The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25
Eleanor Shows Heels to knockabouts
at Norfolk; Blue Bird Best Motor

Especial 10 The Richmond Nirginian.)
NORFOLK. VA, July 24.--Wind,
wave and tide conspired to produce
ideal condition for the first races con-
Quoted in the Southern end OF the bay
under the auspices OF the Chest terrified
Bay Yachting Association A spank
ing, steady breeze held at 20 miles I'M
I'll noon. and increased to twenty five
when the sailing entries were well on
the first leg towards Thimble Shoals.
me breeze came steadily out Of the
Southwest, and the sheltered bay was
never choppy enough to cause trouble
DIR. Williams' Eleanor. the sailing
wonder OF all the craft that carry can
vas In the Chesapeake In the knock
about class, covered an approximate
20 mile course in two hours, forty four
minutes, th!rty-seven seconds. running
the first round in one hour. four min
ntes, and the second in one hour forty
minutes. breaking her own record. The
Ztihcoa, representing the Cambridge
yacht Club. another competitor in tho
kloclabout class, was eutdistanced in
actual elapsed time and handicap by
the little Vanished Shingle. as the
Eleanor Is affectionately dubbed, by
her admirers. -The kestral. only local
entry In this class, finished an hour
end thirty seven minutes behind the
Ziliicoa.
In tie yawt class the greatest dis :.
appointment of the day was furnished
by the Freya. of the Capital City Yacht
Club. which has been doing some mar
Vicious work in the upper bay. She
failed to show her heels TO tho Dore,te.
of the Baltimore Yacht Club, and the
Monsoon, OF the Hampton Roads Club.
When the HanGicaps are worked cut
the Freya may make q better showing,
but her allowance viii hardly wipe out
the "a minute beating by the Dorette,
or the lo-miu'1te margin of the Mon
soon.
1t was strictly q yawl breeze. and
Just the kind that usually pleases the
Matoaks, but that rrstwhile flagship
OF the Hampton Roads Club behaved
diy and failed to finish.
Two entries by Wallace Brothers,
Norfolk. the Blue Bird and the Early
Bird, had walkaway In the power
boat races. In thea, events. due to
CT CINE troubles. only I've nrats finished.
The Wenona, which sent a shock OF
surprise oser racers In 1910. in her
sixty C-.te oash up the Potomac to
Colonial Beach. was picked as a pos
sipie winner. but just as the starting
gun fired. her entire duplicate ignition
system died" and Fowler's swift lit
tie cruiser didn't even get away.
starting line. Hours before the time
for the starting gun crews were busy
In preparation for the days events.
and small boats were darting here
and there for detailed instructions as
to course, turning point, ana starting
time. Commodore Greer. OF the Cap
ftal City Yacht Club, and Chairman
of tho regatta committee. few the
committee flag from the main trunk
OF the auxiliary Javalin.
Commodore Greer, w. r. Dodson
and Charles McDermot, other mem
bers OF the committee. took their
station near the startling line at IL
o'clock. with all the entries clustered
to the southwark of the line, ready
at an instant's notice to Ill away in
the first leg Of the race. At l1.25
thu signal came, and before the echoes
had died. the knockabout entries were
away and the first race was on. lrif-
teen minutes later the yawls were
sent away.
The six-mile run to ThimhIe Shoals
was made In good time, with no mis-
hap. and the second leg to stake
boat. five miles southeast Of Thimble |
Shoal, gave the shippers an oppor
tunity for some fine work in cross |
currents but it was on the last leg |
to that the .mettle OF the shippers |
and crews was shown
The power boats got away an hour
after the sailing races had started. !
the Wallace and Early Bird. with
minimum freeboard and wind OBJ
struetion. took the lead and kept II.
in class by themselves. The Pris-
ella and Swastica kept fairly well
together over the entire course.