The sun., 1912-08-04
PRIZES PRESENTED As
SOON As YACHTS FINISH
Horseshoe IlarbOr Club Has
Pleasant Surprise for Re-
Watta Winners.
STRONG WIND FOR RACERS
Fleet of Scvcnty-Onc Vessels
Sails short Course on
l.awhmOnt.

4 frcs' sind from wrs'. northwest s'u'
the yac',- racing in IA" annual r"ga'ta
of the Horseshoe iitlhuT Yacht cub
around the courses IN fast tim" y"ster-
day The Horseshoe iisib club makes
its Headquarters IN ~" original house Of
the Latchmont Yacht club and the hii hur
for which the club is famed forms II ricc
anchorage for small craft Usually this
regatta IL sailed while ~" fleets Of tn"
New York and other clubs are cruising.
but this year the club had u day to itself,
with the rcsul. that seventy -ons yachts
competed Thrs" ranged In size from the
81 raters down to n class of sailing canoes.
Only one course was laid Oft for all
classes. This was five mile triangle
with turning points at Execution Rock,
Whortlcbcrry Island and home. The 81
raters. 80 footers and sound s'hoonc's
went three times around the dor.es, bugs
and stars were once around. and tn"
Others twice. on each round Of the tri-
angle there was IL mites 'of wiudward
work, which was ON the second leg.
The 81 rators were sent away first. and
the Joyant. with Commodore ". II Ch'ids
and t. Burton Hart ON board. held the
lead from IN" start. NJ the end of IN"
first round the times were: joyant.
I ~ :55. Wiudward. rs '?u ON the
eoC0n0 lbullu tNr 'rNAlll Wiu' u Cdin III
five seconds and on the third round sh"
Increased hcr lead To- hftY.threc seconds
by which margin sh" won.
There were five of "a" New York 30
foot,rs. .Neri took the lead at the start
and although pressed hard she finished
first. y; the end Of the first round the
times of these boats We're: Alera :j5 80,
Oke. :5G;2s, Ibis 80 Al, Juanita
:57:i2 and Eowdy :1s..2 Thc
Rowdy was recalled N the start and was
in consequence Handicapped four min
utes. hut sh" did Well As soon as she
got goine again The only chang"
made on IN" second round was that the
Ibis passed the Okec The Alcra beat
the lhis at the finish by i3 seconds and
Oke" by 80 5, CoudS
In tie schoonrrcttr class the Rival got
away well. followed los the Moira. Al tn.
end Of the first round the iHval was
timed = :0l -. Noiru .:"2 -. Nandalia
.o3 90. Nllcit :o3 20. ur the second
round tho Naudala was sailed with much
hctt'r judsmou' than tn" others and sh"
worked into first place and held that vo-
si;!cn 90 ~" finish. Winning the race
by mru'" - seconds. Rival was SOC
ond. heatirS th- Mota | minute.
The Nor, Joy defeated the Edmee in
the . class. I'm the first division of ~.
handicap class the purinda was the win
ncr. .\madH Won in the second division
and Rascn'l III. in the third division. \
kIeCIal rae" was arfanGct between the
Amanita ~. and commodor" South
wicks Crescent The Crescent tried to
allow minutes. hut could finish only
minutes = conds IN the lead. los nS
by two seconds
There WEI" nine or the Larchmont inter-
club sluopS and tnc" kept In very close
company. w t. Mauuv's Whf was The
winner Sr- defeated q : Runks R.lla
/ minute 30 seconds and Hamburg II.
. minutes 4" seconds
Little E.prr. easily won anoth.! p'lze
for the big collection "f George A CORY.
with G-mini second and Twinkle third
The Sapphit" won IN IN. j.w. class and
prena allowed tine To- amt defeated the
II class slools Virginia and hamburg
After the races rad ended many ~ the
owners went ashore ana were somewhat
surprised because tn" committee. presented u
the prizes 10 tine winners
The wind was quite strong at times
and in tn INNs the yachts h"rl.d so that
they showed IN 'ir kc"ls. Som. had In
single reefs, and for SOM ~ The lir'lc
boats tn" weather was almost too strong
but there were no accidents and only one
yacht failed to i'ach tn" nn!sning line.
The summaries:
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