New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
WEATHER TICKLE
FOR YACHTSMEN
ON THE SOUND
Fifties Find Light Breeze
and the Iroquois Wins
Easily.
SCHOONERS HAVE
SPIRITED RACE
The Miladi Defeats the Queen
Nab on Her Time
Allowance.

Yachtsmen seldom have 10 contend
with such agyraya:iag conditions OF
weather as that which faced the thirty
racing craft that mustered at the
starting line of the Seawanhaka-Co-
rnthian Yacht Club off Oyster Bay
yesterday.
Following more than an hour OF
calm they had barely enough OF a.
liyht westerly air TO start the "hfres,
then thunder squalls, rain and shiit
Of wind to the southwest. followed oy
a quick shift to the northeast ana
finally another calm spell. II II had
not been for the wise waving OF rules
by the race committee IN the matter
OF towing to the starting line and the
shortening of the courses there woula
have been no race 70 record.
Four of the "tifties' started at 2:oo
In light breeze from the westward
the Spartan and Ventura getting away
beam and beam on the port tack, WIN
tho Snartan in the weather berth. The
IroCuois II, steered by her owner,
Ta,ph y. Ellis, was "in irons when
tho whistle sounded from the commit
tee tug Guiding Star, and she was a
couplc of minutes late in starting.
Con. idering this, her subsequent per-
Torrance was creditable, for she
covered the 1874 mile course IN the
fastest time Of the four, and won the
race from the Ventura by minutes y
seconds.
The Samuri, William Earl Dodge 5
sloop, also had bad start. She re-
cired from the race at the first marx,
Greenwich Buoy, and was towed nome.
From the second mark, Long Neck
buoy, to the finish, the "ffties" lro-
ouois, Ventura end Spartan, had some
good %indward work in fresh south
west breeze, which put their lee rails
under at times. The Iroquois made
spirited picture as she finished a WIN
ner.
Three schooners, George w. Scotts
| Niladi. Hendon Chubb's Queen NAB
and Howard c. Smiths Ahmakola. sail
ing as one class. with time allowance,
made a good race of it while the wind
lasted. The Miladi won on her allow
ance of five minutes from the Queen
Nab.
Led by I. f. Raymond's Hope seven
of the "thrties" started with barely
steerage way at 2:45. The Okee, the
Banzai. the Alerion II, the Juanlta, the
Lena and the Alera got away in that
order, with the Lena Y minutes and
the Alera IA minutes late on account
of the foul tide and light wind. They
sailed the same course as the schooners
and Cities" the Okee coming home
winner by 2 min. 80 sec, from the Hope
The winners in the other classes
were: The Robin Hood III from the
Joyetta, by min. IL sec.-these two
sailed a match race-the Carolina, by
5 min. 50 sec. from the Robin Hood ILL.,
sailing in the third division handicap
class on their percentage; the Amoret
| from the Anita by 35 seconds; the Nep'
tune from the Mira by 5 min. Ia sec.
the Brilliant from the Catseye by IL
min, and the Yuron from the Dagmar
by 8 min. 9 sec. The race COMMITTEES
was composed of Colgate Hoyt, jr.; VIC
tor |. Cumnock, Henry H. Landon, John
Clinton Work and Beverley r. Robin
son. The accompanying yachts includ-
ed the Mareva, the Psyche, the Viking,
the Florence, the Corona and the Silver
Heels.
The summary follows:
sLOoPs-5O-FooT CLAss-sTART. 2:3o-
COURSE. 1874 MILES.