New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
Captures Prize for Fifties
in One of Fastest Races
on Sound.
FTFTY-TWO YACHTS
OUT IN REGATTA
The HopewelI, 0kee and Alert
Win In Their Classes at Nam
hasSet Bay Fixture.

m one of the fastest races ever sailed
on the Sound. J. Pierpont Morgan's TO-
loot sioop Grsyling. steered by her owner,
won the frst prize in her class yesterday
p the annual regatta OF the Manhasset
BAY Yacht Club. The Grayiing covered
a 2is.-mile triangular course. two legs of
which were reaches and the third beat,
in hours 50 minutes and IS seconds. win
ming from win and Rumrills Pleione by
minutes Is seconds actual time. Ed
mund Randolph's Spartan was third and
Pembroke Jones's Carolina fourth.
Fifty-two yachts. in fourteen classes,
started in the race. beginning at u O'Clock
in a squally nortbwesterly breeze. that
gave them plenty OF knock downs" and
despite some soft spots on the
south side OF the sonnd. every one of the
feet had crossed the finish line before 4
o'clock. The winners in the other classes
were the schooner Hopewell and the
sloops The Okee, Margaret. Alert. Red
Wing, Lewanna, Scylla, Little Dipper,
Loon and Seaup The Chickioker and the
Catseye had ssilovers.
rive OF the "afties" made as pretty a
start at 1910 as has been seen this season.
The starting line was between the n. E.
Buoy or Execution Light and William
Butler Duncan's launch Waneche. upon
which James w. Alker and A. W. Mel
son, the regatta committee, were quar-
tered.
Breaking out their balloon jib topsails
A.
lone and the Spartan crossed the line al
most on the gun, with the former yacht
IN the weather berth. Mr.. Morgan sent
his Crawling over at the lee end of the
line with his wind ali clear, while the
Carolina and the Samuri began a lufhng
\match at once, crossing the wakes Of the
leaders.
Howard c. Smiths Stamford schooner
Ahmakola led her class rival, the Hope
wen. across the line at the next gun-l2l5.
These and the "ifties" sailed the long
course Of 2l% miles. 1t was reach with
the wind abeam to port for the arst les
10 Oak Neck buoy, a beat TO windWard
across the Sound from there 10 Wooiseys
Reef buoy and another reach TO the fin
ism.
Eight OF the "thirties' got away to
pretty start at 12:25-the Juanitas the
Banzai, the Okee and the Lena leading
in that order. The start OF this class was
marred by an accident which luckily dlo
not have a serious result
Just as they fred the starting gun the
skipper of G. b. Kulankampn Carhta'
heading at right angles to the llne' Win
two other yachts on her weather quar-
Aer. attempted to keep on and cross the
.ijna. He misjudged the distance and the
sloon's short bowsprit punched large
hole in the port bow OF tho committee
boat near the rail. The boats were soon
clear OF each other and the Carlta con-
,i7red the race, but was, of course us
g-allhed.
The "tbirties" made q close race OF IL
OIL the first leg of ~ miles to the OaA
NJ buov. when soft spots were en-
coYptered. Commodore ]. a. Mahisteut'
m the wheel of his Okee, managed 70 get
a breeze which soon gave him com
handing lead and the rest never caue"S
him. The Okee beat the Orlole ny
minutes and % seconds, the Juanita was
third and the Alera fourth.
IN the ''R" Class. clifford Major!
Margaret and w. H Childs JoTet'9
!. lied 4 close race, the former winning ~
- seconds. The race in the star class
also interesting, George a. CORY
10 Dinner winning from a. lselIl
,per by minute and As seeonds'
20 summary follows;