New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
THE SPARTAN WINS
HER MAIDEN RACE
William Earl Dodge'S New 3d.
Foot SIoop a Winner at
New Rochelle Regatta.
VARIABLE BREEZES RULE
w. H. Childs's Joyant First AT
ter Close Work in p" Glass
Sound Schooners Also
Fight Hard.

The Spartan-William Earl Dodge's
new 50-foot sloop-Won her maiden race
yesterday i'm the twenty-eighth annual
regatta of the New Rochelle Yacht Club.
Skilfully sailed by William Butler Dun
can in the variable breezes that prevailed
on the Sound, she defeated G. NJ. Heck
schers Acushla by 10 minutes % seconds
IN covering the gi4-mile triangular
course The Acushs led the j. =. Nor
gan sloop Grayling by So seconds.
There was close work I'm the "P' class.
Tor in sailing twice around 7ia-mile tri-
angle W. H. Childs's Joyant vas able only
10 defeat Addison G. Hanan's Josephine
by 10 seconds. The Windward was third
IA this class. OF the seven New York
Yacht Club "thirties" that started J. de
torcsts Nepsi did the best work. She de-
featcd II. II. DuclIS Rowdy by minutes
= seconds the Okee being third. the Lena
tourth and the Phryne fifth in this class
Another close race was that Of the
Sound schooncrs Mora, Nandala and
Rival. They finished in that order the
MORA winning by the small margin Of
. seconds from the Nandalia, after cover
ING O course OF eleven and one-half miles
There was also good racing in the handi-
cap class, fourteen Of these fast sloops
crossing the starting line and all @;
them finishing. The winners in their re-
spectiye divisions were the Gypsy, the
Lillian and the Twinkle, the Mignon hav-
ing q sai,ovCr.
Seventy yachts started in the race. and
all but one Of them finished which is
considered a remarkably good record at
this time Commodore NJ. W. Houck
placed his fagship-the power yacht TIL
unc-at the disposal OF the Regatta Com
mittec-Herbert l.. Stone. q. j. Granbery
and 2. G. Pfeiffer-and they started the
feet from a line off Echo Bay at / O'Clock.
on the starboard tack, with a nice
breeze from a little south Of east, the
ifties' got away first, their signal be
ing AT 1915 J. =. Morgan's Crawling Sc
cured the weather berth. but the Acushla
was a trihe in the lead. with the Caro-
lima, the Spartan and the Ventura in the
middle and at the lee end OF the line
Next away were the "P' class boats, led
by the Wiudvard, but with the Josephine
in the windward position. The Rowdy led
the "thirties" over the line, With the
Phryne the Lena and the Nepsi closely
punched. The Caprice crossed ahead Of
the gun and was recalled
The frst mark for the "hfties' was the
buoy off Woolseys Reef ten miles 10 the
northeast From there they reached
across the Sound 10 Matinicock Point
Thence II was q beat to the finish, for
the wind had shifted TO the northward In
the last hour OF the race.
The little fellows made pretty picture
running before the wind with spinnakers
set 10 starboard on the second leg OF the
llia-mile course The Star class had ten
boats in the race-the largest feet this
season SO far. and George Corry's Little
Dipper won by just IS seconds from l..
~ Lorins Golikel
The winners in the other classes were
the Coot, the Wild Thyme, the Mile.
Boss, the Jade, the Loon. the Virginia
the Gar and the Tautog
The summaries follow:
. Y Y q IN FOOT CLASS START lii