New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
Big Muster of Yachts Awaits
Signal to Start on Run to
MarbIehead.
WATERS GAY WITH LIGHTS
Officers of Larchmont and New
York Yacht Clubs Exchange
Courtesies and Statutes
Across Water.

! From a staf Correspondent of The Tribune
| New London. Conn Aug. 5.-Commo-
| dore Dallas p. Pratt and his associate
| flag officers of the New York Yacht Club
| have rea son to be proud Of the splendid
muster Of representative vessels flying
| the pennant Of that time honored organ
! ization at the rendezvous in the harbor
| here tonight The twinkling lights Of
! more than a hundred yachts are blink
! ing like glow worms in the darkness.
| while scores of power launches and
others are darting to and fro across the
water.
| From east and west steam power ana
/ sailing craft have been arriving since
| Sunday. Twelve schooners, eighteen
sloops and one yawl came from New
/ Haven to-day. finishing the Larchmont
| Yacht Clubs two-day cruise In brisk
| sou wester. and berths were hard TO find.
| This afternoon was spent by shippers
! and crews overhauling sails and gear in
anticipation Of the first days squadron
run Of forty miles TO Newport which
| begins at 10 o'clock in the morning.
/ There is sure 10 be keen competition in
! all the classes, for the race is for the
I cups given by Rear Commodore J. p.
/ Morgan. as we'll as for the regular club
/ prizes in each class.
4 feature of the rendezvous this year
was the meeting of the fleets of the
Larchmont and New York Yacht clubs
/ and the exchange of courtesies between
/ the flag officers Of each. Most of the
/ yacht owners in the Larchmont squad
ron are members OF the New York Yacht
/ Club. so that upon signal at o'clock
I this evening each yacht. after saluting
/ the New York Yacht Club flag. hauled
down the Larchmont pennant and sent
aloft the red cross on the blue
| Commodore Charles Smithers. OF the
/ I,archmont Club. first made an official call
on Commodore Pratt and congratulated
him on the successful showing Of the New
York Yacht Club vessels at the rendez-
vous. after which the call was returned.
Commodore Pratt visiting the Muriel and
being entertained there by the Larch-
mont's chief flag officer
At the meeting Of the captains on board
the Sea Fox. the flagship of the New
York Yacht Club. plans in detail for the
cruise were discussed. and it was an
nounced that the following yachts had al
ready entered for the Astor Cup races TO
be sailed off Newport on August Z: The
sloops Dorello III, owned by George l..
Batchelder; the Avenger, owned by Harry
l. Maxwell: the Shinna, owned by r. T.
Paine, Jr: the Barbara owned by II. j.
Whitney: the Pleione, owned by {. C.
Rumrll, and the Spartan. owned by w
+. Dodge. The same yachts are entered
for the Kings Cup race on the following
day with the exception Of the Shimna
and with the addition of the schooner
Elena. owned by NJ +. Plant.
For the Tod Cup for schooners built
prior TO 1900 there are entered the Sea
Fox, owned by Dallas b. Pratt; the En-
dymion, owned by George F. Lauder. the
Corona. owned by Cleveland l. Dodge;
the Katrina, owned by James Il. Ford,
and the Ariel. owned by +. l.. Leland.
Among other craft are the Sound
schooners Rival, owned by w. II. Judson;
the Moir. owned by Clarkson Cowl: the
sloop Corinthian, owned by DR.. c. b.
keeler, ana tne w ONHNu ~ ~
A. Monks.
Commodore Dallas b. Pratt, speaking
of the outlook for the cruise last night,
said
II am very pleased with the turn out
OF yachts at the rendezvous, and | am
sure that many boats will join the fleet
at Newport and 1t looks as II we should
take quite large feet around the cape
with us. II was decided at the meeting
on board the flagship tonight that the
yachts in Glasses l. and NJ will be started
In to-morrows run five minutes earlier
than the fifties. These yachts include the
Avenger the Shimna, the Medora and the
Dorello II. Entries for the owl and
Game Cock colors and motor launch
races will be received by Fleet Captain
Franklin Plummer ON board Of the flag
ship until 10 y. m. on August 9, and the
races will take place on the following
morning at Vineyard Haven. The squad
ron will illuminate at p. m on Fri