The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-30
DEFIANCE LEFT FAR
IN REAR BY VANITIE
Wonderful Turn Of Speed by
Cochran Defender Lands
Another Trophy.
WIND Is LIGHT AT START
Put by Time of Finish 1t Is
Blowing Steadily at Rate
Of Is Miles an Hour.

NoNander s. Cochran won another
-orhy yesterday with his cup defender
vanltio when che showed n wonderful turn
4 speed. She won a race under the aus
a.,s Of the Larchinont Yacht Club. de-
eating the Defiance by 10 minutes "A sec
ends elapsed time AMI 10 minutes cor
-,ctsd time. This corrected time Is only
.pnroximate. as the rating Of the Nanitie
has been changed and the figures are
based on the last certificate.
7, was the second race for cup given
Uy Vice Commodore Frederick G. Fletcher,
and as the Vanitie woa both races the
rrse IL hers. The Resolutc started In the
ars, race, but was absent yesterday, be-
.1g ut Bristol for repairs.
The race yesterday was a peculiar one,
,nl tho weather was typical Of Long Is
An1 Sound. Al tho starr there was
ligh' wind from the east. which gave some
Encouragement hu' this died out at once
and another camo In from the west. For
NO legs OF the triangle tn, wind WIS light
and fluky and the Nanitie ehosted away
from her rival. When near the Greenwich
Point mark the wind frcshened from the
NtHN anu EtHl lllAAt dHfl W a. S'N' ''''h
breeze. which put IN, lee rails down to the
water. This wind held steady to the finish
,t the race and Increased In strength until
: blew about fifteen miles An hour.
The vani,ie made unusual speed. She
',eled easily and with her rail down to
the waters edge steadily left the Defiance
stern The Iirst windward leg was six
miles and she beat the Defiance 3 minutes
- seconds
She gained more on the run down the
wind, and on the reach across the Sound
ne called four and a quarter miles I'm
Fl minutes 10 seconds This IL at the
-ate of l2.7 nautical miles an hour. She
continued and on the wind In the last
'eg left the Defiance still further behind.
The Nanitie sailed the last round of the
triangle In ] hour 20 minutes 90 seconds,
and the time Of the Defiance was | hour
~ minutes ~ seconds.
After the wind freshened the yachts
JAILED eos miles. and although they We're
some distance apart they had practically
nc same conditions Tho Nanitle's time
cor that distance Was . hours 20 minutes
20 seconds and that Of tho Defiance
hours 80 minutes 81 seconds.
Horace +. Boucher and Harry 7. Max
r.ll acted ~ the committee ard sent the
'schts away promptly at o'clock. They
Nad selected course which sent tho
yachts first to a mark or oak Neck, then
20 another mark off Greenwich Point and
from there to the finish which was off
Parsonage Point. The wind was light and
from the east when the preparatory sig
nal was made, and the first leg east
by south one-half south. four and five
lights miles. and windward work seemed
IN store. The change to "A breeze from the
vest little later made tho third leg
vindward work. and the first became a
q
lib topsail up in stops and the Defiance
used her balloon Jib. 1t was too light TO
insnpuvrc. The Nanltlc headed for the lee
cnd OF the line. Tho Defiance could not
get there and had TO take the weather
"nd. The DEFIANCE crossed first at 100 80
and the Nanitie Mt 100 so. The Nanltie
was sailing across the wind, and moved
'aster than the Defiance. so that she soon
lad a good lead. The wind backed more
westerly, and the Nanitio changed her
reaching iib topsail for a balloon and De-
Nance SGT a spinnaker. The wind was
faulty and twice the yachts gybed.
Tho Nanitie luffcd by the mark OFF
Oak Neck ~ / :S2:ij and the Defiance
?:o3 90. They took the port tack for
\ clos" reach across the Sound After
long tedious sail there was "A better
Wind coming from tho west and the De-
rance vas able to catch this new air first.
r gave her quite a lift before the Nani-
q felt its embraces so that the Defiance
made a gain of nearly five minutes.
When the Nanitie got the wind she began
again to outssil the Defiance. The times
at tho Greenwich Point mark were
Nsn!tie, . :os 81 Defiance. 3:l4:2l.
II was windward work home and In a
'reshening breeze. The Nanite heeled
until her rail WAS down to the waters
edge and in some of the puffs she put her
rail under. Her bright bronze underbody
slIs,ened in the sunlight. When about
half the six miles had been covered the
Nanitles baby jib topsail was run down.
She had such a commanding lead that u
vas not necessary to take any risk OF
carrying away the topmast. The Defiance
, 1t first seemed to do we'll with this new
wind, but IL soon grew too strong for
her and she staggered along. The times
Il the home mark at the end OF the
hrst round were: Nanitie, 3 81 Al; De-
rance. { 90 :53 On this leg the Vanitie
lad gained minutes 20 seconds.
II was broad run across the Sound
70 the next mark and spinnakers were
'srried on the starboard side II took
The Nanitie thrty-one minutes to make
tn run down the wind of four and i've
eighth miles. and then dousing her kites
she set a baby jb topsiil and reached
On. The times at the Oak Neck mark
we're, Vanitie. :22 :i5 Defiance, :32 30.
II was a splendid reach across the
sound The bronze hulled yacht sailed
away from everyth and she sailed
heautifully. She turned the next mark
and hauled or the wind at 4 40 $50. The
pthance's tioe was :55:42. The Vani-
.. lad reached four and a quarter miles
~ minutes o seconds. which IL at the
8. Of 1874 nautical miles an hour. She
sailed ~ fast ~ ever on tho last leg
t'i made more gains on this leg the
Defiance, after staggering along unde r
'lub ;opsaIl for eight minutes. took
t'n bg unwieldy sail In and then she
'd Letter. The Vanitie crossed the line
p ''23 .ol and the Defiance finished at
20 ~ Tho distance between the two
IS was more than two miles. The
'Iunares:
SECOND RACE FOR CUP OFFERED BY
NI'E.HDMMODORE Y. G. FLETCHER.
l.. :, c.--CoURsE. ?s% MILES
Elapsed Cor'rtd
Finish Time. Time