The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
SMALL FLEET ron care NAY.
Only Three Yachts Go TO the Line for
brooklyn v. q. RACE.

what undou n, esiiv was the smallest fee
that ever has taken part in the annual
Tape Nav race ~ the Iirooklrn a~h' club
started on Grave-end Ray az II o'clock
YESTERDAY morning under weather cor.
dI''Ons thai I'D no. promise an exciting
Conte-, One srhooncr and two -loopS
made up the nee, that m the ltgh'rs' ~
northwest br~-y"- Just managed ia buck
a strong Hood tide on the irst leg Of a 1po
mile os"an struggle
The boats acre Commoiore " G. Towen's
haR.hip Tammany tn" SlOop Gardenia.
the pTore-ty Of Leo = HeTsiR and Il Won
Foregr~rs sioop Adyta ~ II had been
Np..' ted that the schooner VIgil John
Lewis owner and w -Commodore TIT
combs I meas also would he At the starting
line. bat the owner 81 the NiEil found IL
Impossible to get his craft read: in time
ami Ni'e-'ommodore Tucomb scratched
meas a, th~ LAT moment
The start Was Nuhou' spe"' acular feature
and Vas ". strong contrast o the sensational
one of IS0 The early morning hours wer"
without a breath Of air. = heavy heat haze
hung over GraV~-end lay and the waters
we're plArId 80 di-h-aTtening we're tho
weather ,ondit ions that conrad !, S"hmut
and conrad V Dykeman. the regatta com
muse- were 81 the opinion that " NOuld
he adv isaDie To- post pOne the start
When the committee boarded conrad D..
Dykem1n. HuNiliary schooner Scuip,n " 9.
blowing rom the east he wind KEEP,
WORKING ~ "aN around 70 the north ana
quarter that " ble~ " hen the yachts started
on their voyage
When til. PREPARATORY signal wa- sounded
Gar'irniA. under Jtb. -taysRil. club toI'-ail
and nlainsail. Was well ~ to weather Oi the
line. lammany wss TO eSard St,h ~
her lower and npper sill. .et Adyts u,
other 9TH r. Tacfns dra II %i,R the starting .is;
h.. all lsad ah started glide
through the water like a ghost
The -loor vas the first over the line. ten
seconds after the gun. nicely bertbsd "a the
Weather position TammAny ~as fifteen
seconds a-'"rn. the delay beins caussi by
hsr bIg nIiloonsr A. soon ~ the sail vas
set mighty main iopma-i -'ay-aH VAS
80, and under th. cloud OF canyas The
schooner started after the sioop Adyta ~
Wa more than n minute late. cro-sinR under
canvas lik. t'ardenia- VI ~. boat.
crossed on the siarboard tack on the nr-'
III. conditions his year call Tor nnish
on scotland iish,'hip IN, 10 90 ns sI,yy
that marked the race several Years ago,
hen many Of the craft we're h"id up OF
n" ind and a head tide - rNpected
ma the fr-' Of the racers will arrive some
T~ bicb o Ss. s arr n on
toiipu- TnmmAny. scratch: t'ardentA. e.
minutes - --coHds. and Adyta H.. - minutes
Tie 'oir-e that the boats are sailing IL
from The starting line 10 and around The
southwest spit buov-. leaving them on The
pur', then passing 20 The -oni arr 81
S-o'land H.shtshtp. ia and around FIRE Isl
and Iish'-hip leaving 70 on the starboard
then IN and AROUND tho Northeast End
iight-hip IN tAp~ MAY. leaving " on the port
and returning over 10" same course. leaving
btIovz and iight-hIT'- GA The reverse hand to
: he finish line % scotland lightship
Those who followed ti,s rrali came hack
and repOr'ed that Advta u although
sus vas the last away. carving wind
Wi'h her and helped by he Hood ID" had
ne.t on tho Southwest Spt' buov- The wind
was light and tile boats wcr" making little
hsadwag.