New-York tribune., 1913-07-25
FAIR SHIPPERS WAIT
FOR FAIR WEATHER
ThunderStormS, Rain and Light
BreezeS Delay the
Yacht Races.
MRS, M'GREGOR WINNER
pilots the Vannessa to Victory
in the Butterfly Glass at
Larchmont Race
Week.

Three thunderstorms, accompanied by
an extraordinary downpour Of rain lasting
tao hours. followed by light breezes from
almost all points of the compass, yester-
aav we're the aggravating conditions
that greeted Horace Boucher, the chair
nan of the regatta committee of the
Isrehmont Yacht Club, and his asso-
Kerr Rather than disappoint the fair
shippers who were to man" the butter
ey" class, they gallantly waited two
hours for the weather to clear and start
cd the race at 315 o'clock.
Although the little craft that We're TO be
rayigated by the wives, daughters and
sisters of some of the members did not
start until 2:50, the butterflies were re-
rarded as the mascot class Yesterday, for
the biz race that preceded theirs turneu
ont 10 be a success, in that llJ yachts
started and nearly all of them were able
10 finish, despite the light airs that pre-
vailed on the Sound.
All the courses were cut in half to in
sure a finish i'm each class. and the last
yacht did not cross the line until 7:2S
p. m.
For the spectators, who came out from
Larchmont and other points along the
shore, the feature Of the day was the
race of the butterflies, with women at
the tiller of each The mere man on
board some of them was only permitted
to tend main sheet They raced over
mile course for a prize cup offered by
Mrs. Charles Smithers. wife of the COM
modore Of the LarchmOnt Yacht Club.
Commodore +. NJ. Wilson, in the
power boat Bosca, mustered the little
feet of twelve starters near the port side
Of the committee tug Dalzell just as the
last clasS-the dories-Were getting away
In the big race. Some of the young girl
shippers were attired in bathing suits,
which seemed apropos, for it was raining
when they were called by signal TO start.
Rounding the tugs stern with their
tiny sails each bearing scarlet butter
hy above its number, they began the
race. The Elada, steered by Mrs. c. 1.
Arrighl, captured the weather berth,
Mrs. Charles Winkleman, in the Diana,
being only a few feet astern, and the
Emperor, handled by Miss Katherine
Power, to leeward Of both. The Flut-
terby came next. with Mrs. J. p. Paret
at the tiller; then the Nanessa, steered
BY Mrs w II. McGregor, followed by the
Yehl. with Mrs G. K. Agnew lufting her
10 windward of the Papillon, which had
as crew Mrs. Kenneth Whiting and Mrs
Butler Whiting. The others which start
ed were the Venus, with Miss Belle
Laughln as skipper; the Alberta, Mrs.
c. SChleffer; the Cabbage. Mrs. A. X.
Brown; the Ariadne, Miss Mabel Teller,
and the Clio, Miss Peggy shrias.
of they went on a close reach for the
FIRST mark-a dory with flag off the
Larchmont breakwater. Mrs. McGregor
luffed her little Vanessa first around the
mark. They had TO beat 20 the next dory
and in this Mrs. McGregor also did the
best work, running up TO the finish soon
after a winner by seconds. The Venus
crossed the finish line third, seconds
after the Flutterby. The Diana was
fourth and the Alberta fifth.
The wind was light from the east-south-
east when the "ffties" were sent away
on their twenty-one-mile course, George
u >
first at the lee end, with the Samuri about
on even terms with her at the weather
end and the others we'll punched. almost
abeam OF each other All had TO beat
across the Sound TO the Motifs Point
buoy
From there they had a reach to Green
wieh Peint buoy, and as the wind hauled
10 the northwest they were obliged 70
beat home. The Iroquois II finally won
from the Barbara by l minute 43 seconds
with the Pleione in third place.
The Josephine won in the p class from
the Stranger by minutes 13 seconds
after good race over the nine and three
quarter mile course, and of the eight
'thirties' that started the Rowdy, owned
by II. S. Duel, did the best work. win
ming from the Phryne by 4 minutes l3
seconds with the Nepsi, Wednesdays
winner, in third place. T.. f. Lucken-
bachs Suelew captured the prize in the
@ class from the Alice by l6 minutes
D seconds. and the schooner Vandaha
defeated the Algol of the Sound schooners
by II minutes q seconds.
The winners in the other classes were
the Gamecock, the Alert, the Alerion, the
Twinkle, the Mignon, the Wild Thyme
the oriole. the Jade. the Avis, the
scylla, the Dart, the Egret, the Mblem'
the Hsmburgh the Star Faraway, the
Gar. the Mouse, the Mary Jane, the Vir-
ginia and the Tautog.
The club grounds and float and all the
Yachts in the harbor were Illuminated
last night and more than five hundred
guests dined at the club.
The summary follows:
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB J0-FooTERS-
START. 3:30-COURSB. 9z MILES
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