New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-09
ETALENA FIRST TO PORT
Pynchon's SIoop Shows Fleet the
Way to the Line.
ENCOUNTERS A LITTLE FOG
The Elena and the Westward
Have Spirited Race, Which
Plants Schooner Wins.

New Bedford. Mass. Aug. s-GeorSe NJ
Fynchon's sloop yacht lstalena' WIN
sheets cased to port and carrying pai-
loon lib topsail. led the New YORK facht
Clubs cruising squadron Of thirty-three
vessels into this port I'm the 52is-mile run
from Fort Pond Bay. She finished in fos'
crossing the line at 5.4333 p. m, official
time The Irolita was the first schooner
IN arrive and was timed at 55O:l7 p m
The Enchantress was the third to hnlSn'
AT $500 p. m, while the Elena at o'o-'o-
D m. and the Westward, at 6;o3:Z9 p M
followed.
When the famous old schooner Queen
now the Irolita. came out OF the iog OH
Wilkes Ledge this afternoon leading the
New York Yacht Clubs fleet OF thirty-siA
Yachts in their fourth squadron run Oh III
ty-two and one-half miles from tort fohu
Bay. there was rejoicing on all SIDES She
had not only beaten her newer rivals, the
Westward and the Elena, by nearly thlr-
teen minutes. but she had won the most
coveted prize for the cruise, the Comino-
dore.s Gun for the first division Of schoon-
crS.
Her owner. Commodore T.. Walter Clark
Of Philadelphia, is being congratulated TO-
night on his yachts splendid work. George
NJ. Pynchon's Istalena, which was the hrst
yacht to finish, is the winner of the COM
modores cup. first division Of sloops Har-
old s. Vanderblt's Vagrant wins the cup
second division OF schooners, and the WIND
ward. owned by Il. a. Monks, the second
cup, for sloops.
The finish OF the Elena and the west
ward was a spectacular one. Not more
than five minutes before they crossed the
finish line they burst out Of the fog with
their clouds of yellow canvas bellying In
tbe southerly breeze When they swept
maiestically across the line after their Z012
mile race 1t was found that only o. SET
onds separated them. showing how Keen
the racing had been from start TO hhish'
J'rtil the new measurement or the west
ward is known, her corrected time Ior
this race cannot he given. The Irolita mace
the fastest actual time over the course
1t was hours % minutes Il seconds.
Mainsails were hoisted soon after b
o'clock at Fort Pond Bay this morning lo'
il was 10 be an early start, and an hour
later. when the flagship signalled the mar
bor start "all hands were ready. Anchors
were soon broken out, and in a light breeze
from the eastward the small sloops stood
off for the starting mark, half mile
northwest from Culloden Point.
First away at $40 o'clock leading the
feet of thirty-two starters. was X. \.
Monks "thirty-one rater," the Windward'
Then came II. s. Duelrs thirty the
Rowdv at the lee end of the line. foIio"cd
in quick succession by the Clara Mia, Cor
inthan. Joyant. Nepsi, Banzai, Juanita ana
Phryne. in that order. Next across at
Sis o'clock was George NJ. Pynchon
Istalena. about midway of the line, wlth
the Dorello on her weather beam, the Ad-
ventures. Gardenia and Avenger at the
windward end Of the line, and the lronde-
uuoit at the lee end.
The small schooners came across at the
next signal. $50 o'clock, and pretty start
they made. despite the light airs w S.
Eaton's Taormina led the way at the wind
ward end. with the Little Cygnet close
aboard. then came Harold Vanderbllts
Varrant. with her owner at the wheel, the
Darvish AIiladi. Katrina and Ariel, In that
order and all on the port tack.
For some reason Captain Dennis. of the
Elena. miscalculated the starting time TOT
his class and he sent the Elena across the
line too soon. Before he could return ana
recross five minutes had elapsed and all
the others in his class were away. Their
signal came at S:25 o'clock, and there was
some mighty close work in this start. The
Enchantress mffed so close around the
stern Of the committee boat at the wind
ward end Of the line that the Westward
having established an overlap, and Com
uodore Morgan having called for room IL
seemed scarcely possible that the big
schooner could squeeze through without
hitting either the committee boat or the
Enchantress. Skipper christensen turned
the trick. however with a steady helm
that did him credit.
Right I'm the wake Of the Westward, with
her bowsprit barely clearing the others
main boom. came the Irolita, well handled
bv her owner. =. W. Clark. and last, but
under good Roadway, the Elena. All three
were closehaulod on the port tack, with
baby iibtopsails and small staysails aloft.
The IroIta and the Enchantress INDUCED
in n uffing match immediately after the
start while the Westward and the Elena,
keeping a good Full and by stood over
for the Long Island shore.
Meanwhile the auxiliaries Emerald, At
lantic and intrepid had crossed the line in
that order, followed by the Iris and the
E,udyrnion The owners Of the Atlantic, the
Intrepid and the Endymion agreed TO SAL a
sbecjaI race, leaving the Iris and the Emer-
aid to sail agains- each other. The s"hooil-
or Seneca and the sloop Hester crossed the
line handicapped In their classes by sew
eral minutes.
At o:25 o'clock, half an hour after their
start the Westward was leading the Elena
bv about half a mile Both were on the
starboard tack and just passing Shagwong
Reef. which all hands had to leave TO star
hoard. When Montauk Lighthouse bore
south The Westward, heading +. n. t..
on the starboarJ tack. had the Elena on
her lee beam fully az eighth OF a mile
The Cornthian was just TO windward Of
the Westward She was the leader Of tine
+ class. while hte Rowdy led the club s
SO-foot class. w Barklie Henry's sloop
porello was the leader of the Class NJ and
n sloops and the schooner Katrina was
far to windward of any in her class.
Soon after 10 o'clock the fog and the
clouds began to clear away and by noon
fair skies and bright sunshine put all the
racing men I'm good humor as we'll as those
who were conveying them i'm steam and
power yachts. These included Commodore
G.. Ledyard Blar's Diana. Nice-Commo-
dore George f. Baker, jr.'s viking; Ma
thaniel b. Herreshoff in his Roamer; j.
II Rromley's Lucinda. Charles SWeeny'S
Emeline, W. b. Dinsmore's TUNA. Alex
ander Smith Cochran's Mohican and Nor
gan f. Plants Thelma.