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Yacht Eleanor Wins Interesting Race

terneon, off the Baltimore Yae1
Club, the Eleanor, of the BaltimsA
Yacht Club, won a victory on COZ
rected time over the sloops Su
and Mary, of the Cambridge zach
Club, and Helen, of the Corintht \
Yacht Club.
The Sue, the largest boat of III
trio, and the only P boat, beat boz
the Eleanor and Mary over ta
course, finishing more than tw
minutes ahead of the Eleanor, tn
second boat, but owing to the hand
cap she had to give she lost t
both rivals on corrected time.
1t was just between White Rock
and Hawkins Point that the acct
dent that dropped one of the mel
overheard occurred. The victim o
the sudden bath was Hughlett Nay
Tor, of the Sue, and he went owe
the side with the spinnaker boom
For moment it looked as If tn,
Sue would have to stop to pick III
Naylor, but he chung to the spar OF
the outer end, while Frank Ware
hung to the inboard end and Chas
Henderson gave ready assistance
| pulling Naylor inboard; but no
until he had been dragged quar-
ter of mile at a speed of aboui
six knots. Aside from a wetting
Naylor was none the worse for his
experience, and as soon as he had
change of clothes he was all right
The start of the race was az
pretty as any that has been seer
in local waters. Sharp at O'Clock
F. w. McAllister, of the regatts
committee, pulled the lanyard OF
the big club gun and the three
boats that had been jockeying be-
hind the line swung down for the
start.
The Eleanor was the first over
followed five seconds later by the
Sue, and five seconds later the
Mary went over. The Helen was
three minutes behind time in get
ting over the Line, having been de-
layed In reaching the starting point.
The first leg of the course was a
close reach, with a light northeast
breeze and the three leading boats
swung down the river, the Eleanor
and Mary seeking the north eide
of the fort, while the Sue stood
down the ship channel. Just below
the fort the wind drafted up the
river and the three boats went on
the. wind. AS the boats split tacks
and came together the honors were
about even for the Sue and the
Mary, while the Eleanor had a
lead of several hundred yards.
Off buoy % the Eleanor's crew
could not pick up the buoy and the
Sue slid in and went around first,
easing off sheets and setting her
balloon jib. In a very few minutes,
however, the other two boats were
right behind the Sue and the three,
when they rounded the White Rocks
buoy and started home, were few
seconds apar. In the meantime
the Helen had practically dropped
out the wind being too Hight r
lfer. 8 "a z
On the run from the White Rock
buoy to the finish line the SUI
made her greatest gain on her II
walls, and had she had twice thl
distance to have gone, she Nigh
have saved her time. Up to with
in a mile Of the finish the Mar.
was just few seconds in the lea<
of the Eleanor, but few hundret
yards from the line tug and !,
scow crossed in front Of the Mary
winded her, and the Eleanor wen
to the fore. Following is the sum
mary Of the race:
Sue-Start, 200; time. 2.37.03. &
Eleanor-Start, 200; time, 2.
1908.
Mary-Start, zoo; time, 2.39.2O
Helen-Start, 200; T. N. T.
The Eleanor won from the SUI
by minutes and 35 seconds an,
won from the Mary by 1 minut,
and 3S seconds.
While the defeat Of the Sue b.
the two boats was no surprise t.
the yachtsmen, the performance o
the Mary was, for 1t was general.
expected that she would easily de
feat the Eleanor. On the othe
hand, the Mary was being sailed b,
. crew that was new to her, Will.
DR.. Dudley Williams knows tn
Eleanor perfectly. It is believe,
that there are great possibilitie
in the Mary and that after Sidne.
Henry has sailed her a bit longe
and gets her tuned up, she will
show her class the way home.
1t was not expected that the SUI
would save her time allowance, 70
in no previous race has she don
it, but Stuart Stevens Scott an,
his crew certainly got out of he
all the speed that was in her, an,
her defeat Is no reflection upon tn,
boat; she is not proportionately a
fast as her smaller sisters.
Following the race supper wa
served in the big dining room o
the Baltimore Yacht Club and aft