New-York tribune., 1912-08-16
W1NSONE CAPTURES
COVETED KINGS CUP
.Trowbridge Halls SIOOp First
10 Win Gold Trophy Offered
by George V.
Is1ALENA CLOSE SECOND
onlv Sixteen Seconds Separates
Victor from Pynchon's Yacht
in Spirited Race
at Newport.
~ r.,srraph 10 The Tribune.

e,rsbir OF the New York Yacht Club.
,,,ved God save the King" E. Trow-
bridge Halls big slooP yacht Winsome.
carving every stitch OF canvas that
.onlI be set on her lofty spars. swept
across the finish line of Brenton's Reef
1lvbtsbip at 4.4S:g7 this afternoon. the
srst winner of the gold cup offered by
King George ' Of England TO the New
York Yacht club for an annual ccmpe-
ution.
sailing against feet OF seven other
Yachts. some of the fastest IN the clubs
squadron. the Winsome. spiendidly
handled over the course of thirty-four
and quarter miles by Captain Ed WI
is won this much priced trophy by the
narrow margin OF sixteen seconds from
Gso-ge VI Pynchon's Istalena. a sister
shin II was all the more 10 the Win
.one's credit that she started TWO min
utes and thirty seconds astern OF the
Istslsra She had a time allowance or
twenty minutes and thirteen seconds
from the fast schooner Elena and Of
twenty-five minutes and ten seconds from
the Enchantress. the winner OF the race
last year FOR the former Kings cup.
Incidentally. the Enchantress defeated
the Elena in this race by minutes SO Sec
oads. and the Elena outssiled the Iroilta
by . minutes s seconds. William Z. Ise-
Mn's Enchantress, sailed with rare good
Judgment by her skipper. finished frs;
a hours % minutes Sc seconds. Many
thought when she crossed the finish ltne
that she was the winner. AS a matter OF
fact. she was beaten only = seconds, cor
rected time, by the WinsOme.
Immediately upon his arrival in New
port Commodore c. Leydard Blair sent
the following cablegram to Lord KnOllys
al Buckingham Palace. London: 'On be-
half Of the New York Yacht Club I have
the honor 70 report that the race for the
cup 50 sraciously presented by his mai
ssty the King and competed for to-day
for the first time has been won By the
sloop Winsone. owner +. T. Hall. Of New
York, in spirited contest of Newport
Under ideal conditions. VIII you kindly so
inform his majesty
One of the largest fleets OF steam
yachts seen here this summer. each with
rs quota OF guests on board, accom-
panied the yachts over the course. They
Included the flagship Diana, G. Ledya-d
Blair: Owera. Nelson Aldrich; Vilin 2.
George 2. Baker. jr.; Wakiva, L. v.
Harkness: Corsair. J. p Morgan, Ma
rada Henry Walters; May. Walter Biss:
Felicia. Jesse II. Metcalf; Garcia, Leon
ard Richards: Aphrodite. Oliver r..
Payne. Wanderer. n. A. Chatheld Toy-
lor: Helianthus. Nathaniel Herrcshof;
Oneida. L. G. Benedict; Thelma. Morton
r. Plant. and the Intrepid auxiliary,
Lloyd Phoenix.
TIE conditions were far from encoUToS-
hs wher the big fleet OF steam and
sailing craft arrived at the starting point
of Old Brenton's Reef LightsEIo. soon
after 10 O'Clock There was scarcely a
breath OF air from any quarter and the
sea was smooth as glass. except Tor a
long rolling swell from the eastward.
Tho regatta committee. on board the
nagship Diana, promptly sent aioft the
code flag C." notifying the yachtsmen
that the start had been postponed fifteen
miuutes. The signal remained I'm view
Until Il:45-one hour and fifteen minutes
after the scheduled starting time. Then
a nice breeze from the southwest set 6ll
the racing yachts in motion, and tine
starting signals were run up at once. the
steam yachts retiring 10 the northward
of the line TO give the eight racing yachts
three schooners and five sloops-a
chance 10 maneuvre for the start
At the whistle for all to start az one
class. blown at II IS o'clock, Robert Treat
Psine's sloop Shimna, close hauled on the
stsrboard tack. was first away. fourteen
seconds after the signal She was in the
weather berth. close alongside the Diana,
port side and abeam OF her 10 ieeWard
Cornelius Vanderbilts Aurora crossed the
sine W. Butler Duncan. jr., was at her
wheel. The sloop Istalena, steered by
her owner. George ". Pynchon, crossed
about half a minute later. going about 10
port as soon as she crossed IT and head
ing in for the Narragansett shore. Harry
l. MaxweWs sloop Avenger was next
away. Then came the Elena, Morton F.
Plants big schooner. winner OF the Astor
Cup in her class yesterday. She was fol-
loved BY the sloop Winsome and the
schoOners Irolita and Enchantress In that
order. II was a fOur-minute handicap
start, and the Iselin schooner used up AL
Of her handicap. as did the Irolita.
Captain Willis OF the Winsome put thai
siOop about and went for the NarraSsn'
sett shore Immediately after crossing the
line Captain Dennis Of the Elena also
took the inshore tack for two minutes
and then came back to the starDoaro
1ek. The Shirnna, the Irolita and tht
Eachantrsss also went in shore for
Tine al 1926 O'Clock. When the Elena
On the starboard tack met the Irolita or
NE opposite tack going In shore, sht
crossed her bows by full length
About an hour after the start. wher
zoe leaders had covered five miles OF the
~elye-mile beat 20 windward, which con-
SUITED the first leg OF the course the
gseats had formed into two divisions
me Aurora and the Avenger stood away
on to the southeast on the starboarc
'sek, and the rest worked the Narragan
ssu shore. having the ebb tide under
.leir lee 10 help them along The Elena
vas leading the Irolita by about an eight
VI mile at this time. The Istalena held
position OF tine Irolitas weather quar-
~ and half a mile 10 windwerd OF hel
e ehinna was in the Istalena's wake
"o 'ee Winsome between the SHINING
.i tne Irolita. astern OF both The En-
'fess was apparently half a miif
1870 OK the Elena, but 10 wipdward Of
n wake all being on the starboard tack
"hen the Elena went about. however