New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-05
Defeats Vanitie by More
than Five Minutes in
Clash Off Newport.
FNCHANTRESS VICTOR
IN SCHOONER CLASS
Prize for Shops Goes to the
plcione. Which Shows Way
TO the Oorello.
-. OPIUM JAMES c. SUMMERS.


v.uport. Il. T.. Aug. William f..
,.,i,,k big schooner yacht En-
't.~frcss. admirably sailed By her
.t;rper. won the Astor cup for schoon-
~, today. sund l.. r. Twins 50-foot
ICON Plcioue won tho cup for sloops.
rhe gcSolutc captured the special cup
4ered by Captain Vincent AStor for
bs Americas Cup defenders. The En-
,lsntress won from Harold :. Wander
bifs Vagrsnt by I minute 40 seconds,
,,6 the Pleione from the Dorello by !
minute Al seconds.
Tho race between the Rcsolute and
,bc Nsnitic was one OF the best they
have had this summer. This was shown
by the fact that at no time during the
race we're they more than tve minutes
spart IN time or mere than half mile
in distance The wIndward work was a
GOOD test in a breeze that averaged
nearly II not quite - miles an hour.
Both Yachts may now be said TO be
IN their best possible racing trim. 80
their performance is regarded IS a
snlendid tesss Of their respective sailing
qualities. Under these conditions the
Resolute won from the Nsnitie by 3
minutes 5 seconds. actual time, and
minutes 19 seconds, corrected time
This will be their last race until the
Americas Cup committee hears some
thing definite from Sir Thomas Upton
,s 20 whether he will race the Sham
rock " or NOT.
PIeione Gets Away First.
Al 1905 the sloops racing for the
Actor CUP were sent away. r. j. IRWIN $
Welcome was the leader, with Edmund
ps,doIph's Spartan next, steered by
U,Iiism Butler Duncan. Then came
Pembroke Ioness's Carolina. with "BryN
a1cv n the tiIler. followed by ". r.
Do5ee's Samuri. handled by Eddie
F;sb. ". Barrie Henry's Dorello,
.tecred bv Harry Maxwell; the Shin
ps handled by her owner, Robert
Treat Paine. I'd. and the Kslinga' with
her owner. ". Cameron Forbes, at the
helm. All of these slOops set balloon
crs and sent out spinnakers TO port:
breaking out her big balloon I'D
topssu as she went for the line, l.
Walter Clarks lrolita led the scnooh-
or class across il 80 seconds AFTER tAe
signal William Z. lselin's Enenah'-
rcss. a few lengths sstern, was aooG
3D. cross when the wind bsckeo sue
denly 10 the north IN a hight ram
souall II Cybed the EnchantreSs ahd
raDpht her ballooner all absck. fstten-
inc IL against the head stays. Sne
oybed back 10 starbosrd and again 10
rort a couple Of minutes later, having
tfcr crossed the line four seconds
v.tbin her handicap time Of two MN
Urce. ".
Harold $. Vanderbilrs schooner, va
-f-n+ was next away, followed close
Il hy the Whileaway. the hopeEeH'
tho Nenona and the Alice, IN that or or
le- The last three named Kept the
s.arboard gybe and set spinnakers 20
po.t. but the Enchantress followed 'he
Varrant. which gained good lead'
hid the Iselin schooner was prse-
eli, sin irons" These two, win
Ron eased 10 port and main topmast
-.o, Us set. made spirited picture
81 they headed for the harragans es'
sbore their shippers bent on Keeping
In the special breeze they nao louhu'
Bv a strange freak OF the weather
.be Wind was east where the Resoiute
and the Vanitie we're racing, northeast
,bero the Irolita and the smaller
seboorers and sloops sailed, and north
,,tsro the Enchantress and Nagrant
vere The two last named carried
tbsir breeze half way out 70 foinV
Judith II helped them materially, Tor
when they gybed TO get on tnelr course
,bev had such a lead that they. were
tbe FIRST scnooners at the Block island
mark. A. .