The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
ARIEL FINISHES FIRST, BUT
is DEFEATED BY QUEEN NAB
Corrected Time Gives Victory in Schooner Class
to Chubb's Yacht, Which Makes
Remarkable Start

fARcHNoNr MANoR. n. Y. July 1s.-
The annual race week Of the Larchmont
Yacht club came to an end to-day with
no yachts-,wo less than last year
crossing the starting line
Excellent weather conditions marked
the final day Of racing The competition
was keen in every class. Six big schoon-
crs made up the most important
class Of the day. and the first to cross
the finish line was the Ariel. The final leg
was % thrash to windward, and as the wind
was excellent the beat brought out every
thing in the different craft on cor
roctcd tins the schooner class was won
By the queen Nab
In the Hfty loot division the winner was
the Carolina H.. which beat the Samuri To
the finish line. Then came j. Pierpont
Morgan's Grayling In the q Glass an
other victory was chalked up by the Little
Rhody H. the Massachusetts, boat. The
win gave the craft the $4,000 Blackton
trophy as well as the class series prize.
The Hopewell won among the stamford
schooners and tho Okee was the first OF the
thirty footers home.
The starts to-day wcr> the most In
teresting OF the season. The wind was
northwest and puffy and was about ten
miles in strength. II was broad reach
for all the craft nj the starting line, and
as they came down on the line with good
way there were many recalls before the
mighty fleet got started. The regatta
committee made up OF Horace y. Bou-
cher. Enrol Kerr and Harry l.. Maxwell.
gave the larger craft a course made up
OF a broad reach Of sa. miles. close
reach OF miles and n beat OF 3h miles
home.
The schooner class WAS the largest
Of the week six Of the double stickers ac-
cepting the Issue. Hendon Chubb. who
earned the trick OF starting on time
while racing his q boat, the Spider, on the
lower bay, placed his schooner the Queen
NAB exactly on the line as the start
ing signal was sounded. II was won
dcrfully pretty start and Capt. Chubo
WAS cheered by those on the committee
boat.
The Princess was the next TO Cross. COM
ing down on the line with splendid way.
Then came the Venona, followed by the
Ariel and the Nalkyra, new schooner In
Long Island Sound racing. All carried
ballooners as they stood up the Sound to-
ward the first mark. OF Greenwich Point.
on Parsonage Point the Princess carried
away both her topmasts. Evidently the
big ballooner was too much for her and
caused the accident The Princess or
course Withdrew from the contest.
The fifty footers made their usual clever
start The Carolina H. and the Spartan
were first away. The Pleione ut once tried
70 work out to weather of the Meet
She. however. got into luhing match
With the Samuri. The other boats In the
division were the Barbara and the Gray
ling. The first boat to start too soon was
rho NepsI OF the thirty footers Of the New
York Yacht Club. Then followed class after
class until 1O7 yachts had started. II
rada a grand total Of $50 starters for
ne week Only one boat was disqualified
n. the start II was the Twinkle or the
hprdican class. which started too soon
and in returning interfered with the
other boats In tn" class. The summaries
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