New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
The Vanitie, First Across
Line, Beaten by Resolute
for Special Trophy.
THE SAMURI WINS
IN HE SLOO? CLASS
r.. Frchantress Covers Course
in Fastest Time in New York
Yacht Club Fixture.
CAPTAIN ]. c. SUMMERS.

CAPTAIN J. c. SUMMERS.
Tsvport, Aug. 5.-No more exciting
- - an Aston Cup race or any
49, Yacht race for that matter was
-,;,,essed of Newport than that
ever 5av when the schooner En-
otsntress and the sloops. Nanltie 9no
S S"sointe crossed the line in that order,
u;,b only l minute ~ seconds separa'-
ing a. every stitch Of canvas that
~ copld muster and heellng under
.hs stiff northerly breeze until her
-.iioZv deck. al! aslant, was buried IN
ven" water 70 leeward, William h.
i.Slin's Enchantress led the way across
,Ss finish line. between Old brenton
"a Iightship and the New YORK
vscLt Club flagship, The Viking.
S SLe was travelling at a speed OF
t.nrteen knots, while right IN her wake!
ceiling at an even greater angle, ana
r.;nnte 8 seconds astern came the
L. sioop Vanitie, with the Resolute
w Al seconds in her wake.
tI,bougb the Nanitie had sailed
ronderfullv fast race over the VINE
s,yS Sound and Hen and Chickens
! !sr-,s of 37l4 miles, the Resolute
s,oyed the winner on time allowance
y the special cup offered for TINS
J,ss nv Vincent Aston. She was al
owed minute SO seconds by. the
co,bran Yacht. and she defeated her
BIZ minute : seconds.
The winner Of the Astor Cup FOR
,loops. in the regular class, was VIII
Am Z. Dodge's SamurL salled by t ina
srpert amateur, Edmund Fish. she
jsieated J. p. Morgan's Grayhng by
minutes Il seconds.
The Fnchantress, which covered the
ourse in the fastest time ever maze
a hours 10 minutes IS seconds-was
forced TO yield the Aston Cup 1or
,ebooners TO Hendon Chubb's queen
NAB. FOR that schooner was allowed
/ hour / minutes seconds, and she
won on corrected time by l minute "a
,seords. Harold $. Nanderbllt's Va
srant was third, only l minute y Sec
Spds after the Queen Nab.
Tt was the best race for Astor cups
hat ever saw" said Elbridge l.
Gerry. former commodore of the New
Work Yacht Club. when he came ashore
sfter seeing the contest from the decs
~ the Owera. owned by his son, Peter
r Gerry. and who should know better
han The commodore, for he has seen al
he races and all Of those for the Goele'
Cun that preceded these. He simply
echoed the sentiments of the severa
hundred quests OF the owners OF the
many steam yachts that took friends &c
see the races.
Peter c. Gerry's other guests on
hoard the Owera were Ambassador and
Mrs. Riano. Rear Admiral French h
Chadwick. L. S. n; Pay Director Llv-
;rgston Hunt. L. 5. n; Oliver Gould
Jennings and r. Horace Gallatn. On
tbe Wanderer as guests of h. A. T.
TAYLOR were John Thompson Spencer
Charles ?. Nillhouse and Walker Breese
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur lsehn and
NJ. and Mrs. William Payne Thompson
we're with William Z. lselin on the En-
thantress, and on the Narada' WIN
Henry Walters. were Pembroke Jones
Frank K Sturgis. Rear Admiral lam
tron McRae Winslow, l. ). n; ]: sun
srn Taller Dr. J. B. Taller, Charles
hoffman, Prescott Lawrence and Stuar,
Duncan. On the Scout with Mr. anc
Mrs August Belmont was William
Burnham. Hermann Oelrichs was the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Aston on
board the Mona.
The start off Brenton Reef LightshlT
was a stirring marine picture. Out OF a
gray lowering sky came strong breeze
estimated a. twenty-five knots, but be-
ing stronger in the squalls that came
tearing across from old Beaver Tails
rocky hills, whipping the tops OF yes
ierday's long easterly rollers into
vhitecaps. go.
The big sloops Resolute and Nanitie
we're sent away first. AT ll;25 theii
signal sounded. 1t was a reach, with
the wind abeam, for the first leg Of the
triangular course, and the Nanltle came
ior the line under splendid Roadway
crossing IS seconds after the gun and
leading the Resolute by IS seconds
They were carrying working topsalls
over their mainsails and No. reachers
and their lee rails were buried as they
cleared the line.
Seventeen miles was the distance 10
the first turning mark-the Vineyard
Sound lightship the course being east
southeast. Cornelius Vanderbilt was at
the wheel Of the Vanitie when she
crossed the line, but he was relieved
By William Butler Duncan on the way
over. Charles Francis Adams had the
Wheel Of the Resolute from start to
tnish, il is said.
II required muscle and Drawn to
steer these great sloops with the wind
Just sbaft the beam, but both shippers
INDUCED in small lufiing matches on
he way, with The result that the Reso-
ute passed tn Vantie when about
fourteen Of the seventeen miles had
been covered, and she was able to luii
Gound the Vineyard Sound hghtshlp
nlrty seconds in the lead.
Both trimmed sheets fiat to the port
atk and began the only wlndward
sork Of the race, four miles from tins
mark 70 the Hen and Chickens light
saip. Six tacks they made in all, and
4 this work, 20 the surprise of many
re lanitie did the best, for she round
the second mark twenty seconds
mead Of her rival. Both eased sheets
port there, and with small reachers
st they began the seventeen-mile race
2 the finish. Try as she could, the
HAesolute was unable 20 overhaul the
'anitie, that sloop gaining twenty-one
seconds more between the hghtshlp
seo ne finish, but 1t was not enough TO
an the race.
Seven Of the Cities" made a spirited
sArt on their signal. Ralph n. Ellis's
HeqQols ii, leading the way at the
aiher end Of the line, was followed
y Harry Payne Whtney's Barbara
IIeorge F. Bakers Ventura, Pembroke
.ohess Carolina, the Samuri, the Gray