The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-16
BEST RACING OF YEAR SEEN
IN REGATTA AT LARCHMONT
rue Wind Buries Lee Rails and Splendid Time Is
Made...Princess Wins Schooner Glass;
Spartan Beats Other Ffties

IARCH MONT MANOR, ~ Y. July ID
The bes' racing of the summer was wit
messed here to-day. when the Corinthians
who have gathered for the annual race
week of tho Larchmont Yach, Club COM
peted In the fourth days events of the
classic. a true wind from the east by
north buried Ice rails and drove tho d.
visions around their various courses in
splendid time.
IL being an open regatta all classes
from schooners to tiny butterflies started.
The double stick division was won on
both actual and corrected time by
Princess the property of Dcmarest Lloyd
Among the fifty footcrs Of the Now York
Yacht Club tho winner was Spartan, and
in the q class, which Is racing for the
$4,000 Blackton trophy. the first boat home
was Little Rhody H.. which represented
the Eastern Yacht Club.
When the regatta committee. made UP OF
Horace T. Boucher. Harry l.. Maxwell
and Enrol Kerr. arrived at the starting
ilnc the wind was fresh and from the
east by north. The committee decided
to send the larger classes over course
that gave them a beat OF eight and three
quarter miles from the starting line to
red spar buoy ~. one-half Off Green
witch Point. broad reach Of nine miles
to tho white spar buoy OF Motifs Point
and reach Of three miles to the finish
limo
The starting line was at right angles
to the first leg. and as the wind came
the boats had to beat dead into the wind
a. tncy crossed. ~ was rather an un.
usual start, Tho yachts all tocleyed
around the mark boat that made the
other end OF tho line from the committee
station aud came close hauled along TN,
| llne on the starboard tack
u required mighty good work on IN,
part Of the yachtsmen to make a good
start not to cross too soon and not to foul
one another. II lent unusual interest n
the day. and as class after class crossed
the spectators saw some Of the best work
IN years. only one foul was noted Nj.
rnon y handicap boat. struck Joker
another handicap craft. and was disquali,
fed. Jokcr's mainshect parted in IN,
collision
Tho schooner class was the first division
tp get away. The class WAS not as larg,
as expected. several OF the double stick
ers remaining at anchor. refusing To- &C
cept tho Issue. However Princess, tn,
property Of DemArest Lloyd, George W
Scott's Milad and Hendou Chubb's Queer
! the first appearance of Princess and tn,
craft signalizcd her debut by making
wonderfully pretty start. leading her two
competitors over the line by several sec
onds
/ but tho % footors made tho real star
| of the day. The same six that have heei
racing all summer made mp the div sion
/ They also swept along the starting lin
on the starboard tack. and just ms IN
! whistle sounded Pleione dashed over tn,
/ Tine. leading Carolina H.. Barbara, So
muri and spartan by less than three sec
onds Barbara had 10 70 about To- avoiC
/ hitting the committee boat She called
/ for room as she went over on the othe
board. and II was given by two Of m
other boats once across TN" line Spar
tan. Samuri and Carolina II. stood over nj
the port tack toward the Long lslan'
/ shore Barbara went back on tho star
boar tack and followed Pleione IN towar'
the Connecticut shore. The ones tina
stood on IN" starboard tack were fol
lowed by Graylnr. which started a GOO
minute late.
The rart made by the % footcrN wa
almost duplicated by All Of the divi
sions until lao Yachts were scattered n
lover Long Island Sond. Hardly had IN
naval cutters been sent away than IN
first OF the smaller classes began to tnisf
The first Yacht across the finish line wa
Arizona, one ~ the Manhasset Bay race
abouts The summaries
SCHOONER CLASS START. l:26-CoURsI
81 MILES