New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-10
PLANTS ELENA LEADS
BIG FLEET TO PORT
Schooner Skins Over Sound IN
Record Time on Second
Day of Cruise.
WINSOME IN HOT BATTLE
Engages Cornelius Vanderbilt S
Aurora IN Pretty Tussle and
Wins the Honors by
Few Lengths.
a, r.I.rraph 10 Ths rriouns.

q, Telegraph 70 Ths Tribune
New London, Conn, AUG s-ln spien-
dfd breeze from the south the thirty-nine
Yachts forming the cruising Meet OF the
New, York Yacht Club made record
.ous6ron run to-day OF ffty-four miles,
from Su1ithtowu Bsy 70 this port Morton
? Plants big schooner Elena WIN
Csptai7 William Dennis a. the helm
made the best time over the course-7
hours - minutes and 81 seconds. which
vachtsnen here tonight say Is the fast-
est ever made OF the Sound for the dis
lance II shows an average speed Tor me
fftv-four miles OF 1876 knots. The Elena
won in her class from the EnchaniresS
bv ONLY Is seconds elapsed and corrected
time. showing almost equal speed by That
schooner.
Another feature o. tho race was the
eter and exciting contest for first place
n the X class Of sloops between CornelEs
Nande-bilt's Aurora. sailed BY her owner
and the Winsone- owned ~ Z IroN-
bridge Hall and sailed ~ Captain I'd
Wills The Vinsorne passed the Aurora
r.u minutes after the start. and from
ina, time until the An'sh only Il"
lengths separated them al any time Inc
v,rsor7s Nnsrv won from the VANDERBILT
zach. by = seconds and from the lstaiena
By . minutes and Is seconds
Harold :. Vanderbilt is a proud yachts
man tonight and his friends are all con-
ErstulatinE MIN on the fact that Dis
schooner. the Vagrant, won the challenge
CUP offered by the Alumni Association Of
The United states Navy. The Nagrant
defeated George SCOTS schooner MiiadI
nv r minute seconds. stuyvessnt Vain
v--igbts cara Mia won the challenge cup
for sloops from class OF seventeen sloops
and one yav1 after 2 close race with X.
4 Monk NindVard.
Tho other class winners were the
s,hooners Taormina. tho Nenons. the In
,repid and|he Rival the Sioop Avenser.
which defeated the Shimms by minutes
and s. seconds. and the Rowdy- which de-
fssted the Phryns by minute and q sec
ends
This hsrbor ~ filed with Yachts to-
night. Commodore Blai-s flagship. m"
T-ars Cornelius Vanderbilts North star.
a. K a. Billings Nsnadis and D. Pier
mont Norgsn's Corsa'r are brilliantly IL
hoard The chief topic Of conversation
when the yachtsmen meet is to-day run.
They 90 not often have the good fortune
on a cruise 10 witness and take part III.
= contest when the wind is so strong ana
steady. the racing so keen and the ilnisnes
so close
A picturesque feature OF the days sport
was the first appearance with tHe meet
or the bark rugged auxiliary Aloha
owned and nsvigated BY Arthur Curuss
James. former commodore o. the clup.
With courses. UPPER and lover topsalie'
topgaiantsans, royals. stayssils. lbs
and spanker set and drawing finely. size
made az pretty marine picture as has
peen seen on the Sound IN many DAY.
She reeled off twelve knots and better
a. times in the strong breeze. She was
sailing full ana by most OF the wa.
The Intrepid however. owned BY LLOYD
Phnuix, which also Joined the feet 20
dsy got too big a start for the Aloha -
overcome the lead. The Intrepid won or
/ hour IS minutes IS seconds.
The weather looks threatening Tonight
and the sharps are predicting either rain
or fog for the morning. Tomorrow run
from here to Newport is forty miles, and
II is expected that several racing yachts
will Join the fleet here
With ffty-four-rnile run IN prospect
an early start this morning was impera-
tive, even with such fine, fair wind a.
was blowing when the harbor star, sigma
two guns from he iagship-was made
~ o'clock. An hour and ten minutes
later the actual start was made from z
point of Cranes Neck. the Sound schoon-
srs being sent away first. as OF Thur
day. T r. Couderts Ally. II led them
across the line IN the weather berth. She
vas quickly followed by the Algol the
Vandalis. the Alicia. the Rival and the
MORA IN that order. Then came the F
ecisss boats, az SIS o'clock, led by the
Corinthisn. with the Windward, the JOY
ant and the Cara Mia close under her
lee. and six of the "thirties" on the
same signal. led by J. p. Morgan, tr.'s
Phryne. with the Carlita. the Juanita
the Alera, the BanZai and the Miriam
following all in bunch.
Nine sloops and the yawl Phantom
crossed on the next signal at $40 O'Clock
led by Harry L. Maxwelrs Avenger, In
the weather berth, with r. T. Paine $
shiHna close under her lee. Then came
she Medora. the Phantom, the Dorello H.
The Adventures and the Gardenis.
The Istalena. the Winsome and the
Aurora crossed on the same gun. with
the Istalena 70 windwsrd. the winsome
in the middle and the Aurora 10 leeward
all three carrying small jibtopsails
nearly close hauled on the starboard tack
Dsmarest Lloyd's Princess led the
schooners In Glasses ID and +. with the
Muriel. the vagrant. the Milsdi and the
tFaormina following in that order. There
was pretty bit OF jockeying between the