New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-12
Beats Eight Fifties and a
Schooner in Race for
Yachting Trophy.
THE RESOLUTE AGAIN
DEFEATS THE VANITIE
Close Call for EnchantresS WheI
She Is Fouled by Irolita in
New York Yacht Club Race.
By CAPTAIN ]. c. SUMMERS.

BY CAPTAIN ]. c. SUMMERS.
Marblehead. Mass. Aug. 1.-THE So
foot sloop yacht Ventura, owned and
sailed by George F. Baker, jr.. commo-
dore Of the New York Yacht Club, won
the Kings gold cup to-day in a race
over a thirty-six course against
eight other sloops and one schooner,
the Enchantress. The Ventura won on
corrected time from the Iroquois II,
owned by Ralph n. Ellis, by the small
margin OF SO seconds, Harry Payne
Whltney's Barbara being second.
The Enchantress, the largest yacht
that started, allowed all the "ffties"
as minutes 81 seconds. She allowed
the Avenger 81 minutes 90 seconds.
This was the fourth race for the cup,
which was presented TO the New York
Yacht Club by his majesty King George
V in July, 1912, to be sailed for an
nually. The winner receives from the
club a medal or other trophy to COM
memorate her victory, and the yachts
name is inscribed on the cup.
The feature of the days sport, which
was witnessed by several thousands Of
yachtsmen from the decks of q great
fleet of steam and sailing craft, as well
as by thousands of others from the
shore, was what probably will be the
final race this season between the cup
defence yachts Resolute and Vanite.
The Resolute won the race by min
utes SO seconds actual and by min
utes 81 seconds corrected time.
The Resolute's gain at the first mark
was 7 minutes IS seconds, the Vanitie
gained 3 minutes So seconds and the
Resolute ii seconds on the last leg.
ho =
years, the commodore of the club
cabled last night, it is said, to King
George V, announcing the name Of the
yacht which won the Kings Cup. At
"colors" tonight after the races the
New York Yacht Clubs cruising feet
was formally disbanded. Most of the
yachts will return to New York by way
of the Cape Cod Canal.
The start for the Resolute and
Vanitie, which were racing for special
cup offered by the club, was fifteen
minutes in advance of those contending
for the Kings Cup.
The wind was so light from the
southwark when the warning signal
was made that the yachts had barely
enough steerage way for manGuvrlng,
most of which was done right on the
line and TO the westward of it.
OOTHclluS NdUutEDltL AT the Nuttl
Of the Vanitie did his best to obtain
and hold the weather berth, but Cap
tain Adams narrowed the circle so clev-
erlY that when the starting whistle
sounded both were on the starboard
tack, and the Rcsolutc was so close on
the Vanitie's weather bow that enc
could have tossed a biscuit on board.
The start of the "fifties" and the
rest of the fleet in the race for the
Kings Cup was spoiled by the foullng
of the schooners Irolita and En-
chantress close to the stern Of the COM
mittee yacht Viking, which marked the
northwest end of the starting line and
around the stern of which the "ffties"
were trying to huff and gain weather
position.
The Enchantress, on the port tack,
nearly close hauled and heading TO the
southwest, was rounding the Vikings
stern, when the Irolita attempted TO
cross her bow. She had almost done so
when the bowsprit end of the En-
chantress caught and went through the
clew of her mainsail, ripping the can
vas away from the foot and leech
ropes and hanging the yacht up so that
she swung right alongside of the En-
chantress before the yachts could be
cleared of each other The accident, of
course, put the Irolita out of the race.
An hour after the start of the "ff-
ties" and the Enchantress the Barbara
was the leader, with the Graylng 200
yards in her wake and the Carolina
the same distance astern of the Gray
ling.
From the point where the Resolute
tackled at 1851 TO the outer mark il
was only a question of how much the
Resolute would lead at the turn. At
2:18 in came the jib topsail on the
Resolute and up went the ballooner on
the stay ready to break out after
rounding.
The times taken at this first mark,
which ended the windward work, were
as follows:
Resoiute. 2:2221; vanitis 23ol2; Baroar,
2 52 "a: Crawling 53lj. Ventura. 2500. In
chantress 90 %: Samuh. 3 % %: Iroquois H.
3 % "a: Ayenger. 3.06 IS. spartan. S.O95j. Caro-
Ina. 10 20.
The elapsed time shows that 10 this
mark the Re-olute had beaten the Van
lite 7 minutes 45 seconds, actual time,
and the Barbara, in close race, had
beaten the Grayling just Al seconds.
After this it was little better than
procession over the second twelve miles
TO the northeast.
In the twelve-mile reach TO the sec
ond mark the Vanitie slowly, but sure
~. overhauled the Resolute. The times
taken there were Resolute, 4:05:OJ,
Vanitie, 4:09:04; Enchantress, 4:3l:05,
showing that the Vanitie's gain was 3
minutes 55 seconds. Their elapsed time
for this leg was: Resolute, l:42:42;
VanitIe, 1889.
RACE FOR KINGS CUP-DISTANCE SO MILES.