New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
YACHTS FIGHT ELEMENTS
[ iupitt's Winsome Shows Way to
Aurora and Istalena-
MORGAN's PHRYNE A VICTOR
souan Adds Spectacular Feature
to Annual Regatta Of Indian
Earbor Club.

After undergoing a sharp squaU Of wind
and rain that played havoc with some OF
the Yachts on the Sound yesterday. Henry
r. Iippitt's 65-foot sloop yacht Winsorne
finished a winner in her class By minute
90 seconds from the Aurora. and by mir
utes q seconds from the Tstalena- in the
tventy-second annual regatta OF the Indian
Harbor Yacht Club. The yacht made a
striking picture as she crossed the fnisn
line with her lee rail almost awash and
her owner at the wheel IN yellow oiIskfns-
These three sailed a twenty mile course
The finish OF Morton F. Plants new Her
reshof sIoop Shimna half an hour later
was even more spectacular. The big tnun-
der squal. with its torrents of rain. had
lust cleared away and the lee side of the
bright green huh OF the SHir1na was buried
in sparkling foam as she came tearing
along for the finish line without her top
sail. while a rainbow shed its multicolorsd
rays in her pathway. Her owner. former
Commodore Plant. follo~sd the Shiuna
around the course in his big steam yacht
IoIanda. IN which he recently returned
from Europe The Avenger vas nowhere
in sight when the shimna finished The
wind was south-southwest AT the start. II
shifted 20 the westward In the zqUsli, then
back to southwest
Lawrence Darr's sloop EIea7ora. the win
uer I'm Class VI by minutes 70 seconds
from the Irondequoit was the first yacht
to finish OF the 1fty-oue that started There
was some close racing IN the New York
Yacht Club 3p-foot class J. Pte-pout Nor
gan, jr-, ar the tiller Of his sloop Pnryna.
won. defeating the Aiers by - seconds
! They sailed a ffteen-nfla course Trs first
leg was reach, the second a beat and ths
third broad reach
feature Of the DAYS sport was the fs-
Gliding race Of the three 5g-foor sIoops that
have been contesting all the week for the
Manhassett Bay Challenge CUP. George
Lees Mavourneen. the Boston boat. hn-
| ished first. I minute Is seconds ahead OF
| the Cara Mia the American Yacht Clubs
representative. but the cara Mia won the
| series on points. She had won two first and
two second places. which gave her 10 points
| The Mavourneen had one first. a second
and third, making points. and rhs
/ Windward had cue first and txo thirds. or
| S points
/ s B. Fry's dory Farawav lost her main
san and was capsized in the squaH Her
! crew was rescued by the motor oyster boat
PetreI
! The start OF the three big sIoopz IN tn-
Ae-toot class was as keen a fight for first
place as they have ever had Timing the
start 70 second. each skipper battIed for
| the weather berth on a line that was all
/ TOO snort for manoeuvring. When the gun
| from the committee boat. the Grace L..
| parked its signal for the class 20 start ALI
/ three sloops swung into position. with the
! !sta!ena in the weather berth, the Aurora
{ IN the middle and the WinsOme 70 laeward-
/ All three mad lust broken out reaching lib
/ topSalIs. ana they were of under good
/ neadWay for the first mark-Ofr Long Neck
POINT. about seven miles TO the eastward
/ From there il was windvard work for them
/ 70 the buoy of LlOyds Neck. and a reach
( rom there to the finish. The Wtnsone
/ gained on the other two in the windwar1
work and won by the margin stated
| The summary follows.