New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-23
THE VIRGINIA Wins
THE CH|LDS TROPHY
With Commodore BIaCkton at
Helm She Sails to Well
Won Victory.
ALLEY RAMS HIS OWN BOAT
Steering the Vega, He Finds He
Has an Overlap on the Twin
kle and After Calling for
Room Runs Her Down.


Driven before twenty-knot breeze
from the southwark. with her bellylng
mainsail and s2innsker sending her
through the water at steamboat speed,
the . class sloop Virginia, steered by her
owner. ]. Stuart Blackton, commodore OF
the Atlantic Yacht Club, swept across
the finish line OF the clubhouse at Sea
Gate yesterday afternoon the winner OF
that much coveted prize. the Childs
trophy
After one OF the fastest and hardest
races the sloops Of this class have sailed
in the lower bay or anywhere else. four
Of the six that bad started crossed the
finish line within forty-three seconds. The
course was eleven miles, and consisted Of
run. reach, beat and another run.
The Virginia had been the leader most Of
the way and won by just thirty eight
seconds from her nearest opponent, Hen
don Chubbs Spider. The Alice, owned by
Ghersrdi Davis the winner on Thursday
OF the Thompson cup and the series
prize was only three seconds astern Of
the Spider. Peter ". Rouss's soop Arvia
was leading the Alice and the Spider
part Of the way in from the outer mark
Buoy C7-but they both passed her
right of Norton's Point. She finished two
seconds behind the Alice. l.. +. Lucken-
bach's Suclew was fifth. and the Y class
sloop Cyric. which had an allowance OF
Is minutes 81 seconds was sixth TO finish.
Having been won by its commodore the
Childs trophy remains In the Atlantic
Yacht Club. the sloop Grayjacket, of that
club. having won il in 1912 The Crescent
Athletic Club was the challenger this
year. II named Addison G. Hanan's Jo-
sephine and Edgar F. Luckenbach's Sue
lew az the challenging boats. As the
Hanan boat did not show up. the Suelew
had to fight il out alone against the five
others.
Three OF the Bayside Yacht Clubs
birds" one from the Bensonhurst Yacht
club and one from the Atlantic Yacht
club. with a dory from that club. raced
over a l23-mile course for the Sound and
Sea trophy, and after splendid contest
one OF the old "birds"-the Loon, owned
by a. W. Knapp. OF the Bayside Yacht
Club-won, beating another Bayside boat,
the Dodo, by seven seconds. The Curlew,
OF the same club. was third boat.
A third and most exciting race was be-
, tween six OF the star" class. in which
the helmsmen were called upon to exercise
their utmost skill In sailing in a breeze
that laid them half out Of water much Of
the time. The feature Of this race was
the fact that after one round OF about a
mile. furnishing a run and a beat. the
crews OF each boat were changed.
In the first race each owner sailed his
boat Starting the first race al $50, Jack
Alleys Twinkle completed the round I'm
IL minutes II seconds. In the second race
he sailed George corry's Little Dipper
and brought her m second. In the third
race he was at the helm OF the Vega.
while his own boat, the Twinkle, was
being sailed by G.. q. Fry, who had
steered the Vega in the first race.
II was in this third race that the SEN
sation OF the days sport took place. At
the lee mark young Alley. steering the
Vega, had an overlap on his own boat and
he called on Fry TO give him room. Fry
into his own boats starboard quarter and
knocked a hole In her. II was only by
fast bailing that she was kept from sink
ing before she could be beached Every
one who saw the collision said that Alley
Was in the right. but they were sorry that
ne had 10 ram his own boat TO assert his
rights
hA he ypt
white caps. driven by the stiff breeze
against the full strength OF the ebb tide.
when the signal was given for the q
boats to start. With booms 10 port and
spinnakers TO starboard. and with the
Virginia leading the Arvia by couple OF
lengths and the rest about abreast. they
made spirited getaway.
Down the wind they went at great speed
for the first mark-the red buoy off Fort
Hamilton-gybing first and then luffing.
Commodore Blackton sent his Virginia
around first, leading the Aryia by two
seconds After a short reach across the
channel they luffed around buoy lS1a and
began the hard thrash TO windward down
the main ship channel with the fair tide
under them to Buoy CT, below the West
Bank Light.
The Virginia reached the outer mark
first. and. rounding il. began the run for
the finish, with the Alice and Spider close
I'm her wake. All were carrying spnna-
kers and dipping their main booms occa-
sIonally as they came rolling along In the
choppy seas. The Virginia held her lead
as stated and won the prize. The birds
had an equally hard race over course
mile longer
The summary follows:
CHII.Ds PERP AL CHALLENGE