New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
White Winged Yachts Sail Over
Sound in Spirited Race
for Trophies.
lROLITA CLOSE CONTENDER
E. Walter Clark s Schooner Only
13 Seconds Behind Winner
After Covering Course
of AZ Miles.
ry Telegraph TO The Tribune ,

closest and best races ever sailed mere
Morton +. Plants Elena won the Astor
CUP for schooners to-day. defeating e
walter Ciarks Irolita by the narrow
margin Of l3 seconds after they had
eovered a course of forty-two miles, in
'oluding about seventeen miles Of wind
ward work.
The cup for sloops was won by George
M. Pynchon's Istalena which beat l.. l.
FALL, Winsome by 90 seconds. She de-
feated the Aurora by | minute II sec
onds This was another hard fought
race from start to finish. in when 'ne
Istalena was the leader all the way. Al
one time the Istalena and Nihsoihe
"evbcd" five tines in fifteen minutes.
Five schooners and nine sloops started
rn the race. and aside from the actuai
winners there were some keen contests
be+veon the other sloops. The Avenger'
Tor instance, met her old rival the
Shinna, and defeated her by minutes
AZ seconds. The new Medora met ana
by minutes 81 seconds.
better day could scarcely have been
,rhoser for this. the most important race
during the cruise Of the New YORK iacn'
C1ub rendered still more important
some think, this year because an heir 10
the vast Astor estate was born to-day
Out Of a clear sky tweiVe-Knot
brceze blew fairly steady all day. ana
while there was small sea on IL was
not enough 10 interfere with the racing
Yachts or 10 inconvenience the guests
: an board the many steam yachts that
ACCOMPANIED the contestants in their
tourney around the triangular course.
This led them past Narragansett Per-
Point Judith and Block Island thence
across to the northeast 10 the Rhode
Island shore at the mouth or the saxon
net River, thence 20 the starting point
of Old Brenton's Reef Lightship
The wind was blowing fresh when the
flagship Diana. with Commodore {. Leu
ward Blair and q large party OF guests
on board. including the regatta commit
tee steamed out to the starting line on
Ola Brentons Reef Lightship. AS soon
ss the line was established the code nag
"a" was hoisted signifying that the
Block Island course had been chosen.
This meant a beat TO windward OF thir-
teen and one-half miles for the hrst leg
OF the triangular course, run OF eighteen
miles for the second leg to a mark on
West Island. and a close reach OF six and
one-half miles from there 10 the finish OF
Brenton's Reef Lightship.
All the sloops were sent away first at
1910 o'clock There were nine OF them,
and they got away in the following order:
The Aurora in the weather berth hrs''
then the Winsome. the Avenser, the Me-
dora, the Istslena, the Dorello II, the Ad-
ventures, the Shimna and the Cara Mia.
OF the Ave schooners the lrolita was
Hrst away In the weather berth then the
Enchantress. the Elena the Muricl and
the Princess Captain Dennis put the
Elena about 10 port as soon az she cleared
the line. The Irolits and the Enchantress
followed suit minute after the Elena
all three standing for the Narrsgansett
shore.
From the starr to the first mark. laid
mile east Of Block Island buoy. the yacnts
had as fine a thrash 10 windward OF some
seventeen miles as they have had all
summer. and there we're plenty on board
the accompanying fleet Of steam yachts
20 watch their progress. J. Pierpont Nor
gan was there with his seagoing Corsair'
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt had party OF
friends out in the North Star. others
were the Wskiva, II. A. Chatfield ray
lo-'s Wanderer. Henry Walters Narama.
". c. Benedict's . Oneida. Walter W. Bliss s
Nav. the Owers. chartered by Nelson w.
Ialdrich: Mrs. z. II. Harrmans Sultann,
william p. Hoxies ldalia, Frederick
Berg jrs, Coronet, Morton r. Plants
Thelma. Joseph Fletchers Kajeruna. J.
2 Herreshofs Eugenia and n. 9. Her
reshoFs Helsnthus. These and some
others followed the yachts all around the
course.
Both sloops and schooners stood In FOR
the Narragansett shore directly after the
start Al li1l o'clock the Elena, then
on the starboard TACK. close In 70 the
beach. net the Irolits and forced her
about Three minutes later both tackled
inshore and when they came off again
a fev minutes later the Elena was lead
ing by a couple OF lengths with the
Irolita in her wake and the Medora in
the Irolitas wake.
The istalena meanwhile. az li02 o'clock
forced the Aurora about, close inshore.
ard from then on out 10 Point Jude
these tvo and the Winsome had n nip
and tuck, tack for tack. In shore and
out. with the Istalena gaining with every
tack. so that off the point the 1stalena
was leading. with the Aurora 300 yards
dead 70 leeward OF her and the Winsome
about quarter Of mile in the Istalena's
wake. The Avenger and the Shmna
were on the port tack standing inshore'
and the Medora we'll ahead Of the Do
relic H. OF the schooners the Elena was
frst. with the Irolts 300 yards of her
weather quarter and the Fnchantrcss a
quarter OF a mile sstern of them. The
tug Nottingham, with a tow of two
barges obligtngly gave way for the Elena
az this time.
Soon after passing Point Judith. the
winsome split tacks' with the other
sloops and stood offshore for long board
on the stsrboard tack Of nearly an hour,
while the Aurora took the port tack and
worked up the shore 10 the westward.
The Elena and the Irolita by more fire.
quent tacks laid a straighter course fer