New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
Nine Boats Of the Big Fleet
Disabled and Skill Of All
Shippers Tested to the
Full Limit.
SpICE ADDED BY RESCUES
rbe Elena Wins in Larchmont
Regatta When the Irolita
Splits Her Balloon
Jib-Some Of the
Other Accidents.

c-.rting on sail until SparS bent like
-..,,s and canvas split to shreds In some
.sss the FIVE hundred or more men who
..,,,,sd the one hundred and thirty
'.,c,,s IN Yesterdays race Of the Larch-
.ort Yacht club had an experience that
&c no, only eNhIlarating an1 exciting
IL, fraught with no little danger.
ort q, me southwest, tearing across the
u.mnstead hills and down to the west
"a ~ long Island Sound. came a breeze
=. Nom strong enough 10 whip its waters
,.,o ugly l,ttle seas and to heel the great
a., NJ large and small craft until lee
,.us were under AMI the water washing
10 on the quarters
:, was day to tes: the skill of skip
,srs and crews and the strength OF spars
ana canvas. and as a result there was
.hspter of accidents to relate when the
ace was over. Thirty-fve yachts were
rnahle 10 finish for one reason or an
o,ber and Of these nine were disabled.
The 5. ylark. a small centreboard sloop
n the Gravesend Bay class of knock
.bouts capsized near the Scotch Caps gas
bBov after finishing the race. Her owner
p Finley. and his two companions. NJ. I
Robjnson. and boy named Nollman, who
asked 10 20 along to get some experience.
we're soon struggling IN the water trying
N save themselves and their boat They
had an exciting ten minutes before sew
sral boats racing up pulled them out.
An old working schooner picked Noll-
man up while Tinley and Robinson were
rescued By Charles B. Dunkle and Cap
tain Pete" in the clubs launch, which
,oved their boat into the harbor.
The bir schooner Irolita split her bal
loop iib and was forced TO retire after
racing twenty-one miles Of the forty-two
Of her course. against the Elena, the win
ner in the class
". II. Childs's Joyant. of the "P' class
won from Addison G.. Hanan's Josephine
by twenty-six seconds, but the crew
Of mat yacht declared that she never
would have been beaten If the foot of the
mainsail had not pulled out. The Stranger
Of that class. sprung her mast and with
drew but she will start in to-day's race
il Is said
The Suelew. Of the %" class, broke the
club Of her jib and quit, and the handicap
class sloop Natoma. owned by W, J.
NcHugh. lost her mast in the middle OF
The Sound.
A. N. Stollwerck's little butterfly Al
berta capsized after the race. but her
owner was rescued by the club launch'
while Zeb Mayhews Woof, from the
lower bav. came TO grief By losing heT
mast She was towed in by the Gar of
the Fish" class. The Virginia split her
ab. but finished with 1t hanging in shreds
and Aying to leeward. and George l."
Gartland's Robin Hood II carried away
her port spreader. This completes the
"a Of accidents.
The big schooners got away TO spleh-
did start at :25 o'clock. with the wind
over their starboard quarters and every
stitch OF canvas pulling well. Morton r.
Plants Elena. with Skipper Dennis at the
wheel. got away almost with the gun
with the Irolita, handled by f. waiter
Clark just tapping her lee quarter
Forty-two miles was their course. the
first leg being a broad reach Of eight ana
thrse-quarter mics to the eastward. Luz
fng around Greenwich Point buoy they
hsd about twelve miles of beat 70 wind
ward. In this work the Elena gained on
every mile. and when, after rounding INC
Motifs Point mark and reaching across
the Sound to the home mark, she gyDed
around t. she was leading the lrolita by
sn. Is. The Elena went on and com
peted the full course. but the Irolita quit
after the first round.
Not rope yarn parted on board any OF
the "fftes." They made a spirited start
at 1:5O o'clock with c. c. Rumrllrs Plei-
one In the weather berth. So close was
the racing between them in the strong
breeze that eight OF them finished WITHIN
, minutes "A seconds, the Pleione WIN
ming by 43 seconds from J. P. Morgans
Grsyllug. which carried only a working
topsai all through the race. The others
carried club topsais The Iroquois was
third.
Eight OF the "thirties" started, and all
finished the Nepsi winning from the
howdy Wy ] minute 30 seconds. Inc
Phryne was third in this class.
W. Butler Duncan sailed a great race
With his little schooner Vandalia, win
hing finally from the Rival by II minutes
. seconds. The new Gardner s!oop Vir-
sinia, owned by Commodore j. Stuart
blackton, OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
round the strong breeze TO her liking. FOR
she won from the Alice in the @ Glass by
minutes l3 seconds. They sailed 49,
mile course.
The winners in the other classes were
me Mashnee. the JOY, the Joker. the
Aerion, the Circe. the Malolo, the Mary
zane, the Lewanna, the Amethyst, the
Madeline, the Loon. the Scylla. the Vir-
Einia, the Pixy, the Dolphin, the Virge,
'he Twinkle, the Slow Poke. the Vanessa
ana the Dart
The summary follows:
sVHooNERs o. CLASS B-sTART. i:25-
COURSE. ~ MILES.
Finish. time.
= zach, ana owner. HMS. HMS
irsl,.ss NJ ?. Plant. ........... e:l61s 4:5l:is
'a' r. W. Clark. .......... DID not nnish
sLooPs-N. Y. Y. c. oo-FooTERs-s START.
IA l:S0-COURsE. n MILES.
e-s9,,nse. G. G. Rumrill. 4:2l.09 2:6l:09
Iro,.nli, ). =. Morgsn-...... 4:2l :52 2:5i;52
Vst-os II, r. y. Ellis...... 4:22:O0 2:52W
css..!tufa J. T. Baker. Jr...... 4:2217 2:62J7
SAUNA u, Pembroke Jones. 4:2242 2.52:i2
l.sa.Siri, " 4. Dodgs......... 4:24:22 2:64:22
Bs,sss Q, n Heckscher. 4:24:36 2;6i :38
s,n' ss1sn' T. Randolph. hmm. <:29:4o 2:59:4o
~N'ops-cLAss L--sTART. i:36-CoURsE.
n MILES.
.Nenser. H. l. Maxwell go. withdrew