New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-27
TICKLE AIRS BALK
THE RACING YACHTS
Cornelius Vanderbilt Sails His
Aurora to Victory for
First Time.
MANY BOATS DRIFT HOME
The Rowdy First to Finish OF
the "Thirties," and Now
Leads In Her Glass for
the Point Trophy.

bHN ~NsAN
When Samuel Taylor Co!eridge, many
years ago, wrote these lines AS idle as
a painted ship upon a painted OCEAN he
little knew how ftly they would describe
the scene presented on Long Island
Sound OF July 8, iei2, when no, one ship,
but IL yachts. that finally started In the
Attn series race Of tho Larchmont Yacht
Club, lay for hours listless on the CLASSY
water, with sails idly tapping and with
scarce wind enough to give them steer
age way.
There had been good breeze in the
morning, bat as the sun reached Is re-
NTH there was not a breath OF air for
miles, and although each skipper and his
crew were ready and eager to start at
the scheduled time, 1870 o'clock. tho re-
gattc committee wisely postponed the
start until eco, when there came, FOR a
few minutes At least. q cot5paw from
tie southeast.
by the time the signal for tho big sloops
10 60 was sounded tho wind again had
fallen fiat, but the yyinsomc, with Burt
Hart 1T tho wheel, made q bravo effort
TT trimming sheets 70 WOO the tickle airs
and crossed tho line on the port tack,
| leading the Tstalcna by about haf a
| length and the Aurora BY a couple Of
! lengths. ~, three carried reaching tib
/ tcl.ulls.
| Tie course was changed Tor tic uIst
! time since race week" began. tie yachts
IL he large cIassea going first across the
Sound 10 the buoy Of Weeks Point on d
/ reach. From there they had another
reach acrDss the Sound 10 IN" Parsonage
/ Point buoy. thence % beat 10 the inLsE.
! The wind was 80 light after the start
/ that the committee let them finish on
| the completion o. one round OF the coursA
I nine end tlIr.e-tourth miles Ths
! smaller classes We're only obliged 10 cover
! tl-e and fourth miles. and still some az
therl had not finished by shutdown.
! Former Commodore Cornelius Wander
! bllt, who vas nj the helm Of his sloop
| \
ward Immediately after the start, while
| his two rivals. the Istolena and the Win
some, worked over 70 he southwest. With
! the Arst OF the food tide q nice brec2-
| from the northeast came ripping the
waters OF the Sound The AurOra's skip
/ per say IL darkenIng the water and In a
! NY the sloop's big balloon jibtopssil was
! being rnastheadsd and the sheets flowed
W" - catch every breath OF the frcshen'
| Ing breeze with boom broad off 10 star
board. she va coon heading for the first
mark. while her rivals lay becalmed on
= tho entrance o. Hampstead Bay.
Althouhg Il vas less than two miles
! TO the mark. the Avenger, which started
Ave minutes after the Aurora. was able
| 20 beat her 20 II, rounding II al 4 .o7 ten
minutes ahead Of the Vanderbilt yacht
| She was the third boat around, the Me-
! dora leading her by minutes 9 seconds.
/ The Adventures was fourth, at 4;l1 80
! and the Istalena fifth. at ( go 80
! From there across tho Sound 70 Parson-
( age Point and thence 20 the finish IL was
! tedious work. with IL constant shifting OF
. ueht sails. The Aurora finally won from
/ the Itsalera ~ IS minutes e seconds,
! scoring her ArSt victory OF the week. The
Wlrsomy finished 81 minutes a seconds
later.
All tho Yachts Lad much similar eN-
| pcrience, half 6rfting ana half sailine
! over their respective courses. II was not
: ovon n fair NGht weather tcst because
| there was litrlo chance 10 sail mile
without ENGINEERING either shift OF
! wind OF "soft SPOT"
The "thrt!es." which generally sticl, to-
g,ther a. a race, became widely sepa-
| rated. but H. :. pJell managed TO orins
| lbs Rowdy across ne hush line a winner
J Tor the third successive time THIS week.
! She now leads the class IN points. wiki
tic Nsps second. The Caprice thIrd aud
| tho Phryue fourth. The Ayenger defeated
the Medoru minutes 80 seconds actual
! time IN Class l., and the Midora beat ihc
Adventures II minutes "a seconds.
Tho winners in tie other classes were
| the Phantom. the Cara Mia, the Daffodil,
tho Red Wing. the JOY. the Robin Hood,
the Keuosha. the Mono, the Cliphora, the
Yukau. the Snug. the Ogeemah. the Tur-
quoisc. the VI. and +. IL, the Mile. Boss,
the Arizona, the Curlew, tho Little Dip
per. the TrlX, the Edna j.. the La Ko-
chelle. the Iney. the Aries and the VAN
pus.
Tho summary fo!'oUs:
sIoprs-CLAsS i -sTAHr. 2:ao-couRsE.