The sun., 1912-07-07
SECONDS APART At THE
:. FINISH OF YACHT RACE
Close Contests in Glen Cove
Races Of New
York Y. e.
ISTALENA Is 4 WINNER
Mcdora. Sailing Against Best
Time. Is Beaten by More
Than n Minute.

twas lstalenas turn yesterday and G.
VI. Pynchon's o. footer won the Glen cove
cup for her class IN the regatta of tho New
e.. York Nach, club. Her owner unfortunately Y
did not have the pleasure Of seeing his yacht
win. as he il confined to his home III. He
was represented by J. NJ Masury The
stalena won partly through the good judg
ment shown by capt. Howell at the sta ri
and partly berause the owners OF the Win
some and Aurora indulged in u MfYing
match soon after the start which enabled
the lsialona 10 go on about her bushes
without interference and take a command
ing lead which was never overcome. The
Aurora aud Mnsone made n close race all
the way and Aurora sailed by Cornelius
Vanderbilt and with Mrs. Vanderbilt and
. Henry Bun on board. finished second.
The Mrdora sailed by Harry johnson and
James ID. Sparkman having no competitor.
sailed against tn" hest time of the rs footers
with full time allowance. She started two
minutes after the larger boats and actual
times were taken into consideration. The
course did not Just suit the Mcdora. There
was too much reaching and too little wind.
ward work. but IN spite Of this the lstalena
beat Medora by only minute ii seconds
In the race for III raters the COrinthian
" was the inner. She was we'll handled by
&. sherman Ioyt and took the lead at the
line and held il through hard tussle. The
Joyant. sailed by T.. Burton Hart, was Ave
q minutes late at the start. TN actuai time
she was beaten bv the Corinthian. but
sailed the course in faster time than the
- Cara Mia or Windward.
The race Of the 70 footcrs was one which
will I've long remembered, As usual. these
boats got away in a bunch. The first six
kept in close company all the way, and
~ seconds separated the first and last
- OF these sis AZ the finish. Caprice, sailed
by Ralph y Ellis. who had Mrs Ellis with
him. won the race. beating the Phryne.
."owned ny j. =. Morgan. Jr.. by 6 seconds.
The Nandalia lied a good race In the
class for Sound schooners and won very
easily. with the Helen II. following across
the finishing line
d. " de u, Parsons and J. u. Macdonough
managed the races. The course signals
were made shortly before noon on Glen
Cove. The wind. which had been light
earlier In the day. had freshened TO a nice
sailing breeze and drew out Of the harbor
from south southwest. Further out in
. the Sound II came south by west and IL held
between those two points all the day. The
Gi footer- were sent FROM line on MOtts
Point. 81. miles northwest. !. north to the
red spa r buoy of Woolsey's Reef, then
buoy OF i.loyd's Neck. then back to the
starting line. keeping, north ~ the huoys
u.
The first leg Ia Wooisey's Reef WAS a broad
isa5 O'Clock. They reached to the start.
ing line with hooins To port and bore away
when the signal sounded, breaking out
their balloon lih ,,opsails with the signal
windward % end % before Sr"ssins su and ID Aurora 10 @
had the lead. The I~Salena bore away
N the committee boat. and having her
The Aurora and Win-ome had quite a long
lurng match. which took them away on
their courses, and in the end the Winsoms
followed two minutes later. At the mark
the times were: lstalena, 20 on: Winsonie.
Ser. S dNs%1Fs sSr BABY S TOP
sails and II was windward work to the nex
mark. The Aurora on this point OF sailing
wind The ls,slena still retained her lead
T"a tpYS s% Hy'rh Then H'Gf x.s msrs s ec..
reach to Ma,innacock Point and a short beat
from there TO the finish. The lstalena fn-
!, seconds aud the Winsome 5 minutes ss
seconds The Medora received an allow
qnce Of :" minutes !, seconds from the
Four ~ ra,ers started. Corinthian took
the weather end of the line and Windward
late, Thes. boat. sailed twice around =
small triangle. going first TO Matinnecock
Point. then to .parsonag" Point and then
home .GrInhian 60 led a, the end Gi nth, the
ward second and cara Mia third. Cara Mia
%r On but the s .sSnd sSd TGnd mo a.a ;ss
torinthian, which won by minute - sec
onds
:. Rowdv and Ibis A. the lee end of the line
and Nens' amI ,, inan,1a having ~. slight
, Phryna. Juanta. Alera and Dahinda made
very close fight and finished the first round
in The order named When they, stood for
the finishing line On different tacks no boat
m IsA uI
appeared 10 he leading, but Phryne was
doing we'll thai she threatened to catch
Caprice. Sh" tackled few seconds too
soon and this enabled caprice to crowd her
~ the finish and TAX" position on her Ice
bow. SO tn, ia, ne ne y, Wind spilled irom ,he
first seconds ahead of The Phryne. The
Alsra Was ls seconds further astern. then
= seconds later came Dahinda. seconds
later the .iuauita aud II seconds later the
Nepsi The committee took the time OF the
okee That boat j. not enrolled In the club.
hut as points III yesterday = race count for
the Long island Sound championship she
Was regarded as starter She finished
The Nandaa had the hest start Of tho
Sound schooners and led all over the course.
increasing her lead on each leg. The Helen
fnishIns ai The Glen z cove we Jowei boats
turned the Mot's Point mark wekl bunched
and helped make pretty picture They
were heading one way and the sos another.
but there was no trouble.
The summaries.
" SLOOpS, CLASS K-COuRSH ?3is MILES
START. lclS
Elapsed
Yacht and Owner. Finish Time
II = II " ).
Isialcna, g. pynrhon. ..... Is 33 > 81 81
Aurora { NandeIhlli.......... IL ~ 3n, II
Wlnsomc T. T hail . 10 05 OS O5
SLOOPS, CLASSES Is AND COURSE, 23ia
MILES.
Elapsed
Yacht and owner. start. Finish Time
II n. $ u! NJ $. H. N. s.
I.,alena, G. NJ. pynchon " IS O5 4 IS So 2 IS "a
Medora. n q. = Nubc ~ " rs s 81 40 8 10 is
Corrected tines isiacna, .37 SIS. Aedora.
?s9 rs,
SLOOpS. CLASS p COURSE. 1874 MILES
SrART. 1928.
Elapsed
Yacht and owner, Finish Thine
VI s. u ". y.
Covinthian, II &, Smith II N z a, On
cara Ma u, l.. Cuthbert .... Is IS 2N SIS
Wiudward V A Monks ....... ~ ~ 2 81 81
Joyaut, " n Childs, .... 3 % IS 2as 25
NY.Y &. 30 FOOTEItS- COURSE. 49,, MILES
START. 1880