New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-01
Defeats Vanitie in Light
Weather, After 35-Mile
Race on Sound.
SEARCHLIGHTS PLAY
AS BOATS FINISH
Z. w. Clarke's Irolita Wins Navy
Challenge Cup and o. NJ.
Reds Lena Leads Shops.
BY CAPTAIN JAMES C. SUMMERS.

DNOHg DIOOhf Lung lSidhui oNig "t'
After a most unsatisfactory race in
light winds and Gains, the cruising
feet Of the New York Yacht Club an
chored in Smithtown Bay late tonight.
Twenty-eight yachts started in the
race.
With sesrchlights playing on her
mainsail, the sloop Resolute crossed
the finish line at S:17:04, making her
elapsed time for the course 9 hours /
minute 80 seconds. She was allowed
2 minutes seconds by the Vanitie, so
she wins in her class by IL minutes 8
seconds, corrected time. On elapsed
time she won by IL minutes 3 seconds.
L. w. Clarke's Irolita won the Navy
Challenge Cup for schooners. Ogden
NJ. Reds Lena captured the cup for
sloops.
Start Delayed an Hour.
Although signals from the flagship
Sea Fox announced that the start would
be at 10 o'clock, il was an hour later
when the preparatory signal was
sounded from the committee tug, Julia
c. Moran. anchored Off Matinicock
Point. By this time the big and little
steam and power yachts had left the
harbor. as we'll as the sailing vessels
which we're to start in the first squad
ron run of twenty-three miles to
Smithtown Bay.
The cup defence yacht Vanitie, with
her owner, Alexander Smith Cochran,
on board, had a suit of sails that fit
ted perfectly. She was one of the first
of the yachts out at the starting line.
The head of her mainsail was stretched
to an aluminium gait and Ter great
clubtopsail had yard and a club of
the same metal. The foot of her fore
staysail had a club almost its full
length.
On board the Resolute when she
came out, besides her helsman, Charles
Francis Adams, I'd, were: Robert
w. Emmons, I'd, her manager; former
Commodore Frederick G.. Bourne and
one of his daughters; John Parkinson
and George Nichols. :,
The Resolute's sails also were fault
less as to fit, and she had loose
footed staysail.
To give the two big sloops a chance
to get away with their wind clear the
committee started them ahead OF the
feet. They had to cover thlrty-hve,
mile course. while the others travelled
only twenty-three miles. At three min
utes before their starting sigma 10
the Resolute had the Vanitie under
her lee beam, both being on the port
tack. heading inshore, with the vino
blowing at about six miles from the
east-northeast. "a.
some small schooners and other
craft got in between the sloops, SO
Cantain Half had to keep the Vanitie
broad off. He gybed her to port, and
as he did so Captain Adams tackled the
Resolute and sent her down to meet
the Vanitie. Luffing when the whistle
blew Adams drove his boat across the
line. close I'D TO its weather end, TWEEN
tv-sevcn seconds after the signal. IN
toad of following Half kept the van
itie broad off and, using up all OF ms
handicap time of two minutes, crossed
the line thirty-nine seconds AFTER II
Rv the time the last Of the regular
crn;sino fleet had started the Resolute
ond Vanitie were several miles on tneli
yav The Resolute tackled TO port
beodino in for the Long Isla.,d shore
~ 1I:2e:15, going back to the star
hoard tack a minute later. Ihls move
DIaced her about ne-eighth of mule
pg tho Vanitic's weather bow. both
lacked 10 port at 1887 and stood IN iol
Centre Island buoy. Fourteen minutes
an This tack brought them close IN &c
the beach, when they came about a.
For For two hours and forty minutes The
ResoIute held the starboard tack. DIV,
,,ocbts we're able to fetch the nrst mar
81, account of the wind freeing o couple
Of points, but it was a long and TEDIOUS
Yachts Fan Along.
T. was almost calm during the las
hour. the water being. smooth as gas
the only air being aiott. Inc SacaI
famed along, mile after nue. VIZ,
scarcely any change IN tnell e.
I ga Nnrwalk the Resolutc got fe7
oatsnay,s that sent her a mile into IN
iood Then the Vsnitie was Favored
.,.S;io Her crew set reaching lil
t,nso;l at / :42 and she began 10 gai,
~ onca But she was minutes a
"ooonde astern of the Herreshof 500,
when the two yachts rouhuea o. ~
| MacDonough's power ys cns, pr q
/ anchored as mark on ren"etrr, t;,,,o
the end of the 20ls miles. Inc tine
! taken mere were; heSoiu'''
/ Vanitie, 2:39:16, .ho Rss
Into covered the distance IN mlnu w,
y soco1ds less time than the Vshltles
S"roachino the mark the Eanitle, Ioi
iapngi;no the Resolute's lead, broke OUT
balloon lib topssil, and lot nl.eon ~,
utcs before she reached inc l - Nv
I legs Of seventeen sailors anu tb,
/ Cochran, the owner huhs her
bronze yachts lee ran " give
! list TO port. A.. oorL Cantsi,
M lent the Vanitie standing to tn
eouthward, hoping to. get Lst'e ~,
the good southwest oreeIe tna oa,
main portion Of the Meet mao ore, IN an,
Huntington Bay, but II was 10 . hsJ
he let her come about, settIhs .ne
looner. and following the hes1iu.SJ
which was then more than niue 40 %,
Meanwhile the schooner lro,l.S anV ~
sloop Spartan were Leading the Sru utre
Geet over near the Long lsiauu snJ..
Tho Resolute and Nanitle pom 'ao 81 (;
for tho breeze at 3;lo' anu '"'' ~
coon afterwarc
"Thirties' Away First.
The start of the remainder OF IN,
fleet was a pretty ono. The .thirAe9
cot away first, at ll;2O; win D. ~ =
Cntler's Alera in the lead ana III I'M
weather berth. Then came ne Lena
Lose Close second. about the middle OF the
line followed by the Juanita ana BAN
in that order. The Sound schooner'
Alicia and MORA also started on thl'
gun. both lacking in short after cross
ING 10 get good weather position. =,
At ii:25 the sehooners hope~eli
Ahmakola and Whileawsy, the SIooPl
Dorello and Alice and the sSn n ,s,