The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27
YACHTS CONTEST IN
WEATHER MEDLEY
IroouoiS Wins Race Of the Fiji
ties i'm Seawanhaka Cor
inthian Club.
MIL.ADI AND OkEE FIRST

A" sorts and conditions Of we Their
Yesterday gave plenty OF work and much
e.udy tn he yatchtsmen who took part
IN me annual regatta OF the Seawanhaka
co.uthian Yacht Club, sailed on the
s,tud Early in the morning a thunder
suualI killed al! the wind and net half
OF 'he yachts entered could reach the
starting line, Those yachts having steam
or mower tenders or that were able to
get A tow were fortunate,
Then when the time came to start
the g was a fat calm. with the Tide
running ehb. There was n wait OF half
an hour and then n light southwesterly
wind gave the committee sufficient en-
conragemcnt for giving the starting sig
nails. but after three classes had crossed
,he line his wind died out and all the
other yachts we're left b. polessly drifting.
The committee instead of holding
strictly TO the rules sent out launches
10 gather the fleet and gave fresh signals
50 tina each class was sent away In
fairly close order.
Half way across the Sound the yachts
found a westerly wind which lasted for
a while and then after another calm
smell and a squall. the wind came fresh
from the snuth-southwest and gave each
class a fne ~windward lag to the home
mark. Before the schooners and thir-
ties had finished, however. this died out
and they came home with ~spinnaker
under a northeast wind and later drifted
IN with the wind fiat again. To vary
things still, more there were two squalls
with lightning and rain.
Five Of he fifties were on hand, but
vice-Commodore ]. L. Morgan was I'M
able to be on his yacht. the Grayling.
and as no amateur could be found to
represent him the Crawling did not start.
These, with the schooners and thirties,
were sen, first to Greenwich Point. then
20 Long Neck Point, keeping outside the
Cows. and then home, fifteen and one-
quarter miles in all.
They started with booms to port and
all except the %lroquois had small jib
topsails set. The Iroquois carried a No.
I. The Spartan. with J. NJ. MacDon-
ourh at the wheel. was first away. with
the Ventura, steered by Commodore
George f. BaBker, next. Then came the
1~roquols, handled by Ralph ". Ellis. Tho
Samuri was last. They held slowly
across the Sound and then gybing
at the first mark set spinnakers for the
next leg. II was n thrash to windward
on the last leg and the Iroquois again
worked into the lead and won the race,
with the Ventura second.
The Queen Nab had to allow Ave min
utes TO the Miladi and IS minutes 81
seconds to the A.hmakola, and although
she finished first she was beaten by
Miladi by 3 minutes % seconds. This
was In a special race with full time
allowance. In the regular class race the
Niladi also won.
Five OF the thirties led by Banzai got
away we'll, but the Lena and Alera were
handicapped more than ~ minutes be-
cause the wind died out. Al he finish
the Okee was the winner. with the Hope
second.
The Amoret and Anita sailed a good
race from start TO finish. These two
crossed the line drifting stern first. but
AZ the end had all the wind they wanted.
and the Amoret won by 35 seconds. The
Carolina won in the handicap class and
in a special race George Gartland's
Robin Hood III. with f. Burton Hart at
the tiller beat the class r yacht Joyetta.
owned by Commodore W. II. Childs. The
Yuron won in the interclub class, the
Brilliant in the Jewel : class and the
Neptune, sailed by Charley Davis, in the
Star class.
Nine Of the Nuts sailed over an inside
course and the IRA Nut. owned by Or.
James s. Hall, was the winner. with the
Cocoanut, owned by George Bullock. sec
ond. The committee handling the races
was Colgate Hoyt. Jr.. Victor /. Cum
mock. Henry II. Landon. John Clinton
Work and Beverley r. Robinson.
The Iroquois won the Robert Center
memorial cup n the first and second
prizes in the class of the thirties were
donated by former Commodore II. $.
Vanderbilt. The summaries:
NEW YORK Yc. FlFTIEs-coURsE.
l5h 2:50.
Elapsed
Yacht and owner; H.M.s Il NJ 5;
Ventura, G. F. Baker. Jr.,5 II 40 ~ ~
Spartan. J. VI Marlborough 10 90 : 10 20
sanuri. w Earl Dodge. -. Withdrew.
scHoONERs-COURSE, l5h MILES
START, ?:3..
Queen Nah, Hendon Chubb.s OIL IS 3 2s IS
Ahmakola, H e. Smith, 6 80 Sc I % Sc
Corrected times-Miladi. 3:23O5; Queen
Nab, 3:2s:2s; Ahmakola, 3H6:ss.
sLooPS-CLAsS P-COURSE. 6h MILES
START. 3:25.
Amoret. r. r. Budd ......4 50 SO % SO
Anita. G y. CRANBERRY. ....4 SO IS IS 20
HANDICAP CLASs-COURSE, 6h MILES
START, $500.
Carolina, A, W. LOCKWOOD 81 IS 1 81 SO
Robin Hood Ill. G.. e.
N.!oma 7 $ clark. wtip,ihiTTew,
Corrected times-carolina. 1890;
Robin Hood III, i:52;29.
sLOoPS-CLASS r SPECIAL-COURSE
81 MILES-START, 800.
Robin Hood Ill. George
Joye,,a, is, ii. ic;hilds .,..,5 90 u : % Il
NEW YORK Y, C. 30 FOOTERs-COURsE,
1914 M~ILEs-sTART, s:25.