New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Vanitie Makes Good
Showing in FIuky Winds

With the wind at south-southeastt,
the Vanitie tackled to port after round
ing the BUOY, set a reaching jib top
sail. She was then able to lay her
course for the home mark, but soon
after the wind headed her so that the
reacher had to come in and a small
iibtopsail set. She WIS still able "
fetch the home mark, which was round
ed as follows: The Nanitie. 3:0G:23;
the Defiance, 3:1l:21; showing that
the Cochran yacht had gained Am. los.
on the Defiance on this leg-sm. Is.
on the first 10 Ii miles of the course.
The Resolute, in tow Of her tender,
the Cape Cod, passed Oyster Bay,
bound to the eastward, about 2:3O.
Becomes Drifting Match.
1t was little better than drifting
match from the home mark to the
Greenwich buoy. Skipper Half made
nineteen Of his men sit on the lee rail,
with their legs hanging over the yachts
bronze side. The boom was swung
broad Off to port, and the only sail
that seemed to pull the yacht along IN
the light air was the enormous bal
looner. Edwin ID. Morgan, a member Of
former Cup defender syndicates, was
on board the Vanitie as q guest of Mr.,
Cochran. K. P Perkins relieved Cap
tain Half at the wheel while the yachs
was in the doldrums.
The Nanitie finally luffed around the
lee mark at 4:03:17, just as a new
breeze came along out of the east
making it dead beat to windward to
the Long Neck mark. When the De-
fiance luffed around the Greenwich
Point buoy, going fast in the fresh
breeze, the Cochran yacht was two
miles to windward on the port tack and
travelling fast. She made seven tacks
to fetch the Long Neck mark, and she
kept away around it at 4:J9:33; the
Defiance at 5:14:26.
The tri-city yacht made a brave eff.
fort to cut down the Nanitle's lead
when she got the breeze, and she sue
ceeded, for the figures show that on
this leg she gained minutes "a sec
onds on her rival.
Breaking out her ballooner l minute
81 seconds after rounding the buoy, the
Vanitie made fast time across the
Sound on this last leg. In fifteen min.
utes the ballooner came in and small
jibtopsail was set. IL took the Nani'
I tie II minutes seconds to cross the
Sound to the finish, where she was re-
ceived with a steam whistle greeting
/ from the assembled yachts. She fin
ished at 5:40:37, the Defiance a.
/ 6:53;37.
After the finish. when Mr. Cochran
/ the owner Of the Vanitie. was asked II
/ he was going to race on Monday hi
/ replied:
az don't know what the rest are go
/ ing to do. We are ready to race"
Captain Pynchon Of the Defiance
said he was ready to race on Monday.
Clubs Annual Regatta.
Fifty-seven yachts-six schooner'
and ffty-one sloops-started in the
race, which was the annual regatta OF
| the club. Six of the New York Yach
| Club "ffties" made an interesting star
at lao, Edmund Randolph's Spartan
crossing the lire right with the CUR
end in the weather berth. Harry
Payne Whitney's Barbara-her frs;
appearance this season--with her own
en- at the wheel, crossed close under
the Spartan's lee; then followed j. p
MorgGn's Grayling. Pembroke Jones''
Carolina II, Irwin e. RumrilPs Pleion'
and w. Z. Dodge's Samuri in that or
der
In the class schooners Georg'
Scott's Miladi got away first in tn
weather berth, with the NenOna IN thu