sweeping out % Huntington Bay, each
sloon and schooner, as she approached the
finish line ploughing up a furrow OF foam.
made q picture that was worth going miles
n see When the schooner Elu1ina crossed
the line the water was curling up over the
deck. covering her lee quarter
There was meeting Of captains on board
rbA flagship at g o'clock this evening and
there were more than one hundred yachts
represented The start for New Loncon IN
ire race for the commodore's cups VIII be
started II The morning at o'clock The
auxiliary TJntowana- owned by Allison y
Armour. ard many other yachts VIII join
the Feet at New London
TIE summary follows:
scYCoNERs - CLASS e - START, Las -
COURSE. Is MILES
ELAPSED
Finished time
fa-Et and owner Ms, = 100
Elr-ina 2 z Brewster ------ 1888 % 90
Sea FOX. Dallas =. Pratt DIG mol 1nlsH
sCHOOEERs - CLASS c - START. Lab -
COURSE. IS MILES