New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-09
Edmund RandOlph'S Flfty-Foot
SIoop Shows Heels to Eight
Other Contestants.
BIG lROLITA VANQUISHED
Fleet Illumination and Fire
works Last Night-Win
r. Leave This Morning on
SQUADRON Run.

ON bOaTQ Inc lElDuI6 SptNlo'i N'''
patch boat off Newport. r. l., Aug. ;.
Edmund Randolph's 50-foot, one-de-
sign sloop Spartan won the Kings Cup
for 1913 in the race here to-day. When
she swept across the finish line, off
Brenton's Reef lghtship, her white
sails above her sleek black hull gleam-
ing in the afternoon sunlight, she re-
ceived a rousing welcome from the
steam whistles Of a score of yachts as
sembIed to witness the finish of the
most important fixture on the New
York Yacht Club cruise.
The Spartan's owner has reason to he
proud Of her achievement for in TINS
race Of thirty-fve and one-half miles
she defeated not only all five OF the
sloops n her own class, as well as the
larger cloops Shimna and Avenger. bat
she won on tine allowance from the
big schooner Irolita, which finished NJ
teen minutes ahead of her. The Spar
tan defeated her rearest class compeu-
tor, the Iroquois II, by 3 minutes 81
seconds elapsed time.
The Spartan was steered by William
Butler Duncan, the owner of the
Sound schooner Vandalia and one Of
the best Corinthian shippers in New
York waters. He was ably assisted in
handling the yacht by her cwner, Ed
mund Randolph, and David Ratsey.
The Irolita allowed the sos" 40 min
dc 4
minutes Is seconds; the Avenger, 80
minutes 10 seconds, and the Shimna, 30
minutes 4 seconds. The schooner was
beaten by all of the sloops. In
stronger breeze than that of to-day her
chances Of victory would have been
much better.
Eiqhth Race for Trophy.
Eight sloops and one schooner fought
in the trophy race, which was the
eighth since the cup was first offered,
in 1906. 1t was won that year by the
eloop Effort, and in the following years
by the schooner Queen, the sloops
Avenger. Istalena and Aurora, the
schooner Enchantress and the sloop
WinSOme, respectively.
Yachtsmen ewho witnessed all Of the
race to-day from the decks Of the &C
companying steam yachts declared
that despite the fact that the yachts
were deprived Of any windward work
by reason of a shift Of wind after the
start. the delightful weather and the
skilful handling of the sos" and other
Yachts. all Of which were steered by
amateur shippers, made t most In
teresting contest from start TO finish.
W. E. Dodge's sloop Samuri did not
enter for the race, but she sailed
around the course with the others and
made a fairly good showing.
With Dallas 3. Pratt, commodore or
the New York Yacht Club. and the re-
gatta committee on board. Henry Wal
ter's steam yacht Narada arrived of
Brenton's Reef Lightship at 10 o'clock
This morning to find light breeze from
east-southeast, an almost cloudless sky
and the sun rapidly dispelling the haze
that had hung over the harbor from
sarly morning.
At 1920 o'clock the course signal
IS" was set. announcing TO the skip
pers OF the yachts that the first leg OF
heir course would be S. w. u w. 1874
miles TO a mark set off Sandy Point
Block Island. thence E. II S. II miles
TO another mark, and from there n. by
". 10 miles 70 the finish.
Steam Yachts Out in Force.
BY this time nine sloops and one
schooner, the Irolita, had arrived of
the hghtship and were stretching ana
trimming sails for the race soon to be-
gin. The steam yacht feet, with par
ties on board of each. included Arthur
Curtiss James's bark Aloha, j. i. Nor
gan's Corsair, Brayton Ives's Vitesse,
Robert Stuart's Osceola, Joseph e.
Fletchers Naushen, August Heck
scher's Analima, Charles NJ. Clark's
Northwind, Henry Gilsey's Ertenax,
Walter Lippincott's Lady Betty, II. w.
Carmon's Truant. Charles Lane Poor's
Mira. John B. Herreshof's Eugena and
Captain Nathaniel Herresh6ff's Helian-
thus.
II was a one-gun start. with four
minute handicap. Harry L. Maxwell.
with his Avenger, was the only one.to
take advantage of the handicap. cross
ing after three and one-half minutes
had expired.
prettier start for a Kings cup race
was never seen. Almost with the sig
nal ]. p. Morgan's sloop Grayling. with
her owner at the helm. at the wind