The sun., 1912-07-25
ISTAlENA PROFITS BY
LUCKY SHIFT Of WIND
Defeats the Aurora in Third Re.
gatta Of LarchmOnt
Yacht Club.
ELENA HAS An EASY TINE
Fleet Of 129 Vessels NegOtiatcs
Triangular Courses
on Sound.

Morton T.. Plants big schooner Elena
had an easy time defeating the lrolita and
Enchantress in the third regatta Of 1.arch-
mont Race Week Yesterday. The wind was
light from the southwest and the same
old courses were sailed. going nrst to
the eastward. then to Hempatpad HarbOr
| and then across the Sound home. II was
a fair light weather test for nearly all.
and Elena. getting ,S;ay first. led all the
way. There were l2s yachts In the re-
gatta and the scene was pretty one but
nothing like as stirring as on Monday.
The committee on Chairman Horace Il.
| BouCher's advice, postponed the start Tor
fifteen minutes because the wind was very
| light and rather nuky. hut II soon settled
down from the southwest ana gave every
body a pleasant days outing.
| The big schOoners were sent away hrst
and Elena. with her balloon jib topsaiI
| drawing well, swept across the Nnc IN
| the lead. The Enchsntrcss was nearer
the windward end OF the line. and astctn
, OF her was lrolita. Commodore Cinfk.
d.! with IrolitA, bore off the course some
| what. ran astern of the Enchantress and
I set a spinnukcr. but the Older boat was
| unab to catch the Elena When on tie
| wind all stood across the Sound TO the
Long Island shore on the first tack and
worked close In to the beach. IL was an
| other reach across the Sound to the home
|
round were Elena !: &6 :35. Iroiita.
1852 :vS Enchanttcss, :+6 .35. The Elena
| increased her lead on the second iouhd
| and Irolita drew further away from En-
| chantress.
The IS footers made a beautiful race
Rear Commodore +. NJ. Wilson and ex-
Commodore Wilson Marshall sailed with
| Vice.Cominodore q. NJ Pynchon on the
| Istalena, and they are disputinR wh'ch
| brought luck to the yacht. George cor
| mack sailed with Cornelius Vanderbilt on
| the Aurora and Frank Bovine Jones had
the wheel on the Winsome. These three
were sen. away at l o'clock. Winsome
and Aurora cut the line at the same time
| with Istalena slightly astern OF the Win
| some. The Aurora. with her balloon
| drawing well. swept down to the lee end
Of the line with good headway and soon
took the lead. The Winsome had been
tackled right on the line and was not
moving fast. and she and lstalena had a
slight luffing match. The Aurora carried
a spinnaker for part Of the first leg. and
she turned the mark we'll in the lead.
with Istalena second. On the w!ndward
leg Aurora iC one time had "A lead or
nearly half a mile. but a sudden shift
| in the wind to the northard gave the
| Istaiena a big lift. At the home mark
the times were Aurora. 3 :O4 100. Istalena
3 :Oi:?4 winsome :07 as Down the
wind. the second time. Istalena showed
great speed and she caught the Aurora
just before reaching the eastern mark.
Then II was a nip and tuck race between
the two all the way home, and Istalena
succeeded In holding the lead. winning the
race by I minute 81 seconds. Winscmc
was beaten / minute 20 seconds by Az
fora.
The Aveneer. sailed by Harry l.. Max.
well. did we'll in the light air and was
able to allow much time to the Medoya
: and Adventures and win Justice John
Proctor Clarke sailed with Harry Johnson
and II. G. :. Nobl. on the Medora. Fred
erlck NJ. Davies sailed Adventures.
which did we'll Adventures beat the
Medora to the nrst mark and then. Me-
dora making sharper turn, got on the
weather quarter OF Adventures. II was
u pretty fight for a few minutes and.
Medora being back winded was forced to
tack first. hut then she walked out to
w!ndward and eventually beat Adyentui .
ess 4 minutes 5 seconds. The times on
the first round were Avencer. 2 SO 80
Medora. 8 :pS AS Adventures. AN 30
Phantom sailed by r.. s. Booth. had
little difficulty beating Mladi and Ro-
hilla. The Joyant was the winner in the
y class and More Joy won in tn. =
class. The race for the thirty footers was
"a close one and was won by Johnston dc
Forests Nepsi. with Caprice second. Van.
dalia won in the schoonerette class, with
Daffodii second.
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