New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
VICTORY ON SOUND
FOR THE CRAWLING
With J. S. Morgan at Helm She
Shows Way to the Acushla
and the Carolina II.
RACE FOR O. M. REDS LENA
New York Thirty Outsails
the Phryne by Holding the
Weather Berth and Lead
Throughout.

With the weather bilge OF her sleek
black hull cleaning in the afternoon sun
light ]. p. Morgan's sloop yacht Gray
ling, steered by his son. J. ). Morgan.
crossed the finish line off Oyster Bay
yesterday the winner of the first prize IN
the jO-foot class in the annual autumn
regatta OF the Seawanhaka COrinthian
Yacht Club.
1t had been close race in a light
breeze from the south-southwest, and the
Crawling succeeded in defeating G. Mau-
rice Heckscher's Acushla by only 60 sec
onds the Carolina II being third and
Harry Payne Whitrey's Barbara fourth
All of tie "ifties" i'm commission started
in the race
The fight for second place at the finish
was feature of the days sport The
Grayling had finished. and il was ques-
ton which of the two. the Acushla or
the Carolina II, would finish next. They
were meeting on opposite tacks, and the
iAcushla. on the starboard tack, had the
right OF way. She forced the Carolina II
about Just as that sloop was about -
cross the line and the Acushla finished
i've seconds ahead of her rival.
competed. +. Corning's Elemah came
home the winner. beating the Whileaway
. minutes a seconds in 4 l5i,-mile race.
Five of the "thrties" started and of
these ogden NJ. Reds Lena did the best
work outsailing the Phryne minutes ~
seconds and the Caprice 5 minutes over
the same course the schooners sailed.
The Lena was sail by Arthur Draper,
with Clinton Gilbert as chief mate. she
led her class at the start, in the weather
berth. and held her lead throughout the
race
In the "P" class W. II. Childs won with
mis- Joyant. after a close race with the
Josephine which he defeated by % sec
'onds The Arvia. Peter b. Rousss boat
was beaten by both the Boston boats.
THE Manataqua won by l minute and >
seconds from the Little Rhody. The win
,ners in the other classes were the RIVAL
the Circe. the Wild Thyme, the Turquoise
rthe Petrol. the Wag and the Flicker.
Breaking out balloon jib topsails as they
swung into line a few seconds before the
starting signal. the 'fifties" made an eN-
EXCEPTIONALLY pretty start. J. =. Morgan
black sloor Crawling was the leader IN
the windward berth, with the lroouois II
CLOSE under her lee. The Samuri was lut-
dng out 10 windward OF both as soon as
she cleared the stern of Commodore Au-
gust Heckscher's steam yacht Anahma'
| which was the committee boat
The Carolina II. the Pleione and the
Barbara crossed at the middle of the line
the Spartan and the Acushla at the lee
end Shaping their courses for the first
turning point-Greenwich Point buoy
with sheets eased to starboard, they were
spread out nearly on even terms, I'VE
minutes after the start.
The second leg OF the course was
reach with booms 10 port and the third
leg a beat TO windward They were 10
have sailed this 154-mile course twice
over. but Oh account Of the light wind
Eliot Tuckerman and II. c. Smith, Of the
regatta committee, stopped them at the
end Of the first round. The Grayling was
~ minutes ahead of the Acushla when
they gybed around the first mark.
j. G. Ayers Brilliant was leading as
she approached the finish line, but she
crossed the wrong side Of the buoy and
the prize went to j. S. Morgans Tur-
ouoise.
II was announced last night that the
.thirty-foot sloop Phryne. owned by
George Nichols. a member OF the Sea
wanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, is the
winner of the Robert Roosevelt Memorial
Cup.
The summary follows:
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