New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
81IOwy Canvas of Vast Fleet
Covers FairWay from Shore
10 Shore as LarChmOnt
Race Week Begins.
DOZEN CLUBS COMPETE
Nine "Fifties" Show the Way,
with Harry Payne Whitney's
Barbara Beating the Sa-
muri Across Line in
21 Mile Race.

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All records were smashed Yesterday for
,se ,pr,ner NJ Yachts sailing I'm race on
long Island Sound. when the regatta
committee Of the Larchmont Yacht club
cent I-s sail craft across the starting
line of Long Reach Point
II was the opening day OF the clubs
o-sce week" and il required just one
hour and twenty minutes 10 start the
.vooty-stcrt classes oomDosius this great
aest OF racing craft which exceeded by
trelye the number of starters On one of
the races OF last wear OF this club, which
was tHe record Every type Of one-de-
srr Yacht that floats in these waters was
,srreser-ed. and. as it was an omen race.
the flags of al least q dozen Yacht clubs
we're ,r evidence. Four boats came from
Narrasaasett Bay and two from Boston
10 contest for the prizes offered.
The start was made in a light breeze
from the northwest. with frequent white
SQUALLS that he,Ied both large and small
craft until their lee rails were under at
fines. The min, "fftes" were sent away
FIRST at 1890 Pembroke JoUes's Carolina
and Ralph s. E'iss Iroquois crossing tie
line almost ON the sun in the load, the
PI.iore and the AcuShla following. and
the rest well punched. an having booms 20
starUoard and balloon Hb topsails set.
The Samui. the Ventura. the Crawling
and the Acushla iudulsed in a lufius
match f1r few minutes after the start
THIS class sailed a twenty-one mile course,
tie first leg of which was a reach 20
Greenwich Point buoy Gvbus there, they
had another reach to Mous Point buoy.
and beat from there to the finish
Harry Payne Whitnevs Barbara took
the lead early in the race, but she had
some keen competitors i'm the windward
work in j. T.. Morgan Grayiins and +.
E. Dodges Samlr She finally won. de-
feating the last named yacht by 8 min
utes 50 seconds the Crawling being third,
s minutes cs seconds astern OF the Samur.
Addison O. Hanau with his Josephine,
after making a good start iu the 'f'
class against her old opponents. the JOY
ant the Cor.rtniau and the Windward.
and the Sayomara from Boston and the
Stranger from Rhode Island. found the
latter s,oop a worthy competitor. for sne
was only able To- beat her 30 seconds in a
Hs-mi.e race. The Joyant was third and
the Wiudward fifth in this class.
Seven Of me New York Yacht club
"th.rtiss made pretty start with the
Rowdy In the weather berth This class
covered a triangle Of li9s miles and the
Nepsi, steered by her owner. Johnston de
Forest. did the best work defeating the
Phryne by minutes i3 seconds, the
RoVdy finishing third.
One ot the prettieSt sights seen on the
Sound in many a day was the windward
work OF al the vast feet on the final leg
Of their respective courses. AL bound for
the same goal. they came up from the
southwark, their tiny white sails grow
Ing larger and larger as, in tackng, they
crossed and recrossed each other Ike
shuttles in sIu-lit loom. until, in a little
While, the finish line between the tug
Dalzell and the S w. stake boat was
reached and the race was won or lost
Particularly keen racing was seen in
the Star class Twenty Of these little
yachts-the largest fleet Of the season 80
iar-struggled for the first prize, and 10
the surprise Of many il was captured 10y
a,newcomer-tre Canus Minor-owned and
sailed By George H. Nettleton. She de-
ieated the champion Of the class, the
Little Dipper, by IS seconds, the Evening
Star being seconds astern of the Cory
boat
Many steam. sailing and power yachts
accompanied the racing craft over the
courses. Those underway included j. +.
Norgan's Mermaid George +. Baker,
jr's. Viking, G.. X. q. Bnhnsss Vanadis,
William r. Isenn's schooner Enchantress
arc Morton +. Plants Elena.
The winners IN the other classes were
The WhIeaway, the Algol, the Evelyn the
Alert the Mist. the Twinkle. the Nadia.
the Rascal. the Blzbub, the bewanna, the
Dodo, tGe Gar the Virginia. the Scylla,
the PiXy. the Dart the Mouse, the Mary
Jane, The Sarana, the La Rochelle, the
IautOg and the Wasp.
The summaries follow.
oLOOPS N Y ). g. 5O.FOOTERS- START.
yD=TDIR<E II NILES.