New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-04
READY FOR BIG CRUISE
Great Fleet Gathers at Glen Cove
Rendezvous.
KARINA FIRST TO ARRIVE
Cochran's Westward the Cyno-
7 sure of All Eyes as 1t
Glides Into Harbor.

From the eastward and the westward,
under sail and under steam, yachts of all
sizes and rigs. flying the red cross on the
blue"-the pennant OF the New York Yacht
Club-headed for Glen Cove yesterday
afternoon until that picturesque harbor
was filled as it has never been filled be
fore with a great pleasure fleet Of racing
and cruising craft that are TO take part In
the cruise OF the New York Yacht Club for
1911.
Among the first Of the big schooners to
arrive was Robert +. Tod's new three
master Katrina, and soon after her. steam
ing across from Larchmont. came the
famous Atlantic that won the ocean race
for the German Emperor's cup. Her owner,
Wilson Marshall, has entered the Atlantic
in all the squadron runs FOR the cruise. and
he hopes to win the Br enton's Reef cup
when his Yacht starts on the morning or
August II against the Katrina.
All ewes were on the watch for the crack
racing schooner Westward, that made such
n splendid record in British and German
waters last year. Under her four lower
sails and working topsail she came over
from CITY Island and. rounding Ia at 40
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owned by Arthur Curtiss James. former
commodore of the New York Yacht Club.
Close by at anchor were some or the
schooners that the Westward viii meet IN
the squadron runs from port to port-Mor-
ton + Plants Elena. w. F. lselin's En-
chantress and +. W. Clark's lrolita-and
those who compared these well known rae
ing craft agreed that the Westward. with
such a past master in the racing game as
f. d. Morgan to advise and assist on the
quarter deck, ought TO keep the others
busy from start to finish Of every race and
win many of the prizes.
At two bells" 6 o'clock, almost 10 the
second. the flagship Of the club-Commo-
dore g. Ledyard Blair's Diana-anchored In
the centre of the squadron. She was salut
cd AZ once by Vice Commodore Dallas Is.
Pratt with a gun from his schooner, the
Sea Fox. and then by CUR from every
Yacht I'm the harbcr flying the club flag. as
we'll as by some with neighboring club flags
AT their trucks. \ short time before the
arrival of the commodore the flagship of
the Eastern Yacht Club arrived. She is the
schooner Emerald, owned by Commodore
F. Lewis Clark He was received with
gun as his club flag came down and that
of the New York Yacht club was mast
beaded.
The squadron will get under way this
morning on signal from the flagship and
proceed 10 Matlnicock Point where the
yachts entered Tor the first squadron run
VIII start in their race to Morris Cove a
distance of thirty-eisht miles The prizes
are the navy challenge cups
The following is list of the yachts at
anchor in Glen Cove Harbor tonight Many
others are expected TO arrive before the
start tomorrow morning:
Steamers and power yachts-The Diana,
c Ledyard Blair; the Viking, George +.
Baker, jr. the Narada. Henry Walters
the Cassandra Roy a. Raney the Garcia,
Leonard Richards; the Sycamore. w. How
ard Barnard the Norman, Willis 5. Nc
Cornick the TUNA. w. b. Dinsmore; the
Winchester, Peter ". Rouss the Idalia,
". d. Hoxe; the Kanawha. a. Baudouine;
the Thelma. Morton +. Plant; the Emeline,
Charles Sweeny the Emrose. Andrew w.
Rose. the Jessica. j. NJ. MacdOnough: the
Allegro, James Elverson. jr.: the Cynthia
III. Merrill B. Mills; the Graylng. John
sherman Hoyt; the Waneche. w. Butler
Duncan. jr. the Skylark. James Il. Ottley;
the Ellen, Edmund Randolph: the Lucinda.
IT, John II. Bromley; the Zoraya, Miss
Alfalfa w Thayer.
AuXilares-The Alcyone. N. W Putnam
the Atlantic. Wilson Marshall; he A-iadn,
James Laughlin. IL.
Schooners-The Westward. Alexander
Cochran; the Elena, Morton r. Plant: tho
Enchantress, W. T.. lselin; the Katrina
Robert T. Tod; the Mladi, George w
Scott the Katrina, James b. Ford: the
Dervish. Robert Toland; the Emerald. g.
Lewis Clark; the Sea Fox, Dallas H. Pratt;
the Endymon. George f. Lauder jr.: the
Idalia J. b. Morrell: the Taormina W. S
Eaton; the Idler. Henry T.. Sloane; the
Eclipse. l.. J. Callahan; the Vagrant. IIar-
old s. Vanderbilt
Soops and yawls-The Istalena. George
NJ Pynchon, the Avenger. Daniel Bacon;
the Phryne, J. i. Morgan, jr; the Nepsi
j. de Forest. the Joyant w. II. ChIds; the
Phantom (yawD. &. Lembcke: the Dorello
W. II. Henry. the Cara Mia, s. vain
wright; the Gardenia, George f. Baker ir
the Adventures. g. G. Rumril: the Wind
ward. II. A. MonkG.
meeting Of th0 fleet captains was held
an Is Diana at-s o'clock More than