New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-11
WIND FAVORS YACHTSMEN
make Fast and Spirited Run to
6renton's Reef Liuhtship.
HE ElMINA WINS A CUP
sooo Starts Rule as Signal Is
SiVen at Wilkes Ledge Buoy
for the Return Trip.
by Telegraph N The r-,,,,. i,

| uiio lar WIND from start TO finish enahjfng
mem 10 carry their light sails. the New
iork scht Clubs racing feet of thirteen
"'ohers- seventeen sloops and two vavrls
"heoe fast run to-day from New Bedford
20 hrentons Reef Lightship, a distance of
'"enty-seven miles
r r Brewster's schooner Elnina. in
| making the fastest time over the course
q" hours 1 minutes 4S seconds-also won
the principal schooner prize Of the dav
the Alumni Association of the United
states Navy Cup. defeating Robert To-
isno Dervish on corrected time nv 7 min
utes 80 seconds. The winner of the s,oon
cup vas the Banzai. owned by Gottfried
/ rel she won from the Nepsi by the mar
70" margin of seconds There uere
nineteen sloops in this division and there
was only p minutes So seconds cor
/ rected time between the first and the last
/ Of them
IN the regular classes the prize winners
we're the Iris in the auxiliary schooner
Ciass- defeating the Nencedor hv * SEQ
! ends, Harold S. Vanderbilr's vsersn+ in
/ CLASS F, defeating George Scott's MiIsdi
DIV minutes seconds but in Glass T
the Rervish defeated the yazrant bv
minutes 20 seconds. James D Ford's fine
Old Katrina sailed q sterling race in Glass
SECONDS The Elrnina, in her regular class
- won from the Sea Fox by IS minutes
Il seconds. and in the special class the
Arae4' owned b. Francis L Leland Won
from the Seq Fox by minutes 10 seconds
There was some close and Interesting
racing IN the sloop classes. for H Lip
puts Winson1e won again This time from
the Istalena by rs seconds and from, The
aurora by min l. sec The cara Mia
| OF The Class. defeated the Tindvard b.
minute & seconds. and the norello. in
lass y, won iron, the yarI Phantom nv s
minutes u seconds. In Class NJ TIE Ad-
venturesS vas the winner She defeated
the 1rondeauoit bv minutes q seconds
and in Class l, Morton F Plants Shir,na
added another to her string Of prizes nv
winning from the Min,ose II by Is minutes
80 seconds
The start was siEnslled for 10 O'clock
but the Uindlass OF the flagship Aloha
broke down, and her crew were compelled
70 heeve IN the heavv anchor by hand
The regatta committee was on board bur
they were sent out 70 the starting line six
miles away IN 2 launch. in time 10 set the
signals fortv-7ve minutes later than orig1-
nallv intended
The start off Wilkes Ledge buoy was
spirited one The wind was fresh from
east-southeast. SO that all the tljrtz-fu,o
starters we're able TO carry their ba lIooners
10 starboard. As usual the 'thirtfes" were
sent away first. Johnson De Forests Neps
leading, with the Dahinda the Alera. the
Phryne and the Banzai following IN that
order. The Monks brothers sent their Class
sloop Windward away on even terms
with the Nepsi Her class rival. the Cara
Mia. crossed the line about two minutes
later
ON the same signal the auxiliaries Iris
Ee7cedor and Intrepid crossed The line in
that order. Al II O'clock Harold s Van
derbiit's schooner Vaerant. Robert ToIand's
Dervish and George Scotts Miladi got
aW-av. and five minutes later the Class l.
NJ and \ sloops and yawis made a pretty
start The Adventures had the weather
berth. with the Shimna close under her lee
beam. then the Dnrello, the Eleanora. the
+ Ir"ndeQuoit the Phantom, the Polaris and
the Mmosa in the order named. all carry
ing reaching jib topsails and ballooners
The sixty-five foot sIoops Winsone.
Istalena, Hester and Aurora crossed in that
order. with the Winsome in the weather
berth. the Hester off her port quarter and
the Istalena her lee beam while The
Aurora was placed on the Istalena's lee
quarter.
At the last signal. 1l:15 o'clock. the
schooner EInina. under great headway led
that class over the line. The Irolita and
Muriel were 10 windward and Ieew-ard Of
her, respectively. and the Taormina. the
ARIEL. the Sea Fox and the Katrina cnlv a
few lengths astern All had naintopmast
s;svsails set as well as ballooners
Fast time mace by the feet on The
reach out by Cuttyhunk to the Vineyard
Sound Lightship. The first yacht to round
this old, weather beaten beacon was tn.
schooner Iris, followed by the big Intrepid
the Vencedor and then the Elmina which
under cloud Of canvas was sailing two feet
TO one Of some OF the others. Easing sheets
broad off 10 starboard and setting spinna-
kers to port. the racing craft. big and little,
began the run down the wind 10 the finish
The course was nest-northwest and the
distance seventeen miles. The easterIy
breeze had kicked up quite q sea that made
the smaller Yachts and the steam yachts
that accompanied the feet roll easily as
they made their way to the westward but
II was not sufficient to make serious trou-
bic for them.
of West Island Light at 40 o'clock the
Iris with spinnaker to port. was still the
leader. but the Elnlina had almost over
hauled her She took the lead soon after
and crossed the finish line at 2:1e IS min
utes Sc seconds ahead of the Iris. The rest
of the leaders came quickly Up 70 the nm
ish crossing in the following order: The
Uinsome 2:Z7 :o7: the Istalena, 2:27 :43; the
Tencedor. 1906 the Aurora, 2g9-35: the
Sbirnna 2:1-4. the Intrepid. 2:33 0S the
Dervi.h. ? 80 40; the Adventures. 2:40.5o; the
Katrina. PIAZZA
The summaries follow.
Run from New Bedford 70 Newport twenty |
-~ven miles Wind east-southeast nine miles.
AUXILIARY CLAss-sTART. 1888