New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
|ROL|TA SHOWS THE WAY
Commodore CIark'S Yacht Wins
Newport Special Trophy.
RACE ENDS IN FRESH WIND
The Elena and the Westward
Lose Distance at Outset and
Fail to Make It Up.
rBr Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


<ovrnori e. l.. Aug. 12-The schooner
,.cbt Iroiita. formerly the queen, now
ov,ped by r. Walter Clark. commodore of
,he corinttian Yacht Club Of Philadelphia.
70 IS also a member of the New York
Yacht Club. proved the winner to-day OF
no specisl trophy offered by the Newport
ASSOCIATION FOR race over one of the
New York Yacht Clubs courses of this
rort Her opponents We're Morton +.
Plants Elena and Alexander Smith Coch-
ans Westward. She defeated the Elena
nv minutes o seconds. corrected time. and
nv minute - seconds. actual time. The
r-lena allowed her minutes 30 seconds.
The Irolita won from the Westward by
i, minutes As seconds. corrected time.
The race was sailed in sOuthvesterly
nreeze. very light Tor a third OF the race.
nat fairly fresh for the last two legs of
,he triangular course This was the sec
ord race the Lolita has won in the last
-en days The other was the squadron.
I'm OF the New York Yacht Clubs cruise
from New London 70 Fort Pond Bay.
The race was. as said. for cup offered
nv the Newport Association and the con-
dtions were the same as for the King s
Gun race with the exception that it was
10. be q one-gun start and there was no
time Hmi- As it turned out the course
was the same. FOR after waiting ar hour
Tor a breeze il came from the southwest
and the gnal was set from Henry Wal
ters steam Yacht Narsida, showing that
ia. erst Lea OF the TRIANGULAR course was TO
he thirteen and one-half miles 10 the Block
Island mark. then Twelve miles TO the
northeast 90 the second mark and ten
miles from there 20 the finish. off Bren-
sons Reef L.Shtship.
The start was rather tame, for there
vas barely wind enOu<l TO give the
schoonerS steeraye way. There were only
three of them-che Westward. the Elena
and the Irolita-and they crossed the line
'n That order The Westward. on the star
board tack. got away at u:2c O'Clock. two
minutes after the signal Seven minutes
lad elapsed before Captain Dennis was
shle 90 send the Elena across on the same
tack as the Westward, and Il was nearly
Twelve minutes before Ihe Irolita got
away. She was on the port tack and she
Le'6 it. drifting in toward the Narragan-
sett shore. while the 9th a. TWO stood off
shore looking for O better breeze.
The Irol!ta proated by splitting tacks
with the Others for soon after T. o'clock.
when a nice breeze from the southwest
came. first very light and growing gradually
stronger. her position was the best When
the passed Point Judith At !: o5 o'clock the
Elem was leading the Westward by nearly
81 eighth Of mile. and the Irolita. while
20 iesward OF them. vas about a mile
ahead. An three We're on the starboard
tack, carrying No. jib topsails and small
lnalntopmast sta.-sails.
The Irolita held her port tack for . hours
and 10 seconds. fetching this time to
point about four miles west Of Point
judith There the wind began to head
Her. and although the outer mark was in
sight she had 10 make three tacks to fetch
g. The Elena and the Westward had 10
take SIX tacks apiece from the start TO
weather the mark. As these two ap-
preached the buoy they had the wind from
'he southwest while the lrolita coming
- a. almost At right angles had the wind
southeast
The Block Island mark vas rounded in
tls order and at these times: