The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-26

The Sue Leads 9lvaIs.
Annapolis, Md, July 25.-In a
stiff, reefed-down breeze, in light
air and in a moderate WHOLESALE
air. the Sue. sailed by Stuart Stew
ems Scott. for Commodore Alfred 1.
DUPONT, of the Cambridge Yacht
Club, gave her opponents, Zillicoa,
Of the club. and the Helen, of the
Corinthian Yacht Club, good
beating in the race from Cambridge
to this port this afternoon.
The Sue, after nearly 10 hours
steady sailing, beat the Zillicoa
across the line by 10 minutes and
II seconds, and the Helen by near
~ half an hour.
In Glass Q the Vingt Trois even
ed up with the Eleanor by cross
ing the finish line Is minutes in
sthe lead.
In the special race between the
Mermaid and the Esperanza, the
former crossed the line about
o'clock. at which hour the other
boat was several miles from the
finish line.
The Chenoden had a streak of
hard luck, striking on Black Wal
Dot he
went aground in less than half an
hour. Her grounding did her no
damage. but she soon got off and
proceeded up the bay. The Cheno-
den struck in the Choptank day be-
fore yesterday. Her crew seem to
BE- fond of bars; at least, they do
not seem to avoid them. The races
today were as pretty as any that
have yet been sailed.
At the start, at $50 o'clock, the
northwest wind was piping up the
Choptank at the rate Of about Is
miles an hour and the river was a
battle Of white caps. The crews of
the P and @ classes hustled in to
short canvas, all tying in single
reefs except the Zillicoa. which put
in double.
P class was the first over the
line and the three little sloops
made a beautiful start, the Zillicoa
getting away first, with the others
close after. Although generally re-
garded as a light weather boat, the
Sue proved in less than half an
hour that she was just as good as
either Of her rivals in blow, and
when the zillicoa was off Castle
Haven the Sue crossed her bows
and took the lead, which she held
until past Sharps Island.
It was here that the local know
ledge Of the crew of the ~Zillicoa
counted most. for while the Sue
stood out across the bay, the Zill-
Goa swung around Black Walnut
buoy and stood up the Kent Island
shore. The result was that the Sue
sailed Gully two miles more than.
tie zillicoa, and the two boats came
almost together when they round
ed the red buoy off Poplar Islnad.
This time both boats were under
full canvas, for the wind had dropp-
ed to a mere shadow ofwhat It had
been.
Off the mouth of Eastern Bay
the Zillicoa took the lead to wind
ward. and for a little while it look
ed as If the Sue could not save her
time allowance, for the boats were
less than two minutes apart.
For three hours the two boats
sailed tack and tack up the East
srn Shore and slowly. but surely,
the Sue took the lead and held 1t
on the finish.
In Class @ the Eleanor and vingt
Trois were side by side all the way
from Cambridge to the bay, when
they split tacks, the Eleanor tax
ing to the middle of the bay and
the Vingt Trois the Eastern Shore,
getting the advantage.
In the race between the Mermaid
and the Esperanto it was a plain
case of the latter being outsailed.
They started from Choptank Light
almost even. but in the river the
Esperanza had the advantage and
passed Sharps Island first. From
there both boats stood over to the
westward shore and fought it up
the beach tack by tack. In the
vindward work the Mermaid gain
Cd rapidly and soon lost her rival.
Tomorrow will be the day for the
Capital Yacht Club to entertain the
visiting yachtsmen. and 1t is ex-
pected there will be great time.
The real feature OF the day, how
ever. will be the sailing of the
second leg for the Gov. Goldsboro-
ugh challenge cup. on which the
Zillicoa now has three points, the
Helen two and the Sue one. 1t Is
expected that Gov. Goldsborough
will be on hand to see the race,
which will be sailed in the open
bay.
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