New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-26
YACHTS WAIT ON
WIND AT LARCHMONT
Tickle Breeze Delays Races
and Acts WayWardIy After
Boats Get Off.
STOP ON FIRST ROUND
Clouds of Canvas Skimming the
Water Furnish Impressive
Sight for Hundreds
of Spectators.

Hundreds who travelled by boat rail
and automobile to Larchmont yesterday
TO see the fourth series OF the Larchmont
Yacht Clubs race week contests we're
obliged. like the yachts, to wait for the
wind until two hours lacking five MIN
utes. after the scheduled time for start
Ing. when the first class-the big schooners
were sent away. The scene about the
starting line. however. where more than
one hundred yachts, with their graceful
hulls and perfect fitting sails, slipped
slowly through the smooth water clrcling
Ike BIRDS a-wirg. furnished an impressive
sight Tor the spectators.
All hailed with delight the southwest
breeze that came ripping over the waters
Of the Sound soon after o'clock. In
few moments the great passive feet be
came aH active one fronl the great
schooncrs. with their skyreaching club
topsails. 10 the tiny dories. with wings
not much bigger than handkerchiefs. The
breeze gave promise of holding fresh. tut
unfortunately IL fell so light after the
yachts had covered half Of their resp"c-
tive courses that the regatta committee
was compelled to stop them all upon the
completion OF the first round.
The start of the big schooners, at PCS
o'clock, was an extremely pretty sight.
Breaking out their balloon jibtopsails
as they approached the line from the
westward and easing sheets to port, all
three were travelling under n perfect
cloud of canvas as they swept across the
line, the Irolita leading twenty seconds
after the signal. The Elena crossed forty
seconds later. Captain Dennis lufiing her
sharply as she cleared the southwest
stakeboat, and the Enchantress at the
lee end OF the line. minute 10 seconds
after the gun She was carrying, besides
her balloon tibtopsail, balloon main
topmsst staysail that sent her along at Il
fast clip in the smooth water.
Her skipper held her straight on her
course for the eastern mark, five and one
half miles away. while the other two tried
a luffing match for nearly ten minutes.
1t carried them out into the middle of
the Sound. The Elena gave way first.
then the Irolita squared away. BY this
time the Enchantress was more than
mile ahead OF both. She rounded the
eastern mark at 3:o7:15. She was then
leading the Irolita by minutes - Sec
onds and the Elena by minutes Is sec
onds. In the wlndwnrd work, however,
which they and the big sloops began
here, the others outs2iled her.
By standing over TO the Long Island
shore on the starboard tack the Elena and
the Irolita caught the first OF new
he NJ NH Ch
stood straight up the Sound, struck
soft spot" and lost considerably. The
Elena rounded the Hampstead Bay mark
minutes 30 seconds ahead OF the Irolita,
and she made q quick reach across the
Sound 20 the finish, doing the three
and half miles IN 20 minutes 20 seconds.
winning the race Of 10 IA miles from the
Iroilta by minutes 13 seconds and from
the EnchentresS by II minutes 20 sec
onds. The Elena and the Irolita con-
tinued on and covered the course again In
an unofficial race. Their time was not
taken.
The start Of the sloops Winsome. Aurora
and Istalena was q close one, and they
sailed a good light weather race, finishing
In the order named. The Winsome by
the good judgment OF her skipper. I'd
Willis. stood for the Long Island shore
and caught the same breeze that the
schoonere did. with the result that she
won from the Aurora by z minutes "a sec
onds and from the Istalena by I minutes
90 seconds.
Harry L. Maxwell sailed his sloop the
Avenger against the Class M" sloops,
the Medora and the Adventures, and on
elapsed time she defeated the Medora by
IL, minutes 6s seconds. The Adventures,
handled by her owner, Captain Davis,
sailed a remarkably good race She was
beaten only seconds by the Medors.
Two Of the prettiest starts Of the
smaller classes were those OF the twelve
". Y. Y. c. "thirties" and the Long ISL
and Sound schooners. The Rowdy proved
the winner Of the first class and the
Vandalis Of the second.
The winners in the other classes were
the Corinthian, the More JOY, the Mash
nee, the Idler. the Sally TX, the Red
Wing, the La Guiana, the Natoma, the
Grace II, the Cliphora, the Yukan. the
Ogeemah. the Turquoise, the Scaup, the
Loon, the Drena, the Mile. Boss, the
Arizona, the Twinkle. the Trix, the Mary
Jane. the Echo, the Iney, the Alice, the
BarnacIe and the Mouse. The regatta
committee was Horace Boucher, Law
renee Daley and F. p, sperry.
The summaries follow;