The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-06

like the usual Fourth of July regattas, 1t
had Il brisk wind tina held true all the
afternoon and made the regatta one of
the best OF the season. After the big sloops
had been sent away there was an inter-
val before the rest OF the fleet was
started and different courses were Sc
lccted. The schooners went to Sh!ppan
Point and Motifs Point. 24ia miles, the
fftics to Greenwich Point and Motts
Point, 203, miles. the 30 footers and
handicap yacht of the first two divisions
turned at Great Captains Island and
Motifs Point, 1874 miles, and the smaller
classes sailed II and Big miles with
direction relatively the same as for the
larger yachts.
Commodore Ford raced his yacht ka-
trina against the Windward. owned by
/ Rear Commodore Whiton. in the regular
class. and a SPECIAL class was made with
the Miladi. owned by q W. Scott. The
Katrina had little difficulty in winning
the regular prize, but in the special the
Miladi won by / minute - seconds,
The ffties were the next of. Harry
l. Maxwell had the tiller on the Ven
tura, her owner, Commodore Baker. be-
ing on board the R~esolute. The Ventura
o ltNl III ne IL I ll a. lt.ANA'Ai N'hA Va ~
others at the lee end of the line. The
Grayling Was next off. well 10 windward
of the Ventura. Junius Spencer Morgan
sailed this yacht, and on board with him
was his bride. The Spartan. Samuri.
~Iroquois and Acushla were all close up
and each crowding the other. The Ven
tura turned the leeward mark first with
n comfortable lead. on the ~windward
leg the Acushla worked into second
~ Al A.aaIlA
crossed the line wrongly, COINS between
the committees tug and the stake boat
instead of between the stake boat and
the cone. and consequently lost. The
Samuri. with Edmund Fish, finished
third. but got second prize, and the lro-
quois was neXt
The sloop Alice raced against the
Eleanora in q SPECIAL class and won
handlly. The wind was a little too much
for the Eleauora, n she finished with
out "A topsail. Seven OF the thirties
raced. Silhouette. sailed by Butler
Whiting, was first home. Okee was sec.
ond and Alera third. A shift Of wind
on the second leg rather spoiled this
race. as it favored some yachts that We're
rot doing well. The winners in the ham
dicap classes We're Neda Carolina. Robin
Hood III. and White Cap. The Ariel
started in the second division, but filled
and sank and her crew was taken of
by the Lillian. which is owned by l..
Price. a brother of T. II. Price, owner
OF the lost vessel.
Addison g. Hanan sailed on the Glass
r sloop Margaret. and. although the
Joyetta got away first. the Margaret
outsaiied her and won the race by !
minute - seconds.
wild Thyme won in the interclub
class. Neptune in the star class. Tautog
in the dory class. and in the smallest
class of the large fleet Drake Sparkman
~triumphed with the Nimble. Drake
Sparkman is "A son of James - Spark
man. who sailed o n he NaIitie. so that
father and son were on the winning
yachts in the largest and smallest
classes. Drake is IA years old and II
was his first race.
Commodore Ford Offered as prizes to
the amateurs on the winning yachts
handsome gold sleeve buttons. He witt
have to give away about 100 pairs of
these buttons. The wind all day was
moderate to strong and came from south,
west by west. shifting later to west by
south. The committee was Howell G
Perrin, Harold G. Pryor and Sandford
c. EtherinIton. The summaries:
sCHooNERs-CL.ASs D-sTART. is:,o-
COURSE, :Aia MILES.
Elapsed
Yacht and owner. HfPM|s. I'M :.
Katrina, J. u. Ford ..... IL = 3 81 =
Windward, II u. Wilton ! 80 81 SO 81
ward, 3;53:Sl.
i?:io~couRsE ~ MILES,
S S]i.s@ss ID; g. I i / 5 srS %niii.a,a, /: i !! i
Corrected times: Miladl. 3;Si:5.; Ka-
trina, ~a;sS;ls, w!ndward, S;53:3l,
sLooPs-iO FOOT C~LAss-sTART. 1874;
COURSE, 2O. MILES.
S Sa%qTl W j. + :. R nSrssn aai5s s s
spartan, j. NJ. Macdon-
v]e %%sH q. F. Baker. lIr. I - 30 ~ 30
Acushla, Ii, steinbrugge. 3 80 o. -
sLooPs- CLASSES AM N-sTART,
l9:io-CoURsE. ?o. MILES.
k firanoT pr. I :. + E9ens 4 % q % %
Corrected times; Alice, ~S:ii:l3; Flea
nora, 3:3l:06.
y. y. Y. c. 30 FOOT c;.Ass-START.
l2;55-COURSE, 1874 MILES.
fi Ilhbon q n + 4. Prentice e 3 : IS 8
Okee. j. A. Mahlstedt... 3a,a % 81
Aierion IL. j. " Alker. : % - 2 80 %
Hope. /. +. Raymond o.. % 80 . 80 81
sLooPs-CLAss P-sTART. p, Nj
COURsE lja4 MILES.
A AmGs'' G. RI p. Z dr1 " h 81 i : % Il
sLOOPs-BAR HARRoG CLAss-START,
l p. M-COURsE, ~. MILES.
Joker. T J. Mccahil. ? 30 3S 30 IS
HANDICAP C~LASS-FIRST DIVISION
START, l;o5-rOuRSE, l5s. liz
rr]o oe;is"' y !. i. fRS cSs.' ! q j : 3 4