The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05
RECORD FLEET SAILS
IN LARCHMONT RACES
Yachts Of All Sizes Numbering
113 Furnish Some Spirited
Contest on Sound.
SPARTAN FIRST OF FIFTIES
Thirteen Naval Militia Cutters
Furnish Novel COntcst--Nepsi
Takes Prize for Thirties.

-r.-o were li3 yachts in the annual
-,.,i,a of the J1rchmont Yacht Club
vssiertav and all except four Of these
.lel THIS be tho largest list OF starters
q. cord Ia Fourth Of July regatta
,ri ,re number has only been beaten
g.. irs rae .,cek rcg,ttss Of the Corinthian
NJ U,rbtoneoi aud 1.archmont Yacht
,urs Tho racing Graf ranged In size
frgg, tic schooner Queen Nab down to
'ne dcr.es
ttorasc T.. Boucher. the chairman; Enrol
Kerr and Ucrr, l.. Maxwell were the
committee and they had 'n"ir hands full
IRON, tho time the warning signal was
made at It's o'clock ~ that time IL
dd not lnoA very promising for keen
racing Tho w.nd was very light from
nIc south and was getting lighter every
minute. FOR this reason short triangles
were selected ~ tN1t IN the event OF the
uud ftlns tho races could he called
a ,hr cad of tNo first round. Boforc half
Of rho Meet had started. however, the
aind f-o.b,ucd and hauled to the south
yes' and u r.ld stcadv until all tho
yach'4 had crossed the lire.
one. u.y,j feature was a race for sailing
cutter, belonging 20 tn, diftcrer' divisions
Of tho Sa,al Militia. These heavy cutters
were manned hy tho nilitiamcn and each
wac Ion charge of commissioned or chief
ret'y off c' There were thirteen in the
rae and iu the light wind before the
.,lr' 'r,. had 70 bc towed to tho line by
tho steam launches They sailed around
n ,r..rsl, Of u,c and q half miles, and
~ 4 r.. aa.N. 9
the First Battalion won Lieut.. Ran was
10 .rtrg, ou rorrcctlI time the FIRST
cutter ~ tho seventh Division 81 tho First
Battalion t1yh second prize and the first
cutie of fh, Fret Division OF the Second
Battalion TOOK third prize. Lieut.. r. III.
N,Sscu ~ ;h' Second Battalion repre-
scented tho n''rl In the management OF
the rae. TITS race was Just preim %
mar ~ three 20 hc sailed during Race
W. when Il IS expected that New
.i.--er an3 Connecticut VIII he repre-
serted
THO schoorcrs and Hfty footers were
sent twice around a triangle Of nine and
tarec-duarter miles, going first to a mari;
m Parsonage Point. then Ia Motifs Point
AMI then home. Tho schoouers started
f-s' and a. the start tho Miiadi with a
so in topesil crossed the line irs;.
with Queen Nab next and Nenona last
The queen Nab had u balloon lib topsail
and small main t"pmast staysail and
the Nenonas light sails were both
balloons. The Nenona soon pulled By the
other two and then while she was sailing
AVA '7o Miladi and Queen Nah INDUCED
'~ lTug match. When they settled
down 20 work tho Queen Nab oyerhaulcd
m. Ncuoul ana Sne uid w-ii hen 81; .!;c
E3rd. She sailed away from the other
two bur could not quite make up the
90 minutes seconds she had to allow
Tho Ncnons and that yacht won the race.
ItonGon Chuhb and W. A. Rarstow We're
op the Queen Nab
". Butler Duncan sailed the Spartan,
Edmund Fish handled tho Samuri, A
BRYAN tll's had ruHrge or the Carolina
and J. :. Morgan sailed the Grayling. The
spartan crossed tho line at tho Ice end
with Samuri on her weather quarter. The
G-aylmG led AT the Nindwsrd end. with
pleione. barbara and Carolina following
N the order named. on IN" wind the
Spartan and Samur had a good fight. but
mo spartan aiNavs held the lead, and
fnall. won the race BY minutes 80 see,
onds.
The Ahmakoia won tho race for IN,
Stamford schoonNrs and tho Heron de
feated the Eidolpn in a special race. Their,
we're nine Of the 3os In the race, arC
a. the Start the leaders were Okec. Oriolr
Lena and Nepsi. The Nepsi gradually
worked into the lead. on this Yacht with
Johnston de Forest were Robert w d.
Forest, his father. and Mrs. Johnston Il,
Forest his mascot. The NepsI won b,
for,y.four seconds. The Orioe was sec
md and the ok.o third.
There were hy" starters in the sender
class and tho Jovcttc, owned by Mrs
Edgar Palmer, was the winner. Clffor,
r Mallory won the race for the Y clas
WITH his new Yacht Margaret and Com
'nodore W. II. Childs's Joyetta was second
beaten minutes seconds. The Inter
club class turned out very strong Their
were ten starters, The race was won b!
A II. Morris's Wild Thyme and Il. +
Ciarkes Babette was second.
The Yaqu. owned BY r, S. Page. VOL
The race for tho Indians. and the Huihee
hee, another OF Commodore Childss 10,
feet, was second. Abbott Brush and Jacl
Johnson were the crew OF the Childs yacht
Tho Wahneta fouled the mark boat at Tn
s'a-t and was disqualified.
George \. Cory won another prize wit
his Little Dipper. ". $. Johnson's Veg
was second and this time the Neptune
called by Charley Davis. was third.
Tho summaries:
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