New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
W|NDWARD SPEED|EST
IN. SOUND YACHT RACES
Wins from Joyant in P Class at
Indian Harbor Clubs
Fall Regatta.
CLOSE IN 3O.F00T CLASS
Rowdy Takes Measure Of the
Phryne by Just One Sec
ond-The "Fifties" Not
Able to Finish.

Light airs and Gains on Long Island
Sound spoiled what might have been one
of the best yacht races of the season.
Forty-fve yachts started in the annual
| fall regatta Of the Indian Harbor Yacht
Club, but fewer than one-half Of them
were able to finish within the time limit
of a half hour after sunset.
The ''ffties," seven OF them, were sent
away first TO a fairly good start at Ito
o'clock In a light breeze from the east
ward which gave them beat for the
first leg Of their course from Great cap
tains Island past the Cows buoy TO Long
Neck buoy, and reach across the Sound
from there to Lloyd's Neck buoy
c. c. Rumril's Pleione was first away,
With II. T. Whitney's Barbara, steered by
W. Butler Duncan. close under her lee
The IroQuois II. the Samuri, the Grayling
and the Acushla followed in that order.
The Carolina II got away minutes 10
seconds late.
The Iroquois H. the Acushla and the
/ Graying tackled to the southwark at once
and stood across the Sound. breeze hunt
ing" while the others Rugged the Con-
necticut shore.
/ The Josephine. handled by F. b. Jones.
/ had the weather position at the start Of
the class. The Windward crossed close
under the lee OF the Josephine. with the
/ Joyant and the Corinthan just length
asteTn.
/ The Windward crossed the bow Of the
Josephine FIVE minutes after the start.
! The wind fell so light after the start
/ that il was a long. tedious beat 10 the
eastward for all hands. Some OF the
J yachts. after rounding their weather
/ marks. were becalmed for hours. The
! "hfties" were unable 10 finish in time.
/ They were in the "doldrnms' off the
mouth of oyster Bay and off Lloyds
/ Neck for an hour before shutdown.
The regatta committee--E. Burton
Hart. Henry c. Pelton and Abott =.
! Brush-on board the committee boat,
W. II. Childs. waited until after the time
limit for. the larger classes. and just
after It's expiration two of the "ffties'
crossed the line close together in the
dark The second of them was the
Crawling.
In the Up" class, r. 4. Monks Wind
ward carried off the honors, for by
working along the north shore she cheat
ed the tide and obtained a great lead al
the first mark. She finished finally a
winner from the Joyant by 80 minutes
80 seconds The Joyant defeated the
Corinthian Cor second place by Is Sec
onds. and the Josephine By minutes
! SO seconds.
The closest race OF the day was In the
New York Yacht Club 30-foot class. when
H. S. Duelrs Rowdy won from George
Nichols's Phryne By one second. They
sailed a ffteen-mile course. In the first
division handicap class the Sally lX wor
from the Alert by 10 minutes II seconds
The winners I'm the smaller classes, ir
which there was some keen racing. es'
pecially in the Larchmont interclub class
were the Twinkle, the Wild Thyme, the
Virginia and the Amethyst.
The four Stamford schooners made 6
good start and did some good racing a
long as the wind lasted. but they were
unable 10 finish in time. Edward Corning
vice-commodore OF the Stamford Yach
Club, who owns the Elemah. was told by
letter. while racing. that his father. whC
is eighty-seven years old. was dying a
Rye. He left the yacht at once and wa:
taken TO the club by the regatta commit
tee boat
The summary follows:
SLOOPS, 30 FOOT CLASS-START. ITO
COURSE. 20 MILES.