New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-04
leads Way In N. Y. Yacht
Club Cruise from New
London to Newport.
orSOLUTE DISABLED
OFF FISHERS ISLAND
Three of the Seven "Fifties'
That Start Also Meet with
Accidents.
c,prArN JAMES C. SUMMERS.

D o-t X. l.. Aug S.--After a
MSSFt "a windward to-day OF nearly
r We lie IN q gale from the east
iiH 80 with heavy seas all the way,
SS'c, .r;rg SQUADRON Of the New York
tae CIDb landed here late this after
iS'n' The vachtsmen had plenty Of
iVv ..;,s stories 20 tell Of their battle
ei. .s he elements between New Lon
Sas and this port. v,
r...sl,ns Vanderbilt, which was the
~. Yacht to finish went through the
u.s. 49,, test on hull, spars and rigging
.Ist sbe has ever had. and. as William
81, Duncan sad after the race, she
.sws through without carrying away a
'OE H. rival. the Resolute, was not so
- for she was disabled off the
.or.b SIDE OF Fishers Island before
.sr miles OF the course had been
's-ls5 when the Nanitie was leading
Der by shout mile.
Resolute Towed 10 Harbor.
One Of the giant seas that her
,bspely bows were smashing into
started the rivets. and. it is said,
S.nted one Of her bow plates, at the
same time carrying away some Of her
head gear Her sails were taken in
and she was slowly towed 10 this har
boz by former Commodore F. &.
Bournes steam Yacht Alberta.
Captain Nat Herreshof. who had
been notified Of the accident. met the
Rssolute upon her arrival here 10 esti-
mate or the repairs 70 be made. and.
10 the disappointment of every one. it
vas announced that she would not be
able 10 start tomorrow in the race for
the special cup offered by Captain Vim
cent Aston.
The chapter Of accidents 70 vessels
o. the fleet caused by the heavy seas
encountered included the disabling of
three Of the seven "ffties' that
started Commodore George F. Baker.
jrs. Ventura sprung her mast soon
siter rounding Race Rock and had to
Be towed here. II. P. Whitney's Bar
tars and Pembroke Jones's Carolina
were both disabled of Fishers Island
and returned. and there were several
ninor casualties among the feet.
The special prizes foi to-day's race
we're the Navy Challenge cups, one for
schooners and one for sloops and
yachts. William Z. Iselin's Enchantress
Won the schooner cup by 46 minutes 80
seconds from the Queen Nab, and Will
ian E Dodge's Samuri captured the
soop prize, defeating J. P. Morgan's
Crayling by minutes 80 seconds. The
winner in Class VI was the Kalinga
Half q gale from the eastward, which
reached q velocity of at least thirty
niles an hour in the squalls, covered
the Sound with whitecaps and heeled
the yachts to their scuppers. when the
signal whistle sounded at 9:40 from
the committee boat VI. Moran and
started the big sloops Nanitie and Res
ou,e, the leaders Of the fleet, on the
long race 20 Brenton Reef Lightship.
Carrying d working topsail over her
great mainsail and a small reacher
over her staysail and jib, the Nanitie
came for the line on the port tack and
crossed il right on the signal, travel
ling at 14-knot clip, with sheets eased
a couple Of points and her lee rail
buried in foam. She made a picture to
gladden. the heart Of any racing yachts
man as she sped away for Race Rock
Lighthouse. the first turn in the course.
Charl,s Francis Adams held the Res
olute until all but four seconds of the
tine limit had expired. when he sent
her across the line under mainsail. no
,opsail and jib. Her stavsal was
broken out as she crossed. The Vani-