The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23
Start OF the butterfly Class
sailed by women.
Women Shippers OF
Birds and Butterflies
Ready TO Show Their
Skill at Regatta of
Atlantic Yacht Club

iul craft, heclinE before the
WIND, with frill of foam along the dip
Ping line to lc"ward and the pennon Of
iIu'tcrng curls waore a fair skipper
prtsps the tiller.
This is the day of feminine sailors
ana the month when they pit boat and
knowledge Of wind and tide against all
competitors for cups that gimmer like
thu moons reflection in n wavering sea.
Up and down Long Island Sound
women shippers have been getting ready
for Tomorrow. wien ladies' races will
be held 10y the Atlantic Yacht club The
competition * open To- wumcn SIX ppcrs
e bra and butterfly classes Of craft.
thu first including boats about twenty
two feet in length and the last those
almond shaped flirylike little boats
wH.ch swarmrd. buttrrilylkr, along the
racing line for the urst time last sum
mor.
Not only ON Massachusetts and New
York waters are women competing IN
boat races, but this month Of August
Witnesses the same activities ON the
great lakes and lie Pacific coast.
Last season women sailed boats for
the first time at :he LarChmpnt races.
and Ia boats were entered for diff
i'rent races by women and men, this
~'hN'll many Nl''N h'' l'l'''iS WV "
more days for lady shippers, as th'E
ere called, and encouraging them To own
as Wei as sail boats.
For, explained white hanncll"d
alderman, Its asking "A good deal OF
"a man to expect him to give up his boat
when he wants To use it himself, ami
most women sail in borrowed boats, al
though here is Il wonderful increase in
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prefer cup To anything else You can
put mowers III cups ana Keep them
"hrre You can see them.
7" me the most difficult thing in
Sa.AhE Is rounding the marks without
touching them or other competing craft
lhei'S something awful about the idea
OF beng dISduadh"d because of foul
Ana thrn MS 5" exciting when one
draws To the hnlSh me, because You
never know uhtlI YOU near the gun
as you go over whether you've won or
not,
"Generally we go off on three legs
so as To get different tacks of wind,