New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-09
YACHTS OFF TO FINE
/ START ON FIRST DAY
iseIin's Enchantress Leads Big
+: Fleet to the Finish, Winning
! Navy Challenge Cup.
NEARLY MAKES A RECORD
Cornelius Vanderbilt at the
Z Wheel of the Aurora, Which
7 Defeats the Istalena
and Winsome.

BY Telesrsp phi 10 The Tribune
ssmithtovn BAY Long Island, Aug y
Commodore {. Ledyard Blair and his
blow, flag officers and guests. as we'll as
he owners Of the forty-one fine racing
,Achts that took part in to-dayS first
shuadron run Of the New York Nacht
,.lub's annual cruise from Glen Cove 10
us roqdstesd. are congratulating one
a.,othor tonight on the success Of the
rice.
Not only was the weather clear as
laH but the strong, fair wind. which ia
tered the yachts from start 10 finish
SIN, them owe" the twerty-tour-niIe
cSurse In almost record time. William r.
helms hie schooner Enchsntress. which
vSss fret across the finish line covered
ne distance i'm hours minutes. or ~
IS, average speed Of close to eleven knots.
s,c defeated the lrolita by = minutes -
seconds and the Elena by minutes q
seconds. corrected time. The Enchantress
sins the Navy Challenge Cup for
sehoorers for this squadron run.
vrho Yachts in the other classes also
made fast time. The race between the
Old schooners Sea Fox and Endymion was
Z feature Of the day. for the Sea Fox won
w, only thirty.nine seconds. actual time
,rs-les Srnithers's schooner Munel mace
70 close race with The Princess, beating
her only thirty-siX seconds. corrected
tire.
cornelius Vanderbilt had the hoSor Of
vsnning the first run fov his class with
nc Aurora. beating the Tstalens ! minute
= seconds and the Winsome | minute .
Seconds. Harold : Vanderhilt's schooner
VSgrsrt was also winner ~ her class.
Sis defeated The Margaret and the
vcuona
crhe rev -loop porcllo y. owned hN
George Batchelder. Of Boston and the
nv. Gardner slcop Medora mot for the
1iTst line TO-DAY and the Boston boat
Won 6y minute - seconds. elapsed and
corrected time. IN th" special mixed
ess tho vavl Phantom owned by f. :.
8coth. Won by minute % seconds from
,Se schooner Niadi. She VAS also de-
ared the winner OF tho Navy Challenge
Cup for sloops.
There was keen competition between
ae sloops OF the p class. in which the
Joyant. owned and sailed by Commodore
William H. Childs. OF the Indian Har-
Lor Yacht Club. proved the winner by
only ten seconds from the NindwaTd.
and in the New York Yacht Club thirty
foot class the ROwdy won from her SIX
classmates. beating J. p. Morgan, Jr.
Phryne minutes . seconds. The first
prize for that interesting class of little
ohe-design Sound schooners was won by
Charles Lane Poor's AlgoL which de-
seated the Helen II by / minute Il sec
osds.
with q splendid breeze from tho south
grd over their starboard quarters, ana
ciery stitch Of canvas pulling its pound
,hc fleet OF forty-one yachts made
sbirited picture as they crossed the start
iic line this morning, off Weeks Point
booy. at the east side of the entrance 10
Hampstead Bay. The tug Eugene Moran.
with the regatta cOmmittec-H de b.
Parsons J. NJ Macdonough and Frederic
q. Speddcn-on board marked the north
cad OF the line.
Tie small Sound schoOners were sent
afsy first, at 1910 o'clock, W. Butler
Inncan's vandalia leading, with David
Ippcan at the tiller. Then followed, in
ihe order named: T. r. Coudert's Aiys
IL ". H. Judsons Rival, G. /" Poor
.Aigo, W. NJ Baldwins Alicia. Clarkson
CoyTs MORA and r. Randolph's Helen
IL All set small ballooners, with spin
makers to starboard, for the short run TO
inc first turning mark, the gas buoy on
Martin
Next dWao. - io:i5 o'clock. we're the
four sloops i'm Class p, led by r. L. Cuth-
bsrt's Cara Mia in tho weather berth, the
Joyant the Corinthian and the WtndVard
being close under her lee Then came the
New York Yacht Club "thirties" on the
,srne signal with II. S. DuelPs RoTdy
IN, The lead. the others being the Alera.
the Juanita. the Miriam, the Banzai the
Csrlita and the Phryne Five minutes
la,er the Shimna, owned and sailed ny
Hobert Treat Paine, ID, Of Boston, com
medore 81 the Eastern Yacht Club. LED
the sloops in Glasses K. l.. NJ and
across the line in a close and spirited
start. The others crossed IN this order:
The CIardenia the Adventures, the
Ayenger. steered by her owner, Harry l.
Maxwell. the yawl Phantom, the Hermes
and the new Dorello.
The big sixty-hy e-foot sloops were lea
bI Z r Halls Winsome, with the
Aarora and the 1stalena close In her
woke. Cornelius Vanderbilt was at the
v heel Of the Aurora. and the 1stalens's
OWNER, George N. Pynchon, was at her.
helm. Al three set balloon jib topsails
before reaching the line.
OF the six schooners in Classes and
u that started, Harold 8. Vanderbnts
Vsgrant was the leader. with her owner
,tsthe wheel Then followed the Muriel'
the Milsdi the Venona, the Princess and
tie Taormins in that order.
At 1870 o'clock the big schooners IN
Glass made fine start, with balloon
lib topsails drawing well, as they crossed
the line at steamboat speed in the fresh
enlng breeze. William e. 1selin's En-
chautress was the leader. Then came the
ses Fox. the ice-commcdore's flagship.
followed by the Endyrnion, the 1rolita
ana the Elena. Captain Dennis kept the
EIena we'll TO leeward Of the others right
after the start and set her spinnaker to