New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
1HE ELENA WINS HER
RACE BY SECONDS
Muses. Out the IrOIita in the
| iveIieSt Contest of LarCh-
mont Week.
VICTORY FOR CAROLINA II
Reats the Ventura in Another
Bitter Battle in the
"Fifties" Glass on
the Sound.

the Sound.
II was 2 happy throng of yachtsmen
,bat mustered on the broad piazza of
,hA Iarchmont Yacht Club after yester-
5sv's race the last but one OF race
week" for a splendid breeze from the
uest northwest had sent the llG yachts
that started around their respective
courses in almost record time. and the
last Yacht had crossed the finish line by
s o'clock.
When Morton r. Plants big schooner,
the Elena. closehauled on the port tack,
swept across the finish line at 3:42:06, with
= Walter Clark's Irolita only 1 minute
II seconds i'm her wake. these two had
completed one Of the fastest and most
exciting races they have engaged in this
season. After giving the IrOlta her al
IoUsnce. the Elena Won by the close
margin of twenty-four seconds. They had
covered a triangular course of about
twenty-six miles-cOunting the windward
work-and their speed over the entire
course had averaged 11SS knots, which is
a ,riAe over thirteen statute miles an
hour.
CAPTAIN Clark. az the wheel OF his
Irolita. obtained the weather berth at the
start al / Is o'clock. The Elena, right
under mis- lee beam, however, had enough
better headway so that in a few minutes
she outfooted her rival and had her wind
clear II was a reach Of ten and three
quarter miles, with booms TO starboard TO
the first mark off Shippan Point Gybing
there the Elena had a commanding lead
on the Irolta. and she held il all the way
across the Sound for another ten and
three-quarter miles 10 the Motifs Point
Buoy.
The time taken there as they lrh@d
around il and began their windward work
was: Elena. S:l7:45; Irolita, 3IS:5O. The
Elena was leading by l minute > seconds.
She gained twenty-siX seconds moro in
the three tacks required 10 reach the
finish line, three and one-quarter miles to
the northwest.
That excellent Corinthian skipper, But
Ter Whiting, was at the tiller OF Penn
broke Jones's JO-footer Carolina III yes
terdsy. and his skilful sailing OF that
sloop landed her in first place at the
finish for the first time this season. Whit
ing loves close race in breeze oil Wind'
and he had It yesterday in fine battle
10 vindward against the Ventura. lie
finally sent the Carolina IL across the
finish line a winner by ffty-one seconds
after sailing q fourteen and hve-eishths-
mile course. L. Randolph's Spartan was
,hird boat in this class. The Pleione had
the windWard berth at the start OF this
class
In the "P" Glass Addison G. Hanan
again sailed his Josephine to victory de-
ieating the Joyant by 4 minutes seconds
while Johnston de Forest in his Nepsl
defeated the Rowdy by seventeen seconds
in the New York Yacht Club So-foot
class. The Rowdy and t9e Nepsi started
about on even terms, with the RoWdy AT
the weather end Of the line. William But
Ter Duncan, in his Sound schooner van
dalia. added another 10 his long string
Of wins defeating the Rival this time by
minute ~ seconds.
The winners in the other classes were
The Amada, the Alerion, Amanita ~
Grace III. the Arvia. the Gamecock, the
Lewanna- the Curlew, the Jade, the PiXy'
the Mile. Boss, the Gar. the Virginia the
Dart, the Egret, the Cynosure. the sKy-
lark, the Madeline. the Wasp, the Alberta
and the Virginia.
Announcement was made yesterday re-
garding the special prizes for the week
racing. The large schooners are sailing
for candelabras. presented by former
Commodore Leonard Richards. The prize
for the New York Yacht Club hfty-root
srs is a flower vase, offered by former
Vice Commodore George NJ. Pynchoh'
Former Commodore Wilson Marshall mas
offered a silver platter for the t ooats'
and similar prize has been ohered Oy
Captain Zeb Mayhem for the STANFORD
Schooners.
Former Commodore Morton F. Plant
has offered a silver bowl as the prize for
the New York Yacht Club thirty-footers'
Captain Gherardi Davis has given
salad bowl for the Long Island schooner
class The prize for the q Class is an
other bowl, offered by former Vice-Com-
modore Harry L. Maxwell. and still an
other is given by Captain ]. Elverson Tor
the Lsrchmont Interclub class.
Captain r. c. Schaefer's prize for the
mixed class Is a clock and Horace H.
Boucher. chairman of the regatta com
mittee. has presented a model of a bird
boat as the prize for that division. In
addition TO these prizes, Charles Smith
ers. commodore Of the club, has offered
a championship cup for schooners and
another for sloops enrolled in the organi-
zation. Vice-Commodore Francis NJ VII
son and ar-Commodore Charles Nor
gan have offered the prizes for the an
nual cruise OF the organization.
The summaries follow:
SCHOON S-CLAsS B-START, l:2S-
HnIfRer 2AA MILES,.