The sun., 1912-08-11
WOMAN HANDLES T|llER
ON SL00P YACHT winner
Mrs. Kenneth Whiting Sails
Boat Cleverly in Breeze That
Turns Into Squall.
FINE WEATHER FOR RACES
Amateur Shippers shorten Sails
Under Wind Puffs That
Spell Danger.
FINE WEATHER FOR RACES

With Mrs. Kenneth Whiting. wife Of
Lieut. Whiting. L. $. ~. at the tller.
tho sloop yacht Hamburg H., owned by
NJ. NJ Goldschmidt OF the Larchmont
Yacht Club led the fleet In the eighteenth
annual regatta OF the HuguenOt Yacht
Club OF New Rochelle on Long Island
Sound yesterday. The race was sailed
in stifr southwest wind that heeled the
boats well over Despite the fresh breeze.
which developed into white squall be-
fore the last boats crossed the finish
line. Mrs. whiting handled the little sloop
with the skill and caution Of "A seasoned
yarhtsman.
Corinthians agree that the weather
conditions were specially good for fnc
racing. The wind was blowing steadily
| at eighteen miles an hour when the start
ing. signal was given and occasional
puffs of IA twenty-five mile wind forced
the amateur shippers to luff their boats
and spill the wind out OF their main
sails. All the yachts shortened canvas
and the members OF the crews sat far
out to windward.
The first class To start was the Larch-
mont interclub division, in which there
were two starters. The Whit. owed by
W. II. Nanny was on first and at the
windward end of the line. The Hamburg
FL, with Mrs. Whiting at the tiler. crossed
a SecOnu ldttT anu TlSHt al w D
wake The course was from mark OF
| the easteriy end OF Huckleberry Island to
| and around the red spar buoy off the
outer end OF Hen and Chickens Reef. on
Larchmont. thence to the black buoy on
Prospect Point and thence home. a dis
tance OF five and an eighth miles. The
first leg WAS run, the second lively
thrash to windward and the third broad
reach.
The Hamburg IL overhauled he- rival
on the windward leg and kept the lead to
the finish. crossing the line minute b3
| seconds ahcxi OF the Whit The Cres-
cent and sally IN. sailed match race
on their regular rating. The Sally IN.
was slow in getting to the line and was
forced to jibe around the stake boat.
, The Crescent crossed the finish line first.
but lost on time allowance.
An interesting race was sailed between
the Maryoia and Insurgent. the former
| winning on elapsed time by a wide mar
GIN The Drena, Virginia and Scylla
were grouped and In the class for the
| sloops Although the Drena was last to
! start. she made UP the handicap and
came home an easy winner The Scyla
was Withdrawn and headed for the Long
! Island shore when the wind was at its
| height In the Star class the Gemini
took the lead on the windward leg and
I finished far ahead Of her nearest rival. the
Star Faraway. The Comet, the other
starter In that class. was not timed.
The summaries.
LARCHMONT INTERCLuB CLASS -
COURSE. bis MlLES-sTART. 200.
Elapsed
r.eA, and Owner Il E'sI'H 81 5 n r!%' H. :.
Hamburg IL. NJ. NJ,
whin. na'vni"' ". II NANNY. Of $40 Of s.
SLOOPS-MIXED CIASS--COURSE. bi.
MlLES-START ::l5.
sally TX, A. Il. Black, IL 81 o IS 81
. Crescent. ". Il. South
Wick ...........,..... IL 30 o 81 So
! Corrected Time-sally TX. o;5s;t5; Cres-
| cent. 0:b7:3?,
SPECIAL cLAss-sLooPs-coU 81.
, MlLES-START. e:co.
! Maryola, A. r. Bradley. 81 ~ OF II
| InsurE gent, y. d. Cutting 30 be 10 So
| SLOOPS-MIXED CI.ASS-COURSE 81.
| MILES-START, e;2o.
! Drena. Sam Shethar... 20 10 OF 10
Scylia. Y. A. Sierck.,. Did not finish
SI,oOPS-CLASS RECOURSE, s.. MILES
| START a;a0.
| Pixy, f +. EgEers IS b6 Is 80
sLooPs-sTAR CLASs--CoURsE. g.,
MiLES-START. c;3S
| Germinii. W. $. MacIn-
Star PARKWAY. a. y. Fry, IS u 20 Fl
Comet, w Rand, ,,,,.,,. Time not taken.