New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-07

Breezes Send Yachts
Bowling to Newport

er. f. Walter Clark, Of Philadelphia.
crossed about a length on the Elenas lee
| quarter. with room TO luff out across her
wake, which she did.
On the last signal. at 1896 o'clock. for
the auxiliares only two yachts re-
sponded, Colonel f. l.. Leland's schooner
Ariel and George F. LADDERS Endymioh'
The Aloha, the Intrepid the Sea FOX
and the Savarona were in sight nut their
owners preferred TO proceed under power
LLOYD Phoenix sailed his Intrepid through
the race and 10 a point well 10 vino
ward between Montauk and Block Island
then. putting all canvas on her ne
brought her across Block Island Sound
rounding Point judith ahead of many of
the small schooners ana sloops Arthur
Curtiss James's Aloha. after taking the
regatta committee on board. steamed at
full speed for the finish line
Immediately after starting the entire
! fleet took the starboard tack and STOOD
I'm for the north shore of Fishers islahu'
| Close to that shore at ll:Ol O'CLOCK the
Elena tackled, followed by the lroita
three minutes later. The sloops AvenBer'
/ Shimna and Medora having tackled ie"
minutes earlier. they, with the other
sloops and schooner, were able TO fetch
Race Rock on that attack. Inc tue
was running west like millrace. and
when the Elena tackled at n:l7 o'clock
to round Race Rock she was swept oacN
10 the westward. II was ten minutes
before she was able to pass the hght
house and five minutes more before the
Irolita stemmed the tide sufficiently 10
get by.
Meanwhile Harry c. Maxwell. with MS
Avenger. had passed at HIS O'CLOCK Win
the Shimna, the Spartan apd the Iroquois'
Of the "hfties," following few lengths
apart. Then the schooner Taormina so'
BY. with the Barbara. the Acushla, the
Carolina II and the Grayling beside her
w. II. Childss Joyant was hung up lot
five minutes close 10 the rocks at the base
OF the lighthouse, while her competitors IN
the class, the Josephine and the Nlhu-
ward, went onshore into the middle OF the
Race. heading for Little Gull Light. Inc
Windward led. but when she tacked the
Josephine crossed her bow easily. Inc
Stranger also stood TO the SOUTHWARK
for a short hitch and benefited py IL
The others stuck 10 the starooard td0A
and worked east along the south shore
of Fishers Island.
Having overcome the strength OF the
! tide. the fleet began their race 10 '''
| eastward in earnest. with fresherl"e
| breeze which had canted TO the south-
ward until il was now south-southeast'
the Elena, in the lead, was Keeling on ten
| knots an hour when she passed Natch
! Nm at 1890 o'clock. She had a smali
reaching lib topsail and maintopmast
staysail set and sheets fiat on the star
board tack. The Irolita, at this point
was twenty minutes astern OF the Elena
All the way down the Rhode lslaho
beach, seventeen miles TO old Point Juui'h
whistling buoy, the Avenger held her
lead. with the Shimna. the Spartan ana
| the Iroouois next IN order, hardly chang
ing their positions in all that distance.
The times taken at Point Jude buoy
were as follows The Elena, 2l7:2O; the
Irolita, 2:27:lO; the Avenger. 2:is'lo' the
| Shimna, 2:5O:50; tho Taormina, 2.oolo the
| Iroouois. 25i:0S the Intrepid, 2:oS'W, the
| Barbara, 2:59:lO.
| This shows that the Elena led the Iro-
| Uta here by minutes % seconds. Both
| set spinnakers Immediately after round
ing the mark and went rolling zip to the
finish off the Brentons Reef Lightship at
! a twelve-knot clip.
The summary follows:
RUN FROM NEW LONDON TO NEWPORT
40 MlLES-CLAsS SOUND sCHOoNkks-
| START 10.