New-York tribune., 1913-08-16
|R0QUO|S || VICTOR
IN SPIRITED BATTLE
Ralph w. EIIis's SIoop Wins
Special Race of New York
Yacht Club so Fo0terS.
CAROLINA II CLOSE SECOND
After Start Freshening Breeze
Puts Lee Rails Awash and
Sends Graft on Best Con-
test of Summer.

From a stan Correspondent OF The Tribune
Marbehead, Mass, Aug. l5.-With her
boom broad of TO port and her great yell
low spinnaker pulling TO starboard, the
sloop yacht lroquois II, owned and sailed
by Ralph ~ Ellis, swept across the fn-
ish line off Marblehead Rock at 1855
this afternoon. the winner OF the special
race Of New York 5O-footers.
The Iroquois / won the principal prize.
a silver bowl and platter offered by Cap
tain s Reed Anthony, OF the Eastern
Yacht Club. which also gave second
and third prize 10 the Carolina III ana
the Spartan, respectively. The race was
a close one from start 10 finish. and one
OF the best the 'hfties" have engaged IN
this summer The Iroquois II defeated
the second boat. the Carolina H. by .
minutes 81 seconds and the Spartan oy
minutes seconds.
A prettier start il would be hard %
imagine. In just one minute after the
whistle at l2i0 o'clock all eight Of the
'hftie5" had crossed the line. Each car
rIed club topsail ard a baby jibtopsaii-
With sheets trimmed fat, all except the
Barbara went for the windward end OF
the line and ran down parallel TO II 10
use I'D the few seconds preceding the
signal Luffing sharply when they heard
il. the shippers sent their respective boats
away like "A column OF soldiers swinging
into line. with ". Z. Dodge's Samuri IN
the weather berth. Almost beam ana
beam they got away, as follows: Inc
Craving under the Samuris lee. then ths
Acushla. III. Spartan, the Pleione and the
Iroquois IT, all on the starboard tack.
The Barbara approached the line on the
port tack. going about under the lee OF
the Iroquois RI as she crossed.
Captain William Butler Duncan plt the
Spartan on the port tack minute af'ee
the start. Frank Bowie Jones followed
suit with the Acushla. and SO did Z. Bur
ron Hart who had the wheel OF the
samuri. The Barbara, steered by Hooert
Emmons. 2d: the Carolina H. hanoleo oy
George W Robinson. and q. VI. heck
scher's Pleione all took the port .acK sooh
after. standing 10 the southwest in'
,uo thar held the starboard tack, stand
,be eastward. were the Iroquois ii.
handled bv Ralph y. Ellis. her owner
vho had Mrs. Ellis with him as a mascot
and the Grayling. with J. P. Morgan at
tho wheel. The judgment of captain ~
us ,n choosing the easterly tack proved
correct for she rounded the first marx
> minutes Is seconds ahead OF the stcoho
boat, the Barbara
IN tbis heat TO windward OF some ten
,,ues there was some close work IN the
sho-, tacks. II was. in fact. one OF tne
host HRS Of windward work that the class
hss Rad for some time. especially between
.ho barbara. the Spartan and the caro-
lima II in their hght for the weather.
Fro-, here to the Boston lishtship II
,.as a close reach. and, with A fresnen-
ing breeze. the eight sloops made iaS'
lima over this ~ mile course.
Lee rails were awash when they se
snail reaching topsails all except tne
cnortan She held on 10 her BABY no
,onsau all the way down and apparent
" lost nothing by it. for the positions
~ the sloops did not change on TINS
reach ,, .
The times taken at the lightship were
as follows.