New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
YACHTING.

| The season of 1910 goes on record as one
| Of the most successful In the history OF
American yachting. There were more
| boats built and more races sailed than in
/ any previous year. A feature OF the season
| was the increase in the feet OF one-desisn
boats-sman sloops that can be handled by
the owner and another in a ten or fifteen
mile race. Growing interest IN this type
was manifested by yachtsmen who are
both old and new at the sport. Although
there was substantial increase In the
number Of power boats using gasolene FOR
| fuel, the percentage OF accidents was
| smaller than usual.
OF the seven ocean races-three for SAIL
| ing craft and four for power boats-the
! PhiladeIphia-Havana race OF LOO miles, IN
which four boats took part. was the one OF
/ chief interest, for 1t was the longest course
ever attempted by vessels Of small dimen-
sions driven by internal combustion en-
, gines- The 50-foot power boat Berneyo.
owned by S. ". Granbery, was the win
ner. She covered the distance IN $50 hours
| 10 minutes and at an average speed for
| the whole distance OF 7s7 nautical miles
en- hour.
The power boat race to Bermuda Of SO
miles was won by Samuel Cochrane's
Eronel II, and the race from Marblehead
to New York by the Elmo II. the property
Of 2. d. Giles, tr. Harold Vanderbilt 9
schooner Vagrant won the sailing race to
Bermuda.
There were two International races, both
of which resulted in victories for Ar1eri-
can boats. The first one held-ofr Marble
head, In August-excited the widest inter-
est 1t Was the sonderkIasse contest be-
tween Spanish and American boats. under
the management ot the Eastern Yacht
Club, for the possession of the Gun pre-
sented by President Taft 1t was won
by the Harpoon. owned by Charles Francis
Adams. 3D. The second prize-a cup pre-
sented by Governor Draper Of Massacnu-
setts-was also won by an American boat
e H w Fosters Beaver.
Larchmont race week. in the early part
OF July, brought together the largest num-
Der of yachts of all classes. In one OF the
midweek races lie boats started. recurring
something over five hundred men to han
die thern and TO the credit Of their skip
pers, most OF whom were amateurs. thers
were not more than two accidents. neither
of them serious ones, and only a few IN
frinsements Of the racing rules
The cruise of the New York Yacht Crub
in August under the leadership Of Comro-
dore A c. James. lasting ten DAYS. nroves
an excellent test of the speed of the varf-
Gus large sloops and schooners that me. In
friendly competition on the various SQUAD
ron runs Cornelius Vanderbilt's Aurora
Of the s5-foot class, captured both the As
tor cups for sloops and the Kings Cup.
This fine sloop yacht which was handled
by William Butler Duncan. IT.. in most or
her races. On account of the absence OF her
owner, stands ar the top as a winner IN
this class. in which she had al rivals
George III. Pynchon's IstaIena and Henry h.
Lippitts Winsome- These three started IN
thirty-five races The Aurora captured
thirteen first. thirteen second and eight
third prizes, including. besides the trophies
named. the Bennett cup on July and the
Autumn Cup on September i5
The Astor cup for schoonars was won By
Frederick T. Brewster'S smart schooner
Elmina- She also was the winner ON the
cruise of the New York Yacht Club, OF the
eonamodore's. the vice-comnlodore's and the
rear comnodore's cups in the squadron runs
from port to port. also the Alumni Associ-
alton OF the United States Navy Challenge
cup. as we'll the first prize in Class B
in all those races
The new Herreshoff sloop Shimna owned
nv Morton f. Plant. who has 1ust ordered
a new schooner from the wizard of Bris-