New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-11
ASTOR CUP FOR WESTWARD
Cochran'S Schooner Wins Blue
Ribbon Yachting Trophy.
AVENGER LEADS THE SLOOpS
Big Fleet Of Steam Yachts Gath
ers Around Starting Line to
Watch Thrilling Race.
nv TcleFra1h 10 The Tribune !


contested race Of thirty-eght miles over
,he Block Island course to-day won the
Astor cup for schoouers. defeating Morton
- Plants Elena by minutes - seconds
elsnstd time. and Ivy minutes. corrected
,i~,e She outsailed William T. Iselin's
7,noasntress. boat for boat II minutes -
seconds and hv minutes 20 seconds. cor
.,sc-eh time The lrots was the fourth
Yacht 90 finish
The Aston cup for sloors vas won by
,bs Aveneor owned and sailed by Daniel
raoor she defeated G.. g. Rumrins Ad-
,erturess bv 81 minutes seconds. elapsed
,,r,e and by 3 minutes IS seconds. cor
e-ted time The race was sailed IN
fsir,, steady breeze from the southwest.
The contest was a battle rova between
.he skirners Of the big schooners. both in
eve vindward work Of thirteen and one
+eif miles from the start 10 the Block ISL
ard mark and later For more than two
,ou-s the Westward vas the leader. with
rho Elena in second place and the lrolita
third The Enchantress. which had split
racps with them at the start standing off
sAors. while they Rugged the Narragarsett
shore By q lucky shift Of wind took first
Mace and held II 10 the outer mark. beat
,re the Westward 70 q by minutes 50
seconds and the Elena BIZ minutes Is sec
ords Then followed as remarkable q bit
Of tacnng down the wind" as was ever
seen over this course IN which both the
Westward ard the Elena outsaied the En-
chan.ress 20 the second mark. of West
Island
s larger feet Of steam yach y usual
gathered about the starting lrc II the old
yellow ughtship marking b, M Reef,
and each had IT'S quota Of gu' on board,
The Yachts that followed the ing craft
around the course included colonel John
eJscoo Astor's Noma. O.. Le5yqrd Blair's
aU.ana. Elbridge r Gerrys Electra, George
u Bakers Viking. Nathaniel Herreshofs
P9amer. John g. Ierreshon's Eugenia, T.
a. Benedicts Oneida. Henry Walters Ma
ysda Leonard Richards Garcia. Mrs
Flalks Reposo H. the Emeline. the Oonas.
tho Helen III. the Wanderer the Carmina
and many others.
The start 81 the race was rather disap-
pointing. because the nineteen Yachts ell
rered dwindled % eleven actual contest
ants foul between tine Istalena and the
FovIv nut both Of them out, leaving only
six s.oops and five schooners 90 battle for
5ne cups.
After naif an hours wait a breeze finally
came from the southwest. The code flag a
hoisted AZ 1880 O'Clock on board colonel
Astors Noma. which was as usual the
committee boat for the DAY announced 70
rre waiting shippers and crews and TO the
hundreds afoat on the rocky shore Of Castle
In and beyond that the Block Island
course OF thirty-eight miles was 20 be
sailed That meant that the first leg would
DO 1915 miles 20 q mark off the north point
- Block Island. q beat dead 20 windward-
E-rom there 70 would be a run Of Is miles
before the wind to mark Off West Island,
and thence sie miles. a close fetch 70 the
finish.
The committee TIE. Eugene Moran was
sent away NJ once 90 log the course and
se- the first mark. and AT tll5 o'clock the
warning signal sounded. Five minutes
later the preparatory was set and at n:25
O'Clock the sloop class started.
First across the line went the small 81
r-+c~ Nindward. with Jerome Monks az
trr nror then Daniel BacOns Avenger.
handled hv her owner. just a. the 30
foor-r Rowdv. on the starboard tack was
approaching the lghtship TO cross the line
George w. Pynchon's big sloop. the lsta-
lena. -teerc5 by her owner. put her bow
spirit through the Rowdys mainsai, split
ting 70 clear across from luff 10 leach. The
accident was said TO be unavoidable on
ea..oru. Of tho lstslena being unable to
fI0 without fouIiu= the liGhtship. How
over. u uut both yachts out Of the race.
TIE Istalcua crossed the line and then
retired
W a--lHr 4on~v's sIoor Dorello. O. G.
DHmTs Adventures. StuyTesant Vain
w-i-ut'e Cara STA and J. r. Morgan. jr $
Tnr--e on got away within their handicap
f4c limr nj w, minutes. The Advent
-fr-- and the Averger crossed the line on
-hc 7tarrourd tack and the rest on the op-
Yo-.e tack
-~re wind n.,d fallen lighter when the
p1raI for tho sob Ooners 10 cross sounded
a. .-.ea o'clock II was the first time that
t1e Newport folk. and. in fact, many OF
the Others. had seen these latest products
sof the Ho-~oeh0fs. tho Westward and the
t7era. IN race. and close attention was
rsa to every move made. Commodore
raz-n y Morgan. of Americas cup de-
fender fame. vino is in charge Of the West
ward. -ir0cd tho start so VOL that he
be~-hod her ~ windward of all and sent
me big schooner across the lire clcsehauled
o. tho starboard tack = seconds after the
sigma ON his lee quarter came the Irolita
rteered 5r her owner e. Walter Clark. one
Inuta after the whistle. Eight seconds
later William F. Iselns Enchantress
crossed under the Ice quarter Of the lro.
Eta and last across on tho port tack
handicapped by a few seconds, came Nor
tor r. Plants Elena handled by Captain
nerrs
Ifsr-.4 Nanderbuts Vagrant the last
toroorar 20 cross. took the port tack as
cleared tac line She was handicapped
faw seoonds
ara now the race was on with a beat n
~ndwsr1 of something like seventeen
in.les counting tho tacks. ahead Of this
crcra fact OF sloops and schooners The
torpedo boa destroyer Mayrant with
fpa.tT % naval officers and their friends on
board started a. hcif speed for the outer
mark % help show the yachts the way.
at tho sioops ard schconers. except the
Lhc7sl'ress went about soon after cross
Ms tle line and stood in for the Nara
Earsett shore The Enchantress took
lonr board Of shore TO tine southeast. A.
~ O'Clock. hair ar hour after the start NJ
ta7 schooner aIi were -on the port tack.
beading a little west OF tho 900 over az
.Narragsnset
ne AvenReT was the 10 COP. With
tne Cara Mia and the Phr few hun
ered Yards under her Zee "b. westward
zoe ahead OF the Elena hz about Guar
''r n a milo. ana between these ," o, ~
WlncTard Of them. q few lengths. were the
f'oops poreilo. Windward and Adventures
. Ina; order The Irolita was OFT on the