New-York tribune., 1910-08-12
ELM|NA WINS ASTOR CUP
Fifth Victory for Schooner in
Race for Trophy.
FINISHES I'M RECORD TIME
The Aurora Probable Winner In
Sloop Glass, as the Polaris
Is Protested.
FINISHES I'M RECORD TIME
by Telegraph to The Trlhune.I J


aa,5 non that trophy, To-day's race was
,h9 fastest she had ever sailed She Gov
.re,5 ,he rhirty-seven and one-hel miles il
,broe hours twenty-nine minutes thirty
seconds and defeated Charles Smithers's s
.ii.riel. the second boat, by ten minutes
nf-x-one seconds corrected time.
Tl,e winner Of the sloop class is probably
Cornelius Tanderbilt's Aurora She was
beater. on corrected time by the yawl Po-
laris- owned by Louis Alberger. by thirty
four seconds but the owner of the Advent
,iress has protested the Polaris for pass
Ing inside 2 buoy of the Sakonnet River
and the prize is likely to go to the Aurora
Boat for boat on elapsed time the Aurora
defeated tho Istalena by forty-one sec
crGs and the Winsone by two minutes
and fourteen seconds. There is considera-
bic Cissa-isfa ction tonight among some
of TIE owners of the racing yachts because
the course was not laid so that their boats
would ie able 10 do some windward work
TIE first leg of the course they sailed was
& reach. the second q run. and on the last
leg o. seventeen miles they were able TO
tav their courses TO the finish.
-Four schooners. eight sloops and yawl
started in the race. and the scene as they
snana=uvred about old Brenton's Reef
Lishtship in the northerly breeze pre-
sented spirited picture. Among the
stes,-9 Yachts on hand were John Iacoo
Astor's Mona with her owner and the re
Earra committee on the bridge for the
Hatr- had been placed at their disposal
70 he used as A committee boat for the Gay 2.
F,lhridse T Gerry's Electra. with the
Governor Of Rhode Island on board; l.. =
Renedict's Oneida. the flagship Aioha'
carving large party of guests Of Com
u7c.6ore and Mrs. James: Morton r Pant 5
,o..rroi,,r steamer Iolanda- whose
enecial mission was to watch the perform
ercc Of the green hulled sloop Shimna'
u Dh,ch is also the property of the loan
da,s owner: J. Pierpont Morsans s black
,-o-esi- vioe-Comraodore .. Ledyard
47leir,s Diana. 7 H Metcalfs Felicia. W
n f5oyse-s TdaHa- John II Bromley Lu-
,,naa the torpedo boat Morris and anoth-
~ and the schooners Sea FOX. DerVlsh
a,17 Ariadne-
The &on7a. fz-ing the regatta committee
Gar a. the fore and the code letter -.
esenifvi1g -hat the start had been post
,,or,45 fifteen minutes. steamed ont ny
castle Hill at 1880 o'clock. Ten minutes
later she anchored about cables lens n
north of Rrenton's Reef bightshlp' the
course signal having previously been
hoisted directing the shippers OF 'le
Yachts 10 sail course D reversed. ! MS
,..,,- tl,.t they were 70 have q reach Of
sixteen miles Z. >. s to the Heh anu
chickens Light Vessel thence q run of
four and one-half miles south &c the Vine
ward Sound Light Vessel. and from there
" Y ". seventeen miles 10 the finish on
prerton's Reef Iightship-
races AStOT CUPS all the
scboonars race as one class and all the
sloors as another. The races are With
o,,- time limit and with tho time al
lowances Of the club All the sloops were
ready 10 start when their signal was given
al 1O:55 O'Clock William Butler Duncan.
jr at the wheel Of Cornelius Vanderbilt s
65-foot sloop Aurora. had that yacht COM
ing under good headway for the line when
the whistle sounded. She crossed in the
weather berth. close up 10 the Noma. The
Winsone steered by her owner, H +.
Iippitt crossed beam and beam with the
Aurora, and just a few yards off her
weather quarter the little DoTello. with
her owner. George Ratchelder. at the
wheel coming fast
out Of the bay which leads 10 the Saxon
net River the white squalls were coming at
frequent intervals. knocking down the
yachts as they travelled east. and one more
vicious than the rest hit the Vanderbilt
schooner Eagrant.
Snap went her foretopmast and down
came er foretopsail and maintopmast
staysail by the rum breaking the maintop-
hlast as well and putting her out Of the
race in a moment. The same puff hit the
Eloop Dorello and whipped the topmast out
OF her. Both yachts retired from the race
and sailed back TO Newport after their
crews had cleared away the wreck.
The black lightship, with its name. Hen
and Chickens. in great white letters was
IN plain sight at y O'Clock. and the EImina
sailing like a witch. was fast approaching
II. She dropped her spinnaker boom 10
port few minutes before reaching il and
the three big sloops followed suit as they
came along The Istalena passed the Win
some about fifteen minutes before reaching
the mark
Sixteen minutes after rounding TIE light
ship the Elrnina gybed to port. but she
old not set her spinnalIer to starboard for
three minutes: the Aurora set her balloon
lilo topsail to starboard after two of the
four miles between lightsfips had been COW
cred and the IStalena followed suit, but
not the Winsome. All three Gybed to port
before reaching the Vineyard Sound Light
ship which was luffed around IN the fol-
lowing order: The Elmina, 1891. the Win
some, l.,o.5S; the Istalena, 1:o2:15; the Mu-
;iel. l:07:l2: the Shimna. 1:l2:24; the Iro-
lita, liz 90: the Poaris, 1:l7:54 and the Ad-
HenturesS- 1I9-2S
The wind had now canted 10 the X. y
W, making il close fetch on the star
board tack 10 the finish of old Brenton' :
Reef LiGhtsllip. seventeen miles TO the
westward IN this work the E!mina was at
her iest. She covered The distance in one
hour thirty-seyen minutes, the next yacht
T. hnish being the Aurora. eighteen minutes
later The Istalena finished one minute
fourteen seconds astern of The Aurora and
the Winsome three minutes four seconds
after her The dozen or moro steam yachts
gathered at the finish gave the Iclmina a
hearty salute when she crossed the line.
The summary follows:
New York Yacht Club race for the Astor cups.
Wiud north TO nort1 northwest. CouTse. 81 z
Iniies-
SCHOONERS
Elapsed
start Finish. time.
zach. and owner HMS. Il Ms II NJ :.
Elnins r F Brewster II .0l - $50 80 "a 30
Murie charles Smithers II :o1 II Pa IS 3;53 ~
lToita " Clark II -ol ;oi 3:d1 ~ -eo %
NaeTan;. II :. Vanderbilt Disabled
SLOOPs AND YANLs.