Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-12
VAN|T|E THE WINNER
Gets Home Ahead of Defiance
and Reso|ute in Trials.
HERREsHOFF'S YACHTLAsT
Gets in a Fog, Misses Buoy, Finishes
Bad Third and Is
Eliminated.

NEWPORT. R. l.. July 11-Better
navigation in a thick fog enabled the
Vanitic and Defiance to completely
eliminate the Resolute in the third trial
race sailed off here today. the Vanitic
getting credit for her first victory over
her two rivals. while the Defiance had
the satisfaction of losing only by sec
onds.
The Resolute. after leading for nearly
the entire distance, missed the finishing
buoy and was searching for it when the
other two yachts, sailing perfect
course. captured the principal honors of
the day. The Vanitie was three minutes
and ten seconds ahead of the Defiance at
the finish in elapsed time, but her time
allowance cut it to bare nineteen sec
onds in corrected time.
The victory of the Cochran yacht and
the improvement in the tricity boat re-
vived interest in the races, and large
fleets probably will follow the yachts in
the fourth race Monday
The race started without special Incl
dent fifteen minutes before noon. the
course being fifteen miles to windward
and return, with the breeze southwest by
south and blowing about four knots
Course Straight Away.
The course to the finish on which Re
solute ost, was straight away fifteen
! miles northeast by north The steam
yacht Vanadis. with the regetta commit
tee aboard, missed the finish mark but
the press tug picked it up and by frantic
footing brought up the mark tug. The
two tugs We're lying alongside the buoy
whistling in order to guide the yachts
when a great mass of reddish canvas
ntnd of he no ia f
ed all hands. and the next instant came
the query. Where's the Resolute?"
That the Herreshof creation with an I'M
usually well trained lot of men on board
could have gone wrong in ffteen-m1le
run dead to leeward seemed almost Inn
possible. But there was the Vanitie
sweeping down to the mark under a
great press of canvas with the race in
hand, provided she was far enough ahead
of the other two to save her allowance.
The Vanitie had been lost in the fog
more than three minutes when the De-
fiance came bowling down the wind. also
laying such a straight course that a turn
of a spoke would have sent her over the
bobbins buoy y few minutes later the
committee steamer appeared from the
eastward. and soon afterWard the Reso-
lutte was sighted far to leeward scurrying
along for the harbor and ignoring the
finishing buoy completely. The times
taken on the mark tug were accepted for
the finish, and with the fog closing down
more dense than ever. the fleet hurried
for a safe anchorage.
The Summary.
Third trial race. by New York Yacht
Club, sailed off Newport: Start Has:
wind, southwest by south, four knots at
start, eight knots at finish: weather.
hazy at start, thick fog at finish; course
fifteen miles to windward and return;
seas rolling, tide ebb.
Yacht Start. Finish
Vanitie ............. 11:4J:10 $3.50
defiance ............. 11:45:56 4:3J:26
Resolute >.......-.... 11:4T 100 Did not finish
Ell time. Cor time
Vanitie Observation-Disclosures. 4:50:2D 4:50:2O
Defiance 4:oS:S0 4:SO:3O
Vantie by minutes TO seconds elapsed