New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
HIGH SPEED FOR YACHTS
Sails Flash Over Sound in New
York Y. c. Cruise.
ELMINA AND VAGRAhT WIN
Capture Blair Cups for Sehoon-
ers-Shimna and Alera. Show
Way to Sloops.
by Telegraph 20 The Tribune


Newport. R /. Aug. 6.-Alnaost record
tine was made to-day by the winning
yachts in the twelve classes that made
the second squadron run Of the New
York Yacht Clubs annual cruise Of
forty miles from New London TO Bren-
tons Reef Lightship.
It was Z spirited finish for all the
yachts, and pretty picture for the
spectators, many OF whom came out
from Newport IN cat and power boats.
The steam yachts at the finish included
Elbridge r Gerry's Electra, Captain
Nathaniel Herreshof's Romer, Morton
r. Plants Iolande, George A Freeman's
Idlesee and Brayton Ives's Titesse.
There were only two accidents on the
run The Polaris split her spinnaker
when off Quonoquontogue at I o'clock,
and the Iris carried away her fore top
mast few minutes after finishing. while
taking IN her spinnaker. The yachts will
lie at anchor here tomorrow, and on
Monday morning they will start for
Vineyard Haven in the race for the rear
ccmnodore's cup.
The special prizes to-day were the cups
offered by Vice Commander c. Ledyard
Blair. tuo for, schooners and two for
sloops. r r. Brewster's Elmina won the
cup for schooners of the first division by
5 minutes Is seconds from the Sea Fox,
and Harold S. Vanderbilts Vagrant was
the winner OF the second division cup
from the. Taorrnina by Al seconds, cor
rected time.
. The sloop cup for the first division was
captured by Morton r. Plants Shimna,
defeating the Winsome by 5 minutes 90
seconds. and 7. W. and F. P. Alkers
3O-footer. Alera, won the second divi-
sion cup by 1 minute u seconds from
the Phryne.
Trophy for the Intrepid.
A special trophy offered by the regatta.
committee for auxiliaries. and for which
the flagship Aloha and the schooners In
trepid and Ariadne competed, was won
by the Intrepid, owned by Lloyd Phoenix
The class winners were Francis Nj.
Whitehouse's schooner, IriF In the motor
class auxiliaries, beating the Nencedor
Il seconds on corrected time; the Wind
usrd from the Cara Mia, in Glass P. by
Z. minutes 81 seconds; the Dorelio from
the Phantom in Class N, by l minute
II seconds: the Polaris from the Flea
nora. in Class NJ, by minutes 80 sec
onds.
The Elnn,na. the Nagrant and the
AIera won in their respective classes and
the Winsome won In the ixty-fve-foot
sloop class from the Aurora by 3:13
and from the Hester by $50. To
date the Iris has won two special prizes,
as have the Shimna, the Elmina and the
Winsome, and the Katrina. the Dervish,
the Alera and the Istelena have won one
each
Thirty-nine yachts in the various
classes crossed the starting line IN ODE
dience to the signals given at FIVE minute
intervals by the regatta committee-H.
de B Parsons, Ernest P. Lorillard and
Granville kane-and 1t was as lively
marine picture as one could wish to see
A strong breeze from tina west south
west with occasional white squalls,
caused frequent "1nockdoWns" as the
yachts maneuvred before the start. and
when they finally got of lee rails were
awash as they sped away with the wind
lust forward of the beam to starboard
for the first turning point. Race Rock
First Detachment Gets Away.
The thirty tooters Nepsi. Alera, Juanita. |
phryne and Dahinda crossed the line
In that order at the first signal, given at |
10: 10, the Windward, the Cara Mia and |
the Mimosa following in Class P. Then |
came the auxiliaries the schooners Ven
cedor. Seneca, idler and Iris. On the |
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