The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-09
YACHTSMEN WILLING
TO SPEND IDLE DAY
Rest in Marblehead HarbOr
After Their Week Of Fog
and Storms.
ARE WEARY BUT CONTENT

MARBLEHEAp. Mass. Aug. S-The
yachtsmen who have been taking part
In the cruise Of the New York Yacht
Club had a we'll earned rest to-day.
Some of the steamers, and motor craft
left the harbor FOR a short run outside.
but the majority of the vessels remained
at anchor and dressed ship at colors.
The picture was a pretty one and thou
sands OF visitors came from all points
to see the yachts.
II was the first time that the cup
| yachts Resolute and vanitie have been
north OF the Cape and they naturally
attracted much attention from both cN-
pert and novice. IL was particularly
gratifying to those on the Resolutc that
she should a " led the fleet in yester-
day because this Is the hoine port OF
Charles Francis Adams. her helmsman.
and this in a measure wiped out the
sting OF the defeat OF Friday when the
| vanitie led into Buzzards Bay where
Manager Robert W. Emmons I'd and
| John Parkinson. one OF the after guard.
make their summer homes and do most
of their yacht racing. This Is the home OF
the small yachts and hundreds OF the
mosquito fleet. sail and power. sailed in
and out and around the big yachts all
day.
The cruise 80 far has been a trying
one for all. For n week the yachts
men ave had storm. RAIN. fog ana
| strong winds. When many OF them left
oyster Bay a wee kago In the Sea-
wanhuka fleet the wind was light from
the east. The next day for the race
to New TSondon the light e%asterly
wind continued and many of the late
finishes We're in a heavy ra'nsquall'
The next day the New York Yacht
Club fleet proceeded 10 Newport In
a strong easter and rough SET and
the race will be talked about for many
years as one of the hardest ever sailed.
The storm increased to a whole gale
OF wind on Wednesday and the Astor
cup races were postponed. They were
sailed on Thursday in n northeasterly
wind. on Friday the wind was again
strong and there was fog and rain
and this lasted until yesterday after
noon. when the sun shone for n few
hours and the wind went southeast.
This morning 1t was south and warm.
but in the afternoon the northeastern
came back and there was fog outside,
In spite OF all this depressing weather
the yachtsmen have not lost their en-
thusiasm and only wish for light winds
| and warm weather. This keeping vi OF
| spirits IL due largely TO Commodore
George +. Baker, Jr.. who never loses
| heart. takes defeat as gracefully as he
takes victory, and who Is one OF the
| most popular commodores the club has
had. lie worked hard to make he
| cruise n success this year. and succeeded
In getting together n fleet larger IN
aggregate tonnage than ever was
gathered before. lie planned and car
ried into execution the trip through the
Cape Coo Canal and he had ARRANGED
| for all sorts of novel entertainments,
which the weather has upset.
Next to the big s.orm tho most
talked of feature is the success OF the
80 tooter Samuri. owned by william
Earl Dodge. SO far tho worst that
Yacht has been is second. and six prizes
have been added TO her trophy locker.
There are Ave more that she may an
mex IN the next three days. including
| the Kings cup, to be sailed for next
Wednesday.
Tomorrow morning the yachts will
go to Gloucester by way OF Boston light
vessel. on Tuesday they will race back
here and TO make the course longer viii
go to tho Cape Ann whistle buoy ana
Boston light vessel. The Nlcc-commo-
dure's cups are to-morrow's attractions
and the Rear Commodore's ups will be
sailed for on Tuesday.
The Queen Nab. winner OF the Aston
cup for schooners. won the tommodorc's
cup in the second division yesterday and
the Lena. Ogden Mills Reds thirty
footer. won In the second division OF
sloops. W. T.. Iselin's schooner En-
ohantress so far has won two prizes,
the Navy Challenge and the Alumni L.
:. y. Challenge cups. In class u T..
Walter Clark's lrolita has won the Com
nlodore's cup and TWO class prizes.
Rear Commodore Harold Vanderbilt :
Nagrant has won one first, llendon
Chubb's Queen Nah has won two !irsts
In Class +. as well as the Aston cup.
The Resolutc has won three irsts and
the Nanitie one. In the nfty foot class
| of sloops the Samuri has won the Aston,
Navy Challenge and Commodore's cups
two frsts In her class and a second
| Harry Payne Whitney's Barbara won
the Alumni Association L. ;. y. Chal-
lcnge cup and one class first, Vice
Commodore J. +. Morgan's Grayling is
| credited with two seconds, and the lro-
quois. Spartan and Carolina have won
a third prize each.
There Ia much talk OF a new class OF
forty ~footcrs FOR next year. These boats
will be similar in model to tho Comet,
owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, which
was built by lierreshoff. Three OF these
boats were built last year. They are
short end d and high sided, being Of tho
raised deck type, have plenty Of beam
and moderate sail spreads. They will
make an ideal cruising class, Their
building will depend on business this fall
and the war. AmonC those interested
are w. Butler Duncan George ii. Pyn-
chon. Johnston De Forest. George T.,
Roosevelt. Addison J. Hanan, Stuyyos-
ant Wainwright. W. II. Childs, the
Monks brothers, w A Bars,ow and w.
Barklie Henry. The promoters want a
class of twenty yachts.
Commodore James II. Ford is tho only
yachtsman OF the real old school left.
lie came ashore this afternoon IN n
four cared gig. The motor launch has
supplantcd the gig with his fellow
yachtsmen. The Hoop-La, Harold Wos-
sons high speed cruiser. has made the
runs from harbor to harbor in six hours
and twenty minutes. The total distance
for the three runs Is about l25 miles, so
she has averaged better than twenty
knots-fast time considering tho rough
seas she has met.